Letts on Wikipedia: 'Will my son want the world to know he had a crush on Cheryl Cole if he becomes Archbishop of Canterbury?'
Daily Mail columnist and critic Quentin Letts outlined one of the dangers of Wikipedia on Radio 4's Start the Weektoday. He told presenter Andrew Marr how his 12-year-old son Claud had yesterday adapted Letts' entry on Wikipedia to reveal that he, Claud, has a crush on Cheryl Cole. Letts suggested that young Claud might not want people to know that when he grows up. "What happens if he becomes the Archbishop of Canterbury?", he asked.
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