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[-] balthazarsnakewizard@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago

Hardly a loophole - Wikipedia’s greatest strength is as an aggregator of reliable information, and using Wikipedia’s sources is how people SHOULD use it. They just taught you how to use it.

[-] Urist@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Damn, this is genious. My future kids are going to learn so much cool stuff branded as "loopholes".

Yup. My friend is a high school teacher, and he did the same thing to his class - told them not to use Wikipedia, but that Wikipedia sources were fine, and the kids did actual research.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

Educators HATE this weird loophole!

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Schools aren't with it. I was told in the 90s that cursive was the future. We had already progressed beyond word processors and they are having us learn fucking loopy letters.

Uni wasn't much better. Found myself over thirty years behind industry when I got out.

[-] Urist@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I think it might depend on the field of study and location, but schools are often a little on the conservative side. Even so "loopholes" as best practices is arguably even better.

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