Wiki-Rath

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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]