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Yknow, I couldn't find what Joan CollinS was talking about. I found no mention of Lowe in the article going back a few revisions... The Cavalry (Message me) 23:23, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

That's because the problem was in NNDB's page on her, not in our article (which has apparently never claimed she dated Lowe). See Talk:Joan Collins#Arthur Lowe for details. --Avenue (talk) 23:51, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

• Dating myself here, but as a fan of the Encyclopedia Brown books growing up, I didn't know whether to cringe or laugh at that (very cheesy) Wikipedia Brown program! This simple parody mimics the books pretty well, on the other hand. sonia♫ 00:34, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

• I completely understand the idea of not granting undue weight to fringe theories, but for September 11 attacks to avoid even so much as a "See also" link to 9/11 conspiracy theories is ridiculous. I don't support such ideas—I detest them, in fact—but to hide them away as though they're a completely insignificant phenomenon is misguided at best. The fact that they're not even mentioned in the September 11 attacks template is even more outrageous.—tktktk 02:25, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

• {{September 11 attacks}} has been subject to some edit-warring over the inclusion of such a link; and if that continues the matter should certainly be going into dispute resolution, given that the argument on the template's Talk page is about preference not policy, as far as I can see. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:48, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
  • NPOV is not a matter of preference. Gigs (talk) 14:17, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

• Ugh. the logo redesign. That fiasco was one of the worst episodes in Wikipedia's history. It was an early example of the Foundation's willingness to make unilateral decisions in back rooms (physical or virtual) while ignoring or glossing over community feedback. That's becoming a routine annual or semi-annual event here. The Foundation now has a history and just making changes, giving half-ass lip-service to user feedback, and ignoring contrary opinion until it dies away. The old logo still looks better, by the way. Jason Quinn (talk) 17:34, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

• I think this years anniversary of attacks was much happier than ever. Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 23:36, 13 September 2011 (UTC)