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
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?
Same reason people surf porn sites at work even though they know everything is being logged. When you're serving Mammon, you don't care about anything else but the present lustful moment.
posted by Burhanistan at 9:42 AM on August 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
Same reason people surf porn sites at work even though they know everything is being logged. When you're serving Mammon, you don't care about anything else but the present lustful moment.
posted by Burhanistan at 9:42 AM on August 17, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted last
posted by Burhanistan at 9:43 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by Burhanistan at 9:43 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]
As a child, I had an entire set of Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia (1986 version, I think). I had whined to my parents that I needed my own set so bad.
I never cracked opened a volume of those damn cheap things.
posted by Burhanistan at 10:53 AM on August 17, 2007
I never cracked opened a volume of those damn cheap things.
posted by Burhanistan at 10:53 AM on August 17, 2007
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 EatTheWeak at 10:57 AM on August 17, 2007
posted by EatTheWeak 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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