Just a small note to clarify that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia is an "how to" (help) file, and not an official policy. It doesn't support the notion that Wikipedia can't be academically cited - quite the opposite, indeed.
Paulo
Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk escreveu no dia quinta, 26/09/2019 à(s) 20:09:
On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 at 20:04, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
does it do Wikipedia any good to be pushing the idea that it's a bad
source?
This is a matter that you could raise on the talk page of the Wikipedia policy concerned.
Apologies, I meant to include the URL;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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