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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 20:19:06 JST 翠星石

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   • ikuturso 🇪🇺
   @ikuturso You can't see this, but the purpose of an encyclopedia is to contain correct information.
   
   That usually requires the highest-quality sources, which is primarily sources combined with original research - which is perfectly fine as long as the original research is documented and the conclusions reached explained - as that allows checking the research and confirming if it was correct.
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     ikuturso 🇪🇺 (ikuturso@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 20:19:07 JST ikuturso 🇪🇺

     @ariadne wikipedia generally shouldn't actually cite primary sources but secondary or tertiary ones since using a primary source tends to involve original research which is not the purpose of an encyclopedia.

     翠星石 repeated this.