[WikiEN-l] A sudden thought on the media coverage of flagged revisions

[Risker]

2009/8/26 Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com>

> We've had a story in the New York Times. Meanwhile, judging by the way
> David Gerard and WMUK are dashing around, it's all over the UK media.
>
> Is this just observer bias, or is "internal changes to Wikipedia" for
> some reason a really interesting thing to the British press? I have no
> idea...
>
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>
No, I also heard a discussion about it last night on the Toronto CBC Radio
program "Here and Now" during their technology report.  They segued into the
Wikipedia angle from a discussion on the challenges of anonymity online.

The host asked how not being able to edit directly would change Wikipedia,
and the technology specialist responded that maturity, and finding a balance
between openness and responsibility to its subjects, was playing a role.  He
also pointed out that, in a few short years, Wikipedia has gone from the
upstart nobody took seriously to an established reference source that was
often the first stop for information.  He even called us the "new
establishment". Unfortunately, this program isn't podcast, although I
understand an abbreviated transcript may be available later this week.

Risker