Re: [WikiEN-l] False quote regarding Maurice Jarre

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:09 PM, William King williamcarlk...@gmail.com wrote: Fox News picks up Reuters story regarding the late French composer Maurice Jarre: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519283,00.html Reuters interviewed Shane Fitzgerald, the Irish student who made up the false

Re: [WikiEN-l] False quote regarding Maurice Jarre

2009/5/7 William King williamcarlk...@gmail.com: Fox News picks up Reuters story regarding the late French composer Maurice Jarre: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519283,00.html Reuters interviewed Shane Fitzgerald, the Irish student who made up the false quote on Jarre's Wikipedia

Re: [WikiEN-l] False quote regarding Maurice Jarre

Sam Korn wrote: The moral of this story is not that journalists should avoid Wikipedia, but that they shouldn't use information they find there if it can't be traced back to a reliable primary source, said the Guardian's readers' editor Siobhain Butterworth. That's about as good a piece of

Re: [WikiEN-l] Slog rate

I do wonder whether this thread is merely an attempt at coining words. To put a numerical value to an attribute present amongst such a broad array of subjects on Wikipedia seems impossible, or at least unjustifiable. Besides, what you are measuring is not hard fact - it is opinion, so a numerical

Re: [WikiEN-l] Slog rate

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Down wrote: I do wonder whether this thread is merely an attempt at coining words. To put a numerical value to an attribute present amongst such a broad array of subjects on Wikipedia seems impossible, or at least unjustifiable. Besides,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Usability Study Results (Sneak Preview)

Hi All! Thanks for all of the feedback, comments, and support. I just wanted to let you know that our full report (including highlight videos!!) is now up our the Usability Initiative's project wiki: http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/UX_and_Usability_Study - The Usability Team Parul Vora

Re: [WikiEN-l] The sky is falling

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Re: [WikiEN-l] The sky is falling

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Re: [WikiEN-l] The sky is falling

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Re: [WikiEN-l] The sky is falling

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Re: [WikiEN-l] The sky is falling

2009/5/8 wjhon...@aol.com: -Original Message- From: Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thu, 7 May 2009 5:09 pm Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The sky is falling 2009/5/8  wjhon...@aol.com:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Usability Study Results (Sneak Preview)

Fuck U On 5/7/09, Parul Vora pv...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi All! Thanks for all of the feedback, comments, and support. I just wanted to let you know that our full report (including highlight videos!!) is now up our the Usability Initiative's project wiki: