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Wikipedia is not a reliable source for academic writing or research. Wikipedia is increasingly used by people in the academic community, from freshman students to distinguished professorship, as an easily accessible tertiary source for information about anything and everything, and as a quick "ready reference", to get a sense of a concept or idea.
However, citation of Wikipedia in research papers may be considered unacceptable, because Wikipedia is not a reliable source.
NOODLETOOLS CITING TIPS - use the following templates in NoodleTools when citing these types of sources from the links below:
Photos - WEBSITE > PHOTO or ILLUSTRATION for photos created before year 2000
Photos - WEBSITE > PHOTO or IMAGE (born digital) for photos created after year 2000
Blogs - WEBSITE > BLOG
Most websites - WEBSITE > WEBPAGE
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