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You can't make this up. Newsday in an article by a reporter and six contributors criticizes Wikipedia coverage of Long Island. But the very first item cited by Newsday (the Montauk Point Lighthouse has a huge factual error. The April 17, 2007 article is headlined "Consider the source As a matter of fact, Wikipedia isn't always right on LI" You can read it here
The article's first criticism is about the lighthouse which reads:
You can see that blurb with photo here.
The Wikipedia article on the Montauk Point Lighthouse in the third paragraph states:
If you look at the history, the information has been in there virtually from the start with virtually no vandalism.
If this mistake had been made in Wikipedia it could have been corrected instantly. On Newsday the mistake is forever.
I can't imagine an opportunity for a better argument on the merits of Wikipedia!!! I'm not quite sure how to spread the word on such a huge gaff (that should have been easily checked by Newsday). Americasroof 14:45, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 21:58, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
The coordinates listed for the lighthouse is off. These are the actual coordinates:
41.07093,-71.8571
Someone should do something about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.22.244.119 ( talk) 20:43, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
This article was moved to "Montauk Point Light" which according to the edit summary was per "earlier discussion." That discussion occurred no place here. Most of the articles on Wikipedia still refer to it as "Lighthouse." The master articles on lighthouses still refer to them as lighthouses. The USGS map (and official USGS naming designation) refers to it as "Lighthouse." Why was this done? Americasroof ( talk) 18:36, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
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Is anybody else having trouble using the official site of the Montauk Point Lighthouse ( https://montauklighthouse.com/)? Because I'm seeing nothing but the banner in a white field here. --------- User:DanTD ( talk) 03:33, 21 September 2018 (UTC)