Thanks for this Charles and Andrew, this is exactly the kind of thing that
we would like to feature on our social media channels. It's by far one of
the most even handed looks at the strengths and weaknesses of Wikipedia and
therefore something that is useful to share to help people understand
Dear all
I'm pleased to confirm that this year's Wikimedia UK AGM and WMUK Meet Up
will be on *Saturday 9th July* at Impact Hub in Birmingham. We will be
finalising the schedule over the next few weeks but are planning to start
at 10.30am, with half an hour for tea, coffee and networking before
The Thonemann article turns out to be public (about a third of TLS
articles are):
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/encyclopedic-knowledge/
I rather enjoyed this -
"Given the manner of its compilation, the accursed thing really is a
whole lot more reliable than it has any right to be.
Enjoyable two-page review today in the Times Literary Supplement by Peter
Thonemann, flagged on the front page as "The triumph of Wikipedia?"
Lynch's book You Could Look It Up has the subtitle "The reference shelf from
ancient Babylon", and WP is duly mentioned in the review at length, with Rich
