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Wikipedia Mess-Up?

  • 10-05-2006 1:02pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,872 ✭✭✭segadreamcast


    People say Wikipedia is unreliable and I'm beginning to see why - unless, of course, this is fact... :)
    Kenny,who became a devout scientologist in the early 1970s started his career as a TV broadcaster when he became one of the presenters of RTÉ's award-winning thrice-weekly Today Tonight current affairs programme in the mid 1980s.

    Hmmm....

    Anyway, I'm sure there are plenty more goof-ups/pranks on Wikipedia - would love to see some :)!


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  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Abraham Colossal Desk


    In 1951, Hubbard formed Scientology,
    http://www.gbs.sha.bw.schule.de/tsld051.htm
    other sites say 1954

    What's wrong with it?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    What?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Wikipedia found unreliable! READ ALL ABOUT IT! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

    Page 3: Nekkid OP doesn't know how to cite properly!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,202 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    From the same link:
    Pat Kenny (born January 29, 1978)

    So unless our Late Late Show host is 18 years my junior, I think someone is having us on!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭holly_johnson


    The first question to come into my head was "Why would anyone want to look up the Plank in Wikipedia??"


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  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo ftw.
    "Mondo", popular tabloid nickname for Cathal De Buitleir (1988-) one of Ireland's most notorious youth gang leaders. The teenaged North Dublin criminal came to Irish media prominence with his ongoing appearance in spoof RTE reality televison show "Daddy, There's a Pikey In My Class", a fly-on-the-wall documentary series following De Builteir's misadventures in an exclusive South Dublin boarding school. Despte numerous allegations of criminal activity made against him, De Buitleir has yet to face a court, due to his habitual intimidation of both State witnesses and members of An Garda Siochana.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    The first question to come into my head was "Why would anyone want to look up the Plank in Wikipedia??"

    My thoughts exactly :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭anonymous_joe


    Joys of Wikipedia. They're changing the log-in/registering system because they may have libelled someone due to what was written about said person...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭xha1r


    Wikipedia themselves can't really mess up. The whole idea of a Wiki is that anyone can edit or create new information, that's how it works.

    I could say Britney Spears was born in Dublin, it's me being stupid, not Wikipedia messing up.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    There's plenty of non publicly editable encyclopedias such as Britanica, although these require payment AFAIK, so i suppose if your not happy...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 978 ✭✭✭bounty


    very interesting stuff i found in the edits page
    This began an intense and bitter rivalry with Late Late Show host Gay Byrne. The rivalry extended to the production crews, which resulted in each show's (female) producers being involved in a cat-fight in the RTE canteen. Both producers were given suspended sentences.

    Nickname in college was "The Plank" because of his tendency to 'get wood' at inappropriate times. Is reported to have bedded over 40 show girls. Was once a trainee priest, but was forced to leave the seminary over allegations of sexual relations with a nun. Was once suspected of being "The Midnight Commando", a Batman-style vigilante who fought night crime in late 1970s Dublin Once claimed to have travelled to space in "a giant hat". No-one believed him. Except Sven. Was recently associated with huge shipments of rhoyhypnol into Ireland Sleeps naked in a polythene bag which he believes gives him great sexual prowess. Hobbies include bending hot ones into unsuspecting interns. Reputed to have introduced the phrase "sweating like a rapist" into the vernacular after using it while he thought that the mike was off on his morning radio show. Likes to get bonged up when he has some free time. Is very superstitious and insists on eating a newborn baby mandrill before each episode of the Late Late Show. Has been known to do his weekday radio show in the nude on occasion. Avid music fan who has a record collection of over 120,000 albums. His lifes ambition is to meet and interview Mr. David Hasselhoff.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Johnny_the_fox


    Kenny as a longtime journalist, though able to handle 'heavy issues' is seen as 'a prick' and 'trying too much' when he moves to lighter topics

    roffle :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    NoelRock wrote:
    People say Wikipedia is unreliable and I'm beginning to see why - unless, of course, this is fact... :)

