Guest guest Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 This is fairly long article has several links to more information in it, so have not copied it here. But this is quite interesting and worth reading, in my perception. blessings, Shan Wiki-Rath _http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/wiki_rath/how_the_facts_a rent_welcome_on_wikipedia.html_ (http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/wiki_rath/how_the_facts_arent\ _welcome_on_wikipedia.html) How the facts aren’t welcome on Wikipedia when you challenge the interests of the multi-billion dollar drug industry Between February 2008 and April 2009, aided by some willing assistants, we attempted to correct some of the key factual errors and blatantly biased statements in the _Wikipedia article on Dr. Rath_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Rath) . . It proved to be an eye-opening experience. On many occasions our efforts were reversed within hours – and sometimes within minutes. This was even the case when our edits were completely consistent with Wikipedia’s core rules, such as _the requirement to be based upon reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view) . For example, _our attempt_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthias_Rath & diff=216761151 & oldid=21\ 6759522) to balance the blatant bias and gross factual inaccuracies in the article’s introduction – by including mention of the fact that patients from the Silondoloze Vitamin Programme in Khayelitsha........ [CONTINUED] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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