[WikiEN-l] Re: New sidebar poll

[John C. Penta]

----- Original Message -----
From: Jimmy Wales <jwales at bomis.com>
Date: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:52 pm
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: New sidebar poll

> True, we are not a newspaper, but I suspect that I'm in the vast
> majority when I say that I often get my daily background information
> about what's going on in the news from Wikipedia's homepage.
> 
> I learned a lot about Basque separatists and ETA and so on in the past
> two days.  I read a lot about the South Korean impeachment.
> 
> The "In the news" feature on the homepage is one of the best things
> that we do, in my opinion.

Much agreement. It's like a reporter looking for background info. I'll often wander by the Jerusalem Post, NY Times, and CNN, then follow it up with background from Wikipedia.

John