[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia reaches 3 millionth article

[Charles Matthews]

Michael Peel wrote:
> * Wikipedia was launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, not by Ward  
> Cunningham and Richard Stallman.
>
> True, but this is Wikipedia's fault. "The pioneering concept and  
> technology of Wiki comes from Ward Cunningham, the concept of a free  
> online encyclopedia from Richard Stallman. It was formally launched  
> on 15 January 2001." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia
>
>   
Err ... it's Wikipedia's fault if hurried journalists today do nothing 
but research on it and misinterpret what they find? Puh-lease. To get 
from that to "It was formally launched on January 15 in 2001 by Ward 
Cunningham and Richard Stallman" you need to do plenty of 
miscomprehension exercises. Remember: hacks get _paid_ to do this work, 
often quite large sums, and (in the UK) are supposed to spend time 
learning the importance of getting the facts straight. Not 
copying-and-pasting, and then mangling the sense. They have subeditors 
who are _paid_ to do the mangling.

Charles