, 2007-04-20
Back when I lived in the Silicon Valley, there was an ongoing employment scam. Prospective employees would show up with perfect resumes and immediately get hired. It would not take long before it was clear that these people did not have the experience stated on their resumes. Within six months they would be fired. However, now they had six months of legitimate experience with real companies that they could reference. Their next jobs might not be as good or glamorous, but it would be much better than if they started with their real resumes.
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While innocent mistakes on Wikipedia should be edited and corrected, major inaccuracies should be discussed. This is particularly true if the article is about you.
Consider all of the government people who edited the President's profile. Or all of the senators. "Accuracy" and "spin" are not the same thing. Editing your own Wikipedia profile introduces a self-bias and is usually looked down upon.
Some examples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_staffer_edits_to_
Wikipedia
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/12/69880
Worse: some vandals will change your corrected information back, leading to a back-and-forth accuracy fight.
You are correct about innocent mistakes, but malicious or grossly inaccurate information should be brought to Wikipedia's attention.
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