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Wikiquote in the news (4)

Wikiquote has its uses

Dave Coffey of The Massachusetts Daily Collegian ("Wasting time on the Web", 31 October 2011) recommends Wikiquote as an entertaining option for students who are facing a deadline and need a "weapon of mass procrastination."

— I'm too busy to comment on this just now.

...And its misuses

Jenn Morrill of the Salt Lake City Independent Examiner ("Ron Paul's real fight begins", 15 December 2011) cites Wikiquote to debunk a misattribution to Mahatma Ghandi that is reportedly popular among Ron Paul supporters. She reports that according to Wikiquote he said something close, but not the exact words attributed to him. However, the Wikiquote article does not attribute the "something close" to Gandhi either: it cites a speech by trade unionist Nicholas Klein.

— If one is not inclined to check the cited source, why bother reading what the citation itself says?

~ Reported by Ningauble 18:10, 14 January 2012 (UTC)