Michael Lindeen wrote:
Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more common, not less. Mike
On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
Pcb21
*that's the American one, in case you were wondering
We really need to look at the positive side of these incidents. When a traditional newspaper would include hurtful comments of this sort it could bury a retraction at the bottom of an even-numbered page a few days later. Someone who would spread defamatory rumours in a Wikipedia biography would be just as likely to do it elsewhere. If these people are4 more easily exposed it good be a good effect on the practice of politics..
Ec