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.
Ta bu shi da yu
"Jim Redmond" <jim(a)scrubnugget.com> wrote in message
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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.
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Jim Redmond
jim(a)scrubnugget.com