The online encyclopedia’s editors decided the UK tabloid and its digital counterpart can no longer be cited as trusthworthy sources because of the publication’s predilection for making up stories.
Wikipedia’s editors have all but banned the UK’s tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail, and its online counterpart, for being a highly unreliable source of information.
The online encyclopedia’s editors decided to no longer allow the tabloid to be cited as a reliable source, and suggested 12,000 links to the publications should be re-evaluated. The informal discussions that led to the partial ban lasted two years, with a more formal exchange of opinions beginning at the start of the year.
The tabloid, which brought the world such wonderful and accurate articles as “ Dentist Anna Mackowiak Pulls Out Her Ex-Boyfriend’s Teeth “ – those people never existed -, “ Is the Changing Role of Women in Our Society Behind the Rise in Autism in the Past 30 Years? “ – original research was about obsessive personality types – and “ How the BBC Fell for a Marxist Plot to Destroy Civilization from Within “ – no comment needed – was deemed to be “generally unreliable” and not in accord with Wikipedia’s standards.
