Re: [WikiEN-l] in response to your article "Librarian: Don't use Wikipedia as source" in the Post-Standard - WikiEN-l

30 Aug 2004


      Point taken.
I was actually quoted out of context, but nevertheless:
My apologies for any inconvenience caused.
-- Jens
On 30 Aug 2004, at 07:10, wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org wrote:
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:19:22 -0700
From: "Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales" jwales@wikia.com
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] in response to your article "Librarian: Don't
   use	Wikipedia as source" in the Post-Standard
To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org
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Elisabeth Bauer wrote:
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So please don't tell people "go and try" (they will suceed if they are
halfway intelligent) but tell them: "most people just don't do it,
that's why wikipedia works".
I agree very strongly with this.  When I talk to reporters and this
topic comes up, I specifically ask them *not* to do it, because it is
very rude behavior, even as an experiment.
--Jimbo