[WikiEN-l] Re: BBC R4, now at 17:35 UTC (was BBC Radio 4 "PM" interview17:40ish UTC )

Thu Dec 8 23:56:35 UTC 2005

On 12/8/05, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, that was surprisingly fluffy, and I actually managed to correct
> the common factual errors - (a) we're not blocking all anonymous
> contribution, only creating new articles and (b) it wasn't because of
> Siegenthaler. Also said we were working on how to polish up this raw
> material and pointed out there's no substitute for thought. So far, so
> good. Anyone who gets a transcript, send it in and I'll put it up on
> my LiveJournal (http://reddragdiva.livejournal.com/).

> what is my name
Your name is John Siegenthaler Sr. [Footnote 1]
> footnote 1
Not a very good name, is it?
> complain about Wikipedia
As you complain about Wikipedia, anonymous editors were blocked from
creating new articles. There is no causal relationship between the two
events.

5 points for the reference. And 10 points for the followup line to the
last line above.