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 :As I mentioned in my above comment, if the mention is removed from the article there will be some thoughtless but well meaning editors put the incident back into the article; probably without referencing it. It's inclusion doesn't have to be lengthy, but it should include a reference. There are articles on Wikipedia that have worse instances of fluff in them. It did happen, but in the long view it was a very minor part of Topeka history and only deserves a cursory mention in the article. There is a segment of the readership that would expect to find mention of it in the article because it is the popular media view of things now days for many less educated people. The goal may be to build a professional quality encyclopedia, however, if Wikipedia is an encyclopedia ""that anyone can edit"" then there are some that will keep putting the Google thing back in to content in the Topeka article. Personally, I would rather spend my time writing articles than riding herd on amateur editing errors and no referencing as the mention of Google, Kansas is repeatedly inserted back into the article. A short referenced mention is preferable to constant removal of claptrap. Just an opinion and I am in agreement with you about the ultimate goal of a professional quality encyclopedia but I would remind you that we are still quite a distance from that goal. Required registration is my answer to some of the fluff that is entered at Wikipedia.   "