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Pizza related map

Latest comment: 8 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion

Can one of you fine wikipedians calmly explain what a pizza related map is and how it got on a handkerchief? 74.192.164.236 (talk) 05:15, 16 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Could you be more specific? Augmented Seventh 🎱 05:21, 16 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Refers to an email published on Wikileaks [i'm new to wikipedia and I got a warning for putting a leak :-(]

Wikileaks isn't an agreed upon credible source on Wikipedia Fareforwardvoyage (talk) 03:53, 28 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2025

Latest comment: 10 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Change "while searching through Anthony Weiner's emails" to "based on leaks of John Podesta's emails" Not a great source, but makes much more sense Jon Stewart ^[1] ~2025-35084-14 (talk) 22:52, 21 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Not done. Youtube is not considered a reliable source. Sorry, but no. NotJamestack (✉️|📝) 02:48, 22 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

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↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=uaAuXttZbDM?t=850

Why is "Frazzledrip" in a bold font?

Latest comment: 7 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Why is "Frazzledrip" in a bold font? It's not a link. Is there some reason for it? Ileanadu (talk) 03:17, 15 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Frazzledrip redirects to this article. The bold marks it as an alternative name for this subject (presumably because "Pizzagate" wasn't stupid enough already?) --DanielRigal (talk) 03:21, 15 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

[1] ttps://youtube.com/watch?v=uaAuXttZbDM?t=850

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