On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On 3/29/07, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If a minister is going to make a statement before
parliament based on
reading something on Wikipedia, that's his problem, not ours.
Wikipedia articles sometimes contain errors, we, of course, work to
reduce them as much as possible, but we'll never eliminate them
completely. If this minor diplomatic incident really was a result of
the Wikipedia article, then the blame falls squarely on the minister
in question, nowhere else.
IMHO, "it's your fault for believing us", while true, is not fair or
realistic as our only response to such issues.
While I do agree with this point, an MP making a statement in parliament
should be double checking all facts (don't they have staff to do this?).
Verification from a primary source (ie, LSE) should have been sought.
I'll point out that IMHO anon edits do more harm to WP than good. If
people care about the project let them create an account - it takes
perhaps 30 seconds?
Rob
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