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I was perusing Wikipedia as the news broke and was most amused how quickly the national anthem changed from "God save the queen" to "God save the king". But, t
by jrockway 4y ago
I was perusing Wikipedia as the news broke and was most amused how quickly the national anthem changed from "God save the queen" to "God save the king". But, the filename and "subtitles" still referred to the queen. I checked today, and indeed the file has been renamed and the embedded lyrics have been updated. Very impressive, honestly.
I hope there's a third version of that sound file floating around where it claims to be "My country, 'tis of thee".
- Hamuko 4y agoI was also pretty impressed at the speed of which edits were being added. I opened the Poundbury article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poundbury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poundbury) and even though the news had just broken and it was a tangentially related article, the opening paragraph already said "keen endorsement of Charles, King of the United Kingdom".
- akolbe 4y agoAll the more remarkable is that all of this is done by unpaid volunteers.
- Denvercoder9 4y agoChanging mentions of Charles, Prince of Wales to Charles, King of the United Kingdom seems like something that's easily automated though. I highly doubt someone manually went searching for pages that mentioned him to update them.
- akolbe 4y agoThe two people who changed it in the Poundbury article only changed it there, and nowhere else. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poundbury&diff=1109226533&oldid=1094823375 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poundbury&diff=11... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Grahame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Grahame https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poundbury&diff=next&oldid=1109226533 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poundbury&diff=ne... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/81.231.10.34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/81.231.1...
- gerdesj 4y agoI had no idea about Poundbury's link to CRIII. I live in Yeovil, roughly 30 miles away and I have a customer there too. From memory it is quite different to the norm - lots of space is one impression I had. The road system is a bit different to what we expect in Britain too. Can't quite put my finger on it. I think I might toddle on down and review the place with my eyes open.
- akolbe 4y agoI just looked at it on Google Street View. It needs a few more old trees, but a lot of it is quite charming.
- rootw0rm 4y agoSadly, the Sex Pistols have yet to release their version of "God Save The King"
- rad_gruchalski 4y agoAnd Motörhead’s cover.
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- u786347834678 4y agoLemmy resurrected - there's a thought. (No sleep till Balmoral) I will go an take my tranquillizers now....
- seydor 4y ago
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoI guess you could just say “god save the monarch” though it changes the number of syllables.
- scrollaway 4y agoGod save the crown ;)
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoHey there ya go!
- chongli 4y ago"My country, 'tis of thee" is an American song written by Samuel Francis Smith, an American Baptist Minister. Why would the UK use it as their national anthem?
- varyherb 4y agoPerhaps some internet sarcasm is going over my head, but the lyrics are by Samuel Francis Smith. Its melody is the same as that of "God Save the Queen/King."
- btown 4y agoPer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(My_Country,_%27Tis_of_Thee) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(My_Country,_%27Tis_of... Smith wrote new lyrics to the melody from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_King .
- rendall 4y agoThat is confusing. Perhaps they liked it better than their previous national anthem The Stripe-Spangled Banner?