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OK folks time for us to come together and solve another problem!

Wikipedia is currently revealing many tricks which they perhaps should not be. It is user content and has moderators which can reinstate any deleted content. Revealing magic tricks is in line with wikipedias "free knowledge for everyone" philosophy.

What should we do?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Thi ... d_trick%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlier_Cut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummer_card

three from a whole list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Magic_tricks

This knowledge is freely available for anyone who goes on wiki and is a bit of a problem i think.

hhmmmm...any suggestions?

Notting

We reallly cant do anything. We jsut go on with our lives and dont spread that its out there.

I have never been called out due to wiki or any other site that revels magic. Its really not a big problem with the public view. It is however taking money out of the magicians that came up with these effects. So wannabie magicians, young punk magicians will go on there and other sites looking for the secrets, and then expect to be awesome since they know the secret. Those wannabie magicians are not magicians; they show a lack of respect for the art and its creators.

so, just dont spread the news, and dont post the links.

May I refer you to all the YouTube posts.

We've already discussed this sort of thing quite intensely, both for Youtube and Wikkipedia.