[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia denigrated in The Register

[Sj]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:19:02 -0700, Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales
<jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> > >   "For example, if you consult the world's most useless online text,
> > >   the captive Wikipedia, you'll see Fuller's entry is a plug for
> > >   Eric "AI" Drexler."

The whole piece was a bit tongue-in-cheek, and this part too just seemed 
like a bit of dry humour... we are after all the world's most useful
online text,
the free! Wikipedia.  How better to convey that to a British audience? 
I'm not sure if it was all an *inside* joke, though; it had the sweet sting
of truth in places.

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