2009/2/24 Gordon Joly :
>
> "An individual wanted to learn details of the Chiefs of Defence
> Staff. He went to the authoritative source and sent a freedom of
> information request to the MOD. This week, the MOD responded by
> suggesting that Wikipedia is the most authoritative source of
> informat
It doesn't surprise me. There is also a general issue of conflict of
interest since a number of UK civil servants routinely update
information about their departments on Wikipedia. I contacted UK Trade
and Industry on behalf of Wikiproject spam about this a while back (I
was an independent director
"An individual wanted to learn details of the Chiefs of Defence
Staff. He went to the authoritative source and sent a freedom of
information request to the MOD. This week, the MOD responded by
suggesting that Wikipedia is the most authoritative source of
information on its staff..."
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