This article is very low quality and obviously written by someone who has no experience at editing or administrating on Wikipedia and is just trying to cherrypick humourous examples of our interactions.

However, I think we should begin producing a short column of this nature which in an entertaining way supplies an account of Wikipedia interactions and release it to internet and paper publications on a daily basis, (perhaps a syndicate could pick it up.

Fred

From: Mathias Schindler neubau@presroi.de Reply-To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:42:11 +0100 To: Mailingliste der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia wikide-l@Wikipedia.org, wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikipedia-l] This is the beginning of a "today in wikipedia"-section in major newspapers

We should start a wikipedia weather forecast.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/10/arts/10wiki.html

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK Mudslinging Weasels Into Online History By SARAH BOXER

Published: November 10, 2004

about NPOV: "But each one has a different view of that job. And that is where the fun begins."

about protecting pages: "Thus Senator Kerry and President Bush took their places next to the other untouchables in the Wikipedia: Ariel Sharon, Osama bin Laden, Rush Limbaugh and Salvador Allende."

about foreign admins: "One administrator, a German computer programmer, wrote, "Hopefully once the elections are over this article won't be the prime vandalism target anymore.""

about the election: "one Wikipedia administrator humbly proposed an addition to the Bush page "We should probably go ahead and add something about him winning the election, with or without mentioning the help of Diebold Electronics and ESS,""

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