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   Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 08:25:48 JST Børge

   The Wikipedia article List of common misconceptions should really be named List of common misconceptions in USA

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 08:25:58 JST Børge

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     Unless English Wikipedia is meant to be USA Wikipedia? Is there a British Wikipedia?

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 08:36:42 JST Børge

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     Oh, and btw, I'm really surprised by how short the talk page of that article is, with only 5 headings! I would think there would be a ton of discussions about what are common misconceptions and not, both on the what are common part, and the what are misconceptions part. I'm kinda flabbergasted that there isn't.

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 08:46:19 JST Børge

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     • Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

     But look at this interesting new addition to the talk page!

     To me, and I guess to anyone who has ever talked about the problem with roads with anyone, it seems totally self evident that "widening roads eases congestion" is an extremely common misconception! But Wikipedia needs sources, and I really respect them for that.

     I'm sure someone here can help with that. A link to some sort of study on people's attitudes towards widening roads, for example? @notjustbikes, or someone in #Urbanism?

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 08:51:21 JST Børge

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     • Nangpa 🇳🇴

     @Nangpa Interesting! At first, very short, glance, this looks much less USA centric!

     But also: It says "King Canute did not command the tide to reverse in a fit of delusional arrogance", but in the article about Knud that it links to it says "We do not know whether this really happened" 🤔😅

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     Nangpa 🇳🇴 (nangpa@oslo.town)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 08:51:22 JST Nangpa 🇳🇴

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     From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

     https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions