Re: Mystery!

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The parts of that article where sportswriters try to explain how the Intarweb works makes my head hurt.


Posted by: Magpie | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 6:22 PM
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makes


Posted by: Magpie | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 6:23 PM
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So creepy. McMahon has a great alibi: he was dead at the time.


Posted by: FL | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 6:25 PM
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Did the bodies still have their braaaaains? If so, probably not McMahon.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 6:51 PM
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Damn, LB, that cracked me up then made me feel guilty for laughing.


Posted by: FL | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 6:55 PM
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I don't think y'all are appreciating how weird this is.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 9:17 PM
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We're just mesmerized by the pecs in the post below.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 9:29 PM
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It is weird, and actually makes me interested in following this story for the first time. I love murder-mysteries.


Posted by: Brock Landers | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 9:33 PM
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The 12:01 AM timestamp seems like it might indicate a Wikipedia bug.


Posted by: DonBoy | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 9:38 PM
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Oddly, when I looked on wikipedia, the relevant change seemed to have happened at 4:01am. But I'm not going to look it up again.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 9:39 PM
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Oh, and someone changed it back pretty quickly, so unless both were misstamped, which is unlikely, I don't think it was a bug.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 9:41 PM
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All I can think is that maybe he texted someone saying 'my wife has died'... but I can't get from there to editing the wikipage.


Posted by: Cala | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 9:42 PM
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He did send some text messages before he died, but none, as far as we know, mentioned his wife dying.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 9:45 PM
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12: he texted the "wrong number," knowing that the "unintended" recipient would wikipedia the story, mucking up the investigation.

Wait. Wait. I watched Dial M for Murder last night. It's clouding my analysis.


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 9:47 PM
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Presumably, a subpoena to Wikimedia and the user ID's ISP will clear this up, right?


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 06-28-07 11:07 PM
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I bet y'all a dollar that someone doesn't understand the concept of time zones.


Posted by: Hamilton Lovecraft | Link to this comment | 06-29-07 12:48 AM
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16: Bingo.


Posted by: NCProsecutor | Link to this comment | 06-29-07 5:20 AM
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Huh. Someone with the same IP apparently posted in a WikiNews discussion, saying he/she had posted an unsubstantiated rumor, and that its truth was pure coincidence.

Incidentally, the edit said only that Benoit's wife was dead, not murdered or any other details. Since she was also a wrestling personality, I imagine this is something Dame Rumor could have come up with unaided.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 06-29-07 5:40 AM
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Potentially relevant information


Posted by: Spambot | Link to this comment | 06-29-07 10:03 AM
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