Talk:Duncan Ball

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A fact from Duncan Ball appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 January 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Australian author Duncan Ball worked as an industrial chemist and as an editor before he became a full-time author?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/January.

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What The?[edit]

--203.217.78.87 07:17, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article makes no sense, the dates given are all exagerated as well as the facts. This article is a joke!

The article was vandalized. It has been repaired. Joyous! | Talk 03:03, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

Yes, I did not realise that this article had been vandalised but:

I have created three articles and re-added the links
Duncan DOES live on corner John & Clair Streets

Expansion Request[edit]

Duncan Ball - an Australian author, the article is beyond a stub but needs quite a bit of expansion-perhaps a bit of background on each book —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aicchalmers (talk • contribs) 10:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]