This was a fantastic display of not only Wikipedia's gullible trust in their fellow man, but in their trust that "the system works".
John, I'm curious to know if all of these edits were made from the same IP address, and what have been the consequences on any of the IPs used? Also, how much time and effort did this take you? I would like to see the "news clipping" forgery from the Oxford Times, too. Did you print it, then crumple it up, then smooth it out, then add a bit of sepia tone to the digital snapshot? Durova might be able to give a few pointers on how to make a fresh print-out look like it's from the "olden days".
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Really, this was excellent work -- but, the dismaying fact remains that if it doesn't get picked up by the mainstream press, it will go largely unnoticed. Have you contacted anyone in the media? I will ping my contacts today, on your behalf.
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