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I remember the hoax that led to that policy. I think it was as much about embarrassment and trying to improve the integrity of wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Seigenthaler_biograp...




It was definitely a CYA move at first, no argument there. 17 years later, though, it's held up surprisingly well.




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