[WikiEN-l] [Foundation-l] Old Wikipedia backups

[phoebe ayers]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:06 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20 December 2010 07:36, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 20 December 2010 01:38, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>>> Tim Shell created about 200 articles on Atlas Shrugged. They were left
>>> as they were until 2003, when Catherine Munro took on the huge task of
>>> cleaning them up and merging them.
>
>> Why does the word "Pokemon" spring unbidden to my mind? ;) It seems
>> history does repeat itself.
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> If ever there was an Uncyclopedia article waiting to be written ...
>
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> - d.

Or a great question in the next round of early Wikipedia trivia, for
the Wikimania 2012 pub quiz! Maybe a whole category, actually... fans
and their articles, or more than you ever wanted to know about
anything.

-- phoebe

p.s. I'm with Liam. We SO need Wikipedia 10th Anniversary inside joke
awards. I'll send prizes!