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| tarantino |
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the Dude abides  Group: Regulars Posts: 1,441 Joined: Member No.: 2,143  |
I've recently come across the fictional biography of Sean MacLeod (T-H-L-K-D), presented as fact by Wikipedia for 2 years and 4 months. The article has remained intact, save for a handful of edits by users or bots that fixed typos or tags, or removed images (including edits by a couple of friendly faces that post here, heh ). While it is fairly well written, it is over the top. and no one has ever attempted to verify the 'facts' that are presented.
I've archived it at MWB because it will inevitably be deleted. |
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| tarantino |
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the Dude abides Group: Regulars Posts: 1,441 Joined: Member No.: 2,143 |
The article Himalayan Panda was created on April Fool's Day 2009, and lasted 6 months before being deleted as a blatant hoax.
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| A Horse With No Name |
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I have as much free time as a Wikipedia admin! Group: Regulars Posts: 4,471 Joined: Member No.: 9,985 |
QUOTE(tarantino @ Sun 25th July 2010, 8:32pm)  The article Himalayan Panda was created on April Fool's Day 2009, and lasted 6 months before being deleted as a blatant hoax. And believe it or not, I was the one who pointed it out as being a hoax! I know a bit about zoology and I immediately realized it was a phony piece when I first found it in October 2009. (Yes, I was still playing around at the time -- hey, it kept me out of the pool halls.) Not to brag, but I have caught a good number of hoaxes on WP on a variety of subjects. Of course, I never got a thank you from anyone of the big mucky-mucks on WP for catching the phony panda or the other fraudulent stuff. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/hrmph.gif) This post has been edited by A Horse With No Name: |
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| Jon Awbrey |
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Ï„á½° δΠμοι παθήματα μαθήματα γÎγονε Group: Moderators Posts: 6,783 Joined: From: Meat Puppet Nation Member No.: 5,619 |
QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Sun 1st August 2010, 8:26pm) QUOTE(tarantino @ Sun 25th July 2010, 8:32pm) The article Himalayan Panda was created on April Fool's Day 2009, and lasted 6 months before being deleted as a blatant hoax. And believe it or not, I was the one who pointed it out as being a hoax! I know a bit about zoology and I immediately realized it was a phony piece when I first found it in October 2009. (Yes, I was still playing around at the time — hey, it kept me out of the pool halls.) Not to brag, but I have caught a good number of hoaxes on WP on a variety of subjects. Of course, I never got a thank you from anyone of the big mucky-mucks on WP for catching the phony panda or the other fraudulent stuff. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/hrmph.gif) In WP:LOGITCH, reporting a hoax is tantamount to confessing that you created it — And saying that you "know a bit about zoology"? — Hell, you might as well say you know a little German! As far as being thanked? — That would be like acknowledging that there was a problem in the first place — Sorry, tanks but no tanks! Jon (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/tongue.gif) |
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| ulsterman |
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Senior Member Group: Inactive Posts: 296 Joined: Member No.: 19,575 |
QUOTE(Jon Awbrey @ Mon 2nd August 2010, 1:46pm) Hell, you might as well say you know a little German! Oh dear. Another paedophile thread! (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Middle_class_German_boy_by_Brotze.jpg) |
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tarantino Hoaxes on Wikipedia 
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And that bit has been in there almost since the b... tarantino A list of other long-running WP hoaxes can be foun... 
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A list of other long-running WP hoaxes can be fou... EricBarbour
If this IS fiction, it's extremely pathetic f... Sylar It's probably been there for so long because i... Herschelkrustofsky
It's probably been there for so long because ... tarantino
[quote name='Sylar' post='150470' date='Thu 8th J... The Joy
[quote name='Sylar' post='150470' date='Thu 8th ... Eva Destruction
[quote name='Herschelkrustofsky' post='178796' da... Herschelkrustofsky
[quote name='tarantino' post='178812' date='Tue 1... tarantino Cytaria, created in January, was deleted June 11. ... EricBarbour [quote name='tarantino' post='178455' date='Sat 13... Grep Oh, please don't out the hoaxes too soon. Aft... Herschelkrustofsky
Oh, please don't out the hoaxes too soon. Af... tarantino As mentioned on WP:AN, the two year old unreferenc... A Horse With No Name And saying that you "know a bit about zoolog... WikiWatch Another possible hoax article:
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Another possible hoax article:
[url=http://en.wik... Casliber
The article Himalayan Panda was created on April ... CharlotteWebb
Until very recently mammal editors were a|⟷|... EricBarbour Until very recently mammal editors were alot less ... Anonymous editor posting wisecracks is far easier and more amusing,... WikiWatch The biggest hoax of all is wikipedia itself. Moulton The biggest hoax of all is Wikipedia itself.
The i... HRIP7 Hannibal Fogg was a nice hoax, perpetrated by writ... |
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