Semi-OT: Wikipedia's "Big Apple" vandalized again

[Barry Popik]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Apple
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Wikipedia's "Big Apple" entry is a mess, but at least it's been a
constant mess for the past two months--something of a Wikipedia
record. The "French whore" theory hasn't been brought up for some
time. I checked it again; who knows, maybe someone added "Big Onion"
nonsense.
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The first "Big Apple" line used to read:
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>>The "Big Apple" is a nickname or moniker for New York City used by
New Yorkers. (Not others?--B.P.) Its popularity since the 1970s is due
to a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitor's
(sic) Bureau.
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The new, improved-just-yesterday first "Big Apple" line now reads:
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>>The "Big Apple" is a nickname or moniker for New York City used by
New Yorkers. Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a promotional
campaign by the New York Convention and toss pot house.
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"Toss pot"--according to the Urban Dictionary--means "masturbation."
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Wikipedia, where any seven-year-old can vandalize any entry at any
time. Ain't Wikipedia great?

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