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The Battle Over Candidates' Wikipedia Entries

MrByte420 writes "The New York Times today has a story (stupid reg required) about the particpants of Wikipedia editing Bush and Kerry's entries in the days leading up to the U.S. Elections. With admins locked in philosophical debate over whether to lock the page down, others asked, "Could someone get rid of the middle-finger screen cap that's replaced the image above 'The Bush family watches tee-ball on the White House lawn'?""

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  1. Re:Dear Bush Supporters by zulux · · Score: 1, Troll

    If you want a preview, ask the citizens who have been our allies for decades what they think of our President.


    We'll that depends. I respect the opinions of your average Canadian or Australian. But I hold the opinions of Germans, Frenchmen and Russians generally in low regard. They're not exactly good judges of leaders. After all they and their leaders, though acts of war, mass-murder and colonialism have managed to kill millions of people of the last 100 years.

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    Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.