I’d expect Speaker’s Corner to be reluctant to give out contact
details but I’ll do some investigation.
I may be a bit late for the start of the meeting as I have to go
out and grab some dinner now.
T
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Virgin,
Steve
Sent: 09 June 2009 19:46
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] David Mitchell
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Sent: 09 June 2009 19:32
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Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] David Mitchell
Whilst browsing Signpost back
issues, I came across this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-02-23/In_the_news
In
an article
published on guardian.co.uk, actor and comedian David
Mitchell praised Wikipedia as being "brilliant." Mitchell
defended Wikipedia against criticisms of inaccuracy, writing "readers should
always question the veracity of what they read and the motives of whoever wrote
it, and in the internet age more than ever.... And if Wikipedia, while being
very informative in most cases, teaches a few lessons about questioning
sources, then that's all to the good." Mitchell also criticized the UK Conservative Party for manipulating the Titian entry (see related story).
Has
anyone tried recruiting him to Wikimedia UK?