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No offense, but the joke is not on Wikipedia, but on those members of
the mainstream press who republished something from a Wikipedia
article without verifying the information was accurately sourced.
It's not some dark little secret that information on Wikipedia is
subject to the ability of people to verify it and revert it if it gets
unsourced. There are disclaimers and disclaimers and disclaimers.
I don't think Jimbo is going to be the least bit worried. I know the
Foundation isn't.
Cary
Thorsteinn Malmjursson a écrit :
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font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } 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
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Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 23:55:36 +0000 From:
wikinewssvt(a)optonline.net To: wikinews-l(a)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?vi…
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