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MINNEAPOLIS - When the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed, John Warkel heard about it on the radio while sitting at his computer. The Eagan, Minn., high schooler wasn't sure which bridge was at the center of the Aug. 1 tragedy, so he did a Web search. He ended up at a familiar site, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org).

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guy
Tells the moving story of how a boy at high school stayed up all night to improve the Wikipedia article about a bridge collapse so people wouldn't have to rely on news web sites. The worrying thing is the journalist regards this as a community service.
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QUOTE(guy @ Sun 2nd September 2007, 10:50am) *

Tells the moving story a pile of saccharine crap of how a boy at high school stayed up all night to improve the Wikipedia article about a bridge collapse so people wouldn't have to rely on news web sites. The worrying thing is the journalist regards this as a community service.


Edited for accuracy.
guy
QUOTE(Unrepentant Vandal @ Sun 2nd September 2007, 10:54am) *

Edited for accuracy.

Some people can't detect sarcasm.
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