[WikiEN-l] [[Views of Lyndon LaRouche]] indefinitely full protected

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

LaRouche makes Rush Limbaugh look like a model of sanity and moderation.
LaRouche's ideas are so bizarre it isn't even clear where to start. For
example, he's tried to claim that [[Squaring the circle]] is somehow
doable.(disclaimer I got this second have from a bunch of his followers, not
from him directly). It seemed to focus on being one of many examples of what
would be a valid solution if one were allowed things other than a 
straight edge
and compass. Bottom line: He's close to a grade A crank.

Quoting Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com>:

> I don't understand what the big deal is with this guy. If the Rush Limbaugh
> article can get to GA status, what is so special about this Parisian nut?
>
> On 10/19/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/19/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On 20/10/2007, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>> > > On 10/19/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > > To attempt to end a many-year-old edit war, I have indefinitely
>> > > > full-protected the article [[Views of Lyndon LaRouche]].
>> >
>> > > Wow.  If that sticks, it looks like the downfall of Wikipedia is
>> > > closer than I had thought.
>> >
>> > There should be a downloadable copy of the full history soon, for
>> > forking purposes.
>> >
>> Do you have some sort of inside information on this?  Just because a
>> dump starts doesn't mean it'll finish.
>>
>> Anyway, not *that* close.  The "indefinite full-protection as the
>> answer to an edit war" meme has only been introduced, for now.
>>
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