Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a press source 2003

Several newspapers and magazines have cited Wikipedia as a source. This is of course a great vote of confidence, but also brings with it a responsibility. Was French toast really called German toast before? Was the Mesopotamian plain really called the Fertile Crescent?

Some of these articles were found using Google News and AltaVista News.

January

• "The Straight Dope's column on leetspeak" (The Straight Dope, Internet, January 10, 2003) references Wikipedia as a source for further information on leet phonetics.

March

• "We'll fight our own way, says UK general" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, March 11, 2003) Article links to Suez Crisis
• "Liberal Slant's column on anti-French feelings in the US after the attack on Iraq" (Liberal Slant, Internet, March 22, 2003) link missing
• "Back to Babylon" (The Age, Australia, March 29, 2003) A look at Western civilization starting in the Iraq region. "According to Wikipedia's coverage of the history of Iraq, "the Mesopotamian plain was called the Fertile Crescent" incorporating "present-day Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon and parts of Jordan, Syria, Iraq and south-eastern Turkey"."

April

• "Woman may have founded ancient Rome" (Daily Telegraph online, UK, April 22, 2003) links to Stesichorus.

May

• "Minister in fees row snubs 'new' universities" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, May 22, 2003) links to Coalition of Modern Universities (which doesn't exist)
• "Media blamed for exaggerating loss of antiquities" (Telegraph online, Internet, May 22, 2003) Links to National Museum of Iraq
• "Some words can make a war cry foul" (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, May 28, 2003) "According to the web encyclopedia, Wikipedia, during the Cold War WMD referred only to nuclear weapons." Referring to Weapons_of_mass_destruction article.

June

• "Prince asks scientists to look into 'grey goo'" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, June 5, 2003) Article links to grey goo
• "Actress's friend faces extradition over terrorism" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, June 10, 2003) links to Akhmed Zakayev
• Ford Motor Company profiles (Associated Press, United States, June 2003) Cited Wikipedia as source along with others. Used in Ford centennial: A family legacy (Naples Daily News, United States, June 15, 2003) and "Thumbnails of Ford family and top executives" (Boston Globe, United States, June 6, 2003)
• "IRA 'provoked troops on Bloody Sunday'" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, June 16, 2003) Article links to Provisional Irish Republican Army
• "Blair to phase out Lord Chancellor" (The Globe and Mail, Canada, June 20, 2003) Cites Wikipedia as a source for profiles of former Lord Chancellors.
• "Slivers of silver solve the problem of smelly socks" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, June 25, 2003) Links to Grey goo
• "Wharton: God doesn't bless only Americans" (Salt Lake Tribune, United States, June 26, 2003) Cited as source for Woody Guthrie, "According to Wikipedia.org, Guthrie was blacklisted in the 1950s."

July

• "GM slayer at the Staunton Memorial" (Chessbase News, Germany, July 8, 2003) cites Wikipedia (not named, but most likely Howard Staunton)
• "Asteroid Armageddon Less Likely" (Betterhumans, Canada, July 17, 2003) links directly to Earth's atmosphere
• "Vendor lock-in, part 1" (SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, Internet, July 8, 2003) links to Wikipedia definition of vendor lock-in
• "Could nanobots destroy us?" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, July 9, 2003) links to Grey goo
• "Royalists and communists return to the streets of Baghdad" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, July 15, 2003) links to Faisal II of Iraq
• "'Semtex' puff pastry shuts airport" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, July 25, 2003) links to Semtex
• "Top universities want £5,000 fees" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, July 26, 2003) links to Russell Group of Universities

August

• "Quantum logic gate created using excitons" (Slashdot.org, Internet, August 11, 2003) quotes entire excitons article
• "A sampling of early Christian anti-Semitism" (Kansas City Star, United States, August 16, 2003) cites several sources for , among them Wikipedia.com (the article in question is probably Christianity and anti-Semitism)
• "Royal post for UN inspector" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, August 19, 2003) links to Guy Green
• "'Saddam's Knuckles' captured in Mosul" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, August 20, 2003) links to Taha Yassin Ramadan
• "Channel Seven Australia, the Gameshow 'Deal Or No Deal'" (Channel Seven television, Australia, August 24, 2003) references Wikipedia as a source for further information on the gameshow questions.
• "Film brings East German spaceman out of the cold" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, August 28, 2003) links to Sigmund Jähn

