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By Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK (Reuters) - They say if you can make it in New York you can make it anywhere. But these days, it seems you haven't really made it ...


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[guy]

Unlike popular networking sites MySpace and Facebook, Wikipedia doesn't allow people to post profiles of themselves.

Instead, Wikipedia entries are earned.

Is the Washington Post really that naive?

[Jonny Cache]

Who Is Writing This Clueless Tripe ???

It Can Only Be Some Kind Of PR Campaign Orchestrated By The Wik-IT Witch Of Wikiputia —

I See Wave Upon Wave Of Flying Monkeys Descending On Every Clueless Noob-Paper On The Planet —

Jonny

This post has been edited by Jonny Cache: Tue 23rd October 2007, 12:32am

[thekohser]

Who Is Writing This Clueless Tripe ???

It's none other than Jennifer Ablan. Don't you think she's about famous enough for her own article on Wikipedia now?

In the meantime, let's watch the articles about journalist Howard Altman and musician Steve Knight. I wonder if any outlandish libel about them might change their minds about how "cool" and "exciting" Wikipedia is? I'm not advocating the libel. I'm just saying... watch long enough, and it's going to arrive there.

Greg

[Jonny Cache]

Who Is Writing This Clueless Tripe ???

It's none other than Jennifer Ablan. Don't you think she's about famous enough for her own article on Wikipedia now?

In the meantime, let's watch the articles about journalist Howard Altman and musician Steve Knight. I wonder if any outlandish libel about them might change their minds about how "cool" and "exciting" Wikipedia is? I'm not advocating the libel. I'm just saying... watch long enough, and it's going to arrive there.

Greg

I'm guessing that some sort of accident involving 2-finger poi obstructed the aural channel between her ears and her brain at the very moment when Walter Cronkite was transmitting this advice to young journalists:

Cronkite was asked if the media has too much power. He said, "Sure the press has power, but the issue and question is the misuse of it. Way too often the attribution of the 'anonymous source' comes up. The press uses that attribution too loosely. Not good." He said in his day, an editor would need two people "on-the-record" to verify a story. Advice for young journalists: "The press has been under scrutiny for all sorts of reasons, and young journalists can change that by getting the facts straight and doing lots of research."

Source. Ben Wood, 21 March 1998.

Lotsa Research !? — But That Wood Be Hard !!!

Looks like it's time to dust off that old King Kamehameha J.URL.ISM Trophy …

We may have a winner !!!

Jonny

This post has been edited by Jonny Cache: Tue 23rd October 2007, 3:54am

[Yehudi]

Unlike popular networking sites MySpace and Facebook, Wikipedia doesn't allow people to post profiles of themselves.

Instead, Wikipedia entries are earned.

Is the Washington Post really that naive?

Yes, that rather contradicts the "anyone can edit" bit that presumably the Washington Post is aware of. I keep coming across obvious vanity articles, presumably by the subject or a close friend or relative. It's not exactly difficult to make people look notable.


This post has been edited by Yehudi: Thu 25th October 2007, 12:09pm