2 years ago it was banned in my sixth form still, but the sources at the bottom were allowed. The principle was "anyone can edit it, therefore only trust things with multiple sources". A reasonable policy really.
> 2 years ago it was banned in my sixth form still, but the sources at the bottom were allowed.
That's a really good lesson about sources in general. One can't even trust a primary source, except as an indicator about what someone at close hand thought to write down; it and everything which references it will have biases, slant and perspective.
There is such a thing as truth, but it can only be approximated.
Technically, that's always been the case for encyclopedias for any college serious about academics. You should cite the source, not the editorialized version of it.
That's a really good lesson about sources in general. One can't even trust a primary source, except as an indicator about what someone at close hand thought to write down; it and everything which references it will have biases, slant and perspective.
There is such a thing as truth, but it can only be approximated.