# Diebold deletes Diebold-critical material from Wikipedia **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 14, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602 "2007-08-14T20:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/21 "2007-08-16T15:12:11Z")
Heh, fair enough! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/22 "2007-08-16T15:28:07Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] . . . . Looks like somebody from the UN called the late Orianna Falacci a “racist whore”. > **[Oriana Fallaci](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=38791682)** > > Oriana Fallaci (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Italian: \[oˈrjaːna falˈlaːtʃi\]; 29 June 1929 – 15 September 2006) was an Italian journalist and author. As a teenager she joined the Italian resistance movement during World War II, and later had a long and successful journalistic career. Fallaci became famous worldwide for her coverag... [/QUOTE] Isn’t this true? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/23 "2007-08-21T16:49:45Z")
[Relevant article.](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/hard_to_tell_if_wikipedia) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/24 "2007-08-21T18:15:46Z")
Now I remember why I stopped posting for so long. This thread died last week, and you bumped it for an Onion article? Whats the matter, not enough threads started by you on the front page? You have 9 (of 50) on the front page of GD. Isn’t that enough? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/25 "2007-08-21T18:21:40Z")
What do you care how many threads **BG** starts? If no one wants to participate, it sinks below the Google ad horizon toot sweet. And if people do want to particpate, well, thats what we’re here for, no? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/26 "2007-08-21T18:41:49Z")
It did “sink below the Google ad horizon”, and it got bumped for, of all things, an Onion article. Relevant? On what planet? It’s the Onion, for God’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/27 "2007-08-21T18:46:40Z")
So what? Does it create a suction vortex that drags you in against your will? What do you care? And why doesn’t anyone else seem to? ---
**Author:** ![netsplit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@netsplit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netsplit)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/28 "2007-08-21T19:28:45Z")
I’m sure this wiki article could shed some light on **Airman\_Doors USAF** ’s objections. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airman\_Doors%2C\_USAF](http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Airman_Doors%2C_USAF) ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/29 "2007-08-21T23:39:09Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] It did “sink below the Google ad horizon”, and it got bumped for, of all things, an Onion article. Relevant? On what planet? It’s the Onion, for God’s sake. [/QUOTE] On the planet where we enjoy a laugh every now and again. Lighten up. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/30 "2007-08-22T00:07:55Z")
Right. It’s only when I post something that it’s bullshit. Otherwise it’s funny or insightful, or some other justification. Once more I find myself not among the “cool kids”. Whatever shall I do with myself? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/31 "2007-08-22T00:24:51Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] …Once more I find myself not among the “cool kids”. Whatever shall I do with myself? [/QUOTE] We’ve already got a Grumpy. Maybe Sleepy? Or Doc? Bashful is _right out!_ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/32 "2007-08-22T00:36:44Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] As long as anyone can edit an article then you can never have [del]Fair and Balanced[/del] objective and accurate information. [/QUOTE] I disagree, and would go so far as to say it is the \*only \* way to have objective and accurate information. No one person can be entrusted to guard the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602/33 "2007-08-22T01:40:52Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] Right. It’s only when I post something that it’s bullshit. Otherwise it’s funny or insightful, or some other justification. Once more I find myself not among the “cool kids”. Whatever shall I do with myself? [/QUOTE] Lighten up man. I dont think anyone here is taking it so seriously. Dont keep this up and make me call [the waaambulance](http://www.resinatedplates.com/steve/humor/wambulance.jpg)! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diebold-deletes-diebold-critical-material-from-wikipedia/415602.md?page=1)