Ray Saintonge wrote:
Articles about Jessica McClure, Bridey Murphey and
[[Mike (headless
chicken)]] are all perfectly appropriate.
So what happens when readers from other countries write up articles on
every single kidnap victim?
Do any UK writers wish to create articles on [[Milly Downling]], or the
[[Soham girls]]? Both those cases got plenty of media coverage here.
In science and technology there are any number of
attempts that might
have worked but were superceded by a more practical idea that
wasdiscovered before the old plan could be put into operation. Thus
the Collins International Telegraph Company scheme to lay a telegraph
wire from New York to London via Alaska and Siberia, quashed by the
undersea cable laid by the "Great Eastern". Also the 1920s plan to
put a series of floating airports as refueling stops across the
Atlantic, which quickly lost its appeal after Lindbergh's famous flight.
Now *that* I would find interesting!