[WikiEN-l] BBC News gives enwp as further reading

[Fred Bauder]

I think what is happening is that the reporter has a habit of taking a look at the Wikipedia article, just as many of us do. The link just reflects an increasingly common practice. We aspired to be a public utility, now we are.

Fred

>-----Original Message-----
>From: michael west [mailto:michawest at gmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 07:49 AM
>To: andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk, 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC News gives enwp as further reading
>
>lol - it might be the BBC cost cutting on having to use old press
>association extracts! maybe the foundation should get a donation for
>each b(bcw)iki link...
>
>On 07/06/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Haven't noticed this before - a Wikipedia link popping up in the
>> "related links" section of a BBC News story. Might be worth keeping an
>> eye on the page...
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6729905.stm
>>
>> --
>> - Andrew Gray
>> andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
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