Talk:John Seigenthaler Sr./Fallout

Fallout
Various news organizations have taken an interest in the erroneous biography. So far, in addition to the original article, there are:

Copies of original article

 * A false Wikipedia 'biography' sparks reflection (China Daily)
 * A false Wikipedia 'biography' (First Amendment Center)
 * Truth can be at risk in the world of the Web (Tennessean) (twice the size of original)
 * You Can't Trust Wiki (Hartford Courant)

Follow-up articles

 * The Danger of Wikipedia (Editor & Publisher)
 * Readers Respond to Wikipedia Article (Editor & Publisher)
 * Complaints Over Wikipedia Accountability With Bios (Search Engine Watch)
 * Wikipedia Is The Next Google (WebProNews)
 * John Seigenthaler Sr. Criticises Wikipedia (SlashDot)
 * Wikipedia slander? (CNet)
 * Wikipedia and the nature of truth (CNet)
 * Wikipedia In Hot Water Over False Bio (TechSmec.com)
 * Trust No One (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
 * A Wicked-pedia (CBS News)
 * Journo moans at Wikepedia: Siegenthaler's Lisp (The Inquirer)
 * Is Wikipedia a threat or a menace? (ZDNet.com)
 * Wikipedia Bios Draw Controversy (TechNewsWorld)
 * Wikipedia Hits a Wall (copy of above; Linux Insider)
 * Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar (The New York Times)
 * Wikipedia Bio Claimed Slanderous (Techtree.com, India &mdash; Seigenthaler is global news now)
 * Complaints over Wikipedia (Kashar World News, Pakistan)
 * It's Your Story...You Tell It Anyway You Want On Wikipedia: Journalist, others, experience first-hand that 'truth' is a rare commodity on the Internet (OfficialWire)
 * 'Worldly' readers call 'interference' on Internet (The Shreveport Times)
 * Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar (Canada Free Press, Canada)
 * [(unreliable source - do not use) www.postchronicle.com/news/technology/article_2121655.shtml Wikipedia: The Art Of Internet Character Assassination] (Post Chronicle)
 * Rewriting History: Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar (Infoshop News)
 * Misinformation in Wikipedia (Times of India, India)
 * Rewriting History (Digital Divide Network)
 * Opinion: The weak point of wikis (Silicon.com, United Kingdom)
 * Growing pains for Wikipedia (CNET News.com)
 * Growing pains for Wikipedia (ZDNet)
 * Wikipedia weakness: Open-source, and open to abuse (International Herald Tribune, France)
 * Wikipedia Changes Editing Rules (BetaNews)
 * Testing the truth of Wikipedia (InfoWorld)
 * Wikipedia's reputation in doubt (Pravda, Russia)
 * Wikipedia under fire (ZDNet UK, United Kingdom)
 * UPDATED: 3:34 pm EST December 5, 2005 (WRAL.com)
 * Wikipedia adds registration requirement (San Jose Mercury News)
 * Wikipedia adds registration requirement (Contra Costa Times)
 * Wikipedia to Block Anonymous Users from Posting Articles (RealTechNews)
 * Debate Over Wikipedia Heats Up (Chronicle of Higher Education)
 * Wikipedia to Restrict Creation of Articles (Slashdot)
 * UPDATED: 6:11 pm EST December 5, 2005 (WRAL.com)
 * Wikipedia puts restrictions on creating new articles (TechWhack, India)
 * Wikipedia Tightens the Reins (Wired News)
 * Growing pains for Wikipedia (CNET.com.au, Australia)
 * Who owns your Wikipedia bio? (Register)
 * The online credibility gap Wikipedia article's false claim on JFK (San Francisco Chronicle)
 * Wikipedia writers told to register (Rocky Mountain News)
 * Internet mistakes cause discrepancies (Daily Illini)
 * Growing pains for Wikipedia (ZDNetIndia, India)
 * Wary of Wikipedia (Daily - University of Washington)
 * Wikipedia clamps down (StateHornet.com)
 * Wikipedia modifies page policy (Contra Costa Times)
 * National Digest (Baltimore Sun)
 * Top Cyber News 12/6 (WLNS)
 * Smear prompts submissions policy change by Wikipedia (The Tennessean)
 * Editors Weblog - New Media (editorsweblog.org)
 * Wikipedia gets tough (Bowling Green News)

United Press International

 * Wikipedia's accuracy challenged again (United Press International)
 * Wikipedia's accuracy challenged again (Science Daily)
 * Wikipedia's accuracy challenged again (Washington Times)
 * Wikipedia's accuracy challenged again (Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Jordan)
 * Wikipedia's accuracy challenged again (North Korea Times, North Korea)
 * Wikipedia's accuracy challenged again (Webindia123, India)
 * Wikipedia's Accuracy Challenged Again (CIO Today)
 * Wikipedia's Accuracy Challenged Again (Top Tech News)
 * Wikipedia's Accuracy Challenged Again (NewsFactor Network)
 * Wikipedia's Accuracy Challenged Again (Sci-Tech Today)
 * Wikipedia's accuracy challenged again (NewKerala.com, India)

