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The Brazilian National Museum burned down

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:26 pm
by ericbarbour
And Wikimedia used it for publicity. And it worked.
https://www.cnet.com/news/wikipedia-see ... useum-fire
https://observer.com/2018/09/brazil-nat ... wikipedia/

Currently on the front page of Reddit is this thread, complete with the top comment "I love Wikipedia. What an awesome idea."
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comm ... artifacts/

Re: The Brazilian National Museum burned down

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:27 pm
by ericbarbour
Meanwhile, the Guardian is still posting snivelling Jimbo-Luv.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ight-truth

Re: The Brazilian National Museum burned down

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:19 am
by sashi
Tate replaces museum curators with Wikipedia (GD ยง)