Wikipedia isn't "Not Ready for Prime Time" any more... we were recently mentioned in a U.S. prime time broadcast network television program. At the end of this past Sunday's episode of "American Dad", which concerned exposing a historical conspiracy, a character asks the rhetorical question of where he can publish his expose of the "true facts" he has uncovered so that people will believe it in absence of actual proof... then answers it by creating an article on Wikipedia. (This actually violates several policies, including No Original Research and Verifiability / References.)
This may be the most prominent pop-cultural mention we've got so far; previous TV mentions were mostly on late-night cable shows like The Colbert Report, but this is on a major network (if you call Fox that) in prime time (7 or 8 PM - 11 PM in the U.S.). It's perhaps related that the Wikipedia traffic ratings spiked up again in Alexa at that time, with the rank at a new record of #8.
On 2/21/07, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
This may be the most prominent pop-cultural mention we've got so far; previous TV mentions were mostly on late-night cable shows like The Colbert Report, but this is on a major network (if you call Fox that) in prime time (7 or 8 PM - 11 PM in the U.S.). It's perhaps related that the Wikipedia traffic ratings spiked up again in Alexa at that time, with the rank at a new record of #8.
I'm fairly certain I've heard wikipedia referred to a number of times on prime time tv. I think they did it on a Gilmore Girls episode (and yeah, I love Gilmore Girls, and I'm proud of it!) or something. Richard Roeper definitely talked about it on Ebert & Roeper, but that probably doesn't count.
--Oskar
On Feb 21, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
This may be the most prominent pop-cultural mention we've got so far; previous TV mentions were mostly on late-night cable shows like The Colbert Report, but this is on a major network (if you call Fox that) in prime time (7 or 8 PM - 11 PM in the U.S.).
Wikipedia was mentioned on Emmy Award-winning "The Office" (the US version, NBC) a couple of weeks ago (specifically, the [[Droit de seigneur]] article).
Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
Wikipedia isn't "Not Ready for Prime Time" any more... we were recently mentioned in a U.S. prime time broadcast network television program. At the end of this past Sunday's episode of "American Dad", which concerned exposing a historical conspiracy, a character asks the rhetorical question of where he can publish his expose of the "true facts" he has uncovered so that people will believe it in absence of actual proof... then answers it by creating an article on Wikipedia. (This actually violates several policies, including No Original Research and Verifiability / References.)
I prefer not to believe everything I hear on an American sitcoms. Writers of fiction in particular can be allowed certain licence on the road to making their stories work.
Ec
On 2/23/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
I prefer not to believe everything I hear on an American sitcoms. Writers of fiction in particular can be allowed certain licence on the road to making their stories work.
Heh. Sitcom accuses Wikipedia of unreliability. Wikipedia accuses sitcom of unreliability. Where will it end?????//
Steve
On 2/22/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/23/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
I prefer not to believe everything I hear on an American sitcoms. Writers of fiction in particular can be allowed certain licence on the road to making their stories work.
Heh. Sitcom accuses Wikipedia of unreliability. Wikipedia accuses sitcom of unreliability. Where will it end?????//
Unreliability accuses Wikipedia of Sitcom.
(Film at 11...)
In Soviet Russia, entry on Wikipedia makes up YOU!!!! ~~~~!
On 2/22/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/22/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/23/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
I prefer not to believe everything I hear on an American sitcoms. Writers of fiction in particular can be allowed certain licence on the road to making their stories work.
Heh. Sitcom accuses Wikipedia of unreliability. Wikipedia accuses sitcom of unreliability. Where will it end?????//
Unreliability accuses Wikipedia of Sitcom.
(Film at 11...)
-- -george william herbert george.herbert@gmail.com
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On 23/02/07, gjzilla@gmail.com gjzilla@gmail.com wrote:
In Soviet Russia, entry on Wikipedia makes up YOU!!!! ~~~~!
In West, you write articles on government. In Soviet Russia, government writes articles on you.