    So your IP address is 194.125.35.26 then?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭fuzzywiggle


    ''Nickname in college was "The Plank" because of his tendency to 'get wood' at inappropriate times'' :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    bounty wrote:
    very interesting stuff i found in the edits page
    that is back up again.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,538 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Like putting Banphrionsa from boards.ie as one of the Bubbles aliases is an obvious screw-up. Or is that on Bikipedia? Or both? Like so much for validity and reliability.:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,437 ✭✭✭Crucifix


    Like putting Banphrionsa from boards.ie as one of the Bubbles aliases is an obvious screw-up. Or is that on Bikipedia? Or both? Like so much for validity and reliability.:rolleyes:
    Heh, I laughed when I read that on the biki page.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Now saying that Derek Mooney suceeded the Plank as Late Late presenter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Like putting Banphrionsa from boards.ie as one of the Bubbles aliases is an obvious screw-up. Or is that on Bikipedia? Or both? Like so much for validity and reliability.:rolleyes:

    Thats the biki.. The general feeling from the reports posted is that Bubbles did it however since BanPhrionsa claimed to have done the incident until Bubbles gets back and denies it we have to assume that both are the same people. :p:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    On IMDb it says he was called 'The Plank' because of his goal keeping abilities.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    where on imdb is pat kenny?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Bond-007 wrote:
    where on imdb is pat kenny?
    Pat Kenny: The Motion Picture, coming this fall!


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,538 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    When and where did Banphrionsa claim to have done any incident? Produce the proof! She did not claim to do anything!:mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Please god no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    When and where did Banphrionsa claim to have done any incident? Produce the proof! She did not claim to do anything!:mad:
    Change it if it isn't true... that's the whole point of Wiki.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,538 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Hobbes wrote:
    Thats the biki.. The general feeling from the reports posted is that Bubbles did it however since BanPhrionsa claimed to have done the incident until Bubbles gets back and denies it we have to assume that both are the same people. :p:D

    Claimed to do what incident? She did not claim any of this mess. She was falsely accused, libeled, and her board name defamed. Show proof that she claimed to have done something that directly and without a doubt justified her being libeled as an alias of Bubbles?:mad:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,538 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Change it if it isn't true... that's the whole point of Wiki.


    Like correct me if I am wrong, but does this suggest that there is absolutely no responsibility for defamation of character, specifically libel, for those that administer, moderate, or post to Wiki (or to Bikipedia, or boards.ie)?

    This sounds like a very interesting case to be tried to establish law affecting the Internet and WWW? I'll bet that there is a large legal firm out there someplace that might just take such a case pro bono in the interests of establishing case law, as well as furthering their reputation? And if not a law firm, then perhaps a law school that would find this case very instructive for their students?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    You're still going? Jeez..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Just noticed this one today (football fans only really):

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grzegorz_Rasiak


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Those Wiki Nazis have put protection tags on Planks article to prevent editing! Fools!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    When and where did Banphrionsa claim to have done any incident? Produce the proof! She did not claim to do anything!:mad:

    Actually on the first thread of the incident Banphrionsa said why they wanted to know why Bubbles got all the credit for something they did. Now if it was Banphrionsa the person writing it at that time is another story although mentioned thier boyfriend in said incident as well.

    If you are an admin you can read the actual thread here..
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054927458


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Demetrius


    Hobbes wrote:
    Actually on the first thread of the incident Banphrionsa said why they wanted to know why Bubbles got all the credit for something they did. Now if it was Banphrionsa the person writing it at that time is another story although mentioned thier boyfriend in said incident as well.

    If you are an admin you can read the actual thread here..
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054927458

    Maybe that was said innocently? People do say things without hidden meanings sometimes.

    That "proof" sounds as flimsy and thin as the thong Im wearing:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 351 ✭✭declanoneill


    The first question to come into my head was "Why would anyone want to look up the Plank in Wikipedia??"

    To read these "facts":
    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_Kenny&oldid=30507654


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