FASHION Magazine
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As if! Kate’s wedding dress (a.k.a. the dress that changed our lives) is deemed “irrelevant” by Wikipedia
Photography by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images The very thought of debating whether or not Kate Middleton’s wedding dress was important seems ridiculous, but that’s exactly what happened when Wikipedia published an article entitled “Wedding Dress of Kate Middleton” the day of the royal wedding. It was immediately flagged for deletion, and Wikipedia contributors soon got in an uproar on the article’s “talk” page. They called the article trivial and irrelevant, one even going so far as to say:
“The sheer presence of this article is one of the lowest points ever reached by Wikipedia! What amazes me is that there’s acculturatede [sic] people (since the article was well written) who has such interests, and free time to lose to devoted themselves for such totally irrelevant arguments.”
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SNP’s word of the day: Blackout
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Blackout
Meaning(s): A regional or even wider-spread failure of electric power; an intentional shutting down of electric power to protect a region from air strikes; a loss of human consciousness; a loss of memory; a suspension of radio, TV, or internet communication.
Usage: “The blackout started at 12:00 a.m. Eastern time (5:00 a.m. GMT) on Wednesday morning and will last until 12:00 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday (also 5:00 a.m. GMT).” — from the National Post‘s excellent summary of SOPA and STOP SOPA action