Have you ever edited wikipedia for the laugh

pajor · 08-09-2013 01:13PM

Corrected some serious spelling issues on a page once, after signing up for the wiki membership thingy.

Got a message telling me that my changes had been reversed as they were considered spam. :pac:

sentient_6 · 08-09-2013 01:15PM

I remember randomly looking up the page for the bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman except someone had deleted the whole article & left one line: 'nigga stole my bike'.

A_Sober_Paddy · 08-09-2013 01:16PM

Made some funny chances to Nick Giffin's page before...they were changed fairly fast

Elbaston · 08-09-2013 01:22PM

No mention of willy so far.

wikis most damaging/prolific troll.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dcoetzee/Willy_on_Wheels:A_Case_Study

tiredcity · 08-09-2013 01:23PM

A fellow boardsie ended up with their surname + syndrome on the wiki entry for an embarassing medical condition which was since referenced in a major US clinical conference & numerous other sources. She's tried to remove it but someone immediately stuck it back up.

A_Sober_Paddy · 08-09-2013 01:28PM

tiredcity wrote: »

A fellow boardsie ended up with their surname + syndrome on the wiki entry for an embarassing medical condition which was since referenced in a major US clinical conference & numerous other sources. She's tried to remove it but someone immediately stuck it back up.

Tell us more...

StinkyMunkey · 08-09-2013 01:38PM

Elbaston wrote: »

No mention of willy so far.

wikis most damaging/prolific troll.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dcoetzee/Willy_on_Wheels:A_Case_Study

Lol, quiet an achievement - your claim to fame is to be the biggest time sink on Wiki. Should change his name from willy on wheels to Billy no mates. Ah we'll, some people really are easily amused.

08-09-2013 01:53PM

Sure nearly everyone in Ireland with internet access was editing Thierry Henrys page a few years ago.
Did it myself I`ll admit

http://www.unitedrant.co.uk/just-for-fun/henry-wiki-defaced-with-four-letter-slur/
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Ireland-France-Thierry-Henry-Handball,news-5150.html

Good times

fasttalkerchat · 08-09-2013 02:41PM

efb wrote: »

This fella was complaining on boards about security at the airport think he had Francie Bellew as his user name so I changed the GAA star's wiki accordingly (didn't last long)

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056525345/14/#post76655700

It lists him as apps 44 Scores ?
Definitely remember him scoring a penalty. Surely a few points from his handful of ventures over the half way line in 44 games.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 08-09-2013 02:46PM

Can you write up your own Wiki page?

I consider myself to be a brilliant poet/musician/soccer player/lover/father/innovator/crime fighter/entrepreneur/fighter pilot ect. ect. ect.

Would it count if only I thought it though?

ONeill2013 · 08-09-2013 03:39PM

I just noticed this (look at 2013)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship_finals

polydactyl · 08-09-2013 04:27PM

Someone should let the lads currently running about CP know that their trophy is already gone

hatrickpatrick · 08-09-2013 08:47PM

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Human vuvuzela! Brilliant

My favourite one was "Deadly weapon", which links to "potato chips" (one of the eejits hurls an empty bag of crisps at one of the Brazillians as they're walking away near the end)

SHOVELLER · 08-09-2013 09:01PM

Heno97 wrote: »

Comments like these make me weep for humanity

I could say that same for this.

I stand over what I said.

rustedtrumpet · 08-09-2013 09:53PM

Havnt done but reminds me of when we were in school, when a teacher asked one of us to read from a history book we'd change the words or add in words of our own while reading a loud. Some hilarious wit was made up on the spot which the teacher would fail to realise

hatrickpatrick · 09-09-2013 12:37AM

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

Havnt done but reminds me of when we were in school, when a teacher asked one of us to read from a history book we'd change the words or add in words of our own while reading a loud. Some hilarious wit was made up on the spot which the teacher would fail to realise

We used to do that in Business in school, when he'd ask us to read out numbers from the book while he wrote them out on the board we'd make up random ones and he'd get unbelievably confused when the ledger would refuse to balance or the supposed successful business example was making losses of several hundred thousand

BAA RAM EWE · 09-09-2013 01:44AM

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