More Problems with Wikipedia
Don’t get me wrong. I feel Wikipedia is great, in theory. Yet, some elected officials choose to go against the idea of an un-biased approach at journalistic democracy. Instead our own representatives are using Wikipedia’s open policy to rewrite history, thus making themselves winners. Check out the article:
But doesn’t the warning on the entry page saying that the accuracy is disuputed and providing a link to discussion on the topic prove that the system works?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Meehan
I think the reason the article is flagged is because of the above story.
Though I agree, I think the system does work. Wikipedia continues to save alterations and anyone can access previous entries through the “history” feature of each article. I was mainly posting because I thought it was ridiculous for these representatives (and/or their staff) to attempt to change the public record.
yeah, you’re totally right—i’m glad that someone wrote a story about this because i think people need to be reminded to not always take things at face value.