The American novelist Philip Roth found an error about an article in Wikipedia about his own book. He tried to edit it but Wikipedia wanted citations to confirm it. That's a sticky situation I would say.
Roth : "I'm the author of the book 'The Human Stain' and you see, those facts there are wrong!"
Wikipedia :"Good. But, how do I believe you? Ha. Gotcha!"
Roth : "But.. "
Philip Roth would have been stumped by it. "Blurrrdeeeee fellows, not trusting my owns words about my book!" So, what does he do? He writes an open letter to Wikipedia, stating his situation and his inability to correct the mistake in the article (which gets published in The New Yorker) :
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/09/an-open-letter-to-wikipedia.html
And what does Wikipedia do?
Great!
kutta
Roth : "I'm the author of the book 'The Human Stain' and you see, those facts there are wrong!"
Wikipedia :"Good. But, how do I believe you? Ha. Gotcha!"
Roth : "But.. "
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| Roth in hell, REJECTED ! Muhahahahaha! |
Philip Roth would have been stumped by it. "Blurrrdeeeee fellows, not trusting my owns words about my book!" So, what does he do? He writes an open letter to Wikipedia, stating his situation and his inability to correct the mistake in the article (which gets published in The New Yorker) :
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/09/an-open-letter-to-wikipedia.html
And what does Wikipedia do?
Great!
kutta
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