[TomSportsHack]

1. Somebody made an incorrect change to the WP article about Germany's new economic minster.
2. The general media cited the false fact in media coverage about said new economic minister.
3. The incorrect media references were then cited by volunteer Wikipedia editors to "prove" that the false fact is actually true.

http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/09/02/10/2211220.shtml

Could happen with any article on Wikipedia. If you're a student researching an article, please don't use Wikipedia as a primary source. Use a real encyclopedia (one edited by professionals, rather than some random guy in his basement) instead.

[thetribe]

High school and college alike usually tell students not to cite that site as a source. Information could be very easily changed (and often is) without Wikipedia or someone who knows the facts changing it before someone uses it.

[Jimmy Dugan]

High school and college alike usually tell students not to cite that site as a source. Information could be very easily changed (and often is) without Wikipedia or someone who knows the facts changing it before someone uses it.

Yeah, at EKU we were not allowed to use wikipedia for any sources.

[BFritz]

Yeah, at EKU we were not allowed to use wikipedia for any sources.

Same for us when I was at Thomas More

[guyfawkes]

Morehead St. is about the same, but I'll actually get on wikipedia just to change stuff on it.