2009/8/18 Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com>om>:
Err ... it's Wikipedia's fault if hurried
journalists today do nothing
but research on it and misinterpret what they find? Puh-lease. To get
from that to "It was formally launched on January 15 in 2001 by Ward
Cunningham and Richard Stallman" you need to do plenty of
miscomprehension exercises. Remember: hacks get _paid_ to do this work,
often quite large sums, and (in the UK) are supposed to spend time
learning the importance of getting the facts straight. Not
copying-and-pasting, and then mangling the sense. They have subeditors
who are _paid_ to do the mangling.
This is why I have no fear whatsoever of the Associated Press's plans
to compete directly with Wikipedia.
- d.