HOW TO FIX WIKIPEDIA ERRORS
Does it bug you to see errors in Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia? It bugs me. But for the site’s 20th anniversary, they’ve just launched a new mentorship program to help you make corrections. According to a group of German researchers quoted by ZME Science, Wikipedia is 99.5 percent accurate. It’s that other .5 percent that’s so annoying. I’ve tried editing various articles by clicking their pencil icon. But my fixes did not last. Wikipedia articles rely on references from newspapers, magazines and other popular media. Your next door neighbor could be the world’s greatest hero, but if there’s never been an article about him, you can’t add him to Wikipedia. For corrections you make to existing articles, you need references. […]
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