The Anonymous Widower

Taking Your Anger Out On Wikipedia

Last night as Manchester United threw their match away, I had an eye on the Wikipedia entry for the referee; Cüneyt Çakır.

Aspersions were being cast by the irate and removed by the moderators.

It’s all calmed down now!

March 6, 2013 Posted by | Computing, Sport | , , | Leave a comment

Did Leveson Use Wikipedia?

The Times today is saying that some passages of Lord Leveson’s report were copied from Wikipedia.

Surprise! Surprise!

Aren’t we all guilty of that.  I know, I regularly point to the articles of others.  But I try to give the source.

December 3, 2012 Posted by | Computing, News | , , , , | Leave a comment

The Times On Jimmy Wales

The Times drops its serious front today with a third leader about the marriage of Wikipedia’s founder; Jimmy Wales, in the style of the on-line encyclopaedia.

October 6, 2012 Posted by | Computing | , , , , | Leave a comment