Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now

#1

Post by tsbardella » Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 1:08 PM UTC

We are truly doomed. If this is part of the current problem we are so f'ed. I mean what happened to all the weapons of mass destructions. And now this - you can't trust Wikipedia how the f am i supposed to do home work much less invest my retirement savings?

Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now
theregister.co.uk

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#2

Post by bayareaguy » Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 3:15 PM UTC

The title of this submission should be changed to that of the actual article:

Emails show journalist rigged Wikipedia's naked shorts

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#3

Post by sfk » Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 4:24 PM UTC

'Byrne has long argued that the press dismissed his views at least in part because Weiss - hiding behind various anonymous accounts - spent years controlling the relevant articles on Wikipedia, the "free online encyclopedia anyone can edit."'

If The Register is reporting this correctly - a long shot by current online journalism standards - then this guy is simply a crank. Who needs Wikipedia in order to get heard?

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Post by greyman » Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 4:47 PM UTC

sfk wrote: post #3

'Byrne has long argued that the press dismissed his views at least in part because Weiss - hiding behind various anonymous accounts - spent years controlling the relevant articles on Wikipedia, the "free online encyclopedia anyone can edit."' If The Register is reporting this correctly - a long shot by current online journalism standards - then this guy is simply a crank. Who needs Wikipedia in order to get heard?

I wouldn't call him a crank, maybe he is even right, but this was my thought as well...he could maintain a blog for example, write all his findings there a now everyone could see what he was up to back then.

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Post by dhbradshaw » Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 5:01 PM UTC

On niche subjects where certain parties have vested interests, this is almost bound to happen. In such cases, Wikipedia is like power up-for-grabs. People who care will take it.

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Post by te_platt » Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 5:14 PM UTC

What is the world coming to? If you can't trust information about controversial topics posted through anonymous accounts on the internet then who can you trust?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 7:14 PM UTC

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Post by eru » Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 8:32 PM UTC

te_platt wrote: post #6

What is the world coming to? If you can't trust information about controversial topics posted through anonymous accounts on the internet then who can you trust?

http://www.google.de/search?q=%22I+trust+*%22

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#9

Post by unalone » Thu, Oct 02, 2008, 11:16 PM UTC

eru wrote: post #8

te_platt wrote: post #6

What is the world coming to? If you can't trust information about controversial topics posted through anonymous accounts on the internet then who can you trust?

http://www.google.de/search?q=%22I+trust+*%22

Good find. I trust Severus Snape also.

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#10

Post by mmilenko » Fri, Oct 03, 2008, 6:17 AM UTC

Aw shucks!