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  2. Reliability of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    On a more generic level, a 2014 study found no correlation between the characteristics of a given Wikipedia page about an academic and the academic's notability as determined by citation counts. The metrics of each Wikipedia page examined included length, number of links to the page from other articles, and number of edits made to the page.

  3. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source - Wikipedia

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    An exception to this is when Wikipedia is being discussed in an article, which may cite an article, guideline, discussion, statistic or other content from Wikipedia or a sister project as a primary source to support a statement about Wikipedia (while avoiding undue emphasis on Wikipedia's role or views and inappropriate self-referencing).

  4. Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a Citable Source - Wikipedia

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    Research papers, particularly the one research paper students write in their eleventh grade, have always been an integral part of high school education [4].They stress the need to verify information and teach students how to evaluate sources critically, and as a result, teachers have developed various criteria to help students identify credible sources, an especially important skill in the ...

  5. Wikipedia and fact-checking - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia is considered one of the major free open source websites, where millions can read, edit and post their views for free. Therefore Wikipedia takes the effort to provide its readers with well-verified sources. Meticulous fact-checking is an aspect of the broader reliability of Wikipedia.

  6. Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia is not so great - Wikipedia

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    This page in a nutshell: This page describes some concerns about Wikipedia. A lot of this page is from Wikipedia's first few years (2001–2006). Some problems have been solved, some concerns have been transformed into strengths, and some problems still exist. Don't assume that anything here reflects the current status, though.

  7. Wikipedia:No reliable sources, no verifiability, no article

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    Verifiability makes Wikipedia accurate and credible. Pages that lack credible sources tend to contain original research. The existence of nonverifiable pages encourages new Wikipedians to create the same (see Broken windows theory). It must be made clear that reliable sources are a requirement, not an option.

  8. Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in source reliability discussions

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    This page in a nutshell: When discussing source reliability at the reliable sources noticeboard, article talk pages, and elsewhere, arguments should be grounded in the reliable sources guideline; this page highlights some arguments to avoid.

  9. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is wrong - Wikipedia

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    In simple English, Wikipedia editors can basically use anything that has a source and is considered credible. And anyone, of any age, can edit Wikipedia. Even though Wikipedia is a tertiary source, it is unlike an encyclopedia in the regard that a professional pool of researchers compile what are considered facts in an encyclopedia. In contrast ...