Source of the problem: Colleges begin to ban Wikipedia as cited reference in academic work, SU leaves it up to professor
With nothing more than a computer, Internet access and a cruel sense of humor, an Internet vandal edited the Wikipedia article of comedian Sinbad earlier this month, duping the world into thinking the actor had died. It took a while for the confusion to clear when Sinbad told the Associated Press:
“Saturday I rose from the dead and then died again.”