On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
On 15/11/12 12:18, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
CIPR CEO Jane Wilson added: 'I recognise that it can be a frustrating process for any organisation with inaccurate information on the site.
'Wikipedia is working on the speed and ease with which simple factual inaccuracies can be amended without compromising the strong stance on conflict. I look forward to the CIPR working with the community more closely on this.'
Can we assume that printed inaccuracies don't figure here? The Oxford Dictionary of Biography and Encyclopaedia Britannica come to mind. At least with (daily) newspapers, corrections can appear in print the next day. With Private Eye, it will take two weeks at least.
You cannot compare the tripe that gets put into Wikipedia with the occasional error that might slip through in Britannica or the ODB. It's worse than the worst tabloid, and that will remain so at least until Wikipedia has flagged revisions.
Andreas