[WikiEN-l] WP:V strikes again!

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Wed May 13 15:49:04 UTC 2009


2009/5/13 Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm not sure this poem can be taken as a reliable source that he is
>> 58, but it most certainly can't be taken as any kind of source that he
>> is 40. It is quite clear that the poem isn't intended to be taken
>> seriously.
>>
>
> I was very tempted to edit the Frazier article to change his birthyear
> with this poem as a source, just to see whether the editors of that
> article are mindless WP:V/RS drones. But then I realized that, as
> salutary an example as that might be, it would be climbing a pointy
> government building.

Well done for showing restraint! You made the right decision.



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