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pdh0224 · Post by **pdh0224** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:27 am

Dear teacher,

By the end of October, a Wikipedia administrator from New Orleans decided to put both candidates' entries under protection until after the election: no one could edit a page on either candidate without the changes' being vetted on a discussion page. Thus Senator Kerry and President Bush took their places next to the other untouchables in the Wikipedia: Ariel Sharon, Osama bin Laden, Rush Limbaugh and Salvador Allende.

Q1: What is different "at the end of October" and "by the end of October?

Q2:Does "administrator from New Orleans" mean he was born in New Orleans" or he is in New Orleans now?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:36 am

Q1. 'By the end...' means 'either at OR BEFORE the end...'.

Q2. He comes originally from New Orleans.