News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Evidence says Wikipedia is accurate, reliable. When will we take it seriously?. Parent comment

Re:Evidence says Wikipedia is accurate, reliable. When will ... by djur on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:35PM (#32827576)
Completely fictitious content is bad PR for Wikipedia, but it doesn't really materially affect its usefulness as a reference. Nobody's coming to Wikipedia looking to write their thesis on a band that never existed. The reason fictitious pages like this survive is because nobody is reading them. Even infamous long-lived examples like "Jar'Edo Wens" had essentially no real-world impact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar%27Edo_Wens_hoax

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Evidence says Wikipedia is accurate, reliable. When will ... by Spooky23 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @06:00PM (#32830730)
It enables all sorts of grifts.

Foolish as it may seem, people use Wikipedia to vet stuff and make decisions.

[ Parent | on HN ]