"MY AMERICAN SENSES SMELL A CONSPIRACY THEORIST FROM THE GUY WHO MADE THIS NON-BIGOTED WEBSITE"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/27/wikipedia-biased-bbc-how-left-took-platform/

https://blog.reputationx.com/is-wikipedia-reliable

“Wikipedia is not a reliable source…. As a user-generated source, it can be edited by anyone at any time, and any information it contains at a particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or simply incorrect.”
– Wikipedia

There's also citogenesis. A false claim is made, put on Wikipedia, news sources use as a citation Wikipedia, the wiki is then edited to use the news' citation as a citation.

https://theconversation.com/students-are-told-not-to-use-wikipedia-for-research-but-its-a-trustworthy-source-168834

Genuine question; if a student used Wikipedia as a source and the other uses a conspiracy website, do y’all put them on the same level?