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Kirk's wikipedia page is currently abuzz with edits and reversions of those edits, many of which are pronouncing him dead.

• rkomorn 1y ago
  I'm convinced there are people whose first thought when someone dies is to race to update Wikipedia for some definition of clout. I find it weird, at best.
  • seivan 1y ago
    [dead]
  • FergusArgyll 1y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiJackal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiJackal
    • rkomorn 1y ago
      Makes sense!
    • rossant 1y ago
      TIL there's a term for this! I've always been quite troubled by this propensity some people have to be the first to report the death of someone famous.