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Yes, I have now corrected this thanks.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 11 October 2024 at 1:26 pm UTC
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A lot of this being a subset of their ridiculous "notability" doctrine.
Most universities (well, in the UK at least) stance is pretty much "You can use Wikipedia, but check other sources and do not rely on it or cite it.", reasoning being the lack of proper references and the fact that anyone can edit it.
That is another thing entirely. One of the main reasons wikipedia is not acceptable for universities and academic work is fundamentally the wiki structure: academic work must be able to cite authors clearly and directly. A source without a clear author, edited by multiple people, is just not acceptable.
As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is also a tertiary source, a compilation of data already published and referenced by other parties. Academic work is expected to engage directly with primary sources, or at least with well-established secondary sources: you are supposed to go deeper and find the original research and review all the relevant literature. Going for a traditional encyclopedia would also be frowned upon: either you go to the original research, or at least to a specialized book. However, it would be appropriate to cite wikipedia as a primary source - for example, when talking about wikipedia itself.
Wikipedia itself does not advise its use for academic work, and explains all of that and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia
The important takeaway is not that you can't cite wikipedia because it is unreliable or untrustworthy, but because it is not and does not try to be an academic source. The very reasons it is great as a general source for the average user makes it inadequate for original research.