[WikiEN-l] "Wicked-pedia" in today's Daily Mail

Gary Kirk gary.kirk at gmail.com
Mon Apr 23 18:12:09 UTC 2007


It amuses me how those who've left comments are generally 'on our
side', so to speak - a few even paraphrase WP:AUTO - wow! We're
getting through! The author seemed to think the vandal edits were a
deliberate attack on her rather than the work of (to stereotype) bored
schoolkids.

On 23/04/07, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23/04/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Someone pointed this out to me so I thought I'd share it. I can't find
> > it online yet - it's more of a feature so maybe it won't be. Page
> > fifteen of today's DM is an article by [[Petronella Wyatt]] - she
> > created the article herself back in December. Basically a moan piece
> > on the back of Alan Johnson's remarks. Larry Sanger is now called
> > 'Jerry' and Wikipedia has 'employees'. Seems she spoke to or attempted
> > to speak to Jimmy about vandalism on her article, threatening to sue.
>
> You know you've made it big in the UK when you get a hit piece in that
> odious little rag.
>
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Gary Kirk



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