# Talk:The Masked Avengers' prank on Sarah Palin

What's the downside of leaving this in? an extra page in wikipedia. What's the downside of taking this out? ??
Palin is interested in running to be be elected U.S. President in 2012. We need to err on the side of maintaining information about the faults of national leaders (as long as it is based on facts) and not censor important information.
The pranksters specifically said it was "frightening" that she did not figure out it was a prank, and said the only other prank victim who never figured it out is Britney Spears. This is important information, and will continue to be, as long as Palin is a major political figure.
There article now does have more details and better sourcing (Nov. 10th) unless those are removed by someone. It cites an article in which the pranksters refer to Palin as "gullible" and say that it was "frightening" she never caught on. They say the only other person who never caught on is Britney Spears, but Britney Spears is not a potential President of the United States. There is an article that refers to the many clues, such as the prankster saying killing is "so much fun" and that the French President's wife is "hot in bed." These articles establish the tremendous importance of this article, since the Republican Party is still working through whether Palin is going to be the frontrunner or one of the main contenders to be U.S. President in 2012.

There's probably more informative and more reliable sourcing among the absurd number of links within the version below (reproduced from this). Time permitting, I'll go through it a bit later. -- Hoary (talk) 04:57, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Why the photo of Palin? (How does it help this article?) -- Hoary (talk) 14:45, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Why not? :) –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:18, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
It shows us nothing about the prank. -- Hoary (talk) 14:14, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

This is a notification that articles related to Sarah Palin (broadly construed) have been placed by the community on article probation. See Talk:Sarah Palin/Article probation‎ for details. Thanks - Kelly hi! 18:00, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

The article contained an extensive quote of the conversation. But there is no reason to believe this quoted material is available under a free license, or in the public domain. I removed the text; there were some useful annotations in that version of the article which should probably be reincorporated somehow. -Pete (talk) 04:20, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

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