On 3/28/07, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
Presumably the Wikipedian who adds this information accesses Smalltown Gazette online. Having put the article online, Smalltown Gazette has made the information available to anyone who cares to look for it. It has already been taken "to [a] global level".
-- Oldak Quill (oldakquill@gmail.com)
By the same token I often read articles on foreign (US native here) politicians. Why? Just interested. I don't know a cabinet member from Licthenstein or whatever from a PM from Japan, but I enjoy reading the articles. I find negative stuff sometimes. Sourced to "local" newspapers. But what as said is local anymore? Even my tiny hometown (3000 odd people) has their weekly paper online, including the occasional negative bits. It's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, since it's already there. If they are "out of the way" people from a town of 3,000 named Farmville, California, and someone googles:
Bob Jones pastor Farmville rape
...looking for, say a rape allegation... it's already there WITHOUT us. It's on farmvillecaweeklynews.com. For what its worth.