[jsfg_cinti] Article: Wikipedia chief promises change after 'expert' exposed as fraud

Dear JSFG Folks,

You may recall my earlier postings to this mailing
list which expressed my view that Wikipedia is not a
reliable or authoritative source of information.  

Appended below is the latest scandal concerning the
so-called "encyclopedia".  It demonstrates how the
contents of Wikipedia are utterly unreliable.  And how
the credential of the so-called editors/contributors
can be utterly fraudulent.  

Does information have value if the source is not
reliable and authoritative?  No, it is absolutely
worthless.  Bottom line, don't use Wikipedia for any
serious, scholarly work.

Have a great day!

Regards,
Lance



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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article1480012.ece
or
http://tinyurl.com/2ebqx3

March 06, 2007

Wikipedia chief promises change after 'expert' exposed
as fraud 
by James Doran, New York

Wikipedia, the controversial online encyclopaedia, is
planning to ask its army of faceless internet editors
? known as Wikipedians ? to verify their credentials
after one of the most prolific of their number was
exposed as a fraud.

The online reference work was dealt a serious blow
last week as it emerged that EssJay, a Wikipedia
editor understood by the site and its users to be a
tenured professor of religion at a private university
with expertise in canon law, was in fact a 24 year old
from Kentucky called Ryan Jordan with no higher
educational qualifications to speak of.

...

Wikipedia has come under fire from all sides amid
claims that much of its content is unreliable and
prone to internet vandals who deliberately print false
information on the website.

The EssJay affair, which has enraged critics and
supporters of Wikipedia in equal measure, is the most
serious instance of fraud experienced by the website
so far.

...

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