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> Free Azawad!
Mister Die
post Fri 6th April 2012, 11:46am
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azawad

So a rebel group declares independence and Wikipedia immediately starts treating it as its own ("disputed") country whereas the sensitivities of Mali, which potentially stands to lose like 50% of its territory, is apparently not worth taking into account.

Do they really want Wikipedia being able to influence people on events which have just transpired in the span of... less than 5 hours ago?

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Michaeldsuarez
post Sun 1st July 2012, 8:02pm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gao

It's Somalia and the Islamic Courts Union all over again.
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Mister Die   Free Azawad!   Fri 6th April 2012, 11:46am
Web Fred   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azawad So a rebel g...   Fri 6th April 2012, 2:52pm
Mister Die   In the sense that it creates a false impression th...   Fri 6th April 2012, 2:56pm
Web Fred   In the sense that it creates a false impression t...   Fri 6th April 2012, 3:15pm
Mister Die   Just out of interest how did you find the article?...   Fri 6th April 2012, 4:14pm
Web Fred   Just out of interest how did you find the article...   Fri 6th April 2012, 4:19pm
Tarc   [quote name='Web Fred' post='304023' date='Fri 6t...   Fri 6th April 2012, 5:01pm
Detective   List of states with limited recognition Yes, and...   Sat 7th April 2012, 3:16pm
Mister Die   Well yes, when someone hears "X rebels have d...   Fri 6th April 2012, 4:57pm
Mister Die   The point is that it took not one day for an entir...   Fri 6th April 2012, 5:07pm
Mister Die   Indeed. This is something responsible encyclopedi...   Sat 7th April 2012, 6:34pm

 

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