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John Seigenthaler, an American journalist, was the subject of a defamatory Wikipedia hoax article in May 2005. The hoax raised questions about the reliability of Wikipedia and other websites with user-generated content. Since the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, the site has faced several controversies. Wikipedia's open-editing model, under which anyone can edit most articles, has led to concerns ...
In mathematics, the regula falsi, method of false position, or false position method is a very old method for solving an equation with one unknown; this method, ...
Wikipedia:Verifiable but not false; Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth; Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check; Category:Wikipedia articles needing factual verification; Note: This page was previously a noticeboard for accuracy disputes. See the archive for previous disputes, and also the talk page archives for further disputes.
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In Denmark, scientific misconduct is defined as "intention[al] negligence leading to fabrication of the scientific message or a false credit or emphasis given to a scientist", and in Sweden as "intention[al] distortion of the research process by fabrication of data, text, hypothesis, or methods from another researcher's manuscript form or ...
But for the purposes of Wikipedia, the quality of the translation may be irrelevant. Wikipedia articles are descriptive of a topic, not prescriptive. They summarize the topic as it is described in reliable sources. False position and regula falsi are often treated as names for the same algorithm or class of algorithms.
The story was covered on Sunday in The New York Times by Katharine Seelye, in an article entitled "Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar". Seelye spoke with Jimmy Wales and reported on possible responses, including the planned article rating feature and the possibility of preventing editors from creating pages unless they are logged in (see ...
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avlor Landić de Hazelrof Also made it into the French Wikipedia, where it was likewise deleted. Tiberius Lowang Fictitious Abo-Teni history And several others: 11 months June 21, 2005 May 16, 2006 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tiberius Lowang, Hoax content added to Abo-Teni