2009/9/9 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro(a)gmail.com>om>:
I do agree that it is a bit more than a bit silly to
expect
wikipedia to not only surprise occasionally with scooping
other more established news organizations, but in fact
be there before all the other major news orgs with the
full nitty gritty.
I don't. Plenty of stories where wikipedians are in a better position
to track the specialist publications where things break first.
However the source of why critics of these two
stories
about suppression have focused on wikipedia, likely
stems from the fact our articles edit histories are out
there for most people to see, if they have a bit of savvy.
They haven't focused on wikipedia. At most we get a passing mention.
Probably more to do with conflict with our generally fairly anti
censorship position.
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geni