[WikiEN-l] Re: Wikipedia in the news

[Timwi]

Sean Barrett wrote:

> Timwi wrote:
> 
>> Sheldon Rampton wrote:
>>
>>> Just out of curiosity, I clicked the "Random page" link a few times. 
>>> Out of ten articles, I found five stubs, two of which had frequent 
>>> grammatical errors. [...]
>>> My little experiment isn't sufficient to serve as the basis for any 
>>> conclusions, but if two out of ten articles are grammatically-flawed 
>>> stubs, [...]
>>
>> Concluding factual inaccuracy or unreliability from mere grammatical 
>> imperfection is fallacious and prejudicial.
> 
> On the contrary, it is a safe assumption that someone who is careless 
> about grammar and spelling is also careless about factual accuracy.

The others already mentioned that this assumption breaks down for 
non-native speakers, but I think even for native speakers this is *far* 
from a "safe assumption".