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cloudfudge
62 days ago
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Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Kirk's wikipedia page is currently abuzz with edits and reversions of those edits, many of which are pronouncing him dead.
rkomorn
62 days ago
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I'm convinced there are people whose first thought when someone dies is to race to update Wikipedia for some definition of clout.
I find it weird, at best.
FergusArgyll
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiJackal
rossant
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TIL there's a term for this! I've always been quite troubled by this propensity some people have to be the first to report the death of someone famous.
rkomorn
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Makes sense!
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