[WikiEN-l] good example of overuse of {{fact}}
Jimmy Wales
jwales at wikia.com
Sun Oct 15 15:20:17 UTC 2006
the wub wrote:
> Addressing the example - this IS a (possibly the most) widely propagated
> example of political correctness gone mad in the UK. Just google for
> "blackboard political correctness". However I can't for the life of me find
> the original story that led to this (if there was one in the first place)
Precisely. It has all the flavor of an urban legend. I found many many
messageboard posts which claimed it as fact, but no one seems to have a
source. Perhaps it is true, after all, but the initial evidence seems
to suggest otherwise.
--Jimbo
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