[WikiEN-l] Who is this editorial group?

Tue May 25 05:20:53 UTC 2004

It's the Cabal, silly. [/#wikipedia reference] Perhaps they're trying to 
talk about the sysops, but failing miserably? And I agree; it seems to be 
hard for people to accept the fact that Wikipedia is completely open. I get 
the same kind of reaction whenever I tell people about it.

Perhaps a correction letter should be sent to the magazine? We don't want 
people to get the wrong impression about Wikipedia.
>=)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Jaros" <rjaros at shaysnet.com>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 8:25 PM
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Who is this editorial group?

> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_22/b3885044.htm:
>
> > WIKIPEDIA IS ONE of the more remarkable projects on the Web. The
> > online encyclopedia (www.wikipedia.com) is the work of 6,000-odd
> > volunteers covering a huge range of subjects, even though it does
> > better on science and technology than on arts and culture. Not
> > surprisingly, the articles are of uneven depth and quality. If you
> > find an error, you are welcome to suggest a correction. And if you
> > find a topic that isn't covered, you are welcome to create a new
> > article. (An editorial group decides which corrections and
> > contributions merit posting.)
>
> Uh, who is this "editorial group"?  This wouldn't disturb me so much
> if I hadn't sent a letter to another columnist recently about almost
> the same language.  I supposed the WikiWay is just too hard for some
> people to believe, but who is this "editorial group"?
>
> Peter
>
> Wow.  Three consecutive lines, 76 chars each.  By accident.  ::Bow::
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