Next up I think is Andrew, who's talking on BBC Radio 5 Live sometime
around 11pm tonight (Richard Bacon show). Hopefully that's the end of
the media deluge then. ;-)
Mike
On 25 Nov 2009, at 19:58, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/11/25 Douglas Gardner :
>> That was a good interview. You covered
Gah, I only got the mail now due to internet issues. I happen to be in
Birmingham tomorrow for unrelated matters, and I would have loved to go along.
Oh well.
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2009/11/25 Douglas Gardner :
> That was a good interview. You covered what needed to be covered :)
I agree, Charles did a good job. Made some good points while playing
down all the sensationalism. Well done!
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That was a good interview. You covered what needed to be covered :)
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From Rory at the BBC:
"@ruskin147: @mike_peel it's a recorded piece at around 1825 on the
R4 Six O Clock news - have you seen the blog post? http://tinyurl.com/
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Mike
On 25 Nov 2009, at 17:01, Gordon Joly wrote:
> Michael Peel wrote:
>> On 25 Nov 2009, at 12:53, Michael Peel wrote:
Michael Peel wrote:
> On 25 Nov 2009, at 12:53, Michael Peel wrote:
>
>
>> I've had no other calls/emails from any other media organizations
>> about this story.
>>
>
> I perhaps shouldn't have said that. ;-) I've since spoken to the
> press association:
>
> "Wikipedia UK 'definitely not
On 25 Nov 2009, at 12:53, Michael Peel wrote:
> I've had no other calls/emails from any other media organizations
> about this story.
I perhaps shouldn't have said that. ;-) I've since spoken to the
press association:
"Wikipedia UK 'definitely not dying'"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpr
I've been invited onto the BBC News Channel for an interview, 7.50 pm
this evening.
Charles
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On 25 Nov 2009, at 13:18, Brian McNeil wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 13:08 +, Gordon Joly wrote:
>> Michael Peel wrote:
>>> I've just spoken to Rory by phone, and managed to touch on a number
>>> of different topics with him - including the Usability Initiative,
>>> the bookshelf project, Br
2009/11/25 David Gerard
>
> Also - someone is needed for BBC News tonight between five and six. I
> can't, but I've forwarded the email to WMUK and the WMF comcom.
> Basically someone who can be at a BBC TV studio anywhere in the
> country around then!
>
>
I may have this covered - was just phone
Brian McNeil wrote:
>>> I've had no other calls/emails from any other media organizations
>>> about this story.
>>>
>
> The Press Association are looking for comment.
>
>
>
The Guardian are running a short piece; Jenny Kleeman called me up about
30 minutes ago, and I did the spin-docto
I chatted briefly to Rory Cellan-Jones as well.
* we're not actually doomed
* Felipe is a Wikipedian, his numbers are interesting
* it's the subject of lots of interested and animated discussion
around the project
* it's hard to find new things to write about these days - you need to
work at it
*
On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 13:08 +, Gordon Joly wrote:
> Michael Peel wrote:
> > I've just spoken to Rory by phone, and managed to touch on a number
> > of different topics with him - including the Usability Initiative,
> > the bookshelf project, Britain Loves Wikipedia and other local
> > eve
Gordon Joly wrote:
"Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages" By JULIA ANGWIN and GEOFFREY A.
FOWLER
Work by Felipe Ortega
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125893981183759969.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Gordo
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6650077/Wikipedia-project-losing-con
Michael Peel wrote:
> I've just spoken to Rory by phone, and managed to touch on a number
> of different topics with him - including the Usability Initiative,
> the bookshelf project, Britain Loves Wikipedia and other local
> events, etc. There were lots of issues that I didn't cover (differe
I've just spoken to Rory by phone, and managed to touch on a number
of different topics with him - including the Usability Initiative,
the bookshelf project, Britain Loves Wikipedia and other local
events, etc. There were lots of issues that I didn't cover (different
language versions, stra
Whoever does: care required in talking to the media on this point. The
New York Times article on this general area was really quite misleading,
and has simply been copied in hundreds of places. The BBC is likely to
be taken as a similarly "reliable" source. Anyone trying to compress the
story t
Guys,
Rory (copied) sent out a request for Wikipedians on Twitter. Thought I'd
forward it to you.
Rory, Wikimediauk-l is the discussion list for Wikimedia UK, the UK
chapter of the Wikipedia mothership.
Steve
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