I think what is happening is that the reporter has a habit of taking a look at the Wikipedia article, just as many of us do. The link just reflects an increasingly common practice. We aspired to be a public utility, now we are.
Fred
-----Original Message----- From: michael west [mailto:michawest@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 07:49 AM To: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk, 'English Wikipedia' Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC News gives enwp as further reading
lol - it might be the BBC cost cutting on having to use old press association extracts! maybe the foundation should get a donation for each b(bcw)iki link...
On 07/06/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
Haven't noticed this before - a Wikipedia link popping up in the "related links" section of a BBC News story. Might be worth keeping an eye on the page...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6729905.stm
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On 07/06/07, Fred Bauder fredbaud@waterwiki.info wrote:
I think what is happening is that the reporter has a habit of taking a look at the Wikipedia article, just as many of us do. The link just reflects an increasingly common practice. We aspired to be a public utility, now we are.
Journalists looove Wikipedia. It's the universal backgrounding resource.
- d.