On 10/12/2007, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
Wikimedia has the high moral ground, and an excellent relationship with the mainstream press. With those assets, the fuss generated here can be set into perspective with ease.
It is precisely because Wikipedia/Wikimedia claims high moral ground and has (or had) adoring fans in the press that the likes of the Register are quite so vociferous in their criticism of Wikipedia.
However much issues and problems are hyped up and reported with a slant, they do exist and it is foolish to just shrug off criticism just because it is not neutral or because one has a derisive view of the source of the criticism.
Zoney