[LINK] Australian Tax Office's Wikipedia bungle

[Stilgherrian]

On 18/12/2009, at 3:04 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn quoted the media:
> Wikipedia has been criticised for the quality of its information,

And yet its accuracy is comparable to the Encyclopedia Britannica,  
says Nature.

Everything's been "criticised", but that's different from the  
criticisms being upheld. Rigour FAIL.


> The Wall Street Journal noted the lift and said: "At least they took  
> the
> time to Briticize it by changing Z's to S's."

I'm guessing the ATO, being Australian, probably Australianised rather  
than Briticized it. Australian English and British English have  
substantially different practices. Rigour FAIL.

"The Wall Street Journal has been criticised for the quality of its  
information."

Stil


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