I can't even begin to get a handle on the scale of ineptitude over at Wiki-EN on this matter, but
this post from Sandifer caught my eye:
QUOTE(Phil Sandifer)
It is a pressing question, I think, how a complete nutter like Brandt
can get taken so seriously by an utterly reputable news source.
Where was Sandifer during the
Essjay controversy, or the
Seigenthaler controversy? When "utterly reputable news sources" were quoting Brandt verbatim? And Brandt was correct on both occasions. And the funniest thing about it is that Wikipedia
itself quotes Daniel Brandt on both those matters!
So lets have a re-read of Sandifer's comments again...
QUOTE(Phil Sandifer)
It is a pressing question, I think, how a complete nutter like Brandt
can get taken so seriously by an utterly reputable news source.