[WikiEN-l] Interesting "New Yorker" article about Wikipedia

NSLE (Wikipedia) nsle.wikipedia at gmail.com
Mon Jul 24 15:16:32 UTC 2006


I'm glad I still subscribe to EN-l despite having left the project. It is an
interesting read, especially how they covered Wiki-politics. Full credit to
them, I think that sums up Wikipedia quite well. Quite shocked at Essjay
putting FOURTEEN hours a day in though, heh. Good read.

--NSLE

On 7/24/06, Arwel Parry <arwel at cartref.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I just found a very long and interesting article about Wikipedia on the
> "New Yorker" website ("KNOW IT ALL: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?").
> Seems pretty fair, overall, lots of quotes including from Jimbo, Essjay,
> William Connolley...
>
> http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060731fa_fact
>
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