[WikiEN-l] [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Newsnight tonight! re: flaggedrevs

[Michael Peel]

It's also in snippet form at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8222397.stm

I have no idea whether this works outside the UK, though...

Mike

On 26 Aug 2009, at 12:12, Andrew Turvey wrote:

> Don't know if this has been posted yet (apologies if yes)
>
> Recording available on iplayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ 
> newsnight (intro at the very start and then from 38:50). Not sure  
> if non-UK people can view .
>
> ----- "Phil Nash" <pn007a2145 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> From: "Phil Nash" <pn007a2145 at blueyonder.co.uk>
>> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 00:53:56 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain,  
>> Ireland, Portugal
>> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Newsnight tonight! re:  
>> flaggedrevs
>>
>> Carcharoth wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:57 PM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 2009/8/25 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> 2009/8/25 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looks like it's a happener. Just waiting for call re: cab.
>>>>>>> Apparently on ~9:45pm (BST), but times may change at short  
>>>>>>> notice.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hang on, Newsnight doesn't start until 10:30pm. Did you mean
>>>>>> ~10:45pm?
>>>>>
>>>>> Evidently :-)
>>>>
>>>> And at the end of the program as well. After the interesting  
>>>> feature
>>>> on the Spanish Civil War legacy 70 years on. And the daily news  
>>>> round
>>>> up, it was time for Wikipedia!
>>>>
>>>> How do you think it went, David? I like the bit you said right  
>>>> at the
>>>> end about how it was a surprise that Wikipedia became so  
>>>> popular, but
>>>> though I've got it recorded on DVD, I haven't re-watched it yet. I
>>>> got the impression the presenter (Paxman must be on holiday) and  
>>>> the
>>>> Guardian guy were saying quite a bit, and you were wanting to  
>>>> correct
>>>> them on some points, but didn't get much of a chance.
>>>>
>>>> Carcharoth
>>
>> The item seems to have been crammed in as a bit of an  
>> afterthought, and
>> although the Spanish Civil War legacy is interesting, it's not  
>> particularly
>> time-critical. It seems to have been rushed, and although the  
>> Guardian
>> commentator seems to have been largely supportive, it would have  
>> meant very
>> little to a previously uninformed viewer. Although it seems to  
>> have been
>> vaunted as a major shift in emphasis on WP, it should have been  
>> pointed out
>> more strongly as (a) a trial (b) based on previous experience at  
>> de:wp and
>> (c) not that much different from what already happens. I'm sorry  
>> David
>> didn't get the chance to put that forward, but then, that is  
>> journalism as
>> opposed to analysis. It remains to be seen whether they'll follow  
>> it up, but
>> of course, Parliament is on vacation and we are in the "silly  
>> season". I
>> suppose we should be grateful for some exposure, and not bad at  
>> that. ~~~~
>>
>>
>>
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