--- Anthony <wikilegal(a)inbox.org> wrote:
Actually I'd say that is more the reality, and the
common
misunderstanding is that all of Wikipedia is a work of a small
organized group (like say a traditional newspaper). Thus you get
headlines that Wikipedia is confused about Ken Lay's death, as though
the differing accounts are being written by the same person.
Good point.
Now Colbert isn't a journalist, certainly not a
traditional
one as his show is basically a farce, but I would hope he knows who
Jimmy Wales is and would be intelligent enough to contact him or
someone else at Wikimedia before doing a segment on it.
Why? Wikimedia just pays the bills - it doesnt run the show.
Wikipedians run the show, and any Wikipedian who saw that report
probably got up off the couch and strolled over to their computer
just to make sure it didnt get out of hand. Wikifaith - apparently
Colbert has some sense of it. Wikifunniness too maybe.
-SV
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