Hey all,
Some of the WikiProject Cricket editors have spotted that Cricinfo, the
largest cricket-related website and part of main cricket publisher the
Wisden group, has started using (and crediting) Wikipedia as a source on
its articles and player profiles:
* Thompson, J, 'When Test cricket came to India', 29th April 2006
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/245528.htm
* Williamson, M., 'A familiar tale of riots & betting', 15th April 2006
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/244384.html
(sourced from our featured article [[Sydney Riot of 1879]])
* Player profile of Edmund Barton (first Prime Minister of Australia)
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/columns/content/player/4432.html
(credited and GFDL-marked copy of [[Edmund Barton]])
Obviously this is really pleasing for our cricket coverage; Cricinfo may
be 'only' a website but it's one that every cricket fan with an Internet
connection uses (not to mention one that we ourselves have raided
mercilessly for information as a source!), so this is a nice recognition
of the quality of Wikipedia's articles in this area.
Cheers,
N.
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Nicholas Boalch
School of Modern Languages & Cultures Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 3456
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