http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/ Switched Comments for Wired Editor Cribs From Wikipedia in New Book http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/accept it or be considered a CRIMINAL!. God bless you, Jimbarry1946!]]>Jun 26th 2009 8:12PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 7:21AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/
Many of you by now have probably heard that Chris Anderson, Editor at WIRED, admitted to plagiarizing - a fancy word for stealing - vast amounts of text from Wikipedia - no less - which was then inserted as text into his book: Free: The Future of a Radical Price. My response? ENOUGH!! This sort of fraud has happened one too many times. How can a writer do this? How can someone simply lift another source of material and claim it as their own work product? What sort of man does these things? Anderson's excuses are not worth the time to repeat here. They are at best weak and at worst psychotic. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/chris-anderson-apologizes-for-plagiarizing-wikipedia/?scp=1&sq=chris%20anderson&st=cse Are we not as artists, educators, parents and writers, editors and readers, better than this? Are we supposed to simply turn a blind eye - again - and ignore this as yet another example of the way of the world today? Have we fallen so low and lazy as to treat this incident as nothing but entertainment to talk about and then forget?
If Anderson is not fired, if we as a united group of writers and readers are not outraged enough to stand up and demand Anderson be held accountable for his actions which insult the very fabric of our industry then shame on us for allowing this latest incident to pass as simply something to be chatted about for a day. The problem is bigger than Anderson. This is not the first time such a crime – yes crime – and fraud has happened, and if we are apathetic and complacent, it will not be the last. Anderson quite simply must go. If he is not held accountable, we are all lost.

Steve Gillis]]>Jul 2nd 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/
Kill, murder, manslaughter all describe a death but all have separate and distinct meanings. Anyone who rejects the language as it exists is not a good user of it. ]]>Jun 26th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/
My husband's an artist, and I regularly check his Wikipedia profile to remove errors others have posted. I have no idea where they even get some of that stuff! The last time I saw it, it gave him credit for working with people he hasn't worked with and said he was in a film that he's never even heard of! I called him one day from work to let him know about all of the additional projects he's apparently working on, and the master class he's teaching - all completely bogus! I told him I had no idea how he ever even had time to spend with me with all of that other stuff going on!]]>Jun 26th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/26/wired-editor-cribs-from-wikipedia-in-new-book/Jun 26th 2009 12:27PM