Yes, I agree with Cary ...
When I said "tale of caution," I did mean that we (Wikinews) shouldn't let ourselves fall into the same trap. Since we are a sister project it can be even more tempting to use Wikipedia as reliable source. We should be diligent and dig a little deeper than just the current version of a Wikipedia page.
-SVTCobra
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From: Cary Bass
Date: Friday, May 8, 2009 12:15 pm
Subject: Re: [Wikinews-l] A tale of caution and/or a story idea
To: Wikinews mailing list
Cc: Jay Walsh
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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 :
> > .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage {
> > 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@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>
> >
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