[WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-26 Thread Daniel R. Tobias
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:52:51 +0100, David Gerard wrote: http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/922216/BBC-Radio-4-launches-Wikipedia-parody/ LONDON - BBC Radio 4 is launching a broadwebcasting show parodying the internet by mocking pop-ups, search boxes and other aspects of online activity.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-26 Thread David Gerard
2009/7/26 Daniel R. Tobias d...@tobias.name: The Wikipedia it's parodying seems to be an alternate-universe one which has ads, corporate sponsors, and intrusive offers to get its readers to purchase enhanced access levels. I felt that was a minor detail for dramatic license. They did after

Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-24 Thread KillerChihuahua
Remember how excited we used to be when Wikipedia was mentioned in the news? - Original Message - From: Keegan Paul kgnp...@gmail.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches

Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-24 Thread David Gerard
2009/7/24 KillerChihuahua pu...@killerchihuahua.com: Remember how excited we used to be when Wikipedia was mentioned in the news? *cough* yes. - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-24 Thread Ray Saintonge
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[WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-23 Thread David Gerard
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/922216/BBC-Radio-4-launches-Wikipedia-parody/ LONDON - BBC Radio 4 is launching a broadwebcasting show parodying the internet by mocking pop-ups, search boxes and other aspects of online activity. Produced and directed by Pozzitive, the four-part series is called

Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-23 Thread Charles Matthews
David Gerard wrote: http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/922216/BBC-Radio-4-launches-Wikipedia-parody/ LONDON - BBC Radio 4 is launching a broadwebcasting show parodying the internet by mocking pop-ups, search boxes and other aspects of online activity. Listening now - utterly realistic

Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-23 Thread geni
2009/7/23 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: David Gerard wrote: http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/922216/BBC-Radio-4-launches-Wikipedia-parody/ LONDON - BBC Radio 4 is launching a broadwebcasting show parodying the internet by mocking pop-ups, search boxes and other aspects of

Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-23 Thread David Gerard
2009/7/23 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: David Gerard wrote: http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/922216/BBC-Radio-4-launches-Wikipedia-parody/ LONDON - BBC Radio 4 is launching a broadwebcasting show parodying the internet by mocking pop-ups, search boxes and other aspects of

Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-23 Thread Carcharoth
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:19 PM, David Gerarddger...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/23 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: David Gerard wrote: http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/922216/BBC-Radio-4-launches-Wikipedia-parody/ LONDON - BBC Radio 4 is launching a broadwebcasting show