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Error in Wikipedia entry?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:06 am
by Coops
What's wrong with this Wikipedia entry?
Magnum seemingly lives a dream (but, in fact a pseudo-dream lifestyle): he comes and goes as he pleases, works only when he wants to, has the almost unlimited use of a Ferrari 308 GTS as well as many other of Robin Masters’ luxuries. He keeps a mini-fridge with a seemingly endless supply of Old Dusseldorf Beer, is seemingly surrounded by countless beautiful women (who are often his clients or victims in the cases he solves), and enjoys adventures with his two buddies, both former U.S. Marines he served with in VM-02 (a Marine Observation Squadron operating in Bắc Thái Tỉnh, Vietnam) during the Vietnam War.
Hmmmm...?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:11 am
by J.J. Walters
There ain't no endless supply of Old Dusselfdorf on the islands! They are very hard to come by!
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:22 pm
by Jodykmg365
Ok, TM was in the Navy, that much I know. Were Rick and T.C. not in the marines?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:13 pm
by Coops
James J. Walters wrote:There ain't no endless supply of Old Dusselfdorf on the islands! They are very hard to come by!
Yep. I went in there and made the corrections. We all should storm the Wikipedia entry and make it 100% correct and look really cool.
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:33 pm
by MPS
Okay, at the risk of sounding like a complete moron, doesn't Wikipedia require contributors to: (1) register and (2) have some minimal level of expertise to post or correct an article?
Not that Coops or James or ..........(fill in the name of most M-M members) doesn't have the knowledge. Just wondering.
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:44 pm
by Coops
No, anyone can edit it. Some subjects or articles require getting an account to edit but most articles don't.
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:02 pm
by MPS
Who knew? I tried to correct an article on my grad school advisor once and couldn't. At least not without (I thought) jumping through a lot of hoops.
Just think, a new way to squander my time
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:37 pm
by IKnowWhatYoureThinking
Coops is the beer of choice on the islands.
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:29 pm
by Coops
The ladies love Coops!
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:35 am
by Carmen
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:14 pm
by Miss Q
can you post the link for this reference?
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:00 pm
by Sam
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:55 pm
by J.J. Walters
Speaking of Wikipedia, I was just reading the
Higgins page and came across something very interesting:
Wikipedia wrote:Higgins is loosely based on James Bond creator Ian Fleming:
- Both were born into distinguished families of Scottish descent
- Both left Sandhurst, the British officers academy, before graduation
- Both served in the British military during World War II with careers focused on intelligence and special operations
- Both retired to tropical estates after retiring from military service
- Both (if rumors are to be believed) wrote a series of lurid adventure novels loosely based on their own experiences
In addition, in 1946 Higgins refused a direct order to fire on Jewish refugees trying to reach Palestine. This episode ("Torah, Torah, Torah" from season 5) resembles an experience of Patrick Dalzel-Job, reportedly one of the inspirations for James Bond, who refused an order to stop evacuation of Norwegian civilians as that country was being overtaken by the German army near the beginning of WWII.
In the words of Johnny Carson, "I did not know that"!
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:13 pm
by Coops
James J. Walters wrote:Speaking of Wikipedia, I was just reading the
Higgins page and came across something very interesting:
Wikipedia wrote:Higgins is loosely based on James Bond creator Ian Fleming:
- Both were born into distinguished families of Scottish descent
- Both left Sandhurst, the British officers academy, before graduation
- Both served in the British military during World War II with careers focused on intelligence and special operations
- Both retired to tropical estates after retiring from military service
- Both (if rumors are to be believed) wrote a series of lurid adventure novels loosely based on their own experiences
In addition, in 1946 Higgins refused a direct order to fire on Jewish refugees trying to reach Palestine. This episode ("Torah, Torah, Torah" from season 5) resembles an experience of Patrick Dalzel-Job, reportedly one of the inspirations for James Bond, who refused an order to stop evacuation of Norwegian civilians as that country was being overtaken by the German army near the beginning of WWII.
In the words of Johnny Carson, "I did not know that"!
And thusly this is PRECISELY why I've always thought that Higgins is Robin Masters. Ian Fleming = Robin Masters = Higgins.
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:05 pm
by MPS
Coops wrote:And thusly this is PRECISELY why I've always that Higgins is Robin Masters. Ian Fleming = Robin Masters = Higgins.
Coops, you really knew Higgins was based on Ian Fleming before this, and didn't share the fascinating information?? You're holding out on us
Coops 