[WikiEN-l] Elizabeth Smart

Thu Oct 30 19:39:21 UTC 2003

Daniel Mayer wrote:

>--- tarquin <tarquin at planetunreal.com> wrote:
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>>let's just get a grip and wipe the article.
>>take the long-term view -- will anyone remember this
>>in twenty years' time?
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>Maybe not outside of the US, but probably within it. I
>still vividly remember when Jessica McClure ("Baby
>Jessica") fell down that well in Texas in 1987. She
>should have an article too. 
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They are both ephemeral.
Children are abducted all over the world.
Just because the US media gave it so much coverage does not make it 
worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia which should be taking the 
long-term view.