A Wikipedian troll had a few observations too. http://hamletprinceoftrollmark.blogspot.com/2009/09/who-writes-history.html
;) -Durova On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > That's funny your link got it's final character cut off in my email box so > it didn't work. > Testing whether this link will work... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wilson_%28U.S._politician%29 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Old > To: English Wikipedia > Sent: Thu, Sep 10, 2009 1:38 pm > Subject: [WikiEN-l] Is Wikipedia the first draft of history - New York > Times take on Joe Wilson article > > > > > > > > > > > Folks, > The New York Times reports: > > > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/the-wikipedia-battle-over-joe-wilsons-obama-heckling/ > > > If journalism is the first draft of history, what is a Wikipedia entry when > it is updated within minutes of an event to reflect changes in a person’s > biography? > > This is the very live issue that cropped up in a heated argument on the > discussion page > that > accompanies Wikipedia’s entry on Representative Joe > Wilson > Wednesday > night, just 30 minutes after the Republican from South Carolina interrupted > President Barack Obama’s > speech by > shouting “You lie!” As my colleague Carl Hulse reported in a blog > post > published > about 10 minutes after the fight got going on Wikipedia, Mr. Wilson’s > outburst came in response to the president’s statement that his proposed > changes to health insurance laws would not give coverage to illegal > immigrants. > > Since Mr. Wilson’s shout was made during a live television broadcast — > nowarchived > on YouTube by The Associated > Press — > in front of all of his colleagues, the fact that it happened is not in > dispute. Afte > r Wikipedia’s editors initially removed the first reference to > the event > from > the entry on Mr. Wilson, citing concerns about sourcing and potential > “vandalism,” the page was locked to prevent new or unregistered users from > editing it. > > That is when the argument among Wikipedians — which can be read in full on > the discussion page starting > here > — > really took off. > > > (More in article) > > > The Joe Wilson article is here: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wilson_(U.S._politician)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wilson_%28U.S._politician%29> > > > Regards > > > > *Keith Old* > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- http://durova.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
