[WikiEN-l] Sourcing popular culture items

Fri Nov 10 16:16:50 UTC 2006

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From: Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax at gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:22:43 +1030
To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Sourcing "popular culture" items

Anthony wrote:
> > I'm going to copy the article here, just so we're all on the same page
> > in case it was deleted or edited or something:
> >
> > ----
> > '''Jellica Marie Mateo''' (Born April 10, 1983) also known as
> > '''"Jeli"''', is a [[Philippine Idol]] Finalist for the show's first
> > season.
>
> {{nn-bio}}, in the English speaking world anyway. What speakers of
> Filipino think of her is entirely up to them, and should have nothing to
> do with what we think of her. Unless they can come up with something
> better than "Aww she so cute"...

The fact that we can say "nn-bio" on someone who was on a well-known
television show is scary to me.

-Jeff

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