Hear hear! I just imagine all these comments being written in stentorian tones.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 2:18 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > or: > > Certainly Wikipedia is more reliable than Giles Coren > > > >> I sold my Encyclopedia Britannica when I got married, as no longer >> needed. >> My wife knows everything. > > > JJN is quite right. I think that those who disparage Wikipedia are >> generally guilty of a form of intellectual snobbery- "I had to work hard to >> acquire all my knowledge, why should it be made so easy for everyone >> nowadays?" >> > > > In fact you need to know a fair bit to use Wikipedia effectively and check >> its accuracy, so Giles shouldn't worry too much. > > > Quite agree. This came up once before when Oliver Kamm wrote an article >> disparaging Wikipedia. TOLsters argued with him and he retired from the >> scene fairly quickly. > > > > > James Alexander > Manager > Trust & Safety > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How about Ocaasi with that Wikipedia Library giant keyring of his? (: >> >> Pine >> >> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Joe Sutherland < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This does sound pretty good! I don't have access to the Times either, >>> and asking around it seems not many do... >>> >>> On 16 December 2015 at 07:44, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The lead is promising, though much of the letter is paywalled. >>>> >>>> "Sir, I am — as he knows — an enthusiastic admirer of Giles Coren, but >>>> he is badly misinformed about Wikipedia (“Why stop at Trump?”, Dec 12). As >>>> a writer of history I resort to it at least a dozen times a day. I could >>>> never have written my last two books without it, and I have never caught it >>>> out yet, which is more than I can say of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Its >>>> range is astonishing: it is almost impossible to find a person, place or >>>> subject that it has left uncovered (end of my preview).... a work of >>>> reference as useful as any in existence..." >>>> >>>> Thanks to Johnbod for pointing this out! >>>> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/letters/article4639798.ece >>>> >>>> Pine >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Joe Sutherland* >>> Communications Intern [remote] >>> joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 >>> 916 433 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 [email protected]
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