I don't read the whole mailing list all the time so this may have already been discussed to death... but everyone _did_ see the IMHO hysterically funny article in The Onion,

"Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence?"

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50902

"Subheadings include 'Origins Of Colonial Discontent,' 'Some Famous Guys In Wigs And Three-Cornered Hats,' and 'Christmastime In Gettysburg.' It also features detailed maps of the original colonies— including Narnia." ... "Founder Wales, a closeted homosexual and hot- dog freak, according to his user-edited bio on the site..."

"On July 25, 1256, delegates gathered at Comerica Park to sign the Declaration Of Independence, which rejected the rule of the British over its 15 coastal North American colonies," reads an excerpt from the entry. "Little did such founding fathers as George Washington, George Jefferson, and ***ERIC IS A FAG*** know that their small, querulous republic would later become the most powerful and prosperous nation in history, the Unified States Of America."