[WikiEN-l] CNN: Campaign manager resigns amid Wikipedia flap

[Ray Saintonge]

Michael Lindeen wrote:

>Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more
>common, not less. Mike
>
>On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett <pcb21 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*)
>>gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his
>>office changed the bio of her opponent.
>>
>>Full story at:
>>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
>>
>>Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge
>>responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
>>
>>Pcb21
>>
>>*that's the American one, in case you were wondering
>>    
>>
We really need to look at the positive side of these incidents.  When a 
traditional newspaper would include hurtful comments of this sort it 
could bury a retraction at the bottom of an even-numbered page a few 
days later.  Someone who would spread defamatory rumours in a Wikipedia 
biography would be just as likely to do it elsewhere.  If these people 
are4 more easily exposed it good be a good effect on the practice of 
politics..

Ec