[WikiEN-l] Request to Wikipedians for BBC Documentary

[Cathy Edwards]

> Dear Wikipedians,
> 
> We're making a 4-part documentary series marking 20 years of the World
> Wide Web, Digital Revolution. ). This comprises an interactive website
> (http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalrevolution/), and four documentaries for
> broadcast on BBC Two at the beginning of 2010, in the UK and across
> the world. 
> 
> Our first programme, provisionally titled "The Great Levelling", asks
> questions about the power shifts and democratisation the Web has
> brought about. A major part of this programme centres around Wikipedia
> - as a community project which really brings these kinds of issues
> alive. We're interviewing Jimmy Wales, as well as a couple of US
> Wikipedia contributors, one of whom has written a lot of articles as a
> lay expert, and another who has helped monitor dodgy edits by e.g. big
> business / politicians.
> 
> To add to and enrich the programme we'd really love to interview a UK
> Wikipedian. We're looking for a passionate Deletionist - someone who
> identifies with the goals of Deletionism to create a high quality
> encyclopaedia, and does a lot of this kind of quality control
> themselves - perhaps someone who is a member of the Association of
> Deletionist Wikipedians.
> 
> It sounds like this debate peaked a couple of years ago, but we are
> taking a historical approach - have you been involved in this debate
> in the past? Or, I understand a hot topic of debate at the moment is
> biographies of living people. Do you have strong feelings about how
> much this should be regulated - how high the threshold for inclusion
> should be?
> 
> If you can help us, and would like to be involved in the debate, it'd
> be really great to hear from you. Either reply to the list, or to me
> at cathy.edwards at bbc.co.uk, or by phone - 07800 794299.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Cathy
> 
> Cathy Edwards
> Digital Revolution
> Room MC4 C6, BBC Media Centre, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ
> M 07800 794299
> 
> digital revolution (working title) is an open and collaborative
> documentary about how the web is changing our lives
> join the conversation on the web at www.bbc.co.uk/digitalrevolution or
> follow us on twitter @BBCDigRev
> 

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