Wikipedia dangers

[Joseph T]

I like wikipedia and have become a frequent user, but  a recent  
article by Robert Fisk, who I regard as one of the most reliable and  
balanced reporters from the near east was pretty disturbing.  In a  
recent article Fisk details how false wikipedia entries were used by  
Canadian immigration to stop Taner Akcam  a Turkish scholar who used  
Turkish documents to prove the Armenian genocide in his book A  
Shameful Act.  The canadians behaved civilly and sorted it out but  
the implications were creepy.

I know this is off topic but Wikipedia is a major info source here  
and perhaps a bit of discussion would be appropriate.


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