[WikiEN-l] Meet the Metz

[Matthew Brown]

On Dec 7, 2007 2:05 PM, Ben Yates <ben.louis.yates at gmail.com> wrote:
> Articles like this are getting lots of traffic from digg and other
> places, and significantly damaging wikipedia's reputation.  The way to
> combat that is not to refuse to be interviewed; it's to get the other
> side of the story out more effectively.  I'm not sure of the best way
> to do that, but I don't think the occasional bunker mentality here
> helps.

Part of it, I'm sure, is that responsible people don't feel qualified
to act as if they were Wikipedia's spokespeople ... while the
irresponsible have no problems.

-Matt