Ever wondered how fast a page updates on wikipedia nowadays? It took all of three minutes after Roger Federer’s victory in the US Open for this to appear on his biography there:
In the 2007 US Open, Federer beat 3rd seed Novak Djokovic in the final in straight sets 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!.
And within the time it took me to copy and paste that extract, the offending exclamation had been removed. Clearly, there’s no such thing as too many editors.
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Andrew Sullivan was really impressed that you found this!
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/09/how-quicki-is-w.html
Good to know, thanks!
Not that I obsessively read all comments and links on my posts or anything . . .
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