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
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@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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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@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@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
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