Also, for the record, TIL that Times of London commenters(sp?) call themselves TOLsters and like Wikipedia.
James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hear hear! I just imagine all these comments being written in stentorian > tones. > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 2:18 PM, James Alexander <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> or: >> >> Certainly Wikipedia is more reliable than Giles Coren >> >> >> >>> I sold my Encyclopedia Britannica when I got married, as no longer >>> needed. >>> My wife knows everything. >> >> >> JJN is quite right. I think that those who disparage Wikipedia are >>> generally guilty of a form of intellectual snobbery- "I had to work hard to >>> acquire all my knowledge, why should it be made so easy for everyone >>> nowadays?" >>> >> >> >> In fact you need to know a fair bit to use Wikipedia effectively and >>> check its accuracy, so Giles shouldn't worry too much. >> >> >> Quite agree. This came up once before when Oliver Kamm wrote an article >>> disparaging Wikipedia. TOLsters argued with him and he retired from the >>> scene fairly quickly. >> >> >> >> >> James Alexander >> Manager >> Trust & Safety >> Wikimedia Foundation >> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >> >> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How about Ocaasi with that Wikipedia Library giant keyring of his? (: >>> >>> Pine >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Joe Sutherland < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> This does sound pretty good! I don't have access to the Times either, >>>> and asking around it seems not many do... >>>> >>>> On 16 December 2015 at 07:44, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The lead is promising, though much of the letter is paywalled. >>>>> >>>>> "Sir, I am — as he knows — an enthusiastic admirer of Giles Coren, but >>>>> he is badly misinformed about Wikipedia (“Why stop at Trump?”, Dec 12). As >>>>> a writer of history I resort to it at least a dozen times a day. I could >>>>> never have written my last two books without it, and I have never caught >>>>> it >>>>> out yet, which is more than I can say of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Its >>>>> range is astonishing: it is almost impossible to find a person, place or >>>>> subject that it has left uncovered (end of my preview).... a work of >>>>> reference as useful as any in existence..." >>>>> >>>>> Thanks to Johnbod for pointing this out! >>>>> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/letters/article4639798.ece >>>>> >>>>> Pine >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Joe Sutherland* >>>> Communications Intern [remote] >>>> joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 >>>> 916 433 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Katherine Maher > Chief Communications Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > +1 (415) 712 4873 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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