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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Vatican uses [b]Wikipedia to compile cardinals' biographies[/b]
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Its ancient library holds more than 180000 manuscripts and 1.6m books, and it describes its Secret Archive, which packs priceless documents on to 85km of shelving, as "one of the most important research centres in the world". ...



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I saw Wikipedia and the Vatican and I was afraid there was a sex scandal involving Commons. Thankfully, it was only people not understanding that Wikipedia Is Not a Reliable Source. Phew.
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Newsfeed   Vatican uses Wikipedia to compile cardinals' biographies - The Guardian   Sun 8th January 2012, 5:52pm
thekohser   Another case of an organization being publicly hum...   Sun 8th January 2012, 7:59pm
EricBarbour   All the more reason to put out a well-sourced book...   Sun 8th January 2012, 10:49pm
mbz1   I saw Wikipedia and the Vatican and I was afraid ...   Tue 10th January 2012, 4:35am
Fusion   In both places Tyranny of the Ignorant wins. [/...   Tue 10th January 2012, 10:57pm
lonza leggiera   .... in Vatican the current Pope stated: ....   Wed 11th January 2012, 4:48am

 

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