Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is to become a U.K. government adviser on open government. - Slashdot

2012-03-14 Thread Gordon Joly
On 13/03/2012 14:43, Anirudh Bhati wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Gordon Jolygordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next? What next? Knighthood. Sir Jimmy Donal Jimbo Wales. He might start to advise a much higher authority. But at that

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2012-03-14 Thread Charles Matthews
On 14 March 2012 08:12, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 13/03/2012 14:43, Anirudh Bhati wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Gordon Jolygordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next? What next? Knighthood. Sir Jimmy Donal Jimbo

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2012-03-13 Thread Gordon Joly
I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next? http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/13/0054206/jimmy-wales-to-become-uk-government-adviser Gordo -- Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com http://www.joly.org.uk/ Don't Leave Space To The Professionals!

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2012-03-13 Thread Michael Peel
The story has also been covered by various national and local newspapers, see: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/March#Miscellaneous Thanks, Mike On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:09, Gordon Joly wrote: I remember when he was advising the BBC. What next?

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2012-03-13 Thread Gordon Joly
Thanks Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedia-chief-to-advise-Whitehall-on-policy.html Chief? Says who? :-) Gordo On 13/03/2012 10:26, Michael Peel wrote: The story has also been covered

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2012-03-13 Thread Michael Peel
On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote: Thanks Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedia-chief-to-advise-Whitehall-on-policy.html Chief? Says who? The Telegraph. ;-) Mike

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2012-03-13 Thread HJ Mitchell
Why let the facts get in the way of a snappy headline? ;) Harry From: Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 11:02 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is to become a

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2012-03-13 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 13 March 2012 12:02, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote: Thanks Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy

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2012-03-13 Thread Katie Chan
On 13/03/2012 12:15, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 13 March 2012 12:02, Michael Peelmichael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: On 13 Mar 2012, at 10:35, Gordon Joly wrote: Thanks Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy

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2012-03-13 Thread Anthony (AGK)
Precisely, and there is extensive precedent (including in court decisions relating to allegedly inaccurate headlines) for article titles to be generalising if the reality is explained in the body. If we wrote to them, there probably wouldn't be a correction. -- Anthony (AGK) Sent from my

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2012-03-13 Thread Neil Babbage
Officially allowed or not it doesn't stop the media calling Bob Geldof Sir Bob. Sir Jimbo has quite a nice ring to it so you can guarantee the press would use it. Neil / QuiteUnusual@Wikibooks -Original Message- From: Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com Sender: