A court has ruled that Wikipedia entries are not legitimate sources for dictating a court ruling. Shockingly, it was a U.S. Appeals Court that decided this in response to a previous ruling, rather than being taken as a given in the first place. can be read here (PDF). The fact that this even had to be appealed seems pretty absurd, especially when Wikipedia blatantly refers to itself as the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
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