Folks Online Are Chuckling At These 30 Ridiculous “Edits” Of Wikipedia Pages As Shared By This Dedicated Twitter Page
Let's be clear on one thing. Wikipedia is an amazing tool for doing any kind of research. Sure, teachers and folk in general have good reason to warn people of how it can be unreliable—after all, it's run by users and dedicated editors. But if you're ever in doubt, check the resources. The internet can't alter that.
What it can do, however, is still have some harmless fun with it. Since anyone can write and edit anything on Wikipedia, it has become a bit of a sport among netizens to slip in details that wouldn't otherwise ever be present in an encyclopedic article. Note that this is considered a form of vandalism and if you are going to do it, do it how this Twitter page does it—in a harmless way with the Inspect Elements tool.
Yep, there is a Twitter page, appropriately called Wikipedia, But I Made Them Up, that "vandalizes" Wikipedia articles using a very harmless browser tool to make it look like it's the real thing, then takes a screencap of it and then everyone laughs at the pure absurdity of it all.
Bored Panda has gathered the best of the best posts found on the page and has created the neat little listicle for you to enjoy below. So, go vote, go comment, share the article with your funny friends, and above all, do not actually edit Wikipedia articles for the fun of it. We'll explain what you can do instead, if you insist on having some fun.
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I know right? There’s a 50% chance to break it if you put a single pound on it but a 90% it won’t break if you stand on it. Lol
There is a Polish encyclopedia from 18th century ('Nowe Ateny', eng: 'New Athens'), which says about the horse 'Horse: Everyone knows what a horse is.'
I took one look at the Rorschach and damned if it isn't the Wizard parting the waters in Fantasia. Am I right or what? fantasia-w...24b764.jpg
The mining trucks are bred and trained by very tiny people. Mine munchkins.
That is a sunfish. Here's a much better picture. ocean-sunf...fbd91a.jpg
For anyone curious, this animal is actually a Fossa! I recommend looking it up, they are pretty interesting. Edit: Oh my gosh! 25 upvotes?! Usually people hate it when I talk about animals. Ahg I'm tearing up, thank you!
Isn’t it obvious? It’s literally a bird, you can quite clearly see it. Sorry Tim! You were sleeping? Oh, sorry mate, sweet dreams!
Oh I know what’s wrong with this! You didn’t use proper citation, it should be “The Deliciously Spicy Kiki (left) alongside the Refreshingly Sweet Bouba (right).” (/j)
I have a buddy that would use this to describe the Fast and Furious movies.
Is he officially the last in his line of work or did he eat the last worm? 🤔
What happens if you click that link at the bottom? The “putting it in a cup” one?
i love how bizarre and outlandish these are, exactly my humor lol
Everyone can edit wikipedia posts, to include new info, correct something, add something that can help people who access the site, but... you can also include or change some things just for laughts.
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Everyone can edit wikipedia posts, to include new info, correct something, add something that can help people who access the site, but... you can also include or change some things just for laughts.
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