Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Is the MOD is a fan of Wikipedia?

2009-02-24 Thread Andrew Gray
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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Is the MOD is a fan of Wikipedia?

2009-02-24 Thread Andrew Cates
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

[Wikimediauk-l] Is the MOD is a fan of Wikipedia?

2009-02-24 Thread 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 information on its staff..." http://g