WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
<<In a message dated 1/29/2009 saintonge@telus.net writes
I had sent him a scathing email denigrating him for not allowing direct user edits.
For some time, they allowed you to *email* them additions and corrections,
and I pointed out how ridiculously last decade that was. And how if they don't shape up ...like now dude.... they would be history. Buried by Wikipedia.
I notice they didn't mention my name in that article however. Shameless!
It's hard to see what will be accomplished by taunting them in this way. Rubbing dirt in the faces of the losers is not particularly dignified. If we really are the winners we need to be more gracious about it.>>
Then you're not understanding what occurred. What was accomplished is that they *now* allow contributors to make direct edits to the articles. They didn't before.
Sorry, but I hadn't realised that they had done all this just because of your letter. :-[
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