Yes! Although I think the problem doesn’t lie necessarily with remembering to check this history page (though this is important) but with understanding the nature of wikipedia and much of the modern web. Wikipedia is a wonderful resource, but by its nature needs to be confirmed. Good articles are referenced, anything unreferenced is unreferencable, as I have told a number of students whose coursework I have marked.
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Yes! Although I think the problem doesn’t lie necessarily with remembering to check this history page (though this is important) but with understanding the nature of wikipedia and much of the modern web. Wikipedia is a wonderful resource, but by its nature needs to be confirmed. Good articles are referenced, anything unreferenced is unreferencable, as I have told a number of students whose coursework I have marked.