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Looks like someone has been doing "original research" on Wikipedia again.
by hristov 15y ago
Looks like someone has been doing "original research" on Wikipedia again.
- ColinWright 15y agoI'm not sure what you're sayimg or implyimg here, but it feels like an insult directed either at me or at Wendy, I'm not sure which. So let me state this a little more clearly. I, Colin D Wright, hereby state that my colleague, Wendy M Grossman, personally sent me a message stating explicitly that she had been phoned personally by the daughter of John McCarthy and told of his death. Now, in what way does that involve wikipedia, and who are you accusing of using WP for "original research"?
- JoshTriplett 15y agoI suspect hristov was snarkily pointing out that Wikipedia does not actually allow first-hand knowledge as a source.
- hristov 15y agoI did not in any way wish to insult you or Wendy. I was just making a sarcastic comment about the fact that Wikipedia discourages one from entering information on the site even if one had first hand direct knowledge of said information. This is one of the more controversial and often debated Wikipedia rules.