"reductio ad Wikipedium"
a logical fallacy which assumes the form of "Wikipedia (or other wiki
reference) states X; therefore X must be false";
Given Wikipedia's (undeserved) poor reputation for accuracy, this
logical fallacy is often mistaken for a valid argument. Also known as
reference snobbery.
Just because it appears on Wikipedia doesn't mean it's not true.
I've been using this phrase for a while but have never seen it
online. Today I googled it and didn't get any hits that used this
phrase in this way, therefore I am claiming this as an original idea.
It might be my first.
I'm posting it at rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan in honor of the
many fine threads I have enjoyed here. Also because Novak was the
inspriration for this bit of annoyance.
Nostalgically Yours,
Matthew Drabik
