Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-08-13/In the news
A number of the commenters on the "Is Wikipedia Corrupt?" article linked to claimed "Wikipedia never apologizes". That prompted me to write the following comment (which may or may not eventually show up on the article; I had some trouble with the blogger.com software):
- Let's just drop some facts in here, why don't we.
- It has been repeatedly claimed that "Wikipedia never apologizes". As it happens, this is not true.
- Examples of folks related to Wikipedia apologizing:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jersyko/archive9&diff=prev&oldid=129007431
- Jimbo Wales apologizing.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=prev&oldid=112450096
- Jimbo Wales apologizing profusely.
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/htdig/foundation-l/2005-April/016253.html
- Another apology by Jimbo.
- How's that for examples?
If anyone happens across more, we might start a Wikipedia:List of apologies by Wikipedia page. ;-) JesseW, the juggling janitor 22:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
- Interesting. Not something I'd thought of tracking before, but I turned up nine from my own edit history since last December. They included user talk, article talk, a noticeboard, a policy discussion, and an arbitration case.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In the last instance, after arbitration ended I awarded the editor a barnstar. DurovaCharge! 23:55, 14 August 2007 (UTC)