Wikipedia explains Checkmate

According to Wikipedia a Checkmate is when the King is CAPTURED?

There are too many people who really don’t know what Checkmate means and Wikipedia is escalating the problem.

Wish there was a way to contact Wikipedia and file a complaint.

I am confused why no one wants to talk about this issue?

In one book it says “inevitable” capture ends the game, just before this statement it says “other than the King any piece can be Captured. After these statements it says “the King is the most important piece on the board simply because its “capture” represents the loss of the game.

These statements would seriously confuse anyone learning chess for the first time what Checkmate really means.

The book does go on to explain what “Capture” means. Then Dances around for the meaning of Check and Checkmate.

Well, you should provide exact sources of where you see the problem, and links if possible. The wikipedia page on checkmate doesn't have the problem you mentioned, as it says, "threatened with capture" and "In chess, the king is never captured". 

I checked the Wikipedia page on Chess, and it also didn't have that problem.

I recently fixed a problem in the Wikipedia page on Algebraic Notation. It gave the abbreviation for both the King and the Knight in Georgian as მ which is the letter M. It took some web searching, but I found that the ambiguity is resolved by abbreviating the Knight as მხ but then to make the correction, I had to edit a template rather than the page itself.

Also, incidentally, I do remember seeing the statement, in a book on Chess by Yasser Seirawan, no less, that baldly said that the object of Chess was to capture the King. It was a book for beginners, and I think he chose to do this because it was easier to understand - and he got around to explaining stalemate later on.

Wow, it looks like Wikipedia updated their interpretation of Checkmate. I am impressed, and I apologize for not checking up on it. A few weeks ago it did say something about the King being captured and I posted a reply that the King is never Captured and now I am surprised that it’s been updated.

I started this thread because of an argument I had with someone f2f last night.

I have been teaching a number of beginners how to play chess and a number of adults were not aware that the King is never Captured. Have always wondered why people were capturing the King, taking it off the board, and continuing the game? Live in in a small town where only a handful of people really know the game.