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Re:AI tidies up Wikipedia's references – and boosts reliability by entropicdrifter on Friday October 20, 2023 @02:07PM (#37959494)
I don't think they're arguing against the use of citations in general, but just pointing out that anyone with sufficient motivation acting in bad faith can find something official looking that seems to support their opinion.

In other words, citations alone are insufficient

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Re:AI tidies up Wikipedia's references – and boosts reliability by fsckboy on Saturday October 21, 2023 @12:21AM (#37964049)
> anyone with sufficient motivation acting in bad faith can find something official looking that seems to support their opinion

you just summed up wikipedia on any political issue.

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