Dutch royal house edited Wikipedia entry on princess
PhysOrg.com, VA - 16 minutes ago
A Wikipedia entry on controversial Dutch Princess Mabel was edited by a computer tracked to the palace of Queen Beatrix to take out a reference that Mabel ...

A Wikipedia entry on controversial Dutch Princess Mabel was edited by a computer tracked to the palace of Queen Beatrix to take out a reference that Mabel had given false information to the government, Dutch media reported Wednesday.

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Dutch royal house edited Wikipedia entry on princess
PhysOrg.com, VA - 1 hour ago
A Wikipedia entry on controversial Dutch Princess Mabel was edited by a computer tracked to the palace of Queen Beatrix to take out a reference that Mabel ...

Controversial Dutch Princess Mabel and her husband Prince Johan Friso edited a Wikipedia entry about her to take out a reference that she had given false information to the government, the royal information service RVD confirmed Wednesday.

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Royals edited Wikipedia entry
Expatica Netherlands, Netherlands - 11 minutes ago
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Controversial Dutch Princess Mabel and her husband Prince Johan Friso edited a Wikipedia entry about her to take out a reference that she ...

Dutch royals edited Wikipedia entry on themselves
Middle East Times, Egypt - 23 minutes ago
THE HAGUE -- Controversial Dutch Princess Mabel and her husband Prince Johan Friso edited a Wikipedia entry about her, to take out a reference that she had ...

THE HAGUE -- Controversial Dutch Princess Mabel and her husband Prince Johan Friso edited a Wikipedia entry about her, to take out a reference that she had given false information to the government, the royal information service RVD confirmed Wednesday.

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Princess Mabel amends Wikipedia entry
DutchNews.nl, Netherlands - 1 hour ago
Princess Mabel and prince Friso amended an entry about them in the English version of online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, the state information service RVD ...

Dutch Royal House embarrassed by Wikipedia revisionism
International Herald Tribune, France - 42 minutes ago
AP AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: A Dutch royal couple have acknowledged altering a Wikipedia entry about a scandal four years ago that forced the prince to ...

A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne.

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A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne.



http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/30/9...ising-wikipedia

Dutch royals caught revising Wikipedia
Howell Times and Transcript, UT - 17 minutes ago
By TOBY STERLING, AP Writer 13 minutes ago AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that ...

A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne. Prince Johan Friso, son of the reigning Queen Beatrix, and Princess Mabel of Oranje-Nassau are the latest to be embarrassed in a spate of discoveries of vanity changes to Wikipedia entries. Such self-serving amendments are frowned upon in the Web ...

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Dutch Royals Caught Revising Wikipedia
Times Daily (subscription), AL - 1 hour ago
By TOBY STERLING AP Writer A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to ...

A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne. Prince Johan Friso, son of the reigning Queen Beatrix, and Princess Mabel of Oranje-Nassau are the latest to...

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(AP) Dutch Royals Caught Revising Wikipedia
WKRN, TN - 22 minutes ago
By TOBY STERLING AP Writer A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to ...

Dutch Royals Caught Revising Wikipedia
Lompoc Record, CA - 18 minutes ago
By TOBY STERLING AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to ...

A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne.

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Dutch Royals Caught Revising Wikipedia
Wyoming News, WY - 22 minutes ago
By TOBY STERLING Thursday, August 30, 2007 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that ...

Members of the Dutch Royal Family altered information on one of them on Wikipedia.

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, the royal family said on Friday.

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Royal couple edited own Wikipedia entry
Reuters - 15 minutes ago
By Harro ten Wolde AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online ...

Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the royal family said on Friday.

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Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the royal family said Friday.

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The New York Times has a blog entry about this, along with a comment section. Some teenager posted that Wikipedia is "awesome," so I posted the following in response:

Wikipedia might be “awesome,” but that doesn’t make it factual or true. The un-awesome reality is that Wikipedia is hollow at the core: it regards the truth as subordinate to consensus. If Wikipedia had existed in the Middle Ages, it would have supported the Catholic Church against Copernicus and Gallileo, and if it had existed in Germany in 1940 it would have told us all about the unique phrenology of the Jewish skull.

Be careful when using Wikipedia. It is not a reliable source of information. Its articles represent a distillation of amateur opinion.

Very well put. Distillation is an apt metaphor, becuase unfortunately it is the strongly held amateur opinions that become prominent on Wikipedia, not the ones that approximate truth.

A Dutch royal couple have acknowledged altering a Wikipedia entry about a scandal four years ago that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne. A spokesman for the Royal Information Service admitted the change had been made

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Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, the royal family said on Friday.

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PRINCE Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, the royal family said.

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For Wikipedia, a Royal Pain
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 11 minutes ago
Virgil Griffith’s WikiScanner has already outed politicos, company spokesmen, and college employees as occasional, but biased, contributors to Wikipedia. ...

Royal couple edited own Wikipedia entry
The West Australian, Australia - 12 minutes ago
Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the royal family ...

Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the royal family said.

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Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

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AMSTERDAM: Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, the royal family said on Friday.

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A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne.

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AMSTERDAM - Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel edited information about her past in the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, the royal family said.

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Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Mabel have edited information about her past in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the royal family says.

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A Dutch royal couple acknowledges altering a Wikipedia entry about a 2003 scandal that forced the prince to renounce his claim to the throne.



http://PrimarySources.newsvine.com/_news/2...dling-wikipedia

Oh the humanity!

LOLS!

My opinions only:

Well, when something hits home, so to speak, I believe many, if not most of us, feel a compulsive repsonse of protection, or self preservation, and thus, try to "correct" the news, so as to appear more normal, positively exceptional, tolerable, and clean of all warts, disease, or just plain bad manners.

I know with certainty that I want everyone on earth to love me, even if only for a moment.

From corporations to families to Jimbo Wales, people tend to be people. That is what we do.

Unfortunately, Wikipedia is run by children from a world with less than a 30 second attention span.
A place run by kids that believe learning to play "guitar hero" is more important than actually learning how to play a guitar.

Wikipedia represents a world without patience or wisdom, and it is also lacking leaders that are elected so as to make meaningful decisions for all of us. Such a place is a world turned toward chaos and immorality. That world will create a new "truth" every 30 seconds, even if it isn't the truth at all. Whatever is decided by a handful of kids to be the truth, can be put into place via "consensus." That, is the painful reality facing the "founders" of Wikipedia.

I do not blame anyone for not wanting their family or friends to be part of the largest MySpace on earth, which is essentially what Wikipedia has become. The difference is: at least MySpace has a corporate governing body that can and does have a final say in what happens to the site.

Wikipedia is not allowed as a source of reliable information in our schools, and for that, I am grateful.