Wikipedia to tighten editorial rules
Just three days after declaring in a guest post on Lawrence Lessig’s blog that “anti-elitism” is not a “serious objection” to Wikipedia, co-founder Jimmy Wales tells the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung that Wikipedia plans to impose stricter editorial rules to prevent vandalism and that some form of “commission” might required to ensure the integrity of the content.
UPDATE: Jimmy Wales later wrote on Lessig’s blog that the Sueddeutsche Zeitung story got it wrong.
UPDATE: Jimmy Wales later wrote on Lessig’s blog that the Sueddeutsche Zeitung story got it wrong.
Comment by EBlogger — August 9, 2005 @ 11:15 pm
Eager sensationalism.
Comment by Brian — August 10, 2005 @ 7:42 pm
Brian, who’s the sensationalist here? Me? Sueddeutsche Zeitung?
Comment by eblogger — August 10, 2005 @ 7:47 pm
The interview was done in English and translated to German. Then the boersenblatt quoted some lines and the story began to evolve. Later it hit slashdot in the usual way. A good way would have been for Süddeutsche Zeitung to provide Jimmy a transscript to give him a chance to correct any confusing translation.
Comment by Mahtias Schindler — August 24, 2005 @ 8:01 am