[WikiEN-l] Hello world! (was "Hello world?")

[Anthony]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Sam Blacketer <sam.blacketer at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have to report that I always believed the confusion over Jimmy Wales'
> birthdate to be a covert and ingenious attempt to demonstrate to the
> community the need to use the facts given in reliable sources, and not to
> prefer what might be honestly expressed views but which are not supported by
> reliable sources.

I don't know about ingenious.  Anyone who knows Wales and his
predilection for making misleading statements which are nonetheless
literally true (a la a hero/heroine in an Ayn Rand novel) would have
figured out what he was doing quite readily.  And then admonished for
not "assuming good faith" when they pointed it out.