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[canadaump6]

Originally Posted by GarthB

The information contained there may or may not be correct, I don't know; but generally speaking, no one who seriously wishes to document facts should ever use Wikipedia.

At school, we will not accept Wikipedia as a reference on any subject. I don't know of any credible institution that does.

I used answers.com to help me with a Geography topic proposal on urban sustainability. Apparently I got the definitions of both "urban" and "sustainability" wrong, and this brought my mark down. Then when I used practically the same definition from an online journal article, my definitions were accepted. Frustrating and strange. Answers.com is a good reference. Wikipedia is not quite as good because it can be edited.

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

I used answers.com to help me with a Geography topic proposal on urban sustainability. Apparently I got the definitions of both "urban" and "sustainability" wrong, and this brought my mark down. Then when I used practically the same definition from an online journal article, my definitions were accepted. Frustrating and strange. Answers.com is a good reference. Wikipedia is not quite as good because it can be edited.

Always check more than one source. The more the better. And don't make the mistake of using the one source that agrees with your point of view.

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by waltjp

Always check more than one source. The more the better. And don't make the mistake of using the one source that agrees with your point of view.

Very true, walt. If you have information such that you can argue intellegently AGAINST your point, you can make your point more adamantly.