On 02/08/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
If you look at the talk page history, we were onto it basically as soon as it went to air, and semi-protection kicked within minutes or so. How much warning do you need that a bunch of kids are going to come past and moon your office window?
They probably knew we'd pick up on it straight away anyway.
On 8/2/06, stevertigo vertigosteve@yahoo.com wrote:
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.
Perhaps the best place to have mentioned it before the episode aired would have been the Village Pump or somesuch. I agree that notifying Wikimedia would have been unnecessary.