[WikiEN-l] Independent article

[Nina Stratton]

On 1/17/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 17/01/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1/17/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Fans of the Wet Wet Wet frontman Marti Pellow were left stunned
> yesterday
> > > after the online encyclopedia Wikipedia reported that he had died last
>
> > The word "reported" is very telling of how we are still misperceived.
> > We're not a news site. Why do people think we are?
>
>
> I actually spoke at some length about this with the person who called
> me - death notices often do in fact show up on Wikipedia before almost
> anywhere, e.g. the death of [[Andrea Dworkin]], where it went straight
> from a feminist mailing list to her article and only hit the media
> during the following day. Being *current* is one of our really strong
> suits, and the readers know this.



Andrea  Dworkin's dead? Nobody tells me anything...




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Sincerely,

Nina
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