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Thank you for experimenting with the page John Marshall on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. NawlinWiki 18:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

As they say in the movies, "oh be-have". Seriously, though, we are trying to write an encyclopedia here, so don't make joke edits. Some readers looking for a serious article might not find them amusing. Remember, millions of people read Wikipedia, so we have to take what we do a bit seriously here. If you'd like to experiment with editing, try the sandbox, where you can write whatever you want (as long as it's not offensive). Maybe you should check out Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense. Netkinetic (t/c/@) 01:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC) Netkinetic (t/c/@) 01:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

If you were trying to write an encyclopedia, you would have things like peer review and publication standards. Those things give a sense of legitimacy that Wikipedia will never have.

[edit] Peer Review

Actually we have peer reviews. Visit Wikipedia:Peer review. We have article standards here. Also see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. SpencerT♦C 01:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The only standards are "Last dork on the computer gets to determine what the article says." That is why legitimate scholarship will never be open source.

Then why have major encyclopedia makers, such as Brockhouse, stopped having print editions? Because of wikipedia. [1] SpencerT♦C 11:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)