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Sacha Baron Cohen Wikipedia Entry Creates Circular References

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the 10-goto-20;-20-goto-10 dept.

Lantrix writes "An anonymous user added information to Wikipedia's entry on Sacha Baron Cohen three days before the now-referenced external article was written. The Independent wrote the referenced article apparently using Wikipedia as the source establishing his 'Goldman Sachs' career. Now Wikipedia uses as a references the article that came after the initial modification to Wikipedia itself."

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  1. Re:Recursion, see also: Recursion. by Dread_ed · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "Actually, it's the believable but false information that's much more insidious and dangerous."

    Oh, right. And you expect me to just believe that?

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