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Wikipedia and Palin

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:15 am
by clem21
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/techn ... 1link.html

You have to admit if it was from the McCain camp then it was a pretty clever move.

Re: Wikipedia and Palin

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:44 am
by Bob Juch
clem21 wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/techn ... 1link.html

You have to admit if it was from the McCain camp then it was a pretty clever move.
If? The editor admitted he was.

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:51 am
by clem21
If, meaning if he was part of the select few who knew that Palin was going to be the pick

Re: Wikipedia and Palin

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:53 am
by Appa23
Bob Juch wrote:
clem21 wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/techn ... 1link.html

You have to admit if it was from the McCain camp then it was a pretty clever move.
If? The editor admitted he was.
Where did you see this fact. There is no such "admission" in the article.

Re: Wikipedia and Palin

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:02 am
by Bob Juch
Appa23 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
clem21 wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/techn ... 1link.html

You have to admit if it was from the McCain camp then it was a pretty clever move.
If? The editor admitted he was.
Where did you see this fact. There is no such "admission" in the article.
You apparently didn't read it to the end:
YoungTrigg was a user name picked for this task; for other editing, he or she chooses other names: “I will acknowledge that I volunteer for the McCain campaign, one of thousands of people nationwide who are working to elect the best candidate for the job. Palin was not the nominee when I made my edits, though I am certainly excited about the selection. I don’t believe I have a conflict of interest problem.”

That said, nobody will be hearing from YoungTrigg again anytime soon. On the bottom was a black-bordered box surrounding the word “retired.”