[WikiEN-l] Blogosphere takes notice of Reuters confusion

[Michael Snow]

Steve Bennett wrote:

> On 7/17/06, Andrew Lih <andrew.lih at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I disagree - I think the WP community should keep the press
>> accountable on how Wikipedia is reported. However, I do agree that
>> critcism should be constructive, and not snarky and obnoxious, as
>> comments on this list tend to be.
>
> IMHO, snarky and obnoxious is fine for this list - even if it's
> publicly readable, it's essentially an internal, private mailing list.
> That is, statements on it should not be taken to reflect any broader
> "on record" sentiment. The Wikipedia Signpost is a different matter.

The Wikipedia Signpost has been known to quote from this list, however. 
Essentially internal, perhaps, but given a particular set of 
circumstances comments can be picked up and spread, and snarky and 
obnoxious sometimes has greater news appeal.

--Michael Snow