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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoWikipedia isn’t a valid source for academic research. For all other purposes it’s very useful and even in academia it’s often a good starting point.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoOne of the most important reasons to cite journal articles and books with an ISBN instead of web links never gets mentioned. Web links change all the time. Page numbers and paragraphs do not. Your sources shouldn’t die when AWS does a migration or a website changes its name.
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoA good starting point maybe, but too many people also treat it as the end point, and as basically scripture in general
Wikipedia isn’t a valid source for academic research. For all other purposes it’s very useful and even in academia it’s often a good starting point.
One of the most important reasons to cite journal articles and books with an ISBN instead of web links never gets mentioned.
Web links change all the time. Page numbers and paragraphs do not. Your sources shouldn’t die when AWS does a migration or a website changes its name.
Doi.org?
A good starting point maybe, but too many people also treat it as the end point, and as basically scripture in general