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Earle Martin

4 Jul 2007 4 Jul '07

12:22 p.m.

http://xkcd.com/c285.html :) -- Earle Martin http://downlode.org/ http://purl.org/net/earlemartin/

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Jussi-Ville Heiskanen

4 Jul 4 Jul

12:48 p.m.

On 7/4/07, Earle Martin <wikipedia(a)downlode.org> wrote:

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http://xkcd.com/c285.html

Anyone want to take a bet that one of the presidential candidates will refer to wikipedia in the debates, in order to appear hip and with it? I'll bet a two six pack price (local currency) donation to the foundation, if somebody wants to take the other side, with a similar donation at stake (their local price of two six packs of beer). -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]

Zoney

2:48 p.m.

On 04/07/07, Earle Martin <wikipedia(a)downlode.org> wrote:

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http://xkcd.com/c285.html :) -- Earle Martin

It's a nonsense Wikipedia having this template in-line within articles anyway - either something is suspect and should be removed to the talk page, or else it's credible enough to leave in the text without a "ithinkthisisdubious" tag. Zoney -- ~()____) This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds...

geni

4:24 p.m.

On 7/4/07, Zoney <zoney.ie(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 04/07/07, Earle Martin <wikipedia(a)downlode.org> wrote:

http://xkcd.com/c285.html :) -- Earle Martin

Depends. If you think "that's interesting but I don't know it is true" what else are you meant to do? -- geni

James Farrar

5:26 p.m.

On 04/07/07, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 7/4/07, Zoney <zoney.ie(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On 04/07/07, Earle Martin <wikipedia(a)downlode.org> wrote:

http://xkcd.com/c285.html :) -- Earle Martin

Depends. If you think "that's interesting but I don't know it is true" what else are you meant to do?

I tend to use it to mean "I think this *is* true, but I can't find a citation after Googling".

Bryan Derksen

5:40 p.m.

Zoney wrote:

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Add this to your skin's custom CSS: .Template-Fact {display:none;} The template will vanish from sight and bother you no more. I've done something similar with the stub templates myself.

Adrian

6:53 p.m.

Bryan Derksen schrieb:

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Zoney wrote:

Add this to your skin's custom CSS: .Template-Fact {display:none;} The template will vanish from sight and bother you no more. I've done something similar with the stub templates myself.

Not having a strong opinion either way wrt to inline templates, but I believe the concerns are rather with the average reader who will see them anyway.

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