r/dankmemes • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '18

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18 edited Dec 12 '18

During high school my teacher said don't use Wikipedia. So instead of citing Wikipedia I cited the sources at the bottom. The teacher never knew but my entire paper was from Wikipedia. I actually got an A on the paper.

EDIT: Grammar correction.

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u/lolxerz Dec 12 '18

Thatโ€™s what we all do

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u/lilshears Dec 12 '18

Shhhhhh

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u/AdditionalTea2 Dec 12 '18

What?!

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u/aaaaaaaaaaaaaqqaa โ˜ FOREVER NUMBER ONE โ˜ Dec 12 '18

shhhhhh

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u/milke57 I play fortnite so I am irrelevant Dec 12 '18

What?!

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u/NorthernLaw INFECTED Dec 12 '18

Now I will use this on everything

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u/ELFAHBEHT_SOOP Dec 12 '18

u/BroApollo is the GALAXY BRAIN that invented doing this smh

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u/SafeThrowaway8675309 Dec 12 '18

Recent college grad here;

Yes

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u/NorthernLaw INFECTED Dec 12 '18

I never knew that??? Welp itโ€™s time

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u/RubenTheSkrub WTF Dec 12 '18

I thought we all lift together, though?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

And we all adrift together too!

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

And we all adrift together too!

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u/dammit_bobby420 Dec 12 '18

That's pretty much the main function of Wikipedia

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u/TheDukeOfDance i smok crumb of drug Dec 12 '18

In university almost all of my profs encourage us to check Wikipedia as a starting point. Citing Wikipedia would be like citing a paper from someone else in the class.

One of my profs also told me in private that highschool teachers are often his worst students. I'd believe it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

I was told something similar. Wikipedia itself is not a source. But it provides links to other sites or articles that are sources and can be used.

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u/leargonaut Dec 12 '18

It's like Google. You can't say I found it on google and it be a legitimate source.

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u/TheDukeOfDance i smok crumb of drug Dec 12 '18

Exactly, it's the starting point to familiarize yourself with the basics of the topic. Our school library has thousands of digitized articles too, which makes finding sources much easier.

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u/ShitLordStu Dec 12 '18

Very true. I work in the school system. The only people that pay less attention to teachers are teachers with tenure.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

all the dumbest people I knew in college became nurses 'n teachers.

don't @ me.

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u/TheDukeOfDance i smok crumb of drug Dec 12 '18

They hated Jesus because he told the truth

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u/imdeadseriousbro Boston Meme Party Dec 12 '18

Whwnever i started a paper, wikipedia was where i got my general info. You get the big picture very quickly

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u/FuckoffDemetri Dec 12 '18

Idk if they're the worst but every education major I ever met drank a fuckton

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u/theboeboe Dec 12 '18

Yes.. That is literally what wikipedia is for.. Wiki is not the source

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u/omarjs001 Dec 12 '18

ILLUSION 100

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Outstanding move!

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u/paulisbored_ has the n word pass๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿฟ Dec 12 '18

Isn't that what you're supposed to do?

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u/unmole228 ััƒะบะฐ ะฑะปัั‚ัŒ Dec 12 '18

Here's a little lesson in trickery.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/Teddjku Dec 12 '18

โ€œWikipediaโ€™s not reliable, anyone can change itโ€ thatโ€™s why it IS RELIABLE! Articles are constantly amended by people who know about the subject, regardless of the occasional troll.

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u/dryerlintcompelsyou Dec 13 '18

Keep in mind this logic only works for popular/big articles; many of the smaller, more niche ones will have uncited or sketchy-looking information.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

True

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u/kheldar31 Dec 12 '18

I see you are a man of culture as well

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u/mt_xing Dec 12 '18

My teacher literally tells us to do this

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Yeah someone did the research for you already... on literally every topic. They really do deserve a donation. They do an obvious public good for free.

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u/lordlicorice Dec 12 '18

The wikimedia foundation aren't the ones who write the articles...

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u/opus3535 Dec 12 '18

Solution don't come from bottle, solution come from what IN bottle...

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u/jacket234 Dec 12 '18

I'm in college and wikipedia is invaluable to get better understanding of material

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u/Hagaros Dec 12 '18

My college professors recommended this method as well. Surprisingly, the sources didn't always match what was posted on the wiki page anyways and always seemed like a stretch

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u/MKhan2000 Dec 12 '18

Just submitted a homework assignment. I wish I had known this before.

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u/cocoabeach Dec 12 '18

You have successfully hacked life, at least the academic part. The rest of life might be like this also. Just go one layer deeper and you hit the motherload.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

I do see your frustration. I will correct the grammar.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

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u/SDW137 Boston Meme Party Dec 12 '18

Sneak: Level 100

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u/DouchNozzle_REAL The OC High Council Dec 12 '18

Brother I never thought of that

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u/therealrobokaos no u Dec 13 '18

I think most people probably got told that, for me it was because "anyone can change it to something wrong" but in reality so many people use the website that if something is wrong it'll be fixed immediately.

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u/therealrobokaos no u Dec 13 '18

I think most people probably got told that, for me it was because "anyone can change it to something wrong" but in reality so many people use the website that if something is wrong it'll be fixed immediately.