Wikipedia acknowledges Obama may have been born in Kenya!

[lynnf]

are they about to give in to the inevitable?


http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103810


Wikipedia just can't seem to make up its mind about where President Barack Obama was born.

The free, online encyclopedia this afternoon displayed at least two countries the commander in chief may have been born in – the United States and Kenya.

WND documented how the entry for the "Early life and career of Barack Obama" changed numerous times.

At 4:45 p.m. Eastern, Wikipedia said:

"Barack Obama, the current President of the United States, was born on August 4, 1961 in either Honolulu, in the state of Hawaii[1], or Mombasa, Kenya, to Barack Obama, Sr. (1936–1982) (born in Nyang’oma Kogelo, Siaya District, Nyanza Province,[2] Kenya Colony, British Empire), and Ann Dunham (1942–1995) (born in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas).[3][4] On his mother's side he has a half-sister; on his father's side, Obama has two half-sisters and five surviving half-brothers.[5]"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_and_career_of_Barack_Obama


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lynn

[Objectivist]

State Department should have the fathers passport/visa information, has anyone checked into it?

[brandon]

Apparently some people have absolutely no clue how wikipedia works..

[Objectivist]

Apparently some people have absolutely no clue how wikipedia works..

Just log in and become a editor of history.

[brandon]

This just in, Wikipedia acknowledges George Bush is a reptilian! Now it must be true!

[lynnf]

Apparently some people have absolutely no clue how wikipedia works..



that's right, and it appears that you are one of them!

Wikipedia is not perfect, but it is fairly reliable due to the processes employed to make it so.

it is difficult to add and keep bad information there, see this:
(and if you don't believe it, try putting bad information somewhere and see what happens)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia

The reliability of Wikipedia, compared to both other encyclopedias and more specialized sources, is often assessed in several ways, including statistically, by comparative review, by analysis of the historical patterns, and by strengths and weaknesses inherent in the Wikipedia process.

Because Wikipedia is open to collaborative editing and can be edited anonymously, assessments of its reliability usually include examinations of how quickly false or misleading information is removed. An early study conducted by IBM researchers in 2003 (not long after Wikipedia started in 2001, see History of Wikipedia) found that "vandalism is usually repaired extremely quickly--so quickly that most users will never see its effects"[1] and concluded that Wikipedia had "surprisingly effective self-healing capabilities."[2]

Studies suggest that Wikipedia's reliability has improved in recent years, and it is increasingly used as a tertiary source.

An investigation by Nature magazine in 2005 suggested that for scientific articles Wikipedia came close to the level of accuracy of Encyclopædia Britannica and had a similar rate of "serious errors."[3] However, the accuracy and validity of Nature's research has been disputed by Encyclopædia Britannica.[4]


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The Wikipedia model allows anyone to edit, and relies on a large number of well-intentioned editors to overcome issues raised by a smaller number of problematic editors. It is inherent in Wikipedia's editing model that poor information can be added, but over time quality is anticipated to improve in a form of group learning as editors reach consensus, so that substandard edits will very rapidly be removed. This assumption is still being tested, and its limitations and reliability are not yet a settled matter – Wikipedia is a pioneer in communal knowledge building of this kind.

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lynn

[brandon]

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[brandon]

it is difficult to add and keep bad information there,

Yep, check the article again :rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_and_career_of_Barack_Obama