Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-02-22/In the news

A bit late and I don't know if it's been already covered: [1] and [2] So much for Wikipedia not giving legal or medical advice! 82.32.238.139 (talk) 13:25, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Apparently it hasn't been covered, and this week's edition hasn't been published yet, so if you want you can go ahead and write a note. Usually "In the news" focuses on recent media stories though.

The best place to make such suggestions is Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions, where this grave violation of WP:NOT#HOWTO had already been noted.

Regards, HaeB (talk) 14:55, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

I believe some folks were in serious doubt wether the person actually used Wikipedia. Descriptions seem to indicate that it is more likely he used WikiHow. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:02, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Interesting to note that we may be getting credited for information from other sites. I suppose the man in question could have seen wiki... and read ...pedia. Still it is nice to have positive feedback. Saga City (talk) 17:44, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Indeed. As mentioned in the newsroom suggestion thread, The Sun's article has been updated to say WikiHow, not Wikipedia. Apparently WikiHow is the first non-video Google hit. As many have noted, many others seem to think "wiki" is synonymous with "Wikipedia", that all wikis are run by WMF, that all wiki softwar is MediaWiki, etc. —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 03:11, 25 February 2010 (UTC)