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Sacha Baron Cohen Wikipedia Entry Creates Circular References
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."
The solution is
1) Fix the stupid nerd dick-waving bureaucracy
2) Realize that the very premise of the wikipedia allows the weirdos and ideologues to use wikipedia as a pulpit and propaganda tool for their causes. Especially if those weirdos and ideologues are admins, like MONDO was.
And why not have a large red disclaimer, anyway? They would read it, if it wasn't hidden. Why don't you do that, instead of sticking a tiny link at the bottom that no one is going to look at (I even forgot it was there even though I'd read the disclaimer multiple times) and then blame people for not going over the website with a fine-tooth comb?
You wiki admins are lunatics. You defend wikipedia like it's a religious institution--and in some ways, it is, and you being part of its clergy, you have the most investment in it.