[WikiEN-l] Wikis and Wikipedia reviewed on UK tv

Arwel Parry arwel at cartref.demon.co.uk
Tue Apr 18 13:39:47 UTC 2006


On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:35:36 +0100, Tony Sidaway  
<f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Overall a pretty good write-up.
>
> In reading that the George W. Bush article is locked up and
> untouchable, I have to remind myself that the author of that piece is
> talking about occasional users, and sure enough, it is not possible
> for a casual user to edit the article.  So he's right.  There are good
> reasons for the compromise we have made here, but it's valid
> criticism.

Actually I thought they were more than fair to us - the "test" they put in  
about Jon Bentley owning a cottage on Mars wasn't fixed in "a few hours" -  
it was nine days later...
-- 
Arwel Parry
http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/




More information about the WikiEN-l mailing list