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Originally Posted by Kaiba
a reference and a source are the same thing wikipedia is full of bullshit so if he is referencing to prove a point then he fails cos its wikipedia the most unrealiable thing in the world bar the pa team !!  |
A source is somewhere from where information is first presented. You're assuming tzu learned the things he's talking about from wikipedia. Quoting wikipedia (which is largely a composition of information derived from
actual sources) was simply an easy-access route to delivering the information required without, as JBG said, citing original scientifics texts/journals which aren't commonly available to the masses.
Seriously kid, encyclopedias aren't where information comes from - its where information is collected and presented for ease of access. All the contents come from information gathered elsewhere. Hence, quoting an encyclopedia cannot be considered quoting a source - it's simply referencing information.
Have you never noticed the "citation needed" comments spread across wikipedia?