Talk:Bad apples

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A fact from Bad apples appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 July 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the "bad apples" metaphor has changed from a warning not to interact with corrupt individuals to a claim that bad apples are not representative of an entire group?

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The result was: promoted by TheAwesomeHwyh (talk) 16:53, 13 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

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A watercolor of a bad apple

... that the English metaphor bad apples has flipped its meaning from warning people to stay away from corruption to now claiming bad apples aren't representative of an entire group? [1]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Angels Ain't Listening

Created by Uelly (talk). Nominated by Evrik (talk) at 18:27, 8 July 2020 (UTC).Reply

New enough, long enough, hook cited and interesting, copyvio checked, QPQ checked, image is under free use. Good to go. --Zayeem ^(talk) 02:47, 12 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

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