Whoops.  Shows why we need to work more on verifying stuff. Wikipedia is slowly turning into a joke. First Essay, then suicide threats, now hoax sh*t being used in obituaries.  What next?  Jimbo's gonna be stewing on this.

Iceflow


Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 23:55:36 +0000
From: wikinewssvt@optonline.net
To: wikinews-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikinews-l] A tale of caution and/or a story idea

Hoax quote on Wikipedia goes mainstream:

From The Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0506/1224245992919.html?via=mr


What can you do with the new Windows Live? Find out