Wikid Game
August 17, 2007 9:26 AM Subscribe
Instances in which corporations have amended Wikipedia entries that might affect their reputation. Thanks, Wired.
This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn
Oh Christ. I hope not.
posted by armoured-ant at 9:30 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by armoured-ant at 9:30 AM on August 17, 2007
Sorry, man!
posted by kittens for breakfast at 9:31 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by kittens for breakfast at 9:31 AM on August 17, 2007
The mods will amend this so your reputation is not affected.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:33 AM on August 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:33 AM on August 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
I am no techie but if anyone can redit the site, and the software traces bck to ISP, why not use cafe computer or library to alter entries?
posted by Postroad at 9:36 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by Postroad at 9:36 AM on August 17, 2007
No you didn't.
posted by caution live frogs at 9:49 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by caution live frogs at 9:49 AM on August 17, 2007
What's that band who did Captain of her Heart in the 1980s?
Oh yeah...Double
posted by porn in the woods at 9:51 AM on August 17, 2007
Oh yeah...Double
posted by porn in the woods at 9:51 AM on August 17, 2007
Oh Christ. I hope not.
Nothing fails likeprayer hope.
posted by Mr_Zero at 9:57 AM on August 17, 2007
Nothing fails like
posted by Mr_Zero at 9:57 AM on August 17, 2007
Amusing.
I for one welcome our old corporate and political overlords.
posted by jeffamaphone at 9:57 AM on August 17, 2007
I for one welcome our old corporate and political overlords.
posted by jeffamaphone at 9:57 AM on August 17, 2007
Probably not last.
posted by Pope Guilty at 10:04 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by Pope Guilty at 10:04 AM on August 17, 2007
Certainly not
posted by taliaferro at 10:05 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by taliaferro at 10:05 AM on August 17, 2007
My comment is merely a placeholder so I will be able to easily enjoy the moderator's witty zinger when they delete this post.
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:05 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:05 AM on August 17, 2007
I actually made this post but altered the data so it looks like armoured-ant did it. And now, profit!
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 10:14 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 10:14 AM on August 17, 2007
I am no techie but if anyone can redit the site, and the software traces bck to ISP, why not use cafe computer or library to alter entries?
I assume they do, and this kind of thing only catches the stupid ones.
posted by smackfu at 10:19 AM on August 17, 2007
I assume they do, and this kind of thing only catches the stupid ones.
posted by smackfu at 10:19 AM on August 17, 2007
The urge to post some inappropriate personal detail in the face of impending deletion is almost overwhelming.
posted by Kinbote at 10:34 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by Kinbote at 10:34 AM on August 17, 2007
but wait. order now and we will...funny thing: Fox news altered Wiki and then reported that Wiki had been tampered with and mentioned a batch of those who tampered but did not mention themselves...fair and fucked
posted by Postroad at 10:43 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by Postroad at 10:43 AM on August 17, 2007
When I was nine years old, I lost a penny up my left nostril.
It reappeared following a fit of violent sneezing in a grocery store a week later.
I put the penny in a gum ball machine and got a piece of licorice flavored gum.
Licorice was my second-favorite gum flavor.
Cinnamon was my favorite.
posted by The Confessor at 10:43 AM on August 17, 2007 [2 favorites]
It reappeared following a fit of violent sneezing in a grocery store a week later.
I put the penny in a gum ball machine and got a piece of licorice flavored gum.
Licorice was my second-favorite gum flavor.
Cinnamon was my favorite.
posted by The Confessor at 10:43 AM on August 17, 2007 [2 favorites]
Are the mods all at lunch or something? Shouldn't we be going nuts with some kind of LOL posts?
posted by marxchivist at 10:56 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by marxchivist at 10:56 AM on August 17, 2007
*wipes hands with guest towels, puts feet on couch, waits for parents to show up*
posted by marxchivist at 10:57 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by marxchivist at 10:57 AM on August 17, 2007
Though this post may be doomed for deletion, I must say I prefer your thread title to the original's. Good show!
posted by EatTheWeek at 10:57 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by EatTheWeek at 10:57 AM on August 17, 2007
When I was very young, I got an entire set of Funk and Wagnalls encyclopedia stuck up my nose. It reappeared at a swap meet after a fit of sneezing. Mom traded the moistened volumes for some slightly used bee-patterned dishtowels.
posted by BigLankyBastard at 10:57 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by BigLankyBastard at 10:57 AM on August 17, 2007
When I was a child, we used to write our own encyclopedia entries favorable to our interests, which we would stick up our nose.
posted by krinklyfig at 11:06 AM on August 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by krinklyfig at 11:06 AM on August 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
Collective nose. Or metaphorical. Not sure.
posted by krinklyfig at 11:07 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by krinklyfig at 11:07 AM on August 17, 2007
When I was an encyclopedia, my child used to stick pennies up his pony. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
posted by LordSludge at 11:12 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by LordSludge at 11:12 AM on August 17, 2007
Why can these corporations use Tor, like the rest of us?
posted by blue_beetle at 11:14 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by blue_beetle at 11:14 AM on August 17, 2007
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