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Philip Roth

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 4:16 am
by The End
Author Philip Roth has died.

Remember his battle with Wikipedia over "The Human Stain?"

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-tu ... -wikipedia

Re: Philip Roth

Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 12:21 am
by ericbarbour
PS our little monster Cirt/Sagecandor tried to nominate it for Good Article last year, and failed. Ha ha.

This embarrassed Wikipedia tremendously. Yet there's nothing left of it but the screechfest on the talkpages, and the mess of the edit history. If that disappears, it will be totally forgotten. Like most Wiki scandals.

I mean, really now.....
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(cur | prev) 16:38, 20 August 2012‎ Parkwells (talk | contribs)‎ . . (5,399 bytes) (+28)‎ . . (c/e) (undo)
(cur | prev) 16:35, 20 August 2012‎ Parkwells (talk | contribs)‎ . . (5,371 bytes) (+645)‎ . . (add more on comparison with Broyard) (undo)
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(cur | prev) 16:07, 20 August 2012‎ 166.147.72.32 (talk)‎ . . (4,762 bytes) (-640)‎ . . (Once again, I removed the reference to Anatole Broyard. It is wholly inaccurate and therefore pointless. I am Roth's biographer, and have removed it at his request.) (undo)
(cur | prev) 15:48, 20 August 2012‎ Jprg1966 (talk | contribs)‎ . . (5,402 bytes) (+640)‎ . . (Reverted 1 edit by 166.147.72.21 (talk): Can you verify that? (TW)) (undo)
(cur | prev) 15:47, 20 August 2012‎ 166.147.72.21 (talk)‎ . . (4,762 bytes) (-640)‎ . . (I have removed the reference to Anatole Broyard, at Philip Roth's insistence. I am his biographer.) (undo)