On 29 Aug 2010, at 13:04, David Gerard wrote: > On 29 August 2010 12:09, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > >> I'm really puzzled how they managed to get the description of the Wikimedia >> community so wrong, considering that talked to them on the phone about this >> on Friday afternoon and thought that I'd explained this to them. A bit of >> basic fact-checking should have shown up the non-existance of a "Wikipedia >> committee" (and, of course, the existence of the "online encyclopedia that >> anyone can edit" bit...). > > > Having a space to fill in the silly season, and fundamentally really > not giving a hoot what it's filled with or whether it even makes > sense. This is why Wikipedia media coverage peaks in August.[citation > needed]
The good news is that the Telegraph article on this topic is much better: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/7970312/Agatha-Christies-family-criticise-Wikipedia-for-revealing-Mousetrap-ending.html Mike Peel _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
