--- Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
Actually I'd say that is more the reality, and the common misunderstanding is that all of Wikipedia is a work of a small organized group (like say a traditional newspaper). Thus you get headlines that Wikipedia is confused about Ken Lay's death, as though the differing accounts are being written by the same person.
Good point.
Now Colbert isn't a journalist, certainly not a traditional one as his show is basically a farce, but I would hope he knows who Jimmy Wales is and would be intelligent enough to contact him or someone else at Wikimedia before doing a segment on it.
Why? Wikimedia just pays the bills - it doesnt run the show. Wikipedians run the show, and any Wikipedian who saw that report probably got up off the couch and strolled over to their computer just to make sure it didnt get out of hand. Wikifaith - apparently Colbert has some sense of it. Wikifunniness too maybe.
-SV
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