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		jimbobthrowawy on May 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Citation Needed – Wikimedia Foundation's Experimen... It really shouldn't, considering they have a rule about not using primary sources.

_notreallyme_ on May 12, 2024 [–]

Yes, they explicitly classify wikipedia as a tertiary source [1].

Wikipedia is good for finding secondary source, and then primary sources by following the links.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Primary_Secondary_an...

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