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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The people telling you Wikipedia wasn't a valid source were teachers who wanted you to learn to verify information

They should have told their students to use the sources cited on Wikipedia (when credible), not pretended that the entirety of the world's premier encyclopedia is only a wretched hive of vandalism and misinformation.

They were never the same people, and implying they are is very disingenuous.

The "don't believe everything you read on the internet" (90s) to "reads a lot of clickbait articles" (~2010 and beyond)) pipeline is real, though.

Both of my parents are examples of that, though my dad is center right by Danish standards and my mom is left wing, so none of the articles are from Faux News or Breitbart, thank FSM!

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They should have told their students to use the sources cited on Wikipedia (when credible), not pretended that the entirety of the world's premier encyclopedia is only a wretched hive of vandalism and misinformation.

Unusual straw man because that is what we do.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I was unaware of the change since it's been a long time since I was in school myself. My bad 🤷🏻

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

I don't know what sort of school, and I wasn't coming after you, but educational attainment gets shot on a lot.

A significant proportion of our training is understanding information. Where it comes from, how useful it is, etc. Trust in information is vital to our existence.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At the time teachers said that, it was not the “world’s premier encyclopedia” though.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 day ago

Yes and no: teachers have been saying that for awhile, and some still say it...