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Post by peteetongman on Feb 26, 2014 15:53:20 GMT -5
I was researching the town of Douglasville GA, and this entry was in the wiki: "... In the 1930s the song Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland was written about Douglasville..." (first of all, the song wasn't written by Garland, but I digress) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglasville,_Georgia
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Post by maxwell on Feb 26, 2014 17:30:06 GMT -5
Palin Inspires Changes to Paul Revere Wikipedia Page The Atlantic Wire Jun 6 2011, 6:58 PM ET 6 inShare More Sarah Palin will not relent in defending her revisionist history of Paul Revere's ride from Boston to Lexington, in which Revere "warned the British." And her supporters similarly will not relent in revising the history of the event on Wikipedia in order to reflect Palin's version. Wikipedia editors are fed up with the flood of poorly sourced changes to the Paul Revere page -- many point to Palin herself as a history expert -- and have called for a lock on the page and an end to the discussion. Charles Johnson reported the volley of Palin-inspired changes to Paul Revere page and Dave Weigel offers a quick snapshot of the controversy. Here's a quick summary. Last week, Palin claimed that Revere warned the British not to take Americans' arms by "riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells." In questioning Palin's understanding of the Revere's midnight ride -- an event historians have undeniably studied in depth, leading to ample academic debate over the specifics -- critics point out that Revere definitely warned the colonists and probably did not do so by firing guns. This likely would've spoiled the clandestine nature of the mission. Here, one editor points out how a Palin supporter's attempt at bending the narrative towards her version: In the article on Paul Revere, someone has added false information in an effort to support Sarah Palin's FALSE claims about Paul Revere. "Accounts differ regarding the method of alerting the colonists; the generally accepted position is that the warnings were verbal in nature, although one disputed account suggested that Revere rang bells during his ride.[8][9]" This must be removed as it is a LIE designed to mislead. Read the full story at The Atlantic Wire. www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/06/palin-inspires-changes-to-paul-revere-wikipedia-page/240030/
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Post by apple on Feb 26, 2014 17:31:39 GMT -5
LOL!
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Post by peteetongman on Feb 26, 2014 18:07:42 GMT -5
One time the wiki page for my high school was hacked. We had a list of notable people who had attended our school, but the hackers added some gags. So what you saw was something like this:
Rod Johnson -- Running Back, Miami Dolphins Gloria Smith --Dean, Mercer University William Jones --Founder and CEO of Jones Widgets <and here come the gags> Herb Dittler --Inventor of the Cleveland Steamer Jack Dingleman --Developed the Rusty Trombone
.......and on like that it went LOL
wish I had saved it; it was corrected fairly quickly
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