[WikiEN-l] BBC blog on WSJ study

[David Gerard]

2009/11/27 Bod Notbod <bodnotbod at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

>>> And the *most* newsworthy stuff makes it into Wikipedia. As a reader
>>> of Wikipedia I think it's absolutely great. As an editor I'm
>>> astonished at what fellow editors accomplish with topics. But if I put
>>> myself in the shoes of journalists and newspaper owners I would be
>>> thinking there's something unfair going on.

>> Maurice Jarre was unavailable for comment.

> I recognise the name but I'm not entirely sure what part of my chain
> you're yanking. What was that story again?


http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0506/1224245992919.html

Copy'n'paste going around the world with no checking whatsoever.


> As I say, I love Wikipedia, but putting on media boots I can see us as
> a problem.


This doesn't mean their opinion has a leg to stand on, however.

We do this stuff so people can use it, but it's a bit off to turn
around and claim we should be paying them for the privilege.


- d.