[WikiEN-l] Lies, damned lies, and statistics

[Surreptitiousness]

The shortcut isn't [[WP:DUNNENUFF]], it's [[WP:IAR]].  You may also find 
[[WP:IDONTLIKEIT]] useful. :-P  Unless I need to pack my bags and leave 
for fear my every turn be questioned.  What's that Beatles song?  "Let 
It Be"?


Ian Woollard wrote:
> Ok, here's a thing.
>
> Should that really be in the wikipedia? It's just all about a quote.
> Shouldn't that be in wikiquote?
>
> I must admit, whenever I ask questions like this, I get 'it's dunn
> enuff' to be in the wikipedia. Could somebody point me to
> [[WP:DUNNENUFF]] policy because it seems to be a red link whenever I
> try it. I've been looking for this policy, it's clearly one of the 5
> pillars because it's used quite a lot, but I haven't located it yet.
>
> ;-)
>
> On 11/08/2009, Surreptitiousness
> <surreptitious.wikipedian at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> Jay Litwyn wrote:
>>     
>>> "Durova" <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> quoted Samuel Clemens in message
>>> news:a01006d90904151712x2e95f41r9c2dcf17a4dcbcef at mail.gmail.com...
>>>
>>>       
>>>> "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics".  -
>>>> Mark
>>>> Twain
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> In book called "They never said it!", that is identified as apocryphal,
>>> which means that he did not write it (maybe I can find a finer criterion
>>> printed in the book).
>>>       
>> Have just turned up an instance from 1892, in the */Birmingham Daily
>> Post, /*so I'll add that to the article.*/
>> /*
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