[WikiEN-l] Eternal Ephemeral

Thu Oct 30 19:43:18 UTC 2003

Ray Saintonge wrote:

> Articles about Jessica McClure, Bridey Murphey and [[Mike (headless 
> chicken)]]  are all perfectly appropriate. 

So what happens when readers from other countries write up articles on 
every single kidnap victim?
Do any UK writers wish to create articles on [[Milly Downling]], or the 
[[Soham girls]]? Both those cases got plenty of media coverage here.

> In science and technology there are any number of attempts that might 
> have worked but were superceded by a more practical idea that 
> wasdiscovered before the old plan could be put into operation.  Thus 
> the Collins International Telegraph Company scheme to lay a telegraph 
> wire from New York to London via Alaska and Siberia, quashed by the 
> undersea cable laid by the "Great Eastern".  Also the 1920s plan to 
> put a series of floating airports as refueling stops across the 
> Atlantic, which quickly lost its appeal after Lindbergh's famous flight.
>
Now *that* I would find interesting!