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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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
Whoever wrote this fails to realize that a 'time keeper' is the most important person in any band. Without a drummer, its like a gang of musicians just doing their own thing.
It's a joke man, no need to be so butt-hurt. Also Bass players are important in bands but there are tons of jokes about them being useless.
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We'll see about that at your next gig without we drummers, where nobody is dancing or head banging ;D
don't show this to any drummers while they're holding a drumstick i think i have to get this thing surgically removed
this is a standard joke after first rehearsals, when sharing beer among guys in the band.
I myself have been a drummer since fourth grade, and I conclude that all of this is accurate.
I feel bad for the type of music this person listen...
As a percussionist I just want to say that we do so much more than just "hanging out with musicians". I also understand the fact that from the rest of the band's perception (I also play trombone and clarinet) it looks like their job is easy.
From the 1995 Burning Man Benefit at SOMAR, San Francisco, CA.
A Drummer in the Air ~> Timothy North in his Self-Designed Suspended HOVERDRUM 20170501_1...c24e6e.jpg 
Appointed by Barack Obama but became Trump's sock puppet.... Something's a little fishy
There's a post after this that said something like: "okay who reported me?"
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.
I am appalled that Lena Dunham's name was even MENTIONED in the same paragraph as such cute critters!!!
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.
It can certainly be updated to Theresa May without any controversy. She is totally anti-democracy.
Where I come from, people actually use this. "Ooh me nads!" --> an expression often used when a male's 'reproductive area' has been hurt.
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.
No offence, sounds like u contributed to Wikipedia- meaning, I didn't understand half of that paragraph
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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.
True, but it doesn't make reading the screen shots of their shenanigans any less funny.
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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... My professor told me before never to include Wikipedia as a source material for an academic paper cause it's not always reliable. 😂
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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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 
I don't understand the David Ortiz one .. It has to be right in front of me and I'm missing it.
And not one mention of the time someone edited Dimebag Darrell's wikipedia page to show him as immortal
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 
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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Here's the parody version of the site http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Just think how entertaining Wikipedia could be, if these things weren't deleted?
Why are you splitting this to 13 pages? This is so annoying! I am banning you for this.
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.
With your moronic, immature user name, no one is ever going to take what you say seriously.
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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.
No offence, sounds like u contributed to Wikipedia- meaning, I didn't understand half of that paragraph
Load More Replies... 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.
True, but it doesn't make reading the screen shots of their shenanigans any less funny.
Load More Replies... 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... My professor told me before never to include Wikipedia as a source material for an academic paper cause it's not always reliable. 😂
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... 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.
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
I don't understand the David Ortiz one .. It has to be right in front of me and I'm missing it.
And not one mention of the time someone edited Dimebag Darrell's wikipedia page to show him as immortal
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
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... Here's the parody version of the site http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Just think how entertaining Wikipedia could be, if these things weren't deleted?
Why are you splitting this to 13 pages? This is so annoying! I am banning you for this.
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.
With your moronic, immature user name, no one is ever going to take what you say seriously.
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