[Wikimedia-l] Congrats wikivoyagers!

[Jay Walsh]

We're also reaching out to

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 6:43 PM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Leslie Carr <lcarr at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > http://www.wired.com/business/2013/01/wikivoyage/
> >
> > An awesome writeup in Wired!
>
> Argh; Sarah Mitroff calls wikivoyage "a new travel-focused wiki" ;-(
> and then continues to present Wikivoyage as a new entrant into this
> space. "It’s a great notion, but Wikivoyage is coming late to the
> already crowded travel industry.."
>
> The article also includes a video of Jimmy on Colbert Nation hosted at
> http://hulu.com which can only be seen in the USA (and Japan?).
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu
>
> This story covers the launch better, but I think it puts too much
> emphasis on the lawsuits:
>
>
> https://www.pcworld.com/article/2024997/wikipedia-launches-travel-site-wikivoyage-on-january-15.html
>
> Anyone found a better wikivoyage launch news stories that is accurate
> and can be accessed outside of USA and Japan?
>
> --
> John Vandenberg
>
>
>
We're also reaching out to PC World on the incorrect stuff the published in
this piece, just FYI.


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