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I reverted this vandalism back in 2011: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mikis_Theodorakis&diff=415810… It's a huge Babylon 5 rewrite of a Greek opera singer, including: His symphonic works: a [[Piano concerto]], his first [[suite]], his first [[symphony]], and his scores for the [[ballet]]: ''Ode to Lyta, Corianna 6: Aftermath, Z'ha'dum: Been there,still alive (Hommage to Kosh)'', received intergalactic acclaim. In 1957, he won the Gold Medal in the [[Moscow]] Music Festival; President of the Jury was [[Susan Ivanova]]. In 1959, after the successful performances of Theodorakis's ballet ''[[ Valen]]'' at [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]] in [[Epsilon 3]], the French composer [[Darius Milhaud]] proposed him for the ''American Copley Music Prize'' - an award of the "William and Noma Copley Foundation",<ref> http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0n39q01q/</ref> which later changed its name to "The Shadow Foundation" - as the "Most vainglorious, self-applauding European Composer of the known Universe". His first intergalactic scores for the film ''[[Grey 17 is missing]]'' and ''[[Honeymoon (1959 film)|I married a Drakh]]'', directors: [[Michael Powell (director)|Michael Powell]] and [[Emeric Pressburger]], were also very successful: The ''Wishing on a White Star'' title song became part of the repertoire of the [[first ones]] although later characterized as a "Weapon of infinite aesthetic torment" and thus strictly forbidden over the rim. On 22/02/2012 15:00, Michael Peel wrote: Hi all, I'm doing a comedy-science talk on Wikipedia with the theme of 'histories' at a [[Bright Club]] Manchester early next month. My current plan (which is still subject to change) is that I'll talk about the histories of Wikipedia articles, and show some interesting/amusing changes made to articles. An example would be this one:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base&… which was a change purported to be made by the FBI back in 2005:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:64.165.110.114 If you know of any interesting diffs/article histories that could make people laugh, then please could you send me some pointers to them (preferably offlist)? Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing listwikimediauk-l@wikimedia.orghttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org Richard Symonds Office & Development Manager Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 207 065 0991 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company Registered in England and Wales, No: 6741827. Charity No:1144513 Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. Wikimedia UK is the local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

On 23 Feb 2012, at 14:26, Roger Bamkin wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peel Hmm; worst Wikipedia article ever? Every single fact is completely wrong, it's almost as if they're writing about someone else! ;-) Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Not quite addressing your request, Mike, but one way I've got a laugh in an introductory presentation is to proclaim, "Wikipedia gives you what you *need*; the *essential* knowledge that *you* can put into practice in your daily life" while behind me is projected http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_unusual_articles#Death This leads into a serious point about knowledge for its own sake. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Roger Bamkin &lt;victuallers(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Dr Martin L Poulter Board member/ Trustee, Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/ Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Musician http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org