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The King of Rome: a heart-warming article about a long-dead racing pigeon.
QUOTE The King of Rome was a successful racing pigeon, winning a 1,001-mile (1,611 km) race from Rome, Italy to England, in 1913. It was the subject of a song and book, both by Dave Sudbury, the former most famously recorded by June Tabor. From Twitter: QUOTE @pigsonthewing Andy Mabbett My Wikipedia article 'The King of Rome' is now available in Finnish and Swedish: goo.gl/5hbSs / @TomSprints @Victuallers 18 Dec via Dabr Retweeted by Victuallers By no means am I suggested that anyone mess with it, but I was struck by the phrase "my Wikipedia article". Perhaps Mabbett is unaware that anyone can edit WP, redirect his article to "Pigeon", and reduce it to a fragment in the much-needed "Pigeons in popular culture" section alongside some Simpsons and Pokemon references. |
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I had not previously seen the Arch Coal article. As originally written, it is a masterpiece of selective information favouring the company and I commend the author. But it has now become more NPOV, meaning that it has deteriorated (from Arch Coal's point of view). Obviously, such articles need to be monitored to try to stop this happening.
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Silver seren I use possessive words like that for my own articl... 
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I use possessive words like that for my own artic... thekohser I have to agree with Silver Seren. After all, I a... EricBarbour After all, I always refer to the Arch Coal articl... Zoloft And yet there is this:
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