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Old Man Murray Wikipedia Controversy Continues 173

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 13, 2011 @01:03PM from the start-to-crate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As discussed previously on slashdot, the Old Man Murray article was deleted from Wikipedia. After much controversy, the article has been restored. However, the debate to delete the article continues, with both deletionists and Old Man Murray fans swarming to the article."

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Old Man Murray Wikipedia Controversy Continues

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Here's the guy... (Score:2, Funny)

by DataDiddler ( 1994180 ) writes: on Sunday March 13, 2011 @01:21PM (#35472442)

... who led the charge to take down OMM from Wikipedia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g6eUC2_-RA&feature=player_embedded [youtube.com]. Yes, he talks about fire drills for a full fourteen minutes.

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That's what search is for. (Score:4, Funny)

by DeVilla ( 4563 ) writes: on Sunday March 13, 2011 @01:33PM (#35472558)

Here. [wikipedia.org] Note that it has material that may be challenged or removed as it does not cite any references or sources.

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Re:Wait, what? (Score:5, Funny)

by sjames ( 1099 ) writes: on Sunday March 13, 2011 @01:34PM (#35472580) Homepage Journal

Because the deletionists won't be happy until Wikipedia consists of nothing but an article on itself and vanity articles extolling the many virtues of the deletionists?

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Re:Wait, what? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday March 13, 2011 @01:35PM (#35472586)

Common sense isn't as common as the name would imply, so the deletionists deleted it.

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Re:Wait, what? (Score:4, Funny)

by argStyopa ( 232550 ) writes: on Sunday March 13, 2011 @01:52PM (#35472748) Journal

Clearly, we're running out of internets, and need to delete stuff to keep the drive clear for more "important" information.

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