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| + | Wikipedia bills itself as the “online encyclopedia that anyone can edit.”<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia Main Page.]</ref> Anyone with an [[internet]] connection can create a Wikipedia account and change any entry in Wikipedia. In fact, Wikipedia warns readers that: |
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| ⚫ | Thus, it is entirely possible for a party in litigation to alter a Wikipedia article, print the article, and thereafter offer it in court in support of any given position. Such a malleable source of [[information]] is inherently unreliable, and clearly not one “whose accuracy cannot be reasonably questioned.”<ref>Palisades Collection, LCC v. Graubard, 2009 WL 1025176, at *3 (N.J. Super. A.D. Apr. 19, 2009).</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 04:24, 7 August 2017
Overview[]
Wikipedia bills itself as the “online encyclopedia that anyone can edit.”[1] Anyone with an internet connection can create a Wikipedia account and change any entry in Wikipedia. In fact, Wikipedia warns readers that:
| “ | [t]he content of any given article may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields.[2] | ” |
Thus, it is entirely possible for a party in litigation to alter a Wikipedia article, print the article, and thereafter offer it in court in support of any given position. Such a malleable source of information is inherently unreliable, and clearly not one “whose accuracy cannot be reasonably questioned.”[3]
References[]
- ↑ Wikipedia Main Page.
- ↑ Wikipedia Disclaimer Page.
- ↑ Palisades Collection, LCC v. Graubard, 2009 WL 1025176, at *3 (N.J. Super. A.D. Apr. 19, 2009).