On 4/12/06, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
Many peoples names are richer examples.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wilson_%28disambiguation%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_ambiguous_human_names
Yep. I'd never heard of the American [[Jack Thomspon]] until the recent controversy on Wikipedia. Then again, I doubt most Americans have heard of the Australian [[Jack Thomspon (actor)]].
Steve
Steve Bennett wrote:
On 4/12/06, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
Many peoples names are richer examples.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wilson_%28disambiguation%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_ambiguous_human_names
Yep. I'd never heard of the American [[Jack Thomspon]] until the recent controversy on Wikipedia. Then again, I doubt most Americans have heard of the Australian [[Jack Thomspon (actor)]].
WHY does some two-bit Yank lawyer get priority???
G'day Alphax,
Steve Bennett wrote:
On 4/12/06, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
Many peoples names are richer examples.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wilson_%28disambiguation%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_ambiguous_human_names
Yep. I'd never heard of the American [[Jack Thomspon]] until the recent controversy on Wikipedia. Then again, I doubt most Americans have heard of the Australian [[Jack Thomspon (actor)]].
WHY does some two-bit Yank lawyer get priority???
Because he pissed off a small minority of the gamer community, and they decided to set up a hate shrine to him using Wikipedia. Ask any gamer (and they're the only people who come near that area) which Thompson is more notable ...
The Jack Thompson thing is a great case of how you can be a total fuckwit and still be the legitimately injured party ...