Yes, I agree with Cary ...When I said "tale of caution," I did mean that we
(Wikinews) shouldn't let ourselves fall into the same trap. Since we are a
sister project it can be even more tempting to use Wikipedia as reliable
source. We should be diligent and dig a little deeper than just the current
version of a Wikipedia page.-SVTCobra----- Original Message -----From: Cary
Bass Date: Friday, May 8, 2009 12:15 pmSubject: Re: [Wikinews-l] A tale of
caution and/or a story ideaTo: Wikinews mailing list Cc: Jay Walsh > -----BEGIN
PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----> Hash: SHA1> > No offense, but the joke is not on
Wikipedia, but on those > members of> the mainstream press who republished
something from a Wikipedia> article without verifying the information was
accurately sourced.> It's not some dark little secret that information on
Wikipedia is> subject to the ability of people to verify it and revert it if >
it gets> unsourced. There are disclaimers and disclaimers and disclaimers.> >
I don't think Jimbo is going to be the least bit worried. I > know the>
Foundation isn't.> > Cary> > Thorsteinn Malmjursson a écrit :> > .hmmessage P {
margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage {> > font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Verdana } Whoops. Shows why we need> > to work more on verifying
stuff. Wikipedia is slowly turning > into a> > joke. First Essay, then suicide
threats, now hoax sh*t being used> > in obituaries. What next? Jimbo's gonna
be stewing on this.> >> > Iceflow> >> >
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Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 23:55:36 +0000 From:> > [email protected] To:
[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikinews-l] A tale of caution
and/or a story idea> >> > Hoax quote on Wikipedia goes mainstream:> >> > From
The Irish Times:> > >
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0506/1224245992919.html?via=mr>>
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