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Fact-checking process revised in 2009 for claims of death and more

Consider

In 2009, English-language Wikipedia adopted new quality control measures to verify information on the biographies of living people, including claims of death.^[1]

References

^ Cohen, Noam (24 August 2009). "Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People". The New York Times.

and compare Wikipedia's own telling

BanyanTree (31 August 2009). "Misleading media storm over flagged revisions". The Signpost.

In special:diff/1181405842/1187751802 Graham87 objected to the claim. @Graham87:, what is the issue? It seems to me that in 2009, Wikipedia editors did make a commitment to increased fact-checking for biographical claims, with The New York Times reporting that this includes claims of death. Bluerasberry (talk) 14:17, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Cohen, Noam (24 August 2009). "Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People". The New York Times.

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