[WikiEN-l] FYI: Daily Record: Wikipedia site filled with majormistakes

[Michael Jennings]

"Steve Bennett" <stevage at gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f1c3529e0604110433j2b55a7e1kbdb534919feea969 at mail.gmail.com...
> On 4/11/06, Matt R <matt_crypto at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > To me, it's another example of Wikipedia being perceived as something
>> > which it is not, which is basically our fault. The two biggest
>> > misconceptions here are:
>> > a) that Wikipedia is an "encyclopaedia" with fact checking and
>> > editorial standards against publishing anything that is not known to
>> > be true
>>
>> Er, that's not a misconception! Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, we do have fact checking, and we do have editorial standards. The
verifiability policy is a mechanism to ensure we publish trustworthy information. And that's exactly why Boroson's addition was
removed. If he had any insight, he would have commended Wikipedia for asking for sources, rather than taking him (an anonymous
editor) at his word.
>
> Ok, "fact checking and editorial standards applied *before* publish anything"...
>
> Steve
>
Warren Boroson's corrected contribution is restored.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Barry_Goldwater#Libel_and_sanity
His name is spelled wrong, however.