The wikipedia "death spiral" is: 1. Idiot/malicious user makes fake edit on wikipedia - but plausible. 2. Journalist looks up article on wikipedia. 3. Anothe

The wikipedia "death spiral" is: 1. Idiot/malicious user makes fake edit on wikipedia - but plausible. 2. Journalist looks up article on wikipedia. 3. Another user challenges the edit. But now you can reference article by Journalist in step 2 as a valid source.