On 12/7/07, Ben Yates ben.louis.yates@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.
I agree. The Wikimedia Foundation Communications Committee always needs volunteers - I suggest contacting Sandra Ordonez <sordonez AT wikimedia DOT org> if you want to help. :-)
It's sad that a sensationalist blog is getting so much attention.