On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Whether the article was accurate or not is important,
but not the larger
point. Our biographies of living people, folks with families and careers,
can become the major reference on their lives - so our vigilance on these
articles is of extreme real world importance. This event is a very good
example of that principle.
That's how I read it as well. This is a real-world example of an Wikipedia
article apparently having a real-world impact, which underscores once again
the importance of getting these things right. We don't exist in a bubble.
-Luna