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Anyone with suggested changes to Greg Nickel's wikipedia page?

Posted by golob | October 30, 2006 12:46 PM
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Better headline:

Barnett Fails to Read Own Blog

Keep up the good work, Erica.

Posted by A Nony Mouse | October 30, 2006 12:51 PM
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Baseless accusation, ECB, but you bring up a good point about the manipulability of Wikipedia. It's information is being manipulated more and more for political purposes.

Posted by Gomez | October 30, 2006 1:35 PM
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I am sure Cary Moon is hard at work rewiting the Wikipedia page as we speak. Yawn...

Posted by tunnel please | October 30, 2006 2:01 PM
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At this point I have a hard time believing anyone is relying on Wikipedia for accurate, unbiased information. Isn't the "Wisdom of Crowds" fad dead yet?

Posted by Orv | October 30, 2006 2:38 PM
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There's very little truly unbiased information of any kind, Orv, not even in published tomes. Wikipedia can certainly provide a starting point for further research, but I agree that using it as a hard source is folly.

Posted by Gomez | October 30, 2006 2:45 PM
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erica, the person who made the edits actually did you a favor. a six-lane alaskan way sounds somewhat benign. try telling commuters that you're going to route 110,000+ (i added the + because this city's population isn't going to magically shrink) vehicles through downtown or I-5 & support will likely decline... because it doesn't make any sense for longe-range traffic planning.

whoever made the edits is still more credible than the PWC.

Posted by jason | October 30, 2006 3:18 PM
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Wikiality, biznatches!

Posted by Stephen | October 30, 2006 4:32 PM
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Having just driven the Alaskan Way Viaduct both ways today, and revelled in the glorious views, I sure ain't looking to be trapped in that cold underwater tunnel any time soon.

Posted by Will in Seattle | October 30, 2006 5:12 PM

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