The irony is that the Mail fails to understand that they are in line with Wikipedia's own policy, which states that it does not use other Wikipedia pages as a source:
‘Wikipedia articles (and Wikipedia mirrors) are not reliable sources for any purpose (except as sources on themselves per WP:SELFSOURCE <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SELFSOURCE>). Because Wikipedia forbids original research, there is nothing reliable in it that is not citable with something else.’ So yeah, we don't use Wikipedia as a 'sole source' either, because it's not a primary or secondary source. John On 10 February 2017 at 09:58, Lucy Crompton-Reid < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Well they certainly weren't laughing when they spoke to me...although I > was nearly crying by the end of the call! > > On 10 February 2017 at 09:53, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> ****************************** >> A spokesman for Mail Newspapers said: “It is hard to know whether to >> laugh or cry at this move by Wikipedia. For the record the Daily Mail >> banned all its journalists from using Wikipedia as a sole source in 2014 >> because of its unreliability. >> >> ****************************** >> >> Source: Guardian Online. >> >> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/08/wikipedia >> -bans-daily-mail-as-unreliable-source-for-website >> >> Gordo >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 207 065 0991 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The > Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent > non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility > for its contents.* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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