[ga] More wikipedia nonsense: False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  Why again Wikipedia should never be used as an authoritative
or accurate resource.

See:
Germany has a new minister of economic
affairs. Mr. von und zu Guttenberg is descended from an old and noble
lineage, so his official name is very long: Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus
Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu
Guttenberg. When first there were rumors that he would be appointed to
the post, someone changed his Wikipedia entry and added the name
'Wilhelm,' so Wikipedia stated his full name as: Karl Theodor Maria
Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Wilhelm Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr
von und zu Guttenberg. What resulted from this edit
http://www.bildblog.de/5695/wie-ich-freiherr-von-guttenberg-zu-wilhelm-machte/
points up a big problem for our information society (in German;
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bildblog.de%2F5695%2Fwie-ich-freiherr-von-guttenberg-zu-wilhelm-machte%2F&sl=de&tl=en
Google translation).  The German and international press picked up the
wrong name from Wikipedia ? including well-known newspapers, Internet
sites, and TV news such as spiegel.de, Bild, heute.de, TAZ, or
Süddeutsche Zeitung. In the meantime, the change on Wikipedia was 
reverted, with a request for proof of the name. The proof was quickly 
found. On spiegel.de an article cites Mr. von und zu Guttenberg using 
his 'full name'; however, while the quote might have been real, the 
full name seems to have been looked up on Wikipedia while the false 
edit was in place. So the circle was closed:
Wikipedia states a false fact, a reputable media outlet copies the false
fact, and this outlet is then used as the source to prove the false fact
to Wikipedia.

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