Thursday, July 21, 2022

Does Wikipedia not use articles in other encyclopedias as a primary source - if not then why [COMPACTIDEA]

E.g., the article on Vladimir Putin in Britannica is a fairly good one - plus it has been written by professionals as opposed to volunteers. But the article on Wikipedia doesn't use this Britannica article as a source - why? Is a news story on a random website written by a journalist [with possible bias] more authoritative than an article in another encyclopedia?