Bloody brilliant! It never occurred to me that Wikipedians could get press access to games. My hat goes off to the people who thought this up, and to those who took all those excellent photos. Keep up the good work. Sven ManguardWha?07:02, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It would've been nice if Wikinews had had some credit. I mean, Wikinews has been doing this for quite a while. It's by no means a new idea – if we'd been notified, perhaps we could've given some tips. — μ 13:13, February 20 2011 (UTC)
The story by no means said that it was a new idea. It mentioned that they themselves have been doing it since 2008, and linked to a Signpost article from last year about other Wikimedians getting accredited at a very high profile event via Wikimedia Sweden, and of course there are other examples (see e.g. this page on the German Wikipedia). I am not sure if Wikinews can claim credit to have done this first, although it is of course possible, and the experiences of Wikinewsies might be interesting to hear too. In any case the purpose of this story was not to award credits, but to give interesting information and solid advice.
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