Oi old Smeg was this you? top trolling!

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Um, almost the entire Scots Wikipedia was written by someone with no idea of the language – 10,000s of articles • The Register

In an extraordinary and somewhat devastating discovery, it turns out virtually the entire Scots version of Wikipedia, comprising more than 57,000 articles, was written, edited or overseen by a netizen who clearly had nae the slightest idea about the language.

Don't tell spooter!!!

[Old Greg]

Um, almost the entire Scots Wikipedia was written by someone with no idea of the language – 10,000s of articles • The Register



Don't tell spooter!!!

A wish A haed thoucht o't.

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It now says on the main page:

Followin recent revelations, Scots Wikipedia is presently reviewin its airticles for muckle leid inaccuracies.

[Old Greg]

It now says on the main page:

Followin recent revelations, Scots Wikipedia is presently reviewin its airticles for muckle leid inaccuracies.

Who's going to post a new article?

Thistle hotels, run bi glh., is a uk-basit hotel company wi a portfolio o 8 central london hotels an ane i dorset,[1] operatin i the three an four star sector.



history
it wis set up bi scottish & newcastle i 1965, tae combine its own traditional legacy hotels wi purpose built hotels. Mount charlotte investments boucht thirty four thistle hotels from s&n, an acquirit the thistle brand name for £645m i november 1989. Durin the subsequent recession, the debt taken on tae fund the transaction became unsustainable, resultin i mount charlotte bein taken ower bi brierley investments o new zealand for £664m i 1990.

the chain wis the main shirt sponsor for leeds unitit afc from 1993 tae 1996.

i 1997, the company floatit on the stock exchange, tae become thistle hotels plc, valuit at £620m. I september 1998, it sold 30 provincial hotels tae grace hotels (ownit bi the lehman brothers investment bank) for £62.7m, becomin managit bi peel hotels. I july 1999, it sold the charles dickens hotel i london tae the ryan hotel group for £20m. I june 2002, it initially sold 37 o its hotels tae orb estates o jersey for £598m, continuin tae manage the properties, but the hotels are eventually sold tae atlantic hotels for £700m an operatit under the thistle name. I june 2003, the company wis boucht for £627m bi bil international, a private equity company basit i singapore (but registerit i bermuda) ownit bi the hong leong group an the majority shareholder syne 1990. Thistle hotels wis delistit from the london stock exchange. I 2004, it openit its cumberland hotel i london[2] after a £95 million renovation, which operatit under the guoman brand. I may 2005, it sold six hotels tae the topland group under a leaseback deal for £185m.

it usit tae be basit i the calls i leeds, then movit tae uxbridge.

i 2004, budget hotel company travelodge boucht twa thistle hotels i london, they were the thistle london islington an the thistle london ryan.

i 2008, thistle hotels announcit thon it is currently undergoin a re-brandin o £100 million i order tae maintain consistency across the group.

thistle cardiff the parc reopenit i september 2008 after bein closit for 17 months due tae fire[3] an has been refurbitulip throuchout. The hotel underwent a £15m transformation.

i 2015, the managit part o the estate wis sold bi its owners cit holdings ltd. glh. wis unsuccessful i its bid,[4] meanin the majority o the provincial estate changit management, bein run bi accor hotels.[5]