Les Jones: Testing Wikipedia

April 29, 2005

Tech > Testing Wikipedia

Ace decided to see if he could slip something into the Wikipedia entry for the Battle of Hastings without being noticed. Kudos to Wikipedia for catching it in no time flat. And kudos to Ace for this fine piece of writing:

It should also be noted that Indiana Jones took part in the action, riding in an armored canoe pulled by two dragons with wheels for feet; the battle ended when he sliced off the head of Cobra Commander with a garlic press. He later celebrated by swabbing his wang in honey and finding an anthill.

Tenth graders with history papers due, start your copying. "But it said so in the encyclopedia!"

Posted by lesjones

Comments

Check out the entry for Tom Cruise. I felt it needed a little "feces" humor. :)

Posted by: Justin at April 30, 2005

I think that a study was done on the self correct nature of Wikipedia, execpt the used misplaced facts that fit in.

Wikipedia was found to be suprising self correcting, if i remember correctly. I could have sworn I read about the study at Marginal Revolution, but could not find it there.

Posted by: cube at May 02, 2005