I was talking about Wikipedia, and he launched into a rant about its failings. In particular, he complained about the several inaccuracies in an article about a topic with which he was deeply familiar.
“So,” I asked, “did you fix them?”
“No,” he responded, “I don’t have time for that kind of thing.”
Talk about not getting it. —Dan Gillmor —Google, Wikipedia and More (Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc.)
In this entry about Google’s recent interest in Wikimedia, Gillmor offers this anecdote about a Big University Professor.
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I’ve seen cybervandalism spam on Wikipedia, but I do like Wikipedia a lot and link to its words in my blogs.
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Please email me, Professor, so I can send you my brief 2 question email survey. I really would like to include your blog here in my book on Secrets of the Blogging Pros. Many famous bloggers have already participated. I’ll send you their names. Thanks.
I’m not ignoring you, Steven, I’ve just got a busy weekend of family obligations. My son’s seventh birthday party starts in about 20 minutes, and I just haven’t had time to get to everything on my list.