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UALRBSofL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-18-08 10:44 AM
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Does anyone know how to correct Wiki facts??
Reason I'm asking someone has changed it all around. Last month it listed Ayers bombings of government buildings and now it's all gone. Anyone know why it was taken out? How to correct it?
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-18-08 10:47 AM
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1. You can't
Edited on Fri Apr-18-08 10:48 AM by blogslut
Apparently it was vandalized and now has this disclaimer:

Editing of this article by new or unregistered users is currently disabled.

EDIT ADD: link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers

Looks like the Weather Underground stuff was restored.
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UALRBSofL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-18-08 10:51 AM
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4. So can someone start there own William Ayers Wiki page then?
Just curious.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-18-08 10:52 AM
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5. You can try
Edited on Fri Apr-18-08 10:53 AM by blogslut
But it won't last long. Did you read the restored version yet?
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-18-08 10:47 AM
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2. wiki is not a good source for most things controversial
and Bill Ayers never killed or injured anyone and is an advisor to Mayor Daley, a renowned scholar and a respected member of Chicago society. Whatever he did 40 years.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-18-08 10:50 AM
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3. wiki is not a legitimate source - it can be altered too easily
find a true source to back up your position. If you find a wiki article that comes close to what you perceive to be the truth, go to the sources cited and read them and vet the article. Those sources may well be better sources to cite than wiki.

And yes, I've used wiki as sometimes it helps to better support a position, generally I don't rely on it alone.

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