4.7 Wait, You Want Me to Use Wikipedia?

“To tell students not to use Wikipedia is to deprive them of one of the most useful tools on the Internet. Instead of teaching them to avoid it, we should be teaching students how to use Wikipedia wisely.”

-Stanford History Education Group

Using Wikipedia Like a Fact-Checker

We will talk about how to use Wikipedia in the research process even more later on the course! For now, please watch the following video [2:41] that addresses some of the common misconceptions about Wikipedia and demonstrates how you can use this tool wisely, as professional fact-checkers often do.

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“How to Use Wikipedia Wisely.” YouTube, uploaded by Stanford History Education Group, 23 Jan. 2020.