# When was the first Cecil column on-line?

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**Created:** [February 16, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-cecil-column-on-line/392542 "2007-02-16T21:02:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-cecil-column-on-line/392542/1 "2007-02-16T21:02:41Z")

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The title says it all. And I hope this is the correct fora.

I know it was on the old AOL boards.

This question has arisen in a thread about an old Cecil column.

> **[Bill Clinton's name mud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=408632)**
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> http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_308.html When was this coda added? It seems dated & out of context.

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-cecil-column-on-line/392542/2 "2007-02-16T22:54:37Z")

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And while we’re at it, [sub]bump, bump[/sub] who decides what the content of the online columns will be? Is it Cecil? Ed? Someone else?

I ask because, if you check the linked thread, it’s obvious that the content changes from time-to-time without there being much editorial notation.