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Psychology Wiki, like the unrelated Wikipedia project, requires a reliable source for any disputed fact, but that is one of those things that's very hard for people outside of wiki-world to understand. Wikipedia's policy is verifiability, not truth. This simple rule is a cornerstone policy, one of the five pillars.
Well, Andrea, they HAD a "verifiable fact". The "fact" said that Rubin died in 1997.
Instead of fixing an error in a printed book, Wikia chose to repeat an error. That's the major
problem with Wikia, and by extension Wikipedia: "facts" are difficult to challenge, esp. when
they are wrong. Try to correct it, and some officious bastard comes along and re-creates
falsehood. And yet, she still loves WP, after having a Wikia-induced headache.
Have I pointed out a few of the cases of Wikia material ending up on WP and vice versa?
Here ya go, cut-pasted from the "private area":
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There's a Wikia wiki dedicated to Azumanga Daioh.
There's a Wikia wiki about One Piece.
There's a Wikia wiki about K-On.
There's a massive Wikia wiki about Babylon 5.
And there's a monstrous Wikia wiki about Buffy.
Much of the content is cut-pasted from or to Wikipedia.
The difference: Jimbo makes money from the Wikia versions, of course!
And people wonder why Jimbo is obsessed with encouraging WP participation........
Plus....The talk page on the Psychology Wikia is a laff-riot.
