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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
If you're using Wikipedia for a graduation report (a/k/a "thesis," no?), then give up and accept your double F minus.
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Hey!
Actually, I've done some Wikipedia work myself in a few out-of-the-way places, but I know where you're coming from.
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Originally Posted by Tease
Wikipedia is allowed and I'm translating what I find on there...
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OK, since it seems you've already taken that step, some advice:
First of all, there's also
a corresponding article on the Dutch Wikipedia, so you might find that useful for translating or finding further material.
Second, remember that this kind of high-profile contentious political topic is exactly the place where some of Wikipedia's worst problems can rise to the surface. You're on a battlefield now. To get a sense of the sort of vicious infighting which can go on in a place like this, I'd recommend reading through
the article's Discussion page, and also the archives for that page, which are listed near the top. Also take a look at
the article's History page; it will give you a sense of how much activity goes on in an article like this, and it will also let you look at older versions of the article and the changes made in the various edits.
KyleGoetz already mentioned looking through the Further Reading section. I would also recommend looking through
the References section; although it isn't as nicely organized as Further Reading, it may contain sources not listed in the other section, as well as providing specific sources for claims made in the main article.
The External Links section may also be helpful.
Always remember that someone with a biased point of view (a "POV-pusher", in Wikipedia jargon) can edit these sections just as easily as any other section, in order to bias the sources toward their viewpoint.
I don't think it's wise to cite the Wikipedia article itself, but if for some reason you feel compelled to do so,
cite a specific version. That's the only way another reader can know what was in the version of the article you used. There is a "Cite this page" link, located among the links in small type on the left hand margin, under the "Tools" section, which will construct a citation for you in various standard academic formats. You can use this link while looking at any version of the article to cite that version.
All of this applies to the Dutch Wikipedia just as much as to the English Wikipedia.
One more thing; your initial query asked for stories about the massacre from posters here. But unless a poster could back up his story with a published source, or you could interview the person directly, I don't think such a story would be very useful in an academic paper, since you wouldn't be able to verify it or even the identity of who told it.