Those of us who are  already familiar with John Byrne and his work and respect him are unlikely to be influenced by inaccurate information on a website even one such as Wikipdedia, as popular as it is becoming.

    Those who already have made up their minds that they don't like John Byrne will ignore anything positive and just nod along with anything negative. Trying to change their minds is pretty much as pointless as banging your head against a wall. It really feels a lot better when you stop and spend time on something more productive.

   This leaves those who are not familiar with John Byrne's work and history and might be fairly new to comics. While younger readers might not have a healthy sense of skepticism yet, hopefully those with a reasonable level of experience and maturity know to not accept all facts from just one source. Perhaps the best  thing to do would be to add a link to the "Who is John Byrne?" part of the FAQ from the byrnerobotics site to the Wikipedia entry. If there are any inaccurate stories that are being frequently repeated perhaps a list of "John Byrne Myths" might be appropriate to add to the FAQ as well. Of course, as we all know urban legends tend to gain lives of their own regardless of fact.

   Oh well. Controversy sells newspapers. Maybe it will sell some comics. Any predictions on how long before a "Comics bad boy JB feuds with Wikipedia" headline lands somewhere on the internet?