Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now

Posted by tsbardella on Thursday October 02, 2008 @09:08AM
from the theregister.co.uk dept.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/01/wikipedia_and_naked_shorting/

We are truly doomed. If this is part of the current problem we are so f'ed. I mean what happened to all the weapons of mass destructions. And now this - you can't trust Wikipedia how the f am i supposed to do home work much less invest my retirement savings?

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Re:Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now by te_platt on Thursday October 02, 2008 @01:14PM (#321902)

What is the world coming to? If you can't trust information about controversial topics posted through anonymous accounts on the internet then who can you trust?

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Re:Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now by eru on Thursday October 02, 2008 @04:32PM (#322121)

http://www.google.de/search?q=%22I+trust+*%22

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Re:Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now by unalone on Thursday October 02, 2008 @07:16PM (#322255)

Good find. I trust Severus Snape also.

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Re:Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now by dhbradshaw on Thursday October 02, 2008 @01:01PM (#321883)

On niche subjects where certain parties have vested interests, this is almost bound to happen. In such cases, Wikipedia is like power up-for-grabs. People who care will take it.

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Re:Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now by sfk on Thursday October 02, 2008 @12:24PM (#321843)

'Byrne has long argued that the press dismissed his views at least in part because Weiss - hiding behind various anonymous accounts - spent years controlling the relevant articles on Wikipedia, the "free online encyclopedia anyone can edit."'

If The Register is reporting this correctly - a long shot by current online journalism standards - then this guy is simply a crank. Who needs Wikipedia in order to get heard?

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Re:Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now by greyman on Thursday October 02, 2008 @12:47PM (#321869)

I wouldn't call him a crank, maybe he is even right, but this was my thought as well...he could maintain a blog for example, write all his findings there a now everyone could see what he was up to back then.

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Re:Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now by bayareaguy on Thursday October 02, 2008 @11:15AM (#321776)

The title of this submission should be changed to that of the actual article:

Emails show journalist rigged Wikipedia's naked shorts

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Re:Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now by mmilenko on Friday October 03, 2008 @02:17AM (#322478)

Aw shucks!

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