September

• "The Joys of Breadboarding" (TechTV, Internet, September 9, 2003) quotes definition of Breadboard
• "Powell sees town where Saddam's gas killed 5,000" (Daily telegraph online, Internet, September 16, 2003) links to Halabja poison gas attack
• "The Bloody Consequences of American and Iraqi Civil Wars" (Aljazeerah.info, Internet, September 23, 2003) cites Human_rights_violations_in_Iraq. Note that this is not the better-known Aljazeera.

October

• "'God's banker' case reopened" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, October 1, 2003) links to Roberto Calvi
• "Murder squad revisit Roberto Calvi" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, October 4, 2003) links to Roberto Calvi
• "'Mad Dog' Adair exposed as bungling liar in book" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, October 6, 2003) article links to Johnny Adair
• Tory stalwarts challenge leader's policies (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, October 7, 2003) article links to Iain Duncan Smith
• "The Great Displacement" (Techcentralstation.com, Internet, October 13, 2003) quotes Wikipedia about Great Depression with link to article.
• "Police seize Calvi scaffolding" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, October 15, 2003) article links to Roberto Calvi
• "Vichy mentally ill patients 'were not murdered'" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, October 17, 2003) links to Vichy France
• "Israel's Raid on Syria, Stage Four in the Terror War" (Counterpunch.org, Internet, October 18, 2003) cites Wikipedia as source that US founded the Palestianian Authority from the Palestinian_Authority article.
• "The mod mood" (Knoxville News Sentinel (Tennessee), United States, October 23, 2003) references to the mod lifestyle article
• Russia 'ignoring' plight of siege poison victims (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, October 23, 2003) article links to Moscow Theatre Siege
• "Books: Fight of the living dead" (Sacramento Bee, United States, October 30, 2003) cites wikipedia as a source for information on a rum-based drink, called the zombie

November

• "Voyager 1 Reaches Interstellar Space" (Slashdot, Internet, November 5, 2003) links to the topic of the heliopause.
• "SCO Threatens to Sue Hollywood. Yeah, Right" (Groklaw, Internet, November 7, 2003) quotes and cites wikipedia as a source for information on Minix
• "What system prevails in Venezuela?" (Venezuelan News and Analysis, Internet, November 2003) quotes Wikipedia extensively on System of government.
• "Arafat 'diverted $300m of public money to Swiss bank account'" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, November 9, 2003) article links to Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
• "US frigate takes Stars and Stripes back to Vietnam" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, November 20, 2003) article links to Vietnam War -as does the same article on Education Telegraph online
• "Istanbul suicide bombers 'escaped capture after tip-off'" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, November 28, 2003) article links to Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front
• "Mafia lair stormed by 1,000-man hit team" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, November 30, 2003) article links to Mafia

December

• "'Explosive socks' seized by police in anti-terror raids" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, December 7, 2003) article links to Explosive material
• "Giscard the author joins Académie that ignored Flaubert and Zola" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, December 12, 2003) article links to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
• "Can dynasty detectives unearth the Medici secrets?" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, December 13, 2003) article links to Medici
• "So close to achieving his evil dream but delusion and ineptitude led to his fall" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, December 15, 2003) article links to Saddam Hussein
• "The Eight Biggest Tech Flops Ever" (Extremetech, Internet, December 23, 2003) article links to Microsoft Bob.
• "Stalin's depraved executioner still has grip on Moscow" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, December 23, 2003) article links to Lavrenty Beria
• "Bremer rejects Blair's 'secret labs' claim" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, December 29, 2003) article links to Iraq Survey Group
• "Computers: Cutting the Cord" (Occupational Hazards (magazine), Internet, December 11, 2003) links to ALOHAnet.
• "Online resources on telephones" (New Straits Times, Malaysia, December 8, 2003) cites Alexander Graham Bell