[Air-l] Wikipedia vs. Nature article update

Jimmy Wales jwales at wikia.com
Tue Mar 28 15:14:16 PST 2006


Sam Liban wrote:
> And of course, no German politician would ever consider misusing the German
> Wikipedia for at least doubtable informations - that would be her/his end -
> in other countries and cultures, this is seen as an "intelligent" useage of
> a medium, though.

I am not sure if you were joking here, but in fact there was a bit of a
scandal in Germany when a politicians office was caught editing
wikipedia to slam an opponent.  I could find out the particulars if you
are interested.




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