Why I HATE Wikipedia

[The Ghost]

Kennedy is not dead, but any fuckhead can go on Wikipedia and change the facts. Ugh. Its already been fixed, but heres a screenshot.

[iamthebandfanman]

1. itll get changed back tho

hopefully ;)

ive tested them before to see how fast someone would correct it. i wont say what article or what crazy outa nowhere thing i put, but it was gone within a half hour(probably before then, i just checked a half hour later).

[The Ghost]

2. Yeah its funny i saw it, took a screenshot, then refreshed, and it was fixed.

Just pathetic it can happen

[highplainsdem]

3. How grotesque. Having the talking heads constantly saying "He was..." isn't helping either.

They should be saying "He is..."

[skooooo]

4. High school and college kids aren't often taught about wikipedia..

...and use it as a source for research. Heaven help us.

[merwin]

7. It's a good jumping off point for research,

as long as you verify what you read from a secondary source. Nowadays, more and more articles on Wikipedia are using cited sources for almost all data in their articles.

[skooooo]

8. Well that's just stupid..

There are mistakes found there all the time. It may be a good place to get ideas, but I would never use it as a source, or take anything too seriously that relied on it for a source of information.

[merwin]

10. That's why you use it as a jumping off point, and not as your primary source.

If something doesn't have a direct source citation, always double check your facts somewhere else.

[dorktv]

5. That is a great photo of him though.

[Teaser]

6. its strengths outweight its weaknesses

it is an excellent example of crowdsourcing. And, over the long term, it will be right far more often than wrong.

[LTR]

9. These high-traffic articles get changed back pretty quick

Don't worry.