Dandy Posted November 16, 2006 Report Posted November 16, 2006 an extremely, gay country founded by crimianals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Edit---Nevermind now, it was changed back in less than a minute. The quote above is all that was on the page when I went to look something up.
bob_barron Posted November 16, 2006 Report Posted November 16, 2006 If you're going to post vandalised edits, you have to work fast
Dandy Posted November 16, 2006 Author Report Posted November 16, 2006 Oh I did. I just posted the link because I am not smart enought to do a screen capture. Never knew how to do that.
Guest Princess Leena Posted November 16, 2006 Report Posted November 16, 2006 Click the history tab. It shows all previous edits. Or, at least recent ones.
Big Ol' Smitty Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 Courts Turn to Wikipedia, but Selectively By NOAM COHEN Published: January 29, 2007 When a court-appointed special master last year rejected the claim of an Alabama couple that their daughter had suffered seizures after a vaccination, she explained her decision in part by referring to material from articles in Wikipedia, the collaborative online encyclopedia. Wikipedia entries are being cited by judges in their legal rulings. The reaction from the court above her, the United States Court of Federal Claims, was direct: the materials “culled from the Internet do not — at least on their face — meet” standards of reliability. The court reversed her decision. Oddly, to cite the “pervasive, and for our purposes, disturbing series of disclaimers” concerning the site’s accuracy, the same Court of Federal Claims relied on an article called “Researching With Wikipedia” found — where else? — on Wikipedia. (The family has reached a settlement, their lawyer said.) A simple search of published court decisions shows that Wikipedia is frequently cited by judges around the country, involving serious issues and the bizarre — such as a 2005 tax case before the Tennessee Court of Appeals concerning the definition of “beverage” that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, just this week, a case in Federal District Court in Florida that involved the term “booty music” as played during a wet T-shirt contest. More than 100 judicial rulings have relied on Wikipedia, beginning in 2004, including 13 from circuit courts of appeal, one step below the Supreme Court. (The Supreme Court thus far has never cited Wikipedia.)... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/technolo...ED/FmeHgbcECXJw
JST Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_c._sco...ted_filmography Check out 1995. Going on a week now...
Guest Smues Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_c._sco...ted_filmography Check out 1995. Going on a week now... If it says anything but 'Man getting hit by football' I'm going to be sad. Edit: Awesome
Guest Vitamin X Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 This is one of my favorite ones I found recently. It's like easter eggs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_manager These are usually known quantities that are very expensive productions and have a guaranteed audience because of their location. Typically, they are on cruise ships, in theme parks, Las Vegas or destination resorts such as Branson, Missouri.
Dandy Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Posted January 30, 2007 Branson, MO has a lot of tourists and they have loads of stage shows. Perhaps I don't get the joke of hy it's funny.
Guest Vitamin X Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 Well, then! List of Places to Go To Los Angeles Las Vegas Paris Rome London New York The Bahamas Branson, MO Which one of these things is not like the other?
River City Rocker Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 Gotta love Wikipedia. I learned a while back that World War II was caused by hippos. Oh, and apparently, Jeff is gay. How that came into play during the war, no one knows...
CanadianGuitarist Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 I can't be the one to say "No dice" here.
Dandy Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Posted January 30, 2007 I know Branson is not as big a tourist attraction as Paris and Vegas, but the article was about stage hands or whatever they called them. It said destination resorts, like Branson, MO. Perhaps it is because of all the venues they have on a stage? I don't think they were trying to pimp it out as the greatest place in the world.
The Amazing Rando Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 This is one of my favorite ones I found recently. It's like easter eggs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_manager These are usually known quantities that are very expensive productions and have a guaranteed audience because of their location. Typically, they are on cruise ships, in theme parks, Las Vegas or destination resorts such as Branson, Missouri. It could also be a nice MST3K: The Movie reference. "They're forcing him to visit Branson, Missouri!!"
Art Sandusky Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 "Resort destinations" are funny things. You have a city/town that's pushing itself as a destination and that's pretty much all that would normally motivate you to go and see it. Charleston's pushed as one now, but before that already had a vibrant tourist economy due to history and how the place looks like a time capsule in some downtown areas. Branson had none of these things.
Guest Vitamin X Posted January 31, 2007 Report Posted January 31, 2007 And it still doesn't! That's like me telling someone that Barstow, CA is a great tourist destination, when really it's just a stop on the way to Vegas from L.A.
Slayer Posted January 31, 2007 Report Posted January 31, 2007 Branson is an awful place, partly because of the whole country culture (especially country "comedy", yeehaw), and partly because the geographic layout of the town makes me feel like I'll fall off a cliff if I pull off the main strip.
Slayer Posted February 1, 2007 Report Posted February 1, 2007 Back to the subject of wonderful wiki edits, from the article on Holocaust Denial In January 2007, the German government moved to criminalize Holocaust denial and the parading of Nazi symbols across the European Union, but after being told they're acting like Nazis themselves, they decided not to.
Jaxxson Mayhem Posted February 1, 2007 Report Posted February 1, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_c._sco...ted_filmography Check out 1995. Going on a week now... HAHAH Fuckin awesome.
DrVenkman PhD Posted February 5, 2007 Report Posted February 5, 2007 There's a good one out there for the town of Emo, Ontario.
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