---
title: "Cunningham’s Law"
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slug: "cunninghams-law"
permalink: "https://eay.cc/2014/cunninghams-law/"
published_at: "2014-09-09T00:22:36+00:00"
author: "Stefan Grund"
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format: "link"
tags:
  - "netzkultur"
  - "wikipedia"
external_url: "http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham's_Law"
short_url: "https://eay.li/2ix"
---

# Cunningham’s Law

[Link →](http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham's_Law)

> Cunningham’s Law states „the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.“
>
> The concept is named after [Ward Cunningham](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham), father of the wiki. According to [Steven McGeady](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_McGeady), the law’s author, Wikipedia may be the most well-known demonstration of this law.

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