BBC's "Go Digital" radio programme (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/1478157.stm), have contacted me about doing an interview for them. They would also like to speak to someone outside of Europe or the US. The interview will be focusing on the fact Wikipedia has just reached one million articles, and will have a global slant since the World Service program goes out worldwide. The interview could be by phone, or, preferably, in a studio if someone who lives near a BBC studio could be found. They are particularly looking for someone who is able to talk about the use of Wikipedia in their country, not only the editing of it.
I don't know the exact date of when this will happen, but they are phoning me back to tomorrow hoping for a contact for the other part of the report.
If anyone would be interested in being interviewed for this, please contact me as soon as possible.
Thank you.
Angela.
You know it might be nice if someone from the Chinese Wikipedia could be interviewed in light of recent difficulties. Provided they know what they are getting into.
Fred
From: Angela beesley@gmail.com Reply-To: Angela beesley@gmail.com, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@wikimedia.org Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:46:41 +0100 To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@wikimedia.org Subject: [Foundation-l] BBC Go Digital
BBC's "Go Digital" radio programme (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/1478157.stm), have contacted me about doing an interview for them. They would also like to speak to someone outside of Europe or the US. The interview will be focusing on the fact Wikipedia has just reached one million articles, and will have a global slant since the World Service program goes out worldwide. The interview could be by phone, or, preferably, in a studio if someone who lives near a BBC studio could be found. They are particularly looking for someone who is able to talk about the use of Wikipedia in their country, not only the editing of it.
I don't know the exact date of when this will happen, but they are phoning me back to tomorrow hoping for a contact for the other part of the report.
If anyone would be interested in being interviewed for this, please contact me as soon as possible.
Thank you.
Angela. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
This might not be a good idea. BBC is not deemed as "friendly" by the Chinese government: its Chinese website is already blocked for years (maybe since its existence). This could only get things worse.
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:01:59 -0600, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
You know it might be nice if someone from the Chinese Wikipedia could be interviewed in light of recent difficulties. Provided they know what they are getting into.
I agree - I don't think talking about the inaccessibility of WP in any significant way is prudent either. If they want to talk about users outside US and Europe, that's one thing. But it's still to early to tell what's going on with the access/block issue.
-Andrew
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:19:30 +0000, Jiong Sheng sheng.jiong@gmail.com wrote:
This might not be a good idea. BBC is not deemed as "friendly" by the Chinese government: its Chinese website is already blocked for years (maybe since its existence). This could only get things worse.
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:01:59 -0600, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
You know it might be nice if someone from the Chinese Wikipedia could be interviewed in light of recent difficulties. Provided they know what they are getting into.
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I guess this is a dead end. I assumed they probably had people in Beijing, as the New York Times does and that they had a reasonable working relationship with the government.
Fred
From: Jiong Sheng sheng.jiong@gmail.com Reply-To: Jiong Sheng sheng.jiong@gmail.com, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:19:30 +0000 To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] BBC Go Digital
This might not be a good idea. BBC is not deemed as "friendly" by the Chinese government: its Chinese website is already blocked for years (maybe since its existence). This could only get things worse.
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:01:59 -0600, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
You know it might be nice if someone from the Chinese Wikipedia could be interviewed in light of recent difficulties. Provided they know what they are getting into.
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