On 7/14/06, Rob gamaliel8@gmail.com wrote:
Nada. Ran a general search and then one on Ohio papers specifically. Also ran a search in NewsBank's America's Newspaper's database, which I find more useful than Lexis/Nexis for searching smaller regional newspapers. Nothing there either.
Kind of what I was figuring. There have been plenty of mentions of other memes in the traditional media, yet none on Peppers. Seems odd. How are we expexted to write an article on a subject that doesn't have corroboration in something other than internet sources? I mean, I know the name Gary Brolsma from offline sources. I know I have seen stuff on the Star Wars Kid and that German yelling kid offline as well. It's hard to believe something "this famous" would have no mention in newspapers, etc. I don't know. The WP:WEB guideline and WP:MEME (proposed) don't really give much help either. --LV