[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia's response to the articles published in The Register

[John Lee]

On Dec 9, 2007 8:10 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Do you guys realize that the articles published in The Register are not mere "nonsense" (as the Wikipedia spokesperson claims), and appear quite well-researched and in-depth to the readers?
>
> The second bit of that may be true (there are a lot of idiots in the
> world), but the first part simply isn't. The Register is full of
> nonsense. I once responded to one of their articles on Wikipedia and
> they basically picked individual words from my comment and put them
> together (with lots of "..." inbetween) to make it seem that I'd said
> something very different to what I actually said. That is *not*
> reputable journalism.

I think they may very well be a decent journalistic source in certain
areas - some of their tech reporting is quite good - but when it comes
to Wikipedia, they haven't got a good track record (to say the least).
People who only know of the Register from its reporting in general
technology may not be aware of its shadier handling of Wikipedia.

Johnleemk