[WikiEN-l] [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Newsnight tonight! re: flaggedrevs

[Andrew Turvey]

Don't know if this has been posted yet (apologies if yes) 

Recording available on iplayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/newsnight (intro at the very start and then from 38:50). Not sure if non-UK people can view . 

----- "Phil Nash" <pn007a2145 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: 
> From: "Phil Nash" <pn007a2145 at blueyonder.co.uk> 
> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org> 
> Sent: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 00:53:56 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal 
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Newsnight tonight! re: flaggedrevs 
> 
> Carcharoth wrote: 
> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:57 PM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com> 
> >> wrote: 
> >>> 2009/8/25 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>: 
> >>>> 2009/8/25 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>: 
> >>> 
> >>>>> Looks like it's a happener. Just waiting for call re: cab. 
> >>>>> Apparently on ~9:45pm (BST), but times may change at short notice. 
> >>> 
> >>>> Hang on, Newsnight doesn't start until 10:30pm. Did you mean 
> >>>> ~10:45pm? 
> >>> 
> >>> Evidently :-) 
> >> 
> >> And at the end of the program as well. After the interesting feature 
> >> on the Spanish Civil War legacy 70 years on. And the daily news round 
> >> up, it was time for Wikipedia! 
> >> 
> >> How do you think it went, David? I like the bit you said right at the 
> >> end about how it was a surprise that Wikipedia became so popular, but 
> >> though I've got it recorded on DVD, I haven't re-watched it yet. I 
> >> got the impression the presenter (Paxman must be on holiday) and the 
> >> Guardian guy were saying quite a bit, and you were wanting to correct 
> >> them on some points, but didn't get much of a chance. 
> >> 
> >> Carcharoth 
> 
> The item seems to have been crammed in as a bit of an afterthought, and 
> although the Spanish Civil War legacy is interesting, it's not particularly 
> time-critical. It seems to have been rushed, and although the Guardian 
> commentator seems to have been largely supportive, it would have meant very 
> little to a previously uninformed viewer. Although it seems to have been 
> vaunted as a major shift in emphasis on WP, it should have been pointed out 
> more strongly as (a) a trial (b) based on previous experience at de:wp and 
> (c) not that much different from what already happens. I'm sorry David 
> didn't get the chance to put that forward, but then, that is journalism as 
> opposed to analysis. It remains to be seen whether they'll follow it up, but 
> of course, Parliament is on vacation and we are in the "silly season". I 
> suppose we should be grateful for some exposure, and not bad at that. ~~~~ 
> 
> 
> 
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