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[shapinglight]

Still on the subject of the European elections, but on a lighter note - of course elections always bring out their share of -shall we say, eccentrics?

The most amusing IMO was The Roman Party. Ave!, the creation of Jean-Louis Pascual, of French Basque origin, now working as a bus driver in Reading. Apparently, he's been standing under that party banner in every election since 2006, and his platform consists of When in Rome, Do As the Romans Do (ie. integrate with the locals), and that's about it. I suppose his transport policy could possibly be, All Roads Lead to Rome?

Anyway, he polled over 5000 votes in the Euro elections, so it seems at least some people in the UK have hung on to their sense of humour.

That Wikipedia entry is slated for deletion, by the way, so look quickly if you're going to look at all.

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[ex_peasant441]

He was Euro candidate for the whole SE, not just Reading. Reading is miles from us and he was definitely on my ballot paper.

It's not gone yet, but there are the usual dismissive 'delete' comments on the deletion discussion page from the 'Wikipedians' (which means experienced account holders, some of whom seem to have it as their hobby to try to get as many articles as possible deleted). They always make me grind my teeth.

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I've never really gone too deeply in Wiki land. Looks a bit scary to me.

[ex_peasant441]

My experience of Wikipedia is that it is a wonderful thing that is revolutionising access to and the ownership of knowledge... and its much more enjoyable if you play quietly in your own corner and have nothing to do with anyone else.

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Like most things, then?