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tourmalinetaco10/01/20242 repliesview on HN

The problem is that what defines a “citable source” for Wikipedia is loose at best and malicious at worst. There are many examples where “improper” sources are accepted, especially in social matters, because they benefit a certain viewpoint. STEM is, for the most part, decent, but anything covering the life of people needs to be considered carefully due to the lack of several types of important sources and the biases present on many people’s pages.


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max-ibel10/02/2024

If you're bilingual, it's often useful to read a wikipedia topic in more than one language, as the editorial slant may be different in different languages.

Can at least confirm for German/English.

squigz10/02/2024

Could you give some examples?