Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-04-23/Wikidetainment

Kudos on the story

Very interesting story. I live in Minneapolis, occasionally bothering with the marginally worthwhile Star Tribune, and missed this story. What a bizarre situation, it says something about how serious this website is taken. --Bobak 20:50, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Or not very seriously in this case. It sounds to me (correct me if I'm wrong) that the Immigration officers were doing something illegal. Using an open edited source that is basically probably "hearsay" in court to hassle an otherwise innocent historian. I think we're supposed to throw our hands up and wonder if Wikipedia is doing the right thing when ACTUALLY this is political derring do, IMO, using Wikipedia controversies as a distraction. Right ? DJ Barney 01:17, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]