Re:GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT (a.k.a. Research Goblin) is sho...
by Kim_Bruning on Monday September 08, 2025 @08:33AM
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There were actual Wikipedians arguing not to take a wiki with a grain of salt? If I was in that discussion, I must have missed those posts. Can you link an example?
If you mean whether Wikipedia is unreliable? That's a different story, everything is unreliable. Wikipedia just happens to be potentially less unreliable than many (typically) (if used correctly) (#include caveats.h) .
Sources are like power tools. Use them with respect and caution.
There was a recent discussion about Wikipedia here recently where a lot of people who are active on the site argued against people taking the claims there with a grain of salt and verifying the accuracy for themselves.
We can teach these things until the cows come home, but it's not going to make a difference if people say it's a good idea and then immediately do the opposite.