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chris Posted: 08.12.2004, 13:31

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Wikipedia is an extensive online encyclopedia. What makes it different is anybody can add to it or edit it.
Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall
I was suitably impreesed with just how much information is there. However, there are still lots of omissions. Have a go, you might even like it.
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nxylas Posted: 08.12.2004, 16:52



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Yeah, but the entry on Devon has been pretty much taken over by the Celtic Devon brigade and is highly biased towards their agenda. I think the moderators let them get away with it because they don't know any better. If someone goes on there to say that the Earth is flat or the Holocaust never happened, that can be squashed immediately, but more subtle distortions of history can slip under the radar.
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chris Posted: 08.12.2004, 17:29

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Nxylas, I see your point. Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it here!
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nxylas Posted: 08.12.2004, 20:03



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"chris_l"Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it here!


I don't see why not. Best to get these things out in the open. I forgot to mention the battles I had with them on the Wessex page to stop them erasing any reference to Devon even being part of Thomas Hardy's literary Wessex, let alone the real thing.
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troll Posted: 08.12.2004, 20:17



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They're rather rude in the section about the Cornish artist - the Apex Twin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drukqs
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xxxxxx Posted: 08.12.2004, 20:41



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Well have you heard his "music"?
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troll Posted: 08.12.2004, 21:21



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To it's mixed would be an understatement.
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chris Posted: 17.12.2004, 22:10

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Good argument going on at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cornwall
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Fulub-le-Breton Posted: 09.02.2005, 12:37

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Well i have been doing a bit of wiki editing but i think i have done a terrible job especially with my contributions on Cornish Sports, Food and other culture. Someone please take over!

Cornwall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall
Constitutional status of Cornwall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_status_of_Cornwall
Cornish nationalists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_nationalist


Additionally a wiki editor who goes by the name of "QuartierLatin1968" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:QuartierLatin1968 is looking for a proficient Cornish speaker to help edit the Cornish language version of Wikipedia.

http://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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troll Posted: 09.02.2005, 19:54



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Have added slightly to the page with some info about rugby and punctuation fixes.
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Fulub-le-Breton Posted: 10.02.2005, 15:27

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Good, good
If its all true, well done!
You get one red star (very socialist ya know) for effort.
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DywGenes Posted: 10.02.2005, 17:50



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Is there anything on Wikipedia about the Duchy of Cornwall or the Duke and Duchess ? When was the Duchy formed and how did they obtain the land.....I can guess !!
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Fulub-le-Breton Posted: 10.02.2005, 18:13

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Yup its there under Duchy of Cornwall.
but there is room for improvement, eg the change from Earldom to Duchy, one body of governance to another (private estate to provide an income, yeah right!)
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troll Posted: 10.02.2005, 19:30



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"Fulub-le-Breton"Good, good
If its all true, well done!
You get one red star (very socialist ya know) for effort.


I want hard cash or nothing! I missed out on being a Thatcher's child by a week and want to make up for it.
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Masterclass Posted: 10.02.2005, 22:59



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(does happy dance)

Oh, hang on...
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