All tools in human hands have the power of good or evil. We used a Wiki the summer of 2007 to start an on-line bookclub, so our A+ Chat N Chew could continue all year round. This was a perfect purpose for a wiki.
However, poor John Seigenthaler, former administrative assistant to Robert Kennedy, was slandered in Wikipedia. His biography was altered to include a false accusation that he was a suspect in the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy. A long-time friend of the Kennedy family, Seigenthaler was devastated. The claims were posted anonymously on the encyclopedia, and while he was able to trace the author's IP address to a customer of BellSouth Internet, the company said it would not disclose the name without a subpoena. The charges remained posted for months, as Seigenthaler fought to remove them.
Food for thought when exploring Wikipedia.
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