[WikiEN-l] Politician praises Wikipedia

[Sam Korn]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:45 PM, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, in relative terms, anyway:
>
> http://www.conservatives.com/News/Speeches/2009/04/The_age_of_austerity_speech_to_the_2009_Spring_Forum.aspx
>
> http://tinyurl.com/dxdujw
>
> "Our government spends nearly £400 million a year on advertising to
> reach sixty million people while Wikipedia, one of the largest
> websites in the world, spends about one per cent of that to reach 280
> million people."
>
> Not sure if his figures are accurate, but it's intriguing.

Does this mean the Tories will be composing their next manifesto by
wiki?  If so, is David Cameron founder or co-founder?

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Sam
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