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

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 rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote:

[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

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 tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Interestingly a slightly negative story on Wikipedia in India after a long time. There's some

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 rsrikant...@gmail.com 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