Why should I trust WikiIslam over Wikipedia for information critical of Islam?
The “Jagged 85 debacle” is a prime example of the problems constantly faced by Wikipedia with respect to Islam-related articles. Jagged 85 was an editor who contributed to 8,115 separate articles with over 67,000 edits made over a period of 5 years. Focusing efforts on improving the image of Islam and downplaying the achievements of the Western world, for 5 years he/she was left largely unhindered, misrepresenting sources in all kinds of ways, misrepresentions which were then reproduced all over the net by other sites which use Wikipedia as a source. Wikipedia’s policies have also allowed for the use of some very suspect secondary sources. A prime example of this would be Paul Vallely’s “How Islamic inventors changed the world”. As WikiIslam concentrates on only one subject, we host fewer articles than Wikipedia. This enables the community to fine-tune our articles, removing any inaccuracies which may have be inserted by accident or by vandals intentionally distorting facts.
The “Jagged 85 incident” is a prime example of the problems constantly faced by Wikipedia with respect to Islam-related articles. Jagged 85 was an editor who contributed to 8,115 separate articles with over 67,000 edits made over a period of 5 years. Focusing efforts on improving the image of Islam and downplaying the achievements of the Western world, for 5 years he/she was left largely unhindered, misrepresenting sources in all kinds of ways, misrepresentions which were then reproduced all over the net by other sites which use Wikipedia as a source. Wikipedia’s policies have also allowed for the use of some very suspect secondary sources. A prime example of this would be Paul Vallely’s “How Islamic inventors changed the world”. As WikiIslam concentrates on only one subject, we host fewer articles than Wikipedia. This enables the community to fine-tune our articles, removing any inaccuracies which may have be inserted by accident or by vandals intentionally distorting facts.
