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 ==Vandalism== 

 It is now September. Back at the end of January, some moron, apparently from the State of Illinois, removed a few lines which changed this passage: 

 (), the North China Plain, also called the Central Plain(s) (), is based on the deposits of the Huang He (Yellow River) and is the largest alluvial plain of eastern Asia. The plain is bordered on the north by the Yanshan Mountains and on the west by the Taihang Mountains. 

 into this: 

 (), the North China Plain, also called the Central Plain(s) (), is based on the deposits of the [[Huang the west by the Taihang Mountains.  

 No one noticed. For eight months, a Wikipedia article started out with a nonsensical statement and it didn't even get fixed! I'm not blaming anyone in particular, but is this really how an encyclopaedia should be? The forces of random, mindless vandalism definitely seem to be winning the war! 

 I also notice that a lot of activity nowadays appears to be directed at adding tags (all kinds of tags) and noting the lack of sources. Additions to the ""sum of human knowledge"" are harder and harder to find. 

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