Re: The 15 biggest Wikipedia blunders

[Thomas M Carlsson <thomas () carlsson fm>]

Alex Eckelberry wrote:
> There's also idiocies and unprofessionalism.  I once saw an entry about an actress, and it described her as being 
> "hot". 
>
> Stuff like that slips by all the time.  Also, you can really put anything you want there, as long as you have a 
> reference link (which can be self-serving).  In the case of issues that aren't tracked very intently, it often gets 
> overlooked. 

I recall reading Wikipedia's entry on The Long Tail a few months ago,
and stumbling on a passage that read:

"Sometime in 2005, a man announced his plans to crawl into this concept
so that it could simulate a womb. Once he discovered that his goal makes
no physical sense, he committed suicide."

Thomas

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