[WikiEN-l] Online Newspapers Considering Subscription Model

[Carcharoth]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Bod Notbod<bodnotbod at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I found a new article the other day and it was all about this guy who
> was described as "the greatest child genius the world has ever seen".
>
> There was a long list of verifications although not enough to cover
> most of the points made in the article. I smelled a rat and stuck a
> "hoax" banner on it. There was (IIRC) one editor. There were pictures.
> The citations were all to books with no online click-thru. The whole
> thing just smelled wrong. I wish I could remember the article now...
>
> Just combed back through my last 500 contribs. Can't find it. If an
> article had been deleted would it disappear from my contribs?

Yes.

05:24, 30 July 2009 David Eppstein (talk | contribs | block) deleted
"James Cornelius Leach" ‎ (G3: Vandalism: Blatant hoax with possible
G10 aspects)

By the way, you have a very scary picture on your user page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bodnotbod

Carcharoth