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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Started conversation Apr 10, 2013
Entry: UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams - A87790981
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni - U1590784
This is an update of
A292880 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
U115906 PTVroman
Explanation: I accidentally stumbled upon this Guide Entry from 2000 while messing around for the Post.
The first sentence read, 'The Straight Dope is a question-and-answer column written by a man called Cecil Adams.' I'm a big fan of that site, so I thought there was a bit more to the story than that.
It was either complain to Editorial Feedback, or update the entry. So I've written this.
All the original copy is there, but with additions and links.
I hope Cecil will be pleased with his new h2g2 treatment.
A87790981 - UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 13, 2013
A87790981 - UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Apr 13, 2013
Your link to "the website" does not bring us to a "Straight Dope" website. Instead it takes to someone else's website which speculates on what Cecil Adams looks like.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 13, 2013
Thanks, Gnomon! That was a slip of the cut-and-paste. Fixed now, I hope.
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minorvogonpoet Posted Apr 27, 2013
Interesting. Cecil Adams sounds like a person who ought to be writing for h2g2, or perhaps is.
There doesn't seem to be any evidence that he's a real person. He could be a whole team of busy researchers swotting up the answers to readers' questions. Now that sounds like a good job.
A87790981 - UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 27, 2013
It does, doesn't it?
That's my guess, MVP. The reason for the update was my shock at seeing that we were acting as if Cecil's identity wasn't in question.
A87790981 - UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Apr 27, 2013
I'm Cecil Adams, and so is my wife!
A87790981 - UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 27, 2013
A87790981 - UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
Bluebottle Posted Jul 2, 2013
Are there any more comments about this update, which adds a lot of information to the original, very short entry?
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A87790981 - UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Oct 24, 2013
I think we forgot about this one? Is it ready to be processed?
A87790981 - UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Oct 26, 2013
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h2g2 Guide Editors Posted Oct 26, 2013
Update applied to A292880
Dmitri added to author list
Update removed from PR
Update PR thread logged at A292880
Date of update put at the beginning of A292880
Updated the relevant Trello card
h2g2 Eds (GB)
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Peer Review: A87790981 - UPDATE: 'The Straight Dope' by Cecil Adams
- 1: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Apr 10, 2013)
- 2: h5ringer (Apr 13, 2013)
- 3: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Apr 13, 2013)
- 4: Gnomon - time to move on (Apr 13, 2013)
- 5: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Apr 13, 2013)
- 6: minorvogonpoet (Apr 27, 2013)
- 7: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Apr 27, 2013)
- 8: Gnomon - time to move on (Apr 27, 2013)
- 9: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Apr 27, 2013)
- 10: Bluebottle (Jul 2, 2013)
- 11: SashaQ - happysad (Oct 3, 2013)
- 12: Lanzababy - Guide Editor (Oct 24, 2013)
- 13: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Oct 26, 2013)
- 14: h2g2 Guide Editors (Oct 26, 2013)
- 15: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 27, 2013)
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