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My primary annoyance when reading Wikipedia is when authors will generalize the opinion of two or three cited sources into something like "...many scholars believe X." At that point they're lending more credence to a statement than is actually attributable. In reality, it's more like "three people in the world think that X." It's probably not always done intentionally, but it's really quite sneaky how isolated opinions or viewpoints can gain acceptance as facts simply by how they're presented.

Ever wondered about all the things that this group of "many scholars" have concluded? Check out this Google Search:

http://goo.gl/OKkBWA



And that is why such lines gets tagged with [who?] or the ever popular [citation needed]. You can even tag them yourself.




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