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This article has been mentioned by a media organization: Tristin Hopper (3 April 2017). "The navy asks that you get your sailor-kissing facts straight: Highlights from government Wikipedia edits". National Post. Retrieved 3 April 2017. On the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2016, someone within the Canadian defence establishment embarked on a lengthy and nonsensical vandalization of comedian Norm Macdonald's Wikipedia page. They claimed he was "Somalian," that he had died the month before, and then inserted this particularly unhinged passage, "he voiced many cartoon characters in commercials including that bumble bee from those tuna commercials and the worm from Sesame Street." Later, to be sure, the editor then substituted "Sesame Street" with "that other show."

Please use this capitalization: Macdonald (lowercase "d") The capitalization of Norm Macdonald's surname has been inconsistently reported in publications such as TVGuide, but books discussing Norm such as Shales (2003) and Crawford (2000) and his current business interests, the Game Show Network [1], Comedy Central [2] Sports Show with Norm Macdonald [3] and his comedy CD [4] all consistently use Macdonald (lowercase "d"). See the discussion and archives.

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I really think it would be appropriated to add that Louis C.K. dedicated to him his 2021 special "Sorry" in the "Illness, death and legacy" section. Clyde Paquin (talk) 13:56, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Source 34 is a random tweet from a protected account from a non-qualified non-expert Twitter user. There's video out there of the exact joke, so either link that or let the joke be self-evident. In any case, sourcing like this is shameful and a great example why schools don't allow papers to cite Wikipedia. 50.40.240.111 (talk) 00:07, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]