In a message dated 6/26/2009 5:12:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, carcharothwp@googlemail.com writes:
Worth quoting here:
"Wikipedia could not be reached for comment.">> -----------------
The coffee I had this morning was crappy. The coffee could not be reached for comment. Wikipedia is not a person who can comment. In fact Wikipedia is not a person or even sentient or even living.
How exactly do you get comment from Wikipedia anyway? Oops I stepped in that one....
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
Worth quoting here:
"Wikipedia could not be reached for comment.">>
The coffee I had this morning was crappy. The coffee could not be reached for comment. Wikipedia is not a person who can comment. In fact Wikipedia is not a person or even sentient or even living.
How exactly do you get comment from Wikipedia anyway? Oops I stepped in that one....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy
Metonymy example: The White House supports the bill (using The White House instead of the President. The President is not like The White House, but there is contiguity between them...
OK but apply it. Who do you ask at "Wikipedia" for comment. And how do you state "Wikipedia could not be reached for comment" ?
Metonymy example: The White House supports the bill (using The White House instead of the President. The President is not like The White House, but there is contiguity between them...
-----Original Message----- From: Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2009 3:17 pm Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia slags off Palmerston North
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
Worth quoting here:
"Wikipedia could not be reached for comment.">>
The coffee I had this morning was crappy. The coffee could not be reached for comment. Wikipedia is not a person who can comment. In fact Wikipedia is not a person or even sentient or even living.
How exactly do you get comment from Wikipedia anyway? Oops I stepped in that one....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy
Metonymy example: The White House supports the bill (using The White House instead of the President. The President is not like The White House, but there is contiguity between them...
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2009/6/27 wjhonson@aol.com:
OK but apply it. Who do you ask at "Wikipedia" for comment. And how do you state "Wikipedia could not be reached for comment" ?
Well, I would click the "Contact Wikipedia" link in the sidebar, personally. Given that it says "Contact Wikipedia" not "Contact a representative of the Wikimedia movement", I think we can excuse the equally imprecise (but concise) language used by the journalist.
Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/6/27 wjhonson@aol.com:
OK but apply it. Who do you ask at "Wikipedia" for comment. And how do you state "Wikipedia could not be reached for comment" ?
Well, I would click the "Contact Wikipedia" link in the sidebar, personally. Given that it says "Contact Wikipedia" not "Contact a representative of the Wikimedia movement", I think we can excuse the equally imprecise (but concise) language used by the journalist.
I'm fairly certain Wikipedia was off hiking in the Appalachians when they tried to call.
Cary
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Cary Basscary@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/6/27 wjhonson@aol.com:
OK but apply it. Who do you ask at "Wikipedia" for comment. And how do you state "Wikipedia could not be reached for comment" ?
Well, I would click the "Contact Wikipedia" link in the sidebar, personally. Given that it says "Contact Wikipedia" not "Contact a representative of the Wikimedia movement", I think we can excuse the equally imprecise (but concise) language used by the journalist.
I'm fairly certain Wikipedia was off hiking in the Appalachians when they tried to call.
And Wikipedia had left it's satellite phone at home...
Carcharoth