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#Wikipedia had a fabricated, detailed account of the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship before the season began.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seccountry.com/florida/wikipedia-says-florida-loses-to-syracuse-in-2017-national-championship-game|title=Wikipedia said Florida would lose to Syracuse in 2017 national championship game|date=August 5, 2016|accessdate=August 10, 2016|work=SEC Country}}</ref>

#Wikipedia had a fabricated, detailed account of the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship before the season began.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seccountry.com/florida/wikipedia-says-florida-loses-to-syracuse-in-2017-national-championship-game|title=Wikipedia said Florida would lose to Syracuse in 2017 national championship game|date=August 5, 2016|accessdate=August 10, 2016|work=SEC Country}}</ref>

#Following [[Michael Phelps]] gold medal victory in the 2016 Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly, the Wikipedia biography of South African swimmer Chad Le Clos was modified to report that Le Clos "died by the hands of Michael Phelps, being literally blown out of the water by the greatest American since Abraham Lincoln."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/a-savage-edit-is-made-to-chad-le-clos-wikipedia-page-after-he-fails-to-medal/|work=CBS Sports|date=August 10, 2016|accessdate=August 10, 2016|title=A savage edit is made to Chad Le Clos' Wikipedia page after he fails to medal}}</ref>

#Following [[Michael Phelps]] gold medal victory in the 2016 Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly, the Wikipedia biography of South African swimmer Chad Le Clos was modified to report that Le Clos "died by the hands of Michael Phelps, being literally blown out of the water by the greatest American since Abraham Lincoln."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/a-savage-edit-is-made-to-chad-le-clos-wikipedia-page-after-he-fails-to-medal/|work=CBS Sports|date=August 10, 2016|accessdate=August 10, 2016|title=A savage edit is made to Chad Le Clos' Wikipedia page after he fails to medal}}</ref>

#Most of the Wikipedia's Paralympics coverage is the work of Laura Hale, a paid editor who is prone to mistakes and bias.  For example, when the Russian Paralympic team was banned from the 2016 Rio Games for performance enhancing drug offenses, there was no mention of it in the Russian Paralympic Committee article.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian_Paralympic_Committee&oldid=715462620|title=Russian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=August 10, 2016}}</ref>

#Most of the Wikipedia's Paralympics coverage is the work of Laura Hale, a paid editor who is prone to mistakes and bias.  For example, when the Russian Paralympic team was banned from the 2016 Rio Games for performance-enhancing drug offenses, there was no mention of it in the Russian Paralympic Committee article.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian_Paralympic_Committee&oldid=715462620|title=Russian Paralympic Committee|accessdate=August 10, 2016}}</ref>

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