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(a)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