Associated Press

 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Dateline Alabama)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Monterey County Herald)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (San Luis Obispo Tribune)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Herald News Daily)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (Centre Daily Times)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (SiliconValley.com)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Brocktown News)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Leading The Charge, Australia)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (Grand Forks Herald)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Times Daily)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (MSN Money)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Ely Times)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Forbes)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (The Ledger)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (BusinessWeek)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (San Francisco Chronicle)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (Kentucky.com)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (San Jose Mercury News)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (TMCnet)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (MLive.com)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (San Diego Union Tribune)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (Pioneer Press)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Worcester Telegram)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (phillyBurbs.com)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (addict3d.org)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Newsday)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Rules For Posting (InformationWeek)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (WJLA)
 * Wikipedia tightens rules after Kennedy flap (MSNBC)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (USA Today)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (ABC News)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (KESQ)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Orlando Sentinel)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Chicago Tribune)
 * Wikipedia tightens rules (Globetechnology.com, Canada)
 * Wikipedia tightens rules after false Seigenthaler article (WKRN)
 * Wikipedia tightens rules for posting (iT News, Australia)
 * Update 1: Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Forbes)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (San Diego Union Tribune)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (ABC News)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (BusinessWeek)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Charlotte Observer)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (The State)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Schaeffers Research, Ohio)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Gadsden Times)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (phillyBurbs.com)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Rules (Editor & Publisher)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (TMCnet)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Monterey County Herald)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (San Luis Obispo Tribune)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (SiliconValley.com)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Gadsden Times)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Charlotte Observer)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Times Daily)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Tucson Citizen)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Ely Times)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (The Ledger)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Herald News Daily)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Brocktown News)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Leading The Charge, Australia)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Grand Forks Herald)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (The State)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Centre Daily Times)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Worcester Telegram)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (WJLA)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (San Diego Union Tribune)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (San Luis Obispo Tribune)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Centre Daily Times)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Monterey County Herald)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Chicago Tribune)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Carthage Press)
 * Update 2: Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Forbes)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Kentucky.com)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (ABC News)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (San Jose Mercury News)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (BusinessWeek)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (The State)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (MLive.com)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Pioneer Press)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (SiliconValley.com)
 * Wikipedia Changes Article Creation Rules (Publish)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Centre Daily Times)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Grand Forks Herald)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (The Age, Australia)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Canton Daily Ledger)
 * Wikipedia tightens rules after Kennedy flap (Standard-Speaker)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (News & Observer)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Sacramento Bee)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Modesto Bee)
 * Wikipedia tightens rules following false post (CTV.ca, Canada)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Beloit Daily News)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Tahlequah Daily Press)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Charlotte Observer)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Boonville Daily News)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Seattle Times)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Wyoming News)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (CNN International)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (CNN)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (The Porterville Recorder)
 * Wikipedia tightens its rules (Richmond Times Dispatch)
 * Wikipedia tightens the rules following false article (Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (The Porterville Recorder)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (North County Times)
 * False entry prompts rule at Wikipedia (Lexington Herald Leader)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (Brenham Banner Press)
 * Wikipedia stiffens rules to curb errors (The Spokesman Review)
 * False entry prompts rule at Wikipedia (Kentucky.com)
 * Wikipedia tightens rules for entries (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
 * Wikipedia tightens rules after false entry about assassinations (Boston Globe)
 * Wikipedia tightens rules for contributors (Philadelphia Daily News)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Southern Standard)
 * False claim has Wikipedia revising article-creation rules (Seattle Times)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (Sify, India)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Ceres Courier)
 * Online encyclopedia Wikipedia decides to tighten rules after fake (Napa Valley Register)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Wyoming News)
 * Wikipedia to Tighten Rules After Inaccuracy Complaints (ShortNews.com, Germany)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Canton Repository)
 * False article changes online encyclopedia's rules (AZ Central.com)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules (Montgomery Advertiser)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (WTOP)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Beloit Daily News)
 * Assassination accusation leads to new Wikipedia rules (Chicago Sun-Times)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Canton Daily Ledger)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Carthage Press)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Boonville Daily News)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Durant Daily Democrat)
 * Online site Wikipedia alters rules after untruths (Cincinnati Enquirer)
 * Wikipedia Tightens Submission Rules (Mexico Ledger)
 * Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules Following False Article (Bremerton Sun)
 * Wikipedia tightens online rules (BBC News)
 * Wikipedia tightens submission rules (WWMT)
 * Wikipedia site tightens rules after falsehood (Chicago Tribune)
 * Wikipedia Implements Stricter Submission Rules (All Headline News)
 * Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article (Ottawa Sun, Canada)

Please add to the above list if this spreads. &#8227; &#5339;&#5505;  [ &#5200; ] 14:19, 1 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Apparently those articles are not our only worry: and the bulletin board (to which the former links) . I'm not too concerned about Wikipedia Watch, but the board is, especially since (working off some of the titles) they wish for Wikipedia to be closed down. (I actually read one, and it details--quite explicitly--a user's method of disruption--) --JB Adder | Talk 10:36, 4 December 2005 (UTC)


 * At least the latter part of that post isn't so bad. Caldecott does make some good points, particularly regarding talk pages.  We can hope that over time Wikipedia will help people to be more reasonable.  &#8227; &#5339;&#5505;  [[Image:Venus symbol (blue).gif|&#9792;]] [ &#5200; ] 14:44, 4 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Why even listen to people like that? Yet again, it's a case of the troll pretending to be the victim. Superm401 | Talk 22:27, 4 December 2005 (UTC)