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[edit] Recent corruption/changes to Disc Dog article
10-4-2006 Recently, someone from ip address 209.106.223.194 was causing corruption in the Disc Dog article, specifically in the paragraph about Ashley Whippet. The corrupted article was removed, and the note "Removed it because it didn't add much information other than romanticized opinion." was added. The information in the paragraph is fact, not opinion: "Ashley Whippet, widely considered to be the greatest frisbee dog ever," I participate in the sport, I am around it all the time. The people who were around when Ashley was competing and performing are still involved in the sport. They will tell you this. While it is technically opinion, it is a fact that many people do indeed hold this opinion.
" went on to win 3 World Championships," Fact. 1975, 1976 and 1977 World Champion.
"perform at the White House for a young Amy Carter," Fact.
"perform during the half-time at Super Bowl XII," Fact.
"and even starred in an Academy Award-nominated short documentary entitled Floating Free." Fact.
"Though many great dogs have come along since Ashley, he is still the standard by which all others are measured." Again, though declaring Ashley to be the standard is in itself an opinion, it is a fact that every frisbee dog judge today holds this opinion.
This is the history of the sport. Ashley Whippet was hugely important to the sport, and the people that worked with Ashley are still involved today. The history of this sport is not something to disregard. It is extrremely appropriate that information about Ashley Whippet be contained in any encyclopedia entry about the sport of canine disc.
To this end, I reverted the article back to the last good one (ie, before corruption.)
In addition, I changed the inning of the 1974 Dodger Stadium stunt to the correct one-it was the 8th inning. I called Alex Stein and asked him myself.
