On 25/07/07, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> I always like Clive Anderson's stuff, since his legal training and
> humour combine well. He was able to question well, and I like the
> story about Michael Portillo and Diane Abbott, and how you could
> prove something did *not* happen, and hence change an article in
> Wikipedia.
That one was interesting. His angle on that was going to be that there
was this statement in [[Michael Portillo]] that he *knew* was wrong,
and wanted to know how to fix it. As it happened, while the producer
was working out mic placement, I checked through, found the same
assertion on [[This Week (BBC One TV series)]] and saw that the
reference given was the "This Week" site ... and that the source for
the story seemed to be Portillo and Abbott's official biography pages
for the show.
At this point Clive got that look you get when you look up your
references and realise you might in fact be wrong ...
Moral of story: even if you're an expert, find and give the reference
when you write it in Wikipedia. *cough*
- d.
