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| tarantino |
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the Dude abides  Group: Regulars Posts: 1,441 Joined: Member No.: 2,143  |
I've recently come across the fictional biography of Sean MacLeod (T-H-L-K-D), presented as fact by Wikipedia for 2 years and 4 months. The article has remained intact, save for a handful of edits by users or bots that fixed typos or tags, or removed images (including edits by a couple of friendly faces that post here, heh ). While it is fairly well written, it is over the top. and no one has ever attempted to verify the 'facts' that are presented.
I've archived it at MWB because it will inevitably be deleted. |
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| Sylar |
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It's probably been there for so long because it's shit nobody cares about. For the past several months, it's been getting only one to two page views a day on average, most of them probably search programs.
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| Herschelkrustofsky |
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QUOTE(Sylar @ Thu 8th January 2009, 9:22pm)  It's probably been there for so long because it's shit nobody cares about. For the past several months, it's been getting only one to two page views a day on average, most of them probably search programs. |
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| tarantino |
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the Dude abides Group: Regulars Posts: 1,441 Joined: Member No.: 2,143 |
QUOTE(Herschelkrustofsky @ Tue 16th June 2009, 12:33am) QUOTE(Sylar @ Thu 8th January 2009, 9:22pm) It's probably been there for so long because it's shit nobody cares about. For the past several months, it's been getting only one to two page views a day on average, most of them probably search programs. Archived here. http://www.wikipediareview.com/Wikipedia_Vandali..._the_Goosebumps |
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| Eva Destruction |
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Fat Cat Group: Regulars Posts: 1,735 Joined: Member No.: 3,301 |
QUOTE(tarantino @ Tue 16th June 2009, 2:30am) QUOTE(Herschelkrustofsky @ Tue 16th June 2009, 12:33am) QUOTE(Sylar @ Thu 8th January 2009, 9:22pm) It's probably been there for so long because it's shit nobody cares about. For the past several months, it's been getting only one to two page views a day on average, most of them probably search programs. Archived here. http://www.wikipediareview.com/Wikipedia_Vandali..._the_Goosebumps Am I missing something? That's a shitty article but it seems to be true. |
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tarantino Hoaxes on Wikipedia 
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And that bit has been in there almost since the b... tarantino A list of other long-running WP hoaxes can be foun... 
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[quote name='Sylar' post='150470' date='Thu 8th ... Herschelkrustofsky
[quote name='tarantino' post='178812' date='Tue 1... tarantino Cytaria, created in January, was deleted June 11. ... EricBarbour [quote name='tarantino' post='178455' date='Sat 13... Grep Oh, please don't out the hoaxes too soon. Aft... Herschelkrustofsky
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