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Wikipedia has a notice for this?

Post by 697134002 » 17 Nov 2011, 18:26

I was browsing wikipedia today and came across a page, the topic of which was in yesterday's xkcd.

xkcd: http://www.xkcd.com/978/

Wikipedia page:
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Re: Wikipedia has a notice for this?

Post by Eddietester1066 » 17 Nov 2011, 18:56

But the wikipedia article is missing his most notable achievement, the invention of the scroll lock key!
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Re: Wikipedia has a notice for this?

Post by Lord_Mountbatten » 17 Nov 2011, 18:59

Good thing it has the notice to xkcd visitors stating that he didn't then.

(Look closer at the top.)
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Re: Wikipedia has a notice for this?

Post by Eddietester1066 » 17 Nov 2011, 19:49

Lord_Mountbatten wrote:Good thing it has the notice to xkcd visitors stating that he didn't then.

(Look closer at the top.)
Curses! The wily rats are on to us!

Oddly, I did see that notice the first time I looked at the page. You know, the one all by itself, in a colored box, with bold type. Double checking the page, I find the notice as been once again removed. Looks like /b type foolishness is afoot...
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Re: Wikipedia has a notice for this?

Post by 697134002 » 17 Nov 2011, 20:03

Eddietester1066 wrote:
Lord_Mountbatten wrote:Good thing it has the notice to xkcd visitors stating that he didn't then.

(Look closer at the top.)
Curses! The wily rats are on to us!

Oddly, I did see that notice the first time I looked at the page. You know, the one all by itself, in a colored box, with bold type. Double checking the page, I find the notice as been once again removed. Looks like /b type foolishness is afoot...
The reason it was removed:
(cur | prev) 00:18, 18 November 2011‎ Geni (Talk | contribs)‎ (29,860 bytes) (Its semi protected and we don't use notices like that no matter how anoying the XKCD people are)
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