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Originally posted by hoosier
Big negative story about Wikopedia in the USAToday editorial section today (11/30). Somebody posted a fictional biography of some RFKennedy aid. Although Wikopedia eventually deleted it, they offered no help in tracking down the author, and ISP won't help either.
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I'm sure you mean 'wikipedia' - now, that said, the term 'wiki' has a very specific meaning (especially with reference to the Internet), and I'd guess that the editorial was written by someone too old/out of touch/technophobic to understand how that meaning would apply to a 'wikipedia'.
Not to mention that the editorial came from McPaper, which is essentially the asshole of the journalistic world (although I pick it up almost every day to read over lunch, for precisely that reason).
Wikipedia is a fanastic source of information, but one must consider its caveats (which the organization is quite open about, I'll add).