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The Xander ligament? Caution advised when using online encyclopaedias
Author(s) -
Ledger Thomas,
Toftness Alexander
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1469-7580
pISSN - 0021-8782
DOI - 10.1111/joa.13195
Subject(s) - eponym , computer science , world wide web , acoustics , physics
Here, we discuss a series of events that led to an article in a prestigious medical journal mistakenly using a fake eponymous term that originated in a YouTube video and then spread to Wikipedia. The term has also spread to other places. In this digital world of fake news, open resources should be read discerningly in order to verify their contents.