Harry Willis wrote: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1191474/Labour-councillor-David-Boo > throyd-caught-altering-David-Camerons-Wikipedia-entry.html > > (Not sure "forced to resign" is accurate, given the text of his resignation > letter.) > > The story is bad news all round, for us. Here's what else is wrong with the Mail's coverage, though:
- "malicious tampering" Handily assumes what it sets out to prove. - "Any Internet user can alter pages but Wikipedia appoints supposedly impartial and unpaid moderators to review and correct changes." Total myth. - "sock-puppeting - using multiple, bogus online identities to create an illusion of support or unpopularity for a person or organisation." "Bogus" is misleading journalese. "Pseudonymous", please. And they have mixed in the definition astroturfing. - "Wikimedia UK, the British arm of the U.S. company" Wrong. Charles _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
