Wikipedia Regrets The Errors  From June to September of  several false and misleading critical statements appeared at the National Civilian Community Corps also known as AmeriCorps NCCC page httpenwikipediaorgwikiNationalCivilianCommunityCorps in violation of Wikipedia standards  This is the false text as it appeared  National Civilian Community Corps  Criticisms The NCCC program has met with sharp criticisms from some fiscal conservatives who accused it of being a boondoggle Most notably Libertarian pundit and commentator James Bovard has been one of the most vocal Americorps NCCC opponents calling it a waste and fraud in addition to dedicating an entire chapter of criticisms of the program in his book Feeling Your Pain The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the ClintonGore Years Robert Sweet the former director of the National Institute of Education labeled it a fraud  httpwwwfoxnewscomstoryhtml  httpwwwenterstagerightcomarchivearticlesamericorpshtm  Wikipedia relies on its readers and volunteer contributors to avoid or challenge and correct misleading or false information  The following has been called to our attention    The statement that read Bovard has been one of the most vocal Americorps NCCC opponents calling it a waste and fraud cited as its source an article at this address by Bovard httpwwwenterstagerightcomarchivearticlesamericorpshtm  Nowhere in that article does Bovard make that statement  No mention of AmeriCorps NCCC nor of the National Civilian Community Corps appears in that article nor is AmeriCorps NCCC called a waste and fraud  We regret the error   The same sentence went on to state the following  Bovard has been one of the most vocal Americorps NCCC opponents calling it a waste and fraud in addition to dedicating an entire chapter of criticisms of the program in his book Feeling Your Pain   Upon investigation this statement turns out to be untrue  Bovards book published in hardcover by St Martins press does not contain a chapter of criticisms of AmeriCorps NCCC in the book Feeling Your Pain  In fact neither AmeriCorps NCCC nor the National Civilian Community Corps are mentioned at all in the text of that book nor in the book index  The chapter in question concerns the umbrella program AmeriCorps but does not mention the program known as AmeriCorps NCCC or the National Civilian Community Corps  The only mention to NCCC is in the footnotes referring to a speech by thenpresident Clinton praising not criticizing the NCCC  In sum the book Feeling Your Pain does not dedicate an entire chapter of criticisms of AmeriCorps NCCC contrary to the information posted at the Wikipedia website  We regret the error    Also untrue was the sentence Robert Sweet the former director of the National Institute of Education labeled it ie AmeriCorps NCCC a fraud  This sentence was misleading and false  It was placed at the National Civilian Community Corps page and referred to the antecedent in the previous sentence the AmeriCorps NCCC  The claim relied on the article by Bovard at httpwwwenterstagerightcomarchivearticlesamericorpshtm  No mention of either the National Civilian Community Corps nor of AmeriCorps NCCC appears in that article  No evidence has been put forward to support the statement that Mr Sweet ever labeled AmeriCorps NCCC a fraud  We regret the error  Wikipedia deeply regrets that this misleading text appeared at our National Civilian Community Corps website and that it persisted for as long as it did  The editor responsible for its appearance and continued reemergence will no longer have access to the National Civilian Community Corps Wikipedia entry  Signed   Philippe  Calls to move forward on the National Civilian Community Corps page to be a team player etc would be better received if Wikipedia posted a note something like the above at the NCCC site   not to mention it might restore Wikipedias credibility on the subject  I dont know if there is a snowballs chance of that happening but at least this gives you some information to process so you can evaluate the current situation  Given the nature of the NCCC  a substantial and serious component of US disaster relief and mitigation capacity  and its recent neardemise following misleading claims like those posted at Wikipedia the statement above is not written as amusement