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Five ways Wikipedia beats newspapers

This is another archival repost from the old blog. Wikipedia avoids weasel words. It attributes statements to their sources, rather than to “some people say”. Can you imagine a newspaper surviving five minutes with such a policy? When somebody hoaxes … Continue reading

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Journalology: Why you can’t copy abstracts into Wikipedia

I am not a lawyer, but I do have six years experience of Wikipedia, was once a very prolific Wikipedian, and, despite my lack of activity there in more recent years, am apparently still an “admin” on the English language … Continue reading

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I get mail

Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of a surgeon with lawyer envy.

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