the wikipublic struggles to explain historical figures' poly lives

[miriamjoyce]

From the Wikipedia entry on Sir Henry Newbolt (a poem of whose I have memorized for tonight's Pickin' and Singin' Gatherin' recitation night, which is why I was looking him up):

"A biography of Newbolt published in the 1990s revealed that his wife had a lesbian relationship with Ella Coltman, and even accompanied her on her honeymoon with Newbolt. A

Comments

[tenner]

I can't really make too much of a habit of copy editing Wikipedia. I'd never have time to do anything else. But every once and a while it's just necessary.

Same here... I could spend my entire life working on the Wikipedia project and be perfectly happy doing so.

But good for you editing an article which needs clarification; that's what makes Wikipedia great.