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Not too long ago, I posted an article about the errors in medical information on the web. Here’s a horror story about Wikipedia, which has become a de facto information standard for much of the Internet. In this story, John Seigenthaler tells about his attempts to change grotesque lies about him in Wikipedia. Unfortunately, a lot of other sites used Wikipedia as their source for information, often repeating the Wikipedia entries verbatim. It’s quite a cautionary tale, both for those who have a web presence and for those who uncritically rely on the web for information.

Hat tip to Swap Blog.