[WikiEN-l] Daily Mail article on Sam Blacketer case

[Andrew Turvey]

----- "Ray Saintonge" <saintonge at telus.net> wrote: 
> From: "Ray Saintonge" <saintonge at telus.net> 
> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org> 
> Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 18:34:13 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal 
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Daily Mail article on Sam Blacketer case 
> 
> AGK wrote: 
> >> To be fair on that last point, they hear we "resolve disputes" and they 
> >> know there are hundreds of disputes a week. They just don't have the 
> >> awareness AC doesn't solve 99% of them :) 
> >> 
> > The argument stands: the Daily Mail are printing gross inaccuracies, and 
> > it's harming our public image. 
> > 
> 
> Inaccuracies are a fact of life with newspapers, but then your 
> conclusion may also be inaccurate. Inaccuracies come with the territory 
> of being big. Where is it stated that maintaining public image is one of 
> Wikipedia's goals? 

Promoting the public image of the Wikipedia website is very much one of the goals of Wikimedia UK and, I should imagine, the Wikimedia Foundation. Given that the Daily Mail quoted our Volunteers Director, it's very relevant to this discussion. 



Andrew Turvey 
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