"Windy" gets "Wiki"/"Wacky" ("Windy City" makes "Wikipedia"/"Wackypedia")

[Wilson Gray]

Yeah, Barry. It's time to start kicking some ass. I once made a change to a
W-pedia cite simply because, IMO, its syntax made it harder to understand
than was necessary. To quote an old R&B sound: "Ev'rybody's doin' it. Now,
why ain't you?"

-Wilson

On 3/29/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Barry, get yourself a Wackypedia screen name and revise away !  If any
> second-guessers ask "Who's this Popik character ?" I will jump in with my
> own existing screen name and tell 'em where to get off.
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>   JL
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> This "Windy City" entry to the Wikipedia ("Wackypedia" to some) was just
> added, March 18-22:
> ...
> _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy_City%2C_Origin_of_Name_%28Chicago%29_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy_City,_Origin_of_Name_(Chicago))
> ...
> Like the online Encyclopedia of Chicago, this online entry continues to
> use
> the 1885 citation that I discovered ages ago. It fails to point out my
> 1876
> "Windy City" citations, and that every single early "Windy City" citation
> comes
> from the city of CIncinnati (specifically, the Cincinnati Enquirer).
> ...
> Maybe one day I'll get credit for my old work, and maybe one day someone
> will use my newer work, it's only been ten years...
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