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[ga] Re: The Biggest Hoaxes In Wikipedia's First Decade
- To: Eric Dierker <ericdierker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: [ga] Re: The Biggest Hoaxes In Wikipedia's First Decade
- From: "Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:09:13 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
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<P>Eric and all,</P>
<P> </P>
<P> I love Jimmy Wales, but he is NO Columbus or Galleleo to be
sure. I admire Jimmy's</P>
<P>tenacity and vision with Wikipedia, but given some of hoaxes that have been
expounded</P>
<P>there and remain perpetrated there, it leaves me wanting for better, which
Jimmy will eventually </P>
<P>achieve some day, just not today or likely in the near term. We
should all prefer, if not demand</P>
<P>'Original Documentation' instead of the revisionist sort, should we
not? Gotta love editors </P>
<P>though eh? >;) So be sure to cross check those wikipedia
references every time!</P>
<P> </P>
<P> Gods speed and grace Jimmy!</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Kindest Regards,<BR><BR>Jeffrey A. Williams<BR>"Obedience of the law is the
greatest freedom" -<BR> Abraham Lincoln<BR><BR>"Credit should go
with the performance of duty and not with what is very<BR>often the accident of
glory" - Theodore Roosevelt<BR><BR>"If the probability be called P; the injury,
L; and the burden, B; liability<BR>depends upon whether B is less than L
multiplied by<BR>P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."<BR>United States v.
Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir.
1947]<BR>===============================================================<BR>Updated
1/26/04<BR>IT/network security Eng. SR. Eng. Network data
security,<BR>IT/information and web security.<BR>ABA member in good standing
member ID 01257402 <BR>E-Mail jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR>Phone:
214-244-4827<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
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MARGIN-LEFT: 0px">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Eric Dierker
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Williams" <JWKCKID1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <BR>Cc: lauren@xxxxxxxx,
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<DIV>Very funny. Seems like very similar complaints as to those about
Columbus and Galleleo<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jeffrey A. Williams
<jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT:
bold">To:</SPAN></B> ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ericdierker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> lauren@xxxxxxxx; lmcknigh@xxxxxxx;
ehale2@xxxxxxx; lehto.paul@xxxxxxxxx<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT:
bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sat, January 15, 2011 9:08:09 AM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> The Biggest Hoaxes In Wikipedia's
First Decade<BR></FONT><BR>All,<BR><BR> This yet again demonstrates why
Wikipedia as a definitive<BR>reference should not be considered so. None
the less it does<BR>have 'some' accurate and creditable reference information
and<BR>is on the improvement track. <BR>See:<BR>"Wikipedia will celebrate
its 10th birthday on Saturday,<BR>with founder Jimmy Wales having built the
site from nothing to one of the<BR>most influential destinations on the
Internet. Wikipedia's goal may be to<BR>compile the sum total of all human
knowledge, but it's also,
perhaps,<BR>http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011411-wikipedia-hoaxes.html?hpg1=bn<BR>the
best tool in existence for perpetuating Internet hoaxes. Top<BR>hoaxes include
a student who fooled the entire world's media with a fake<BR>obituary quote,
Rush Limbaugh spouting inaccurate facts lifted from<BR>Wikipedia, the incorrect
declaration of Sinbad's death, Stephen Colbert's<BR>African elephant prank,
Hitler posters on the bedroom wall of a teenage<BR>Tony Blair, and several fake
historical figures invented out of thin air.<BR>Wales has taken steps to head
off vandalism including preventing<BR>unregistered editors from creating new
pages and temporarily protecting<BR>controversial articles, but Wikipedia's
very nature makes it susceptible<BR>to the hoaxes described in this
story."<BR><BR>Kindest Regards,<BR><BR>Jeffrey A. Williams<BR>"Obedience of the
law is the greatest freedom" -<BR> Abraham Lincoln<BR><BR>"Credit should
go with the performance of duty and not with what is very<BR>often the accident
of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt<BR><BR>"If the probability be called P; the
injury, L; and the burden, B; liability<BR>depends upon whether B is less than
L multiplied by<BR>P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."<BR>United States v.
Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir.
1947]<BR>===============================================================<BR>Updated
1/26/04<BR>IT/network security Eng. SR. Eng. Network data
security,<BR>IT/information and web security.<BR>ABA member in good standing
member ID 01257402 <BR>E-Mail <A href="mailto:jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";
ymailto="mailto:jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</A><BR>Phone:
214-244-4827<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>
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