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May 06, 2011

Wikipedia the error-prone web encyclopedia

Wikipedia is the web encyclopedia that has been known for multitudes of errors.

This is not surprising since, at the beginning, nearly anyone could make an entry or edit an entry.

Not much has changed as the following message appeared in our last Wikipedia search:

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page.

It needs additional references or sources for verification. Tagged since September 2010.

Its neutrality is disputed. Tagged since September 2010.

Its factual accuracy is disputed. Tagged since October 2009.

The search was for House of Windsor

How can a document like this be of much use?

We have posted several reports about Wikipedia beginning in June, 2006. We had so many Wikipedia postings (mostly unflattering) that we created a separate "Wikipedia" category which can be found on the left hand sidebar.

May 06, 2011 in Computer - Internet - Wireless Phones, Wikipedia | Permalink

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