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post Tue 10th June 2008, 3:50am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1">Officials say Wikipedia flyover rumours a hoax
The Northern Echo, UK -24 minutes ago
AN entry on an online encyclopedia has left residents worried there are plans to drive a motorway flyover through the heart of their suburban village. ...

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post Tue 10th June 2008, 5:54am
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"A spokesman for Wikipedia was unavailable for comment."

Where's David Gerard when you need him?
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post Tue 10th June 2008, 5:59am
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post Tue 10th June 2008, 6:00am
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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=181824798

April 17 2008 was the last edit overall...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=206309592

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post Tue 10th June 2008, 6:46am
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QUOTE(guy @ Tue 10th June 2008, 5:54am) *

"A spokesman for Wikipedia was unavailable for comment."

Where's David Gerard when you need him?

The most damning and unanswerable indictment of the current administration may not the wrongheaded and incompetent calls that are made on a near-daily basis, up to the very top, but the very basic things such as fact-checking mainspace which it does not accomplish, and will still not accomplish under any reform which has the slimmest chance of happening at this time.
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post Tue 10th June 2008, 9:55pm
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Where's David Gerard when you need him?


(He's) standing next to a person who's desperately wishing he'd go away.


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post Tue 10th June 2008, 10:17pm
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QUOTE(Disillusioned Lackey @ Tue 10th June 2008, 10:55pm) *

QUOTE(guy @ Tue 10th June 2008, 12:54am) *

Where's David Gerard when you need him?


(He's) standing next to a person who's desperately wishing he'd go away.


Have you met him in real life? You never know, he might be adorable smile.gif
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post Wed 11th June 2008, 6:48am
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Have you met him in real life? You never know, he might be adorable smile.gif

There's some things one just knows through the written word.

Did you need to see George Washington cross the Delaware, to know he did? Hm?
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