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Tristin Hopper (3 April 2017). "The navy asks that you get your sailor-kissing facts straight: Highlights from government Wikipedia edits". National Post. Retrieved 3 April 2017. On the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2016, someone within the Canadian defence establishment embarked on a lengthy and nonsensical vandalization of comedian Norm Macdonald's Wikipedia page. They claimed he was "Somalian," that he had died the month before, and then inserted this particularly unhinged passage, "he voiced many cartoon characters in commercials including that bumble bee from those tuna commercials and the worm from Sesame Street." Later, to be sure, the editor then substituted "Sesame Street" with "that other show."

Please use this capitalization: Macdonald (lowercase "d") The capitalization of Norm Macdonald's surname has been inconsistently reported in publications such as TVGuide, but books discussing Norm such as Shales (2003) and Crawford (2000) and his current business interests, the Game Show Network , Comedy Central Sports Show with Norm Macdonald and his comedy CD all consistently use Macdonald (lowercase "d"). See the discussion and archives.

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Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Is there seriously not a better picture of him we can use? It's so blurry. Aaron1a12 (talk) 19:10, 24 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

There was another pic of him in the body which I have switched places with. So the out-of-focus on is still there, just in the body now. Marcus Markup (talk) 20:29, 24 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Norm Macdonald actually graduated from college when he’s 16. This should be added to his bio. ~2026-26521-19 (talk) 04:46, 1 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Source? DonIago (talk) 05:52, 1 May 2026 (UTC)Reply