----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Michael Peel" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 10 May, 2009 17:30:42 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: FYI
Added at 14.13 on 30 March by an anon: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Maurice_Jarre&diff=next&oldid=280648942 Removed 24 hours later, at 15.07 on 31 March, as it was unsourced: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Maurice_Jarre&diff=next&oldid=280865419 Journalists should really check their sources... It's unfortunate that they believe unreferenced things on Wikipedia. Mike On 7 May 2009, at 17:47, Virgin, Steve wrote: > Irish student's Wikipedia hoax dupes newspapers > 13 hours ago > > http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ > ALeqM5gQV2LU_QhL5w_BcPY5B6pvuUUMGg > > > > DUBLIN (AFP) — An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia > online encyclopaedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around > the world, the Irish Times reported. > > The quote was attributed to French composer Maurice Jarre who died > in March. > > Shane Fitzgerald, 22, a final-year student studying sociology and > economics at University College Dublin, told the newspaper he > placed the quote on the website as an experiment when doing > research on globalisation. > > He quoted Oscar-winning composer Jarre as saying, "One could say my > life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music > brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long > after I leave this life. > > "When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that > only I can hear." > > The quote was posted on Wikipedia shortly after Jarre's death and > later appeared in obituaries in major British, Indian and > Australian newspapers. > > Fitzgerald told the newspaper he picked Wikipedia because it was > something a lot of journalists look at and it can be edited by anyone. > > While he was wary about the ethical implications of using someone's > death as a social experiment, he had carefully generated the quote > so as not to distort or taint Jarre's life, he said. > > Fitzgerald said he was shocked by the result of his experiment. > > "I didn't expect it to go that far. I expected it to be in blogs > and sites, but on mainstream quality papers? I was very surprised > about," he said. > > He said the hoax remained undiscovered for weeks until he e-mailed > the newspapers that had been deceived to tell them that they had > published an inaccurate quote. > > The Irish Times said that despite some newspapers removing the > quote from their websites or carrying a correction and the fact > that it had been dropped by Wikipedia, it remained intact on dozens > of blogs, websites and newspapers. > > > > Steve Virgin > Media Consultant > Dow Jones Insight > Commodity Quay, East Smithfield, London E1W 1AZ. > > Tel: +44 (0) 203 217 5281/+44 (0) 117 965 4041 > Mob: +44 (0)7795 031 935/07766 227 352 > Fax: +44 (0) 203 217 5232 > [email protected] > <image001.gif> > Dow Jones Factiva - Winner of the 2007 Software and Information > Industry Association Codie Award for Best Content Aggregation Service > Dow Jones SalesWorks - Winner of the 2007 Software and Information > Industry Association Codie Award for Best Online Business Service > Dow Jones Newswires - Winner of the 2007 Inside Market Data Award > for Best News Provider > > Factiva is the number one provider of News and Business information > to organizations worldwide, delivering essential content via > products and services to help you make better decisions, faster > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
