LeadSongDog

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Russian Plane crash

That Reuters source is over an hour old, and is not updated with the latest figures. It is in fact behind the September 14 figures. The Reuters article is still on the 13. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:31, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

20 mins ago...82 passengers 6 crew [1]. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 05:28, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

That's just ABC's rendering of the AFP and BBC sources. Go to the horse's mouth.LeadSongDog (talk) 05:40, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Updates

Hi, per WN:ARCHIVE only non-content edits are allowed after 24 hours or so. Instead, should an update occur you should start a new article about it. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:23, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it takes some getting used to. The challenge of keeping up to date does create a slight buzz and more satisfaction, though, or at least I think so. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 19:38, 10 October 2008 (UTC)