Monday, September 04, 2006

Steve Irwin and the speed of Wiki

Steve Irwin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Steve Irwin's unusual death was reported here (Brisbane) at around 2.30pm. It looks like Reuters and AP reported it after 4 pm. It is now 4.35 pm and his Wikipedia entry is up to date, referring to him in the past tense, and giving some detail about his death.

Looking at the history of his entry, there have been many people checking and posting today following news of his death.

History gets written very quickly these days.

As for his death, everyone's reaction on talkback radio here goes like this: "a stingray can kill you? I mean, I knew they could sting and hurt, but kill you?"

1 comment:

JERKJ said...

Who was he? I should turn on the news every so often.