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In honor of the SOPA and PIPA blackout - top '#Irish Facts Without Wikipedia'


A canny Irish radio host took advantage of a Twitter hastag #factswithoutwikipedia on Wednesday and asked his fans to come up with “#Irish Facts Without Wikipedia”. The Twitter frenzy was all in honor of the Stop Online Piracy Act ...

January 19, 2012 by KATE HICKEY 1

New York’s Timothy Dolan praised as Vatican copies cardinal’s bios from Wikipedia


Parishioners offered cookies, flowers, cards, prayers, and even a supply of beer to Archbishop Timothy Dolan over the weekend, to celebrate his elevation to cardinal, the New York Times reports. ...

January 10, 2012 by ANTOINETTE KELLY 3

Chris Drury biography on Wikipedia


Christopher Drury (born August 20, 1976) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently the captain of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drury is a Hobey Baker Award-winner with Boston Unive ...

February 21, 2010 by Sean O'Shea 0
Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen: the only time this actor has been "dead"

Robert Pattinson death hoax inspires Wikipedia security change


British heartthrob Robert Pattinson follows in the footsteps of Irish-American George Clooney as the latest celebrity to fall victim to false death claims, inspiring popular Web site Wikipedia to tighten controls on its articles. ...

August 27, 2009 by ANTOINETTE KELLY 0
An Irish college student used Wikipedia to show the media's untrustworthy reliance on the Internet

Irish student uses Wikipedia to fool international media


A 22-year-old Irish college student posted a phony quote on deceased French composer Maurice Jarré’s Wikipedia entry for a sociology project, and inadvertently fooled the world’s media. ...

May 07, 2009 by FRIEDA KLOTZ 0
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