Wikipedia founder shot dead
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:44 pm
Wikipedia founder 'shot by friend of Siegenthaler'
World mourns Lazarus for the Web 2.0 generation
By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Published Saturday 17th December 2005 00:32 GMT
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has been shot dead, according to Wikipedia, the online, up-to-the-minute encyclopedia.
Apparently, the assassin was a "friend" of the victim of a recent controversy which ironically, smeared former Robert F Kennedy aid John Seigenthaler as a suspect in the assassination of both Kennedy brothers. That claim, which the site carried for several months, along with the assertion that Seigenthaler had lived in Russia, was eventually proved false.
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"At 18:54 EST on December 12, John Seigenthaler's wife, who was infuriated at Wikipedia regarding the recent scandal regarding his role in the Kennedy Assassination, came into the house, where Jim was having dinner. Wearing a mask, he [sic] shot him three times in the head and ran," reported the online reference source.
The free-for-all, write-it-yourself website prides itself on its fact checking. :oops: (continues...)
From: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/17 ... wikipedia/
World mourns Lazarus for the Web 2.0 generation
By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Published Saturday 17th December 2005 00:32 GMT
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has been shot dead, according to Wikipedia, the online, up-to-the-minute encyclopedia.
Apparently, the assassin was a "friend" of the victim of a recent controversy which ironically, smeared former Robert F Kennedy aid John Seigenthaler as a suspect in the assassination of both Kennedy brothers. That claim, which the site carried for several months, along with the assertion that Seigenthaler had lived in Russia, was eventually proved false.
Click Here
"At 18:54 EST on December 12, John Seigenthaler's wife, who was infuriated at Wikipedia regarding the recent scandal regarding his role in the Kennedy Assassination, came into the house, where Jim was having dinner. Wearing a mask, he [sic] shot him three times in the head and ran," reported the online reference source.
The free-for-all, write-it-yourself website prides itself on its fact checking. :oops: (continues...)
From: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/17 ... wikipedia/