What hasn't been said is that Wikipedia has adopted an explicitly narcissistic goal, of being embarrassed by being the only wrong source the fewest possible num

What hasn't been said is that Wikipedia has adopted an explicitly narcissistic goal, of being embarrassed by being the only wrong source the fewest possible number of times (namely never) - as opposed to doing the best job of accurately informing more people, more of the time; even if the data is new, or uncommon. I've had the New York Times rejected as a source because it just wasn't prestigious enough, and deleted. Which is charming if there's a better contrary source, but there wasn't. This goal is not compatible with that of being a very widely sourced, and very current encyclopedia. It is quite compatible with ossification.