The Beauty of Wikipedia

Posted on January 17, 2011 in Folly Watch InterNet Debates

All sectors of the political spectrum get caught in making rapid accusations. I did this just now on a conservative web site when I misstated that the mayor of Houston is a Republican. I did this because another member of the left said she was and a quick check showed that she is not. I posted an immediate retraction and posted a correction to the web site where I found the information. The question is whether the conservative web site will have the decency to delete my still-as-of-this-posting-moderated comment or will allow it to appear without my retraction. I have my reasons to doubt that he allow a progressive to stand as reasonable, but people can surprise you.

The more important lesson to be drawn from this is simply Check your facts. We have Wikipedia for a reason.