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April 13, 2005
Wikibituary
Perhaps that should be "wikobituary". Just don't say wikibituary too fast or it loses its cleverness.
"Imagine an encyclopedia," wrote blogger Joe Gratz, "that had someone’s death noted in their biography before the first major news outlet had even published an obituary." The death was that of feminist writer and campaigner Andrea Dworkin, the encyclopedia Wikipedia, and Gratz was imagining nothing.
Guardian Unlimited reported Dworkin's death, confirmed by her agent, shortly before 1800 GMT yesterday, the first major news outlet to do so, though the correct date of her death was posted at the top of her Wikipedia biography at least 24 hours earlier.
Guardian Unlimited reported Dworkin's death, confirmed by her agent, shortly before 1800 GMT yesterday, the first major news outlet to do so, though the correct date of her death was posted at the top of her Wikipedia biography at least 24 hours earlier.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at April 13, 2005 07:17 AM
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