Talk:Adam Worth

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This page has been cited as a source by a media organization. The citation is in: Ben Macintyre. "How wiki-wiki can get sticky", The Times, July 21, 2006. (details)

The relevant paragraph in the Ben Macintyre article is:

Many years ago, I wrote a book about a Victorian crook called Adam Worth, a subject so obscure that no one had ever written a book about him before, or since. When I found an entry for Worth on Wikipedia, I was at first astonished, then flattered to find the book cited in the references, and then slightly infuriated: whoever had written the entry had plainly read my book and summarised it, but added several small but irritating errors.

Author does not explain what the "several small but irritating errors" are. mervyn 12:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes. That's his point. And referring to him as "author" won't tug at his good nature and extend his patience. NickyMcLean 21:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

but the article implies that he fixed the mistakes doesnt it? --Astrokey44 10:19, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Well the history of the entry doesn't suggest as much.

actually it seems like he implied that he was slightly infuriated not only because of the errors but because it was simply a summary of the book, without any other information. I actually find surprising that the book is not fictional (I own it, in spanish), since it's kinda weird that Worth did so much stuff but there isn't much written about him, except for the book 201.252.49.161 04:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

By the way, based on the history of the page, he has corrected nothing and lied ;) --Bombastus 15:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC)