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Best Page on Wikipedia

  • 09-05-2010 9:31pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭


    Lame edit wars. Very dry wit discussing edit wars which caused the pages to be locked.

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

    Samples

    Ethnic and national feuds
    Nicolaus Copernicus
    Was he Polish, German or Prussian? Or did he have no nationality at all that bears mentioning? If Copernicus were around today, he might have suggested that he would be satisfied to be remembered as an astronomer, but we will never know. Was he ever married? What is his middle name? No one knows exactly.
    Hummus and friends
    Hummus: they love it in Israel, so shouldn't it be in Category:Israeli cuisine? Or is it a purely Arab food that the Zionists have illegally occupied?[2]
    After a related skirmish on Za'atar, the ingredients were listed in alphabetical order, but was this all part of a shrewd Zionist plot? Don't be silly, came the response: and anybody who removes the Hebrew name from the first sentence is a racist vandal.[3]
    Meanwhile, back at Hummus an attempt is made to replace a mention that the Oxford English Dictionary says that the word entered English via Turkish with a reference to the Greek name for the dish.
    [4]
    In the mean time, another attempt is made to expunge the Turks from description of the traditional Greek (or maybe Arab) dish of pita (or is it pitta?), while controversy bubbles as to whether a photo of an Israeli falafel house constitutes "Zionism".
    Conclusion: Tasty snacks in the Middle East are hilariously politicized.

    And much more at the link.


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Didn't the band Editors get their name from the fact that they all used to edit Wikipedia entries?

    *ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*

    Oh God! I've managed to bore myself to sleep!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭The Pontiac


    This is one of my favourites. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    The one for smegma is my favourite, especially the extreme closeup picture...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Pittens wrote: »
    And much more at the link.

    'This page has been deleted.'


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭Pittens


    'This page has been deleted.'

    Ta, fixed link.


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  • Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I like this one alot.. Very good edit.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭Lurching


    Not so much an edit, but a great nonsense Wiki entry:

    http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Blinker_fluid


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    This is really great, check it out guys.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Topper Harley


    I'm sure this won't last long:
    Andy Reid was rather infamous for his weight problems while at Charlton. Often Andy Reid would do nothing in games but stroll around and after a couple of strides he would lay down and gasp air. Many called for him to be dropped but his technical ability was apparent from the start which kept him in the first team ahead of players like Omar Pouso, Alexi Smertin and Brian Hughes. However, one incident occurred in a match against Arsenal which shocked the nation; Andy Reid and Theo Walcott were in a foot race for the ball, Andy Reid surged ahead of Walcott with dazzling pace, The Valley was blinking in disbelief. Surprisingly Andy Reid didn't collect the ball but carried on charging into the crowd and in the process killing an elderly woman with his shear power. He made a desperate leap for the pies and eat them all within a heart beat. One year later Andy Reid appeared at the olympics alongside Usain Bolt. Andy Reid smashed the 100m world record with an inhumane time of 7.5 seconds. Andy Reid continued an illustrious career in sprinting just as sure as there was a load of pies at the finish line.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Reid_(footballer)

    For some reason I believed the bit about out pacing Theo Walcott for a split second. As I continued to read, all became clear.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 172 ✭✭Vargulf




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭ShagNastii


    That Andy Reid gag is hilarious.

    Some good ones for Henry around the time of the hand ball.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭Fago!


    I remember on Drogba's page, someone had edited "the cunt" after every semtence.

    "Didier Drogba is a professional footballer from The Ivory Coast... the cunt. He currently plays for English Premiership club Chelsea... the cunt"

    and the lead actor in Glee. At the end of the first paragraph about his life, someone had put in "....and he's only a bleeeeedin roide"


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The problem is, you can hardly write a proper Uncyclopedia article about David Icke. He is already too preposterous.


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