[Wikimedia-l] Trent Franks quotes Wikipedia in the house of representatives

Hi there, It looks like Trent Franks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Franks) is a fan of wikipedia, but needs some information about how it works. He quotes Wikipedia, ``One year after the Fort Hood shooting, the motivations of the perpetrator were not yet established.'', maybe he needs to learn how to update the article if he has more information about it. Why would quoting wikipedia here be something that is a good idea? As if the article is always the most up to date. I think that quoting the sources are more import. He could add tags as well. Maybe someone should sit down with him and give him some tutoring. mike See : http://origin.www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2012-08-03/html/CREC-2012-08-03-pt… https://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/item/speech/CREC-2012-08-03-pt1-PgE141… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hood_shooting http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2012/07/30/newt-gingrich-wikipedia-michele-bac… ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Scout (Sunlight Foundation) <scout(a)sunlightfoundation.com> Date: Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:20 PM Subject: wikipedia - 1 speech To: "jamesmikedupont(a)googlemail.com" <jamesmikedupont(a)googlemail.com> Aug 3, 2012 - Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) said: "...o avoid confronting his acts as inspired by his support for radical Islamism. An American of Palestinian descent, Hasan had been in touch with a radical American cleric in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki. He declared Hasan a hero. Al-Awlaki was himself declared a ``specially designated global terrorist'' and, with presidential approval, was killed by a predator missile. Yet, despite the evidence, Wikipedia reports, ``One year after the Fort Hood shooting, the motivations of the perpetrator were not yet es..." http://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/item/speech/CREC-2012-08-03-pt1-PgE1416… -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org Saving wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com Contributor FOSM, the CC-BY-SA map of the world http://fosm.org Mozilla Rep https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3