How the Community Can Work, Fast -- Jerz's Literacy Weblog (est. 1999)

For the few seconds between the announcement that Ratzinger was named pope, and the announcement of his choice of name, the Wikipedia entry was titled Pope Joseph… I just happened to catch it on the fly (it was changed before I could update it)… —Stephen Downes, in a comment. —How the Community Can Work, Fast (Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc.)

That’s some fast work on the part of the Wikipedians…

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