Well, it says little for the register to mouth off about Wikipedia users as "wiki-fiddlers" based on a very small but vocal minority who send them long and abusive emails. I tend to ignore the criticisms of Wikipedia from "The Register" in much the same way I ignore criticisms I can't fix on Featured Article Candidates because they're not actionable. Though adding references and improving the quality of articles in general is a good approach to responding to general criticism, however this is not my response to the Register: this is something I want to do anyway.
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"Jim Redmond" jim@scrubnugget.com wrote in message news:2423.68.164.15.247.1095299785.spork@webmail.scrubnugget.com... Andrew Lih wrote:
It's up to you to consider the value of responding to these folks. :)
Ah, but the problem is that, as a grassroots effort, we have no control over the impulses of our participants. Our more... fanatic... devotees are likely to respond to this latest slight with mouths a-foaming and fingers a-misspelling.
I plan to counter El Reg's criticisms by improving articles. AFAIC it's the only appropriate response.
-- Jim Redmond jim@scrubnugget.com