Wikipediaing Wikipedia…
The good: the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals cites Wikipedia in an opinion.
The bad: they give a date of last reference (Aug. 16, 2004) but fail to realize they could link strait to the frozen version of the page — a method which would completely sidestep the anyone-could-change-it arguments.
The ugly: they manage to fuck up the link entirely — because of text wrapping, the pdf points to a non-existent page.
For the life of me I can’t figure out how to create a Wikipedia page. It seems to me Department of Homeland Security Advisory Syste should pass muster on the notability requirement: the first time Wikipedia’s used as a direct source in an official government document — a Federal appellate court opinion no less — and they get the link wrong.
Brilliant.
This crazy new “hyper media” stuff can get pretty confusing!
UPDATE: Oh the irony. After snarkily insulting the 11th Circuit, I just realized there’s something wrong with Jimmy Wales’ feed, and even though it’s marked March 17, 2008 in my reader, this story is really from 2004. This “hyper media” stuff really is confusing!