Every professor I ever had in college required me to use at least Wikipedia as a source. It's finally reliable because there's more people contributing and self correcting versus some random guy on the internet.
The problem with wikipedia is not bias. It's the fact that anyone can edit it. Wikipedia articles have been edited with false information in the past. Due to this, there is no one being held accountable for the information since it's not by a publisher and the authors aren't always listed. Hence, it's a source you can't use.
...Yes but also no. Try to edit any random page, it'll get corrected back in the same day usually within minutes/hours. And that's for lesser known pages - for more famous stuff they are protected and can only edit if you're a recognizable contributor. So no, that's also more ignorant stuff that teachers say.
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u/lodavito Apr 10 '19
"I'm gonna need the source on that one." "Here's a Wikipedia article." College Professors REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE