Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-09-02/In the media

The Daily Express still hasn't corrected its incredibly silly statement. Winner 42 Talk to me!  23:39, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It now says, "The site uses 250,000 people ..."
 * This is a marginal improvement on "The site employs 250,000 people ..."
 * Reliable sources FTW!!! Andreas  JN 466 00:22, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * If Ja Rule is really 5'9", he probably wouldn't mind if someone took a picture of his driver's license to verify that claim. - kosboot (talk) 00:20, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't that violate WP:BLPPRIMARY?  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 00:23, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Is the DMV a reliable source? My local DMV doesn't measure my height and weight every time I get my license renewed.  I wish I still weighed what my license says!  GoingBatty (talk) 03:43, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Given the usually mediocre newspaper coverage of Wikipedia's internal workings, I think that The Independent deserves kudos for some actual quality independent journalism. As for The Express, the less said, the better. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  01:13, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Is this controversy already WP:NOTABLE enough to have its own article? Unless one already exists and I missed it. Probably too soon though. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:07, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Grant Shapps victim narrative is less interesting than his willingness to comment on something he doesn't understand. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:28, 4 September 2015 (UTC).