This is at least the 4th time this month I've wanted to access something on
the times so... signed up for at least a 3 month trial.
The original letter to the editor is short:
Sir, I am — as he knows — an enthusiastic admirer of Giles Coren, but he is
badly misinformed about Wikipedia (“Why stop at
Trump?”, Dec 12). As a
writer of history I resort to it at least a dozen times a day. I could
never have written my last two books without it, and I have never caught it
out yet, which is more than I can say of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Its
range is astonishing: it is almost impossible to find a person, place or
subject that it has left uncovered.
I believe that we now have at our elbow a work of reference as useful as
any in existence; I can only implore Giles and any
others who doubt these
words to cast aside their prejudices and try it for themselves. As for me,
I can’t believe my luck.
John Julius Norwich
London, W9
There are some good comments too. The #1 is a poem which is awesome:
ROBERT Vincent2 days ago
At breakfast John Julius Norwich
nearly choked on a spoonful of porridge
when Giles Coren, he'd heard,
had clamed it absurd
for research Wikipedia to forage.
James Alexander
Manager
Trust & Safety
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
This does sound pretty good! I don't have access
to the Times either, and
asking around it seems not many do...
On 16 December 2015 at 07:44, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The lead is promising, though much of the letter
is paywalled.
"Sir, I am — as he knows — an enthusiastic admirer of Giles Coren, but he
is badly misinformed about Wikipedia (“Why stop at Trump?”, Dec 12). As a
writer of history I resort to it at least a dozen times a day. I could
never have written my last two books without it, and I have never caught it
out yet, which is more than I can say of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Its
range is astonishing: it is almost impossible to find a person, place or
subject that it has left uncovered (end of my preview).... a work of
reference as useful as any in existence..."
Thanks to Johnbod for pointing this out!
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/letters/article4639798.ece
Pine
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