Unfortunately, I find this whole incident sad, from start to finish. I'm
glad that there's some sort of closure, but the ramifications of this man's
"joke" will have long-lasting effects for years to come. I certainly hope
that he got a good laugh out of it now, because there will be little
laughter for a long time to come.
-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org]
On Behalf Of ABCD
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:37 PM
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: Google Alert - Wikipedia
On 12/10/05, Google Alerts wrote:
A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Wikipedia Prank
New York Times - United States
It started as a joke and ended up as a shot heard round the Internet, with
the joker losing his job and Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, suffering
a blow to ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/business/media/11web.html>
Well, it looks like the guy confessed...
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