Wikipedians debate Hillary as clock ticks

“Presidential candidates are big boys (and a big girl), and they get tough treatment in the media because they are trying to get a very powerful, very important job. We don’t overprotect them on Wikipedia just as the U.S. media and international media don’t protect them.”

There’s an interesting discussion going on (at late as 2.40 pm today) on the edit pages of Wikipedia. As the clock ticks for the presumptive candidate who has all but conceded, it’s interesting to see how those who manage and defend brand Clinton duke it out. Whether you disagree with the biases and inaccuracies or not, you just cannot ignore the Wiki effect.

Quotes for the week ending 24 May, 2008

“Hillary against the machine.”

Headline of an article by syndicated columnist, David Brooks, who also wrote “The long defeat,” in March ’08

“Talk of Hillary exit engulfs campaigns.”

Drudge Report.

“Pundits declare the race over.”

International Herald Tribune

“Hillary pulls race card…”

Bloomberg.com

Hillary: This is nowhere near over.”

CNN, Political Ticker

“A cable operator buys a social network. Hmmmm.”

Catherine P. Taylor on the news that Comcast has bought Plaxo.

“Microsoft is like a bad restaurant – no matter what the incentive, you don’t want to eat there. Their product isn’t working and their share of the market proves that.”

Om Malik, on Microsoft’s attempt to woo online shoppers with a cash back incentive on online purchases via its Live Search.