Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink pride week, Alex Trebek’s record, Angelina Jolie’s peerage, and Mr. and Mrs. Carter’s tour, before falling down the Clickhole.
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Further Reading
- Betteridge’s law of headlines on Wikipedia
- Guinness book of World Records on Wikipedia
- “This man set a record for hosting ‘Jeopardy!’ Who is … Alex Trebek?” from the LA Times
- On Bullsh*t on Wikipedia
- Angelina Jolie Has Been Named an Honorary Dame by Queen Elizabeth II
- Order of St Michael and St George
- Order of precedence in England and Wales
- Drake vs. Lil’ Wayne logo
- Buzzderthinking It
- Clickhole like they need our PageRank
- Peter Fenzel’s “Crossfit Games” rank
Why worry, Matt? We’re not going anywhere just because Peter scared us last week with his ACTOURING. Anyway, I had something to say about this episode but I’m packing and… I can’t seem to recollect what.
Well, that’s A class contribution from me. You’re welcome.
Regarding attribution in articles, one of the most notable areas where this has been an issue is Wikipedia:
“Wikipedia’s Verifiability policy requires inline citations for any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and for all quotations, anywhere in article space. However, editors are advised to provide citations for all material added to Wikipedia; any unsourced material risks being unexpectedly challenged or eventually removed.”
What this means in practice that if you personally know a fact is wrong in Wikipedia, but there is no other source, you cannot correct it unless you first publicly publish the correction someplace else. It also produces the risk of “circular reporting”, or what XKCD has called “citogenesis”:
http://www.xkcd.com/978/