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@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 07:49 AM
To: andrew.gray(a)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(a)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
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk
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