On 7/14/06, Rob <gamaliel8(a)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
So, since there's no source that isn't "and I read it on the
internets",
we can't have an article on him, because it's not verifiable.
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