Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Pune Mirror : " Will Google Maps lead people astray, the Wikipedia way?"

2011-04-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Heya, Umm.. Found this on Daily Mail, I believe, it needs to be further traced. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1379022/Google-Map-Maker-launched-America.html Same article incorporated into it. --Regards, On 26 April 2011 17:20, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > So, how come I create

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Pune Mirror : " Will Google Maps lead people astray, the Wikipedia way?"

2011-04-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
So, how come I created articles in 2007 and 2008? -- Srikanth On 26 April 2011 16:25, Nikhil Sheth wrote: > "*In 2009, it was forced to recruit 20,000 editors to stop falsification > of entries" > * > Lol, as if they have that kind of money... ;) > > So it didn't have any editors at all prior to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Pune Mirror : " Will Google Maps lead people astray, the Wikipedia way?"

2011-04-26 Thread Nikhil Sheth
"*In 2009, it was forced to recruit 20,000 editors to stop falsification of entries" * Lol, as if they have that kind of money... ;) So it didn't have any editors at all prior to 2009, h, interesting!! So all those edits were put there by aliens it seems! :P Nikhil On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Pune Mirror : " Will Google Maps lead people astray, the Wikipedia way?"

2011-04-25 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Shirish, I was just taking an example. Is the Bus Company to blame for a bus not having a closed door, when someone gets off with buying a ticket? Same here. As an ediotr, reviewer, Recent Changes and New Page patroller, most people have no idea how much effort we put into keeping articles vandalis

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Pune Mirror : " Will Google Maps lead people astray, the Wikipedia way?"

2011-04-24 Thread shirish शिरीष
At bottom :- On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 19:11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Heya, > Is Wikipedia to blame for being open? > Is Google to blame for Android being open? > Think about it that way. > --Regards, > Btw Android is not really open. Please see http://lwn.net/Articles/435342/ . Its a 'busi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Pune Mirror : " Will Google Maps lead people astray, the Wikipedia way?"

2011-04-24 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Heya, Is Wikipedia to blame for being open? Is Google to blame for Android being open? Think about it that way. --Regards, On 24 April 2011 19:04, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Interestingly a slightly negative story on Wikipedia in India after a long > time. > > There's some pretty impressive m

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Pune Mirror : " Will Google Maps lead people astray, the Wikipedia way?"

2011-04-24 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Interestingly a slightly negative story on Wikipedia in India after a long time. There's some pretty impressive mistakes and assertions in this article (copied below), in particular: * "Many of us have also been tricked by faulty or falsified information on Wikipedia, which is edited by users who