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   In the previous article, Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   > I have objected many many times on Usenet to citing Wikipedia for   
   > death notices. It is NOT a source for anything. Looking at the page,   
   > the source was not cited and he's no longer listed as dead.   
      
   And now, the alternative view:   
      
   As long as you cite the source honestly, go ahead and post whatever   
   information you feel like posting.  If someone edited Wikipedia to   
   indicate that Coleman had died -- and it's obvious now that it wasn't   
   a "hoax" -- then just say that and let the reader weigh the   
   credibility.  I once posted a death notice that I heard from a friend   
   who was loosely connected to the family of the celebrity, and a.o.   
   scooped the world because of it.  Not that that's particularly   
   important in the scheme of things, but it's less unimportant than a   
   lot of things that get posted in a lot of forums.   
      
   Sometimes the lack of corroboration just means you got there first.   
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   _|70|___:)=}- J.D. Baldwin |quite prepared not only to retract it, but also   
   \      /  baldwin@panix.com|to deny under oath that I ever made it.-T. Lehrer   
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