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> Citogenesis, The way Wikipedia creates citations for false information
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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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gomi   Citogenesis   Wed 16th November 2011, 7:43pm
SB_Johnny   Truthiness.   Wed 16th November 2011, 8:30pm
EricBarbour   Curse you sir, I was going to post that XKCD. ...   Wed 16th November 2011, 10:59pm
Kelly Martin   This isn't new to Wikipedia; a much older exam...   Wed 16th November 2011, 11:00pm
EricBarbour   All Wikipedia has done is speed the process up, wh...   Wed 16th November 2011, 11:11pm
gomi   This isn't new to Wikipedia; a much older exa...   Thu 17th November 2011, 12:29am
the fieryangel   [quote name='Kelly Martin' post='288653' date='We...   Thu 17th November 2011, 3:18pm

 

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