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would be an ''excellent'' article. It could explicitly mention Examples of Bias in Wikipedia, rant about undetected vandalism and inaccuracies, and generally appear juvenile, irrational, and anti-intellectual. [[User:Linus M.|Geekman314]]<sup>([[User talk:Linus M.|contact me]])</sup> 16:21, 14 March 2007 (EDT)
would be an ''excellent'' article. It could explicitly mention Examples of Bias in Wikipedia, rant about undetected vandalism and inaccuracies, and generally appear juvenile, irrational, and anti-intellectual. [[User:Linus M.|Geekman314]]<sup>([[User talk:Linus M.|contact me]])</sup> 16:21, 14 March 2007 (EDT)
== New Jersey bias in Wikipedia ==
247 Wikipedians self-identify as [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Wikipedians_in_New_Jersey&until=User+New+Jersey Wikipedians in New Jersey. 196 self-identify as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_Pennsylvania Wikipedians in Pennsylvania]. The ratio of New Jerseyan to Pennsylvanians on Wikipedia is 5:4. But according to a poll conducted by the U. S. Census Bureau, the number of people living in New Jersey is 8,414,350, while the number living in Pennsylvania is 12,281,054, a ratio of 2:3. (5/4) / (2/3) = 1.875, leading to the conclusion that
Wikipedia is 87.5% more New Jerseyan than America as a whole.
Critics charge that New Jersey bias is pervasive throughout Wikipedia.
*Wikipedia's article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesesteak Cheesesteak] alleges that the rolls used by Pat's Steaks in Philadelphia are made by a bakery in Glassboro, New Jersey.
*Due to the mob rule of New Jerseyans, a wildly disportionate amount of Wikipedia's article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Island#Relationship_to_New_York_and_New_Jersey Liberty Island] is devoted to the wild and exaggerated claims of New Jersey boosters, including false assertions that its proper street address is One Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City; that maps show it as being on the New Jersey side of the New York/New Jersey boundary; and that it is much closer to Jersey City than it is to New York. [[User:dpbsmith|Dpbsmith's evil twin]] 09:00, 15 March 2007 (EDT)