• SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Do teachers actually say this these days? Or are you making it up just for the sake of the meme.

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        1 year ago

        Funny. In my day Wikipedia just came out and they used to give the same advice. In comparison, I would wager any random wiki article has a better chance of being more reliable and a better answer to your question than a Google summary.

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          1 year ago

          Eh, there are entire categories of questions that can’t and shouldn’t be answered by searching wikipedia. A technical howto, for example, doesn’t belong on wikipedia because wikipedia articles are listings of facts, not narratives about following a process. They just aren’t meant for, or structured for, that type of question.

          Stackoverflow also leaves a lot to be desired in that area, though, so you still need a search engine to find them.

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        1 year ago

        Also might be good to recommend them to use multiple links / sources, and look for opposite views to broaden their perspectives on topics.