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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />The Amanda Knox Case: A Rare Failure at [b]Wikipedia[/b]
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Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito have now had their convictions overturned for the November 2007 murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. Their original trial, often called Italy's Trial of the Century, ...

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Over the last two weeks the article has been completely rewritten by a “Super Administrator” called Slimvirgin who is thought to be the second most powerful figure at the online encyclopedia behind Mr. Wales.
thekohser
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To be clear, Wikipedia is a marvelous institution and its founder Jimbo Wales is a great man. Wikipedia’s contribution to the education of our children is profound and it has never cost the taxpayers a cent.


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TungstenCarbide
Who are these "mostly European editors" that hijacked the article?
Ottava
QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 26th October 2011, 9:56am) *

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To be clear, Wikipedia is a marvelous institution and its founder Jimbo Wales is a great man. Wikipedia’s contribution to the education of our children is profound and it has never cost the taxpayers a cent.


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I don't think that is more shocking than this quote:

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Probably the most important outlet is the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, a normally authoritative source with a long, deeply troubled history of reporting on this particular story.


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Wikipedia’s contribution to the education of our children is profound


Yes, exposing our pre-teens to the wonders of bestiality or setting them up to be groomed by pedophiles is the very definition of "profound".
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