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It's mostly a holdover from the early days of the internet I think. I remember in the olden days when Wikipedia was fairly new, and the amount of contributors back then were much smaller and the rigorousness with which sources was provided was also completely different. I was in what, middle school back then, and every teacher would remind us for every assignment: "remember that Wikipedia is not an admissible source". I think the reputation remains from those days, basically. In today's day and age I consider Wikipedia a fairly reliable source, honestly.
I also think its important to note the thing that wikipedia itself has an article about, which is that it is an encyclopedia.
You wouldn't cite the encyclopedia in a scientific paper, or even a university hand-in. It's just bad praxis. However, you would absolutely check the encyclopedia if you wanted to quickly gain a basis of knowledge on a topic.