Comments on: Wikipedia 2.0? Hold on now… http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/09/21/wikipedia-20-hold-on-now/ New Media researcher Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:24:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Andrew http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/09/21/wikipedia-20-hold-on-now/#comment-74076 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:45:00 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/09/21/wikipedia-20-hold-on-now/#comment-74076 Ben, I think the problem is partly that it's hard to report on something this complex, but also that Erik said he did let something slip that should have been corrected. If you see the next post, Erik mentions that. Cheers. Ben, I think the problem is partly that it’s hard to report on something this complex, but also that Erik said he did let something slip that should have been corrected. If you see the next post, Erik mentions that. Cheers.

]]> by: Ben Yates http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/09/21/wikipedia-20-hold-on-now/#comment-73496 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:41:28 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2007/09/21/wikipedia-20-hold-on-now/#comment-73496 I got the impression that Eric was really talking about a change to mediawiki, and that no changes would be implemented on-site except those the community decides on -- "Moeller says the new system is due to be incorporated into Wikipedia within the next two months, as an option for the different language communities." If that's not the case, I'll be unbelievably pissed. But this looks like a case of journalistic oversimplification. I got the impression that Eric was really talking about a change to mediawiki, and that no changes would be implemented on-site except those the community decides on — “Moeller says the new system is due to be incorporated into Wikipedia within the next two months, as an option for the different language communities.”

If that’s not the case, I’ll be unbelievably pissed. But this looks like a case of journalistic oversimplification.

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