Talk:Zzxjoanw

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Do we know who the mysterious Joan W was? 143.252.80.100 (talk) 11:44, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps in her Scottish alter ego she went under the name Màiri Shaw. I imagine that the author thought that a drum roll was an appropriate way of marking the conclusion of what must have been a very demanding project, and that he looked forward to some well-earned sleep (Zz) and having more time to display his affection (x) to Joan/ Màiri (or both). Headhitter (talk) 18:25, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I keep coming back to this page. It's a great story. I love a good fictitious entry. Today I had occasion to take a closer look at it, however, and was dismayed because it included quite a bit of original research and only one source saying anything about it being a likely hoax (but says that it is one definitively). Multiple extended quotes are also generally to be avoided. I was considering prodding it, but I just like it too much so put down the work I was doing and tried to find another independent source. Success! Added the Cohen source that Eckler references and did some copyediting. The only material I removed wholesale was the "in popular culture" section which suffered from the standard WP:OR many of those sections do: someone found an instance of a word somewhere and added it to Wikipedia. We need more than just the existence of a word in a book to include here, of course. Here's hoping there are more sources around... — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 02:36, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]