Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source: Revision history

19 June 2024

• curprev 11:2711:27, 19 June 2024‎ Mathglot talk contribs‎ 5,367 bytes +62‎ →‎top: Update lead to include copying and translating.
• curprev 11:2511:25, 19 June 2024‎ Mathglot talk contribs‎ m 5,305 bytes 0‎ Mathglot moved page Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source for citations elsewhere on Wikipedia to Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source over redirect: Am sympathetic for why this is moved, but the new title is overly precise to the point of inaccuracy; for example, it is also unreliable for translating, or for copying source content. The point is, it is an SPS without editorial review. You're right about the confusion in the original title, but the new title is worse; tr...
• curprev 11:2211:22, 19 June 2024‎ Mathglot talk contribs‎ 5,305 bytes 0‎ Undid good-faith revision 1221771688 by Gobonobo (talk) see next summary. Tag: Undo

1 May 2024

• curprev 22:1522:15, 1 May 2024‎ Gobonobo talk contribs‎ 5,305 bytes 0‎ match bold to title Tag: Reverted
• curprev 22:1422:14, 1 May 2024‎ Gobonobo talk contribs‎ m 5,305 bytes 0‎ Gobonobo moved page Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source to Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source for citations elsewhere on Wikipedia: full name to capture meaning of essay; this is constantly misconstrued and used out of context to malign the project

2 October 2023

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16 July 2023

• curprev 11:3711:37, 16 July 2023‎ Ca talk contribs‎ 5,259 bytes +13‎ Converted unformatted section links via script.

26 April 2023

• curprev 15:2615:26, 26 April 2023‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ 5,246 bytes −2‎ Better. BTW, "vet" is correct. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

15 February 2023

• curprev 22:5522:55, 15 February 2023‎ RadioactiveBoulevardier talk contribs‎ 5,248 bytes +35‎ Changing short description from "Explanatory essay about the Wikipedia:Reliable sources guideline" to "Explanatory essay about citing Wikipedia itself" Tag: Shortdesc helper

5 December 2022

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24 November 2022

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30 October 2022

• curprev 16:4916:49, 30 October 2022‎ Bob K31416 talk contribs‎ 5,191 bytes +8‎ added biases

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26 July 2022

• curprev 12:2712:27, 26 July 2022‎ TheresNoTime talk contribs‎ 5,065 bytes +1‎ The amount of people who link to this page without reading any of it *is quite painful*
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11 July 2022

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• curprev 17:1017:10, 18 May 2022‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ 4,639 bytes +31‎ →‎See also: important one

17 May 2022

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8 April 2022

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10 March 2022

• curprev 23:2023:20, 10 March 2022‎ Danbloch talk contribs‎ 4,565 bytes −1,095‎ Undo good faith edits by Jaredscribe. Per the page notice, this article is only about Wikipedia being unsuitable for use as a citation in Wikipedia articles. It is not about Wikipedia's reliability or lack of reliability in the real world. Consider putting your content in an essay, which could be linked from here. Tag: Undo
• curprev 03:5503:55, 10 March 2022‎ Jaredscribe talk contribs‎ 5,660 bytes +144‎ →‎The Readers Perspective: Also, Wikipedia announces a "mainstream opinion". Thus it will reflect, by design, whatever biases exist in mainstream anglo-american culture. Tag: Reverted
• curprev 03:5303:53, 10 March 2022‎ Jaredscribe talk contribs‎ 5,516 bytes +951‎ Restoring with mods from Mathglot's revert (Thanks for affirming what you can, I would say that my accusation is "contingently" true. We can improve and change this, its not an absolute.) new section: ==The Readers Perspective== '''Wikipedia is not a reliable source''' for readers who expect a comprehensive treatment of the subject, for the reasons mentioned above, and also because it is a work in progress. It can be a valuable starting point for research though: check the reference notes, th Tag: Reverted

2 March 2022

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18 February 2022

• curprev 09:5809:58, 18 February 2022‎ Mathglot talk contribs‎ 4,570 bytes −354‎ Undid revision 1072530450 by Jaredscribe (talk) That’s a absolutely true, and absolutely nothing to do with why Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Tag: Undo
• curprev 05:1205:12, 18 February 2022‎ Jaredscribe talk contribs‎ 4,924 bytes +354‎ Inversely, the systemic bias on Wikipedia toward WP:Recentism and male, anglo-american, leisure class perspective also suggests that historical, minority culture, global, and women's issues sometimes do not get enough neutral and encyclopedic content to adequately address the subject matter they treat. Tag: Reverted

15 February 2022

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2 December 2021

• curprev 17:4317:43, 2 December 2021‎ Danbloch talk contribs‎ 4,499 bytes −70‎ The Signpost is not a sister project and Wikipedia Books is defunct.
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9 November 2021

• curprev 16:1816:18, 9 November 2021‎ InveterateCorrector talk contribs‎ 4,036 bytes −8‎ Restored traditional language re: errors, since "are usually fixed after some time" is unevidenced

3 October 2021

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12 August 2021

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16 July 2021

• curprev 18:0518:05, 16 July 2021‎ Danbloch talk contribs‎ 4,048 bytes −63‎ undo good faith edit by LeafWing8282. Not necessary. Tag: Undo

9 July 2021

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