The Internet Is Full Of Lies
In an attempt to severely localize Wikipedia vandalism, Web cartoonist Ryan North has proposed that the online encyclopedia might allow all suggested factual inaccuracies specifically in the article on chickens. Thus, Wikipedia would ostensibly cover every topic in the universe except chickens because, as the site linked here explains:
Dudes already know about chickens. Ladies also already know about chickens. Does an encyclopedia really need an article about nature’s tastiest birds? You know the answer is “no it most certainly does not”.
You may find it worth your while to read Ryan’s argument in greater detail.
What Ryan may be unaware of, however, is that another solution exists: Uncyclopedia, which looks enough like Wikipedia that it can probably fool your friends at first glance, but contains nothing but sweet, sweet lies. Here you can learn that “Water Polo … With Sharks! is the hardest game to play, bar none,” among other lies begging for your contributions.
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Update: Chicken entry has been locked due to vandalism.
By Jason on 11.15.06 11:46 pm
You probably read about this, but in July Stephen Colbert asked his viewers to change the wiki article on elephants to say that their poputlation has tripled… It worked for a while:
Seemed related…
By Jordan on 11.18.06 2:36 pm
that quote was from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_popular_culture
By Jordan on 11.18.06 2:37 pm
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