[DIYbio] OFF-TOPIC: taboo on using Wikipedia (school settings)

I was reading the commentary article "We Must Face the Threats" in J
Neuro [1] and noticed that they cite Wikipedia. Now, I realize that this
isn't a regular journal article but teachers and professors seem to
treat Wikipedia as absolutely verboten. If an article in a journal can
cite Wikipedia, then why can't it be used as a source in informal
assignments like homeworks. A research paper would require harder stuff
but in my experience thus far, Wikipedia is shunned by instructors.

Comments?

[1]http://www.jneurosci.org/content/29/37/11417.full.pdf

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