A fact from Paederus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 August 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Really?! What archaeological or independent historical attestation do they have that the ten plagues were a real event, and not just a mythic/moralic symbol for a more profound religious truth, that cannot be interpreted scientifically. I don't think science, religion, nor wikipedia profits from repeating this kind of pseudoscientific crap. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 18:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
First, these are not blister beetles, they are rove beetles. Second, it would be quite a WP:COATRACK digression for this article to get into a scientific debate with the authors of a scientific paper in Lancet, whose point is that public misfortunes similar to those described in Exodus could have been caused by Paederus. Anybody who clicks the wikilink from this article to ten plagues of Egypt can read there enormous skepticism about who did what to whom way back when and etc. Sharktopustalk 18:59, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This is yet another example of why many people ridicule WP and don't consider it a reliable source. Dr. Morbius (talk) 19:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As I said, check out ten plagues of Egypt for skeptical discussion, one that has little to do with Paederus beetles. Sharktopustalk 21:21, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
