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There was a IIRC German politician who was part of a prank involving Wikipedia, someone claimed in his Wikipedia article that he had 200+ names. Lazy news write
by netsharc 4y ago
There was a IIRC German politician who was part of a prank involving Wikipedia, someone claimed in his Wikipedia article that he had 200+ names. Lazy news writers quoted the Wikipedia article as a "fun fact" segment, and the Wikipedia article then turned around and said "here's an authoritative source on that 200+ names..."
- nnamtr 4y agoNot 200, like 10. Someone added a false one, and it found its way to serious websites. German source: https://bildblog.de/5704/wie-ich-freiherr-von-guttenberg-zu-wilhelm-machte/ https://bildblog.de/5704/wie-ich-freiherr-von-guttenberg-zu-...
- MauranKilom 4y agohttps://xkcd.com/978/ https://xkcd.com/978/