*"Recognized around the world as being the most talented 59' tall rapper" *
Yup, I think is a misunderstanding. I think he googled himself, sees 5'6, and sees from the knowledge graph that there's a small bio about him from Wikipedia and blames Wikipedia. Google may be extracting height info from here? http://www.celebheights.com/s/Ja-Rule-729.html But this a misunderstanding. Although publicity for us to have his people learn how to edit Wikipedia...? On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:47 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > meh, I'd be against tweeting about it. SOOOOO not a story. As far as I can > tell (may have missed something for sure) the first time in the past couple > months his height was mentioned at all was in this edit > <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ja_Rule&diff=next&oldid=679131363> > (which, along with the edit after that, actually put him at what I think? > is his desired 5'9 (sorry I'm assuming he didn't like being called short :) > ). After that there was a collection of edits going back and forth a couple > areas, most of which were reverted in short order and then protection. The > entire incident (which resulted in it basically just going back to how it > was before without any mention of his height at all) was less then an hour. > It screams either a manufactured story or friends playing around probably > in the very same room as him :). > > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Google still says he is 5'6 . >> >> I can't find height anywhere on his page though. >> >> His page is semi-protected - some action confirmed from his revision >> history >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ja_Rule&action=history>. >> >> We already have 5 media mentions about his beef with Wikipedia, including >> TIME <http://time.com/4020782/ja-rule-wikipedia-height/>. >> >> >> https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=db3O3S4XqhTnYaMbvmTzUgpskUH2M&q=ja+rule+height&lr=English&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB8QqgIwAGoVChMI9cylz6_ZxwIVFSuICh38sg9E >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Might make a funny tweet. >>> >>> mobile. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org [email protected]
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