Finden Lehrer Wikipedia wirklich so schlimm?

Wikipedia can be a good basis to get into a subject, but is rarely good to gain deeper knowledge.

The argument with the “everyone can write in” is solala. Changes are checked by Wikipedia moderators. And depending on the relevance of the article, this happens sooner or later. I remember that the librarians of the Brothers Grimm Library in Berlin, who belonged to the Humboldt University Berlin, proudly thought that their new Wikipedia aricle about their invented sport was online for a month before it was deleted. They wanted to point out the danger of “everyone can write in”. I mean, their test has been rather weak, because an invented sport has no relevance and is therefore checked late.

In addition, it is important to learn how to research physical literature. This is essential for studying, but it is also an important life experience. Because it is less important to know everything than to know where and how to search.

However, there are also good websites to which you can relate more reliably. Seilnacht.com has always recommended my chemistry teacher. Then various ministries also have articles on different topics that can help. And depending on the situation, you can even use videos. Not only as a primary source, but also as literature. For example, I used the uploaded lectures of the mathematics professor Dr. Spannagel from the University of Heidelberg for a homework. But I’ve agreed with my Prof before. And the lectures of the Kunsthochschule Wien helped me to learn art history in Abi.

There are more than just books and Wikipedia, but for an extensive view books are usually the better choice.

The following shall only be taken into account:

1. Who wrote the book / which publisher has brought it out?

– Not only can anyone put something on the Internet. More or less everyone can write a book even if the publication effort is greater. For example, I would not use a book by Erich von Däniken for a historical theme.

And how old is the book?

– A book with an outdated state of knowledge can contain errors.

ps. If you need to use Wikipedia, you should use the “Permanent Link” function, which can be found on the left in the menu. This generates a timestamp for the article that is noted in the link. If you open this link, you always come to the version that you had open at the time of creating the permanent link. By this you prevent your used literature from differing from later versions of the article that you would see if you simply opened the article so ruthlessly.