 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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gomi Citogenesis Wed 16th November 2011, 7:43pm
EricBarbour
Curse you sir, I was going to post that XKCD.
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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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