@blakeyrat said:
Sorry I don't have the specifics, but this has happened before:1) Wiki publishes an un-cited "fact"
2) A publication qualifying as cite-able to Wikipedia, using the wiki page for reference, publishes the same "fact"
3) A wiki editor adds a cite to the "fact" using the source from step 2.
Most recent instance I can think of is the reported death of the entertainer Sinbad.
@blakeyrat said:
IIRC, this happened to Raymond Chen... he was so mad he wanted his Wiki page taken down, again IIRC
I never said that I wanted my page taken down. I did say that I didn't think I met the notability guidelines. Saying that you don't think you deserve something is different from saying that you want it taken away. I think this is another case of a falsehood being repeated enough times that it become the truth.