Yes. We use Wikipedia as sort of the "entry" point to trace back their citations, and from there on, commence the academic research. It's called "data mining" by research professor. He was hot, but lawd he admits to cheating on his wife.
i don't think you should use it for very advanced concepts (especially since even the correct information on wikipedia on those topics is full of jargon to the point of being unreadable), but for general information it's helpful. like, if you're just looking what biology is or the symptoms of a medical condition, wikipedia is fine. i use it for information all the time.
and people talk about people vandalizing it, but the vast majority of bad edits on wikipedia are changing the text to "DAN'S MOM SUCKS DICKZ LMAO". just use common sense.
I always use it to get all my info, write my research papers, and then once they are done go find other more "reliable sources" at the end that agree with the info i originally found on wikipedia and cite those instead
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