From: le@main.lekno.ws   
      
   J.D. Baldwin  wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   I agree.   
   The Wikipedes' constant policing causes false negatives as well   
   as false positives.   
      
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