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Wikipedia is a fascinating corner of the web a font of knowledge that leads to expected places. But as any teacher or professor will tell you, it s not a primary source. Use it as a jumping-off point, but scroll to the bottom and seek out original sources for the truth.
Is that fair? Is Wikipedia indeed a repository for half-truths? It s a topic that Professor Amy Bruckman from the Georgia Institute of Technology s School of Interactive Computing has researched extensively and examines in her book
Should You Believe Wikipedia?, out in 2022 from Cambridge University Press.