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IBNLive.com[/url] <img alt="" height="1" width="1" />60 pc of [b]Wikipedia entries have factual errors[/b] IBNLive.com Washington: Sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors, according to a new research, which warned people not to rely on the website for accurate and balanced information. "It does not surprise me that so many Wikipedia ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 10:58am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Up to six in ten articles on [b]Wikipedia contain factual errors[/b] Daily Mail By Amy Oliver The number of factual errors shows just how unreliable it can be to use the online resource as a sole means of digging up information. Yet millions base everything from school homework to corporate presentations using facts and figures ... and more » View the article |
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />`Many [b]Wikipedia entries contain factual errors`[/b] Zee News Washington: A new study has pointed out that sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors. The findings will help establish a baseline of understanding for how public relations professionals work with Wikipedia editors to ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 10:31am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia entries full of factual errors, says researcher[/b] Deccan Herald Sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors, according to a new research, which warned people not to rely on the website for accurate and balanced information. "It does not surprise me that so many Wikipedia entries ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 10:26am
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Daily Mail[/url] <img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Iffy-pedia: Up to six in ten articles on [b]Wikipedia contain factual errors[/b] Daily Mail By Amy Oliver The number of factual errors shows just how unreliable it can be to use the online resource as a sole means of digging up information. Yet millions base everything from school homework to corporate presentations using facts and figures ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 11:23am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />60% [b]Wikipedia entries have factual errors[/b] Hindustan Times Sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors, according to a new research, which warned people not to rely on the website for accurate and balanced information. "It does not surprise me that so many Wikipedia entries ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 10:22am
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Daily Mail[/url] <img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Iffy-pedia: Up to six in ten articles on [b]Wikipedia contain factual errors[/b] Daily Mail By Amy Oliver The number of factual errors shows just how unreliable it can be to use the online resource as a sole means of digging up information. Yet millions base everything from school homework to corporate presentations using facts and figures ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 10:10am
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Daily Mail[/url] <img alt="" height="1" width="1" />PRs take note: 60% of [b]Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual mistakes[/b] Daily Mail By Amy Oliver Sixty per cent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors, research published today shows. More surprising is the number of public relations staff who either do not realise their company has a Wikipedia page or, ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 12:25pm
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Telegraph.co.uk[/url] <img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Six out of 10 [b]Wikipedia business entries contain factual errors[/b] Telegraph.co.uk Six out of 10 entries about businesses on internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia contain factual errors, reveals a new study. Often used when people are trying to figure out what that guy in the film they are watching has been in before, a new study reveals ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 12:16pm
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India Today[/url] <img alt="" height="1" width="1" />60 per cent [b]Wikipedia entries full of factual errors: Researcher[/b] India Today Sixty per cent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors, according to a new research, which warned people not to rely on the website for accurate and balanced information. "It does not surprise me that so many Wikipedia entries ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 1:12pm
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Six out of 10 [b]Wikipedia business entries contain factual errors[/b] Irish Independent SIX out of 10 entries about businesses on internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia contain factual errors, reveals a new study. Often used when people are trying to figure out what that guy in the film they are watching has been in before, a new study reveals ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 1:07pm
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Sci-News.com[/url] <img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Majority of [b]Wikipedia Articles Contain Factual Errors[/b] Sci-News.com Dr. Marcia DiStaso of the Penn State University has found that sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors. The findings, published today in the Public Relations Journal, will help establish a baseline of understanding ... and more » View the article |
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Wed 18th April 2012, 1:48pm
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Zee News[/url] <img alt="" height="1" width="1" />`60% [b]Wikipedia entries contain factual errors`[/b] Zee News Washington: A new study has pointed out that sixty percent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors. The findings will help establish a baseline of understanding for how public relations professionals work with Wikipedia editors to ... View the article |
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Newstrack India[/url] <img alt="" height="1" width="1" />60% [b]Wikipedia entries have factual errors, latest research says[/b] Newstrack India If you are extremely internet savvy and always believe on web for accessing information regarding any business or company, may face chagrin any time especially in group discussion and interviews as 60% of data entries in World's biggest online ... and more » View the article |
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia entries full of factual errors, says researcher[/b] Times of India WASHINGTON: Sixty per cent of Wikipedia articles about companies contain factual errors, according to a new research, which warned people not to rely on the website for accurate and balanced information. "It does not surprise me that so many Wikipedia ... and more » View the article |
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