----- "Ray Saintonge" saintonge@telus.net wrote:
From: "Ray Saintonge" saintonge@telus.net To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 18:34:13 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Daily Mail article on Sam Blacketer case
AGK wrote:
To be fair on that last point, they hear we "resolve disputes" and they know there are hundreds of disputes a week. They just don't have the awareness AC doesn't solve 99% of them :)
The argument stands: the Daily Mail are printing gross inaccuracies, and it's harming our public image.
Inaccuracies are a fact of life with newspapers, but then your conclusion may also be inaccurate. Inaccuracies come with the territory of being big. Where is it stated that maintaining public image is one of Wikipedia's goals?
Promoting the public image of the Wikipedia website is very much one of the goals of Wikimedia UK and, I should imagine, the Wikimedia Foundation. Given that the Daily Mail quoted our Volunteers Director, it's very relevant to this discussion.
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