I was poking around Wikipedia and I spotted something hilarious, IP address 203.116.59.28 is placing all sorts of lies in Wikipedia!
In the Lee Kuan Yew article, he wrote:
- He is very old.
In the Lee Hsien Loong article, he wrote and replace an image:
- Notice how he bears the appearance of a horse with his long facial features, giving one the unpleasant feeling of being in a zoo
- (Also changed Lee Hsien Loong picture into a horