On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:23 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Note that this has been a problem - BLPs with information from one bad source that got copied around the world, and the subject unable to get it removed from Wikipedia because of bloody-minded editors who think sourcing must be done robotically.
It has indeed been a problem. What I've also found is that in many cases the person in question is not willing to publish a denial entirely because that would only make the incorrect story more newsworthy.
Most times the original source is bad, even if it has been reprinted in superficially better quality publications without sufficient fact checking.
-Matt