On 1/3/07, Robin Shannon <robin@shannon.id.au> wrote:

On 04/01/07, Benjamin Massey <me@benmassey.ca> wrote:
> "Date-specific vandalism"? Bit of an inflammatory term, don't you agree?

No.

> At any rate, plenty of well-respected journalistic and news authorities
> aren't above celebrating April Fool's Day. I don't see why we should
> hold Wikinews to different standards.

Because others hold wikimedia projects to higher standards than
traditional media. If the NYT or britanica gets something wrong, then
that just shows that no one's perfect. If we get something wrong it
proves that this damned new-fangled wiki stuff shouldn't be trusted.

paz,
-rjs.

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