 Citogenesis, The way Wikipedia creates citations for false information |
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| gomi |
 Wed 16th November 2011, 7:43pm
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Where Wikipedia Citations Come From  QUOTE I just read a pop-science book by a respected author. One chapter, and much of the thesis, was based around wildly inaccurate data which traced back to... Wikipedia. To encourage people to be on their toes, I'm not going to say what book or author. |
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| SB_Johnny |
Wed 16th November 2011, 8:30pm
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 It wasn't me who made honky-tonk angels Group: Regulars Posts: 2,128 Joined: Mon 15th Sep 2008, 3:10pm Member No.: 8,272 WP user page - talk check - contribs |
Truthiness.
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| EricBarbour |
Wed 16th November 2011, 10:59pm
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 blah Group: Regulars Posts: 5,919 Joined: Mon 25th Feb 2008, 2:31am Member No.: 5,066 WP user page - talk check - contribs |
QUOTE(gomi @ Wed 16th November 2011, 11:43am)  QUOTE I just read a pop-science book by a respected author. One chapter, and much of the thesis, was based around wildly inaccurate data which traced back to... Wikipedia. To encourage people to be on their toes, I'm not going to say what book or author. Curse you sir, I was going to post that XKCD. And now I want to know which book is mentioned. Because such information is useful to us. |
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| Kelly Martin |
Wed 16th November 2011, 11:00pm
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Bring back the guttersnipes! Group: Regulars Posts: 3,270 Joined: Sun 22nd Jun 2008, 4:41am From: EN61bw Member No.: 6,696 |
This isn't new to Wikipedia; a much older example of the same phenomenon can be found starting with a well-known fellow often known as Pliny the Elder. All Wikipedia has done is speed the process up, which in some ways is a boon because it makes it more likely that we'll spot it.
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| EricBarbour |
Wed 16th November 2011, 11:11pm
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blah Group: Regulars Posts: 5,919 Joined: Mon 25th Feb 2008, 2:31am Member No.: 5,066 WP user page - talk check - contribs |
QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Wed 16th November 2011, 3:00pm) All Wikipedia has done is speed the process up, which in some ways is a boon because it makes it more likely that we'll spot it. Provided, of course, someone cares to check references. "Google is your friend" is a bit of dark comedy. Just remember, I did a serious test of weblink references from 10 random articles, and found that 19% of the links were dead.... |
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| gomi |
Thu 17th November 2011, 12:29am
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,022 Joined: Fri 17th Nov 2006, 6:38pm Member No.: 565 |
QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Wed 16th November 2011, 3:00pm) This isn't new to Wikipedia; a much older example of the same phenomenon can be found starting with a well-known fellow often known as Pliny the Elder. Best. Sock Name. Evah. |
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| the fieryangel |
Thu 17th November 2011, 3:18pm
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 the Internet Review Corporation is watching you... Group: Regulars Posts: 2,990 Joined: Tue 21st Nov 2006, 9:49pm From: It's all in your mind anyway... Member No.: 577 |
QUOTE(gomi @ Thu 17th November 2011, 1:29am) QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Wed 16th November 2011, 3:00pm) This isn't new to Wikipedia; a much older example of the same phenomenon can be found starting with a well-known fellow often known as Pliny the Elder. Best. Sock Name. Evah. I dunno, Semifreddo was pretty good too... (PS everybody had already seen that cartoon on FB....) |
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