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> Wikipedia Ain't Broke, but Needs Fixing (TechNewsWorld.com)
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post Fri 9th March 2007, 4:39pm
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Users of Wikipedia trust that anonymous contributors will only add true and accurate knowledge to the free online encyclopedia. However, not everyone is trustworthy. Contributors have made mistakes, of course, and then there's the widely-reported inconsistencies and outright vandalism of entries.

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Wikipedia Ain't Broke, but Needs Fixing
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By Chris Maxcer. With Wikipedia under fire yet again -- this time for allowing edits from a user who lied about his academic credentials -- can the online ...
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