[Wikide-l] Sorry- we have a problem...

Mi Okt 20 14:43:49 UTC 2004

Ilja Lorek wrote:
> Wenn wir solche Meldungen bekommen, wie ich heute bereits zum X-Mal, dann
> sind vielleicht auch die Wahlen in Amerika, die dazu mit beitragen ( ...

glaube ich eher nicht.

> Wiki wars
> http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=10909&hed=Wiki%20wars 
> Think this year's presidential debates have been rough? Check out Wikipedia.

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Als Info zu diesem Artikel mal Jimbos Kommentar in der englischen 
Mailing-Liste (mit einer Aufforderung an alle Wikipedianer: Bitte fangt 
doch jetzt nicht an zu glauben, was die Presse über uns schreibt ;-)
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In order to maintain good relations with the press, I'll comment only
delicately on this one.

In my opinion, the situation with the Bush and Kerry articles is
routine at wikipedia.  Yes, they are heavily edited.  But there has
been no real internal controversy about them.  It's just that they are
popular topics, and Bush is a controversial president (as was Clinton
before him, except wikipedia did not exist then).  I say: *yawn*

The reporters wanted to write an article about some astounding and
unprecedented wikipedia controversy about the election.  I was quoted
selectively to make that case.

The article does not reflect badly on us or anything, but I can say
that the reporters wrote the article that they wanted to write, my
comments completely notwithstanding.

--Jimbo