Wikipedia: where truth dies online By Nigel Scott Run by cliquish, censorious editors and open to pranks and vandalism, Wikipedia is worthless and damaging. 29 April 2014, KED A man knocks at your door. You answer and he tells you he is an encyclopaedia salesman. ‘I have the largest and most comprehensive encyclopaedia the world has ever seen’, he says. ‘Tell me about it!..