Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior

Re:Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior by photochemsyn on Sunday July 31, 2022 @09:52AM (#32295469)

I think law clerks and other legal professionals would be using a curated service (most likely LexisNexis) as their primary information source, not Wikipedia.

Wikipedia is quite unreliable on any major legal case, controversial issue, political personality, corporate entity etc., as the relevant wikipedia pages end up being heavily manipulated by agenda-driven editors who often erase or alter the most important information.

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Re:Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior by grumple on Sunday July 31, 2022 @01:20PM (#32297039)

I would guess that google and other search engines have much better search functionality than curated services. You'd find a case via google, then review the details on a curated service.

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Re:Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior by merely-unlikely on Monday August 01, 2022 @11:36AM (#32307563)

Curated services like LexisNexis aren't necessarily free from bias either. One need not use a single service exclusively

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