Wikipedia edit policy is Robert's Rules of Order for the 21st Century

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Backstory: Science fiction author Fred Saberhagen dies. Friends of Saberhagen notify other SF authors. Harlan Ellison posts about it on his website. John Scalzi updates the Wikipedia entry with news of Saberhagen's death.

Tragicomic rules lawyering ensues, resulting in futami-level cognitive dissonance and making me extremely suspicious of anything I read on Wikipedia ever again. I mean, death is not usually considered "contentious." People oh-so-rarely return to life.

[Van Cruncheon]

i really liked the berserker books and mask of the sun :'(

[Van Cruncheon]

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/wikigroaning.php -- really, all that has to be said about wikipedia.

[Vizzys]

FOLLOW THE RULES

WIKIPEDIA CANNOT BE TEH SOURCE

[Howard Alan Treesong]

xkcd with the topical comic today:

[Vizzys]

LOL

"A SOURCE CANNOT BE A WHO SIR"