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by amusingimpala75 970 days ago
Wikipedia may not be a citable source itself, but it can still be a good place to find links to other sources more reputable.
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Major life hack. You may not be allowed to cite Wikipedia, but there's nothing stopping you from using wikipedias citations.

Also the whole "don't use Wikipedia" thing is idiotic. There's a bunch of tech illiterate teachers who think Wikipedia is full of misinformation, and impress that view on students. So lots of people think Wikipedia is useless, while in reality it's a fantastic source of information and you can easily find the sources of that information.