On a cool, clear night (typical to Southern California) Warren G travels through his neighborhood, searching for women with whom he might initiate sexual intercourse.

August 1, 2010 11:21 AM

Wikipedia user Earnestp has only made two edits, but they are both brilliant.
posted by alby (21 comments total)

This is crazy, but I'mma go with it.
posted by nevercalm at 11:28 AM on August 1, 2010

Slightly out of left-field, but I think its best of the web. Awesome.
posted by stratastar at 11:31 AM on August 1, 2010

The ghost of Ernest P Worrell?
posted by mannequito at 11:31 AM on August 1, 2010

It's also as brilliant as all the other comedians who translate rap/hip hop for whites. Bill Maher comes to mind.
posted by CarlRossi at 11:31 AM on August 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

I thought about linking to the edits themselves, but they're a little difficult to read.
posted by alby at 11:31 AM on August 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

It's also as brilliant clichéd as all the other comedians who translate rap/hip hop for whites.

FTFY.

[yes, I realize that FTFY is a cliché.]
posted by Dr. Send at 11:45 AM on August 1, 2010

He would have made more edits, but he had to go return some tapes.
posted by Afroblanco at 11:53 AM on August 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

North Lewis, as it intersects 21st Street in Long Beach, is a pretty small street. I wonder where said dice fracas occurred.
posted by basicchannel at 11:56 AM on August 1, 2010

Wikipedia needs more narrative. The problem is, when people add/change stuff that breaks the narrative. Sometimes even a single word change can break an entire paragraph of narrative, with shifts if chronology or counter-points. It's hard to write great prose and then watch it slowly get chopped up.
posted by stbalbach at 11:58 AM on August 1, 2010 [2 favorites]

I'm baffled. how do you know what he edited on those two pages?
posted by Outlawyr at 12:07 PM on August 1, 2010

This reminds me of the peculiar event wherein the grandmother of the famous rhymist of the 'hip-hop' genre, L.L. Cool J, had made a specific request to the esteemed Mr. Cool J that critics of his skillful rhythmic wordsmithing should be rendered unconscious by the means of fisticuffs, in order to ensure that the populace would continue to recognize his continued and future success within that particular musical genre.
posted by chambers at 12:08 PM on August 1, 2010

When Nate Dogg says 'they're dropping and yelling, it's a tad bit late,' is he saying that he shot them as they tried to surrender?
posted by box at 12:10 PM on August 1, 2010

Reminds me of the person writing ironically earnest book reviews on Amazon 5-10 years ago.
posted by rhizome at 12:10 PM on August 1, 2010

So he removed a comma?
posted by Outlawyr at 12:14 PM on August 1, 2010

FTFY.
[yes, I realize that FTFY is a cliché.]

If by "fixed" you mean "removed my subtext and stated the obvious", then success!

But it's all good, it just means we agree.
posted by CarlRossi at 12:14 PM on August 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

I wonder what he would make of Sushi K.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:17 PM on August 1, 2010

I used to sell.. mixtapes.. but now I'm on wiki..
posted by phaedon at 12:28 PM on August 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

Earnestp, your talents are needed here.
posted by blucevalo at 12:35 PM on August 1, 2010

Still the gold standard for this sort of thing.
posted by josher71 at 12:36 PM on August 1, 2010

So he removed a comma?

No, he wrote the synopsis sections for both articles. Did you click more than one of the diff links?
posted by donnagirl at 12:38 PM on August 1, 2010

You might also be interested in Freestyle Rap Battle Translated
posted by resiny at 12:49 PM on August 1, 2010