I just revamped "History of Wikipedia" over the weekend (was mostly a list before).
The view expressed in a BBC program on it, probably counts as a notable view on Wikipedia's history. Can it be integrated into there, maybe a new section "third party descriptions"?
FT2.
-----Original Message----- From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 2:09 PM To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The Wikipedia Story
But then I found this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ram/wikipediastory.ram<<
Unfortunately that requires proprietary software, but I did manage to catch it on my radio (albeit on fussy long-wave as I couldn't get Radio 4 on FM at the time).
w00t! Was it any good?<<
Despite the sensationalist trailer, I liked it. It was well balanced with _reasoned_ criticism, and had interesting facts for listeners who don't know much about Wikipedia. It certainly might encourage some more people to read/edit Wikipedia. Clive Anderson is a good (and not too serious) presenter too.
BTW, someone seems to have created an article about the program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Story which I think should be deleted or merged (although I can't really see where to) as it really isn't notable.
Yours, Joe.
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