[Foundation-l] How much of Wikipedia is vandalized? 0.4% of Articles

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/8/20 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> I wouldn't suggest looking at the edit history at all, just the most recent
> revision as of whatever moment in time is chosen.  If vandalism is found,
> then and only then would one look through the edit history to find out when
> it was added.

That only works if the article is very well referenced and you have
all the references and are willing to fact-check everything. Otherwise
you will miss subtle vandalism like changing the date of birth by a
year.