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

[Jonathan Lighter]

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.

  JL

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This "Windy City" entry to the Wikipedia ("Wackypedia" to some) was just
added, March 18-22:
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_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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