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This reminds me of a joke website I pondered making a few years ago 'provemeright.com'. If you are in a bar and you make an outrageous claim and don't want to b

This reminds me of a joke website I pondered making a few years ago 'provemeright.com'. If you are in a bar and you make an outrageous claim and don't want to back down, provemeright.com has your back! Give us 10 min and we will edit wikipedia and create a website with your 'fact' on it!... It was a funny joke when it wasn't real.

ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
You've just reminded me of when I made up a slang term - "Clifton Sausage" - and almost persuaded a somewhat gullible friend of mine that it existed. I then went onto Urban Dictionary and got it added so that I could fully persuade him. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clifton%20sausage https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clifton%20sa...
boilerupnc 1y ago
Also works for getting backstage passes to concerts! [0] [0] https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/fan-edits-wikipedia-page-to-trick-security-into-granting-backstage-access/ https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/fan-edits-wikipedia-page-t...
giarc 1y ago
Wikipedia, and it's volunteer of editors are extremely quick at checking edits. In university, we once create a page for my room mate and listed his admirable, but odd quirks. It was taken down in a matter of minutes.
- Gigachad 1y ago
  New pages go to a specific pending review queue. Edits on existing unprotected pages are less scrutinised
- mmooss 1y ago
  There have been stories of false information lasting for years.
- rsynnott 1y ago
  It depends on the topic, honestly. They're very suspicious of _new_ pages, and of edits on _contentious_ pages, but malicious/joke edits on boring pages can sometimes survive a very long time.
- bananaflag 1y ago
  They are quick for checking new pages, not for checking deeply hidden updates to semi-obscure pages.
RandallBrown 1y ago
I did this once to win an argument. It was probably about 18 years ago so Wikipedia was a bit slower to take things down back then.

ndsipa_pomu 1y ago

You've just reminded me of when I made up a slang term - "Clifton Sausage" - and almost persuaded a somewhat gullible friend of mine that it existed. I then went onto Urban Dictionary and got it added so that I could fully persuade him. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clifton%20sausage https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clifton%20sa...

boilerupnc 1y ago

Also works for getting backstage passes to concerts! [0] [0] https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/fan-edits-wikipedia-page-to-trick-security-into-granting-backstage-access/ https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/fan-edits-wikipedia-page-t...

giarc 1y ago

Wikipedia, and it's volunteer of editors are extremely quick at checking edits. In university, we once create a page for my room mate and listed his admirable, but odd quirks. It was taken down in a matter of minutes.

Gigachad 1y ago
New pages go to a specific pending review queue. Edits on existing unprotected pages are less scrutinised
mmooss 1y ago
There have been stories of false information lasting for years.
rsynnott 1y ago
It depends on the topic, honestly. They're very suspicious of _new_ pages, and of edits on _contentious_ pages, but malicious/joke edits on boring pages can sometimes survive a very long time.
bananaflag 1y ago
They are quick for checking new pages, not for checking deeply hidden updates to semi-obscure pages.

RandallBrown 1y ago

I did this once to win an argument. It was probably about 18 years ago so Wikipedia was a bit slower to take things down back then.