[Wikinews-l] Wikinews-l Digest, Vol 22, Issue 1

[Craig Franklin]

The project is SERIOUS BUSINESS.

Seriously, if anyone is reading Wiki(blank) on April 1 and actually believes 
that George W. Bush was the frontman of Poison for six weeks, then falling 
for an April Fools' joke is probably the least of their worries.

Regards,

Craig Franklin
PO Box 764
Ashgrove, Q, 4060
Australia
http://www.halo-17.net - Australia's Favourite Source of Indie Music, Art, 
and Culture.


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> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:50:39 -0500
> From: "Nicholas Moreau" <nicholasmoreau at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Wikinews-l] Date-specific vandalism
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> I think there should be a policy immediately adopted for all language
> Wikipedias, against non-legitimate articles on any day of the year,
> including so called "April Fools Days". While I'm not against humour, they
> stand to serve no purpose to the project.
>
> This is in regards to hoax news stories on the Catalan and Spanish
> Wikinewses.
>
> Nick