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| | 18. Wikipedia's article on [[Feudalism]] is limited to feudalism in Europe and does not mention the feudal systems that developed independently in Japan and India.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism</ref> | | 18. Wikipedia's article on [[Feudalism]] is limited to feudalism in Europe and does not mention the feudal systems that developed independently in Japan and India.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism</ref> |
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| − | 19. Wikipedia's article on the longest-serving and most powerful Maryland official in its history, [[William Donald Schaefer]], contains about 1900 words, but over two-thirds of those words (1400/1900) are devoted to silly gossip, outright vulgarity and National Enquirer-type material.<cite> 406 words, which is over 20% of the entire entry, is devoted to a silly dispute Schaefer had one day with the local newspaper! | + | 19. Wikipedia's article on the longest-serving and most powerful Maryland official in its history, [[William Donald Schaefer]], contains about 1900 words, but over two-thirds of those words (1400/1900) are devoted to silly gossip, outright vulgarity and National Enquirer-type material.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Donald_Schaefer</ref> 406 words, which is over 20% of the entire entry, is devoted to a silly dispute Schaefer had one day with the local newspaper! |
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| | 20. Wikipedia's article about the late Senator John Tower includes a mean-spirited story whose only point seems to be to indicate the degree of his ex-wife's bitterness toward him. The article spells his wife's name incorrectly, and cites no source for the item. The item has been in that state since it was first inserted in May 2006.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Tower&oldid=101859325 John Tower], revision as of Jan 25</ref> No real encyclopedia would print such silly gossip. | | 20. Wikipedia's article about the late Senator John Tower includes a mean-spirited story whose only point seems to be to indicate the degree of his ex-wife's bitterness toward him. The article spells his wife's name incorrectly, and cites no source for the item. The item has been in that state since it was first inserted in May 2006.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Tower&oldid=101859325 John Tower], revision as of Jan 25</ref> No real encyclopedia would print such silly gossip. |
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| | 21. Wikipedia distorts the youthful acceptance of [[deism]] by [[Benjamin Franklin]] by never acknowledging that he later abandoned it and failing to admit the significance of how Franklin, near the end of his life, proposed the saying of prayers at the [[Constitutional Convention]] for divine intervention and assistance in the proceedings.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deist_thinkers</ref> | | 21. Wikipedia distorts the youthful acceptance of [[deism]] by [[Benjamin Franklin]] by never acknowledging that he later abandoned it and failing to admit the significance of how Franklin, near the end of his life, proposed the saying of prayers at the [[Constitutional Convention]] for divine intervention and assistance in the proceedings.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deist_thinkers</ref> |
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| | + | 22. Wikipedia is so latently hostile to using "A.D." that it omits an indication of whether the dates for Nero refer to "B.C." or "A.D."!<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero</ref> |
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| | == References == | | == References == |