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With so much fake news floating around these days, it's difficult to know just who and what to believe. While Wikipedia is usually a reliable source of factual information, from time to time people hack Wiki and slip some alternative facts in there too. And since it's a free encyclopedia, created entirely by collaborators, it turns out that some of them have quite a knack for humor. From Charlie Sheen being half man, half cocaine to American Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky being a humanoid evolution spawned in the bowels of Poseidon, you never can be too sure if what you're reading is 100% truth. So common sense comes in handy if you are preparing a paper according to Wikipedia's facts.
Luckily, these changes don't stay for long and are spotted by moderators before they even see the light of day. To illustrate how crazy some of these hijackings (or at least attempts) have been, Bored Panda has collected this list of funny Wikipedia edits caught on screenshots.
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Ok Ha-Neul 7 years ago
so is he from maycomb county alabama where people have a tendency to start combing their hair in the middle of a conversation they're called maycombers
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JEFF THE KILLER 7 years ago
Appointed by Barack Obama but became Trump's sock puppet.... Something's a little fishy
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Jesus Wäre 7 years ago
There's a post after this that said something like: "okay who reported me?"
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Lena Sterling 7 years ago
I read a biography about Janis, but it was never mentioned that she speed walked everywhere and was afraid of toilets. So good to know that she Speed walked and was afraid of toilets.
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Izzy's Maid 7 years ago
I am appalled that Lena Dunham's name was even MENTIONED in the same paragraph as such cute critters!!!
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Master Markus 7 years ago
I'm seriously bothered by how the French are called cowards because of that one surrender in WW2 as far as I know, because if you look at their history, they f*****g OWNED at wars.
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Tiny Dynamine 7 years ago
It can certainly be updated to Theresa May without any controversy. She is totally anti-democracy.
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GlassOfWater 7 years ago
Where I come from, people actually use this. "Ooh me nads!" --> an expression often used when a male's 'reproductive area' has been hurt.
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Hans 7 years ago
Whiel some of these are quite funny, I think it should be stressed that they do not speak for the quality of Wikipedia in general. Wikipedia, by its nature as an encyclopedia is a secondary source, not to compete with primary sources, particularly not with those of scientific nature. Due to the collaborative effort it may well compete with journalistic sources, particularly if you are skeptical about what you read! I think it does a very good job in providing easy-to-understand background if you do not want to go the full way to read the primary sources, and it can be used to scrutinize media.
Jeeves 7 years ago
No offence, sounds like u contributed to Wikipedia- meaning, I didn't understand half of that paragraph
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Alusair Alustriel 7 years ago
Just don;t forget, that before the change is approved it goes through moderators. And it's not like anyone can write on wikli - you have to register, write a lot and meet several requirments to be approved for freelance content changes. Most of those are showing edits visible only to the person editing the website - they see it, but it doesn't go further.
Just Jess 7 years ago
True, but it doesn't make reading the screen shots of their shenanigans any less funny.
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Jason Hook 7 years ago
Actually, this gives you no reason to not trust Wikipedia. If you actually believed there was truth in any of these edits, you should really evaluate what life decisions led you to this moment.
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BoredShaSha 7 years ago
My professor told me before never to include Wikipedia as a source material for an academic paper cause it's not always reliable. 😂
Sigyn2 7 years ago
You should never include Wikipedia as source material, because an encyclopedia is not a source. You can find proper sources in the "References" section below a Wikipedia article. As for the reliability, it's been proven that Wikipedia has about the same rate of error as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Amelia Harper 2 years ago
American Wiki Writers offers researched-based Wikipedia content to businesses. The company shows a true sense of professionalism in providing a wide variety of services to customers. These services include research, writing, translation, creation, maintenance, monitoring, and editing. The company helps businesses how to make a Wikipedia page for a celebrity to elevate the website’s existence worldwide.
Daniel Sevitt 7 years ago
I've been pulling this c**p for years. I'm the guy who wrote in Wikipedia that Margaret Truman's first novel was the basis for a Wesley Snipes movie. That got picked up and printed in her obituary in the UK Times - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/margaret-truman-daniel-fslgb6nf8qd margaret-t...c5bf1a.jpg 
Alex LeBlanc 7 years ago
I don't understand the David Ortiz one .. It has to be right in front of me and I'm missing it.
Jason Hook 7 years ago
And not one mention of the time someone edited Dimebag Darrell's wikipedia page to show him as immortal
Suheil al-Hassan 7 years ago
Here's a genius one about Flee Syrian Army
https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20161206214854/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Syrian_Army Flee-Syria...af-png.jpg 
Suheil al-Hassan 7 years ago
When rebels are defeated the Syrian Government gives them choice: either give up arms and reconcile or take weapons and get transported out to Idlib (rebels HQ governorate) in buses.
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Tiny Dynamine 7 years ago
Here's the parody version of the site http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
John L 7 years ago
Just think how entertaining Wikipedia could be, if these things weren't deleted?
Yaron Kaplan 7 years ago
Why are you splitting this to 13 pages? This is so annoying! I am banning you for this.
FUKME 7 years ago
The Description should be changed it is partly false or very outdated. Spreading b******t on the Internet under the cover of humor is really bad.
Melvin Dragvelk 7 years ago
With your moronic, immature user name, no one is ever going to take what you say seriously.
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Hans 7 years ago
Whiel some of these are quite funny, I think it should be stressed that they do not speak for the quality of Wikipedia in general. Wikipedia, by its nature as an encyclopedia is a secondary source, not to compete with primary sources, particularly not with those of scientific nature. Due to the collaborative effort it may well compete with journalistic sources, particularly if you are skeptical about what you read! I think it does a very good job in providing easy-to-understand background if you do not want to go the full way to read the primary sources, and it can be used to scrutinize media.
Jeeves 7 years ago
No offence, sounds like u contributed to Wikipedia- meaning, I didn't understand half of that paragraph
Load More Replies... Alusair Alustriel 7 years ago
Just don;t forget, that before the change is approved it goes through moderators. And it's not like anyone can write on wikli - you have to register, write a lot and meet several requirments to be approved for freelance content changes. Most of those are showing edits visible only to the person editing the website - they see it, but it doesn't go further.
Just Jess 7 years ago
True, but it doesn't make reading the screen shots of their shenanigans any less funny.
Load More Replies... Jason Hook 7 years ago
Actually, this gives you no reason to not trust Wikipedia. If you actually believed there was truth in any of these edits, you should really evaluate what life decisions led you to this moment.
Load More Replies... BoredShaSha 7 years ago
My professor told me before never to include Wikipedia as a source material for an academic paper cause it's not always reliable. 😂
Sigyn2 7 years ago
You should never include Wikipedia as source material, because an encyclopedia is not a source. You can find proper sources in the "References" section below a Wikipedia article. As for the reliability, it's been proven that Wikipedia has about the same rate of error as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Load More Replies... Amelia Harper 2 years ago
American Wiki Writers offers researched-based Wikipedia content to businesses. The company shows a true sense of professionalism in providing a wide variety of services to customers. These services include research, writing, translation, creation, maintenance, monitoring, and editing. The company helps businesses how to make a Wikipedia page for a celebrity to elevate the website’s existence worldwide.
Daniel Sevitt 7 years ago
I've been pulling this c**p for years. I'm the guy who wrote in Wikipedia that Margaret Truman's first novel was the basis for a Wesley Snipes movie. That got picked up and printed in her obituary in the UK Times - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/margaret-truman-daniel-fslgb6nf8qd margaret-t...c5bf1a.jpg
Alex LeBlanc 7 years ago
I don't understand the David Ortiz one .. It has to be right in front of me and I'm missing it.
Jason Hook 7 years ago
And not one mention of the time someone edited Dimebag Darrell's wikipedia page to show him as immortal
Suheil al-Hassan 7 years ago
Here's a genius one about Flee Syrian Army
https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20161206214854/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Syrian_Army Flee-Syria...af-png.jpg
Suheil al-Hassan 7 years ago
When rebels are defeated the Syrian Government gives them choice: either give up arms and reconcile or take weapons and get transported out to Idlib (rebels HQ governorate) in buses.
Load More Replies... Tiny Dynamine 7 years ago
Here's the parody version of the site http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
John L 7 years ago
Just think how entertaining Wikipedia could be, if these things weren't deleted?
Yaron Kaplan 7 years ago
Why are you splitting this to 13 pages? This is so annoying! I am banning you for this.
FUKME 7 years ago
The Description should be changed it is partly false or very outdated. Spreading b******t on the Internet under the cover of humor is really bad.
Melvin Dragvelk 7 years ago
With your moronic, immature user name, no one is ever going to take what you say seriously.
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