More:
UKPA article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ ALeqM5ixejV9GbyYCtFgyCYpg3cA-1EezA
AP: (from discussion with Jay) http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gbVXPB- VlD6AAcu24TGli0zyHz6wD9AA0M4O5
Also, discussion provoked on en.wp: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators% 27_noticeboard#Wikimedia_UK_announces_flagged_revisions
It's also appeared on Entertainment Weekly, for some reason: http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/08/25/wikipedias-new-editoral-policy-wiki- whaaa/
and Andrew Turvey should be talking on "Tom McGurk’s Irish radio show" as I type this (6.45pm BST).
Mike
On 25 Aug 2009, at 14:39, Michael Peel wrote:
(This doesn't seem to have come through... Also, expect more to come. Mike)
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From: Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net Date: 25 August 2009 14:05:29 BDT To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Communications Committee wmfcc-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Flagged Protection in the UK press
Flagged Protection has been covered today by (so far!)
BBC News (with quotes from me): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8220220.stm
The Times (with quotes from me): http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/ article6809285.ece Also "The 10 biggest Wikipedia hoaxes" http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/ article6809313.ece
Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1208941/Free-edit-Wikipedia- appoints-volunteer-editors-vet-changes-articles-living-people.html
Guardian Blog: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/aug/25/wikipedia- crowdsourcing
... all because of the New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/technology/internet/ 25wikipedia.html
Mike Peel Wikimedia UK
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