2009/11/27 Bod Notbod <bodnot...@gmail.com>: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> And the *most* newsworthy stuff makes it into Wikipedia. As a reader >>> of Wikipedia I think it's absolutely great. As an editor I'm >>> astonished at what fellow editors accomplish with topics. But if I put >>> myself in the shoes of journalists and newspaper owners I would be >>> thinking there's something unfair going on. >> Maurice Jarre was unavailable for comment. > I recognise the name but I'm not entirely sure what part of my chain > you're yanking. What was that story again? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0506/1224245992919.html Copy'n'paste going around the world with no checking whatsoever. > As I say, I love Wikipedia, but putting on media boots I can see us as > a problem. This doesn't mean their opinion has a leg to stand on, however. We do this stuff so people can use it, but it's a bit off to turn around and claim we should be paying them for the privilege. - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
