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- not comparableWithout a source.
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Wikipedia-derived factoids can be so important that there is a well-known feedback loop, called citogenesis, in which the mainstream news finds some claim made in a Wikipedia article, and publishes it (without citing Wikipedia). Then Wikipedia itself makes use of the news article. By means of this loop, an ultimately “sourceless” factoid gains a spurious authority.
2025 September 30, Larry Sanger, “6. Reveal who Wikipedia’s leaders are.”, in larrysanger.org
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sourceless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sourceless
“sourceless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sourceless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sourceless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sourceless.
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