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Wikipedia: 20 articles earmarked for deletion

Submitted by newt on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 17:22
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Wikipedia owes its astonishing depth - 13 million articles and counting - to its policy of open-door collaboration. But that openness can be a mixed blessing.

Below we present 20 of the more bizarre and surprising articles flagged for deletion over the past few weeks, with extracts from the pages and some of reasons offered by moderators for why they should be erased.

1) Teddymandering
Extract: "The word 'Teddymandering' is a portmanteau of Senator Edward M. Kennedy's nickname, 'Teddy', and the verb 'gerrymandering'."
Reason for deletion: "Wikipedia is not for things made up one day."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6250515/Wiki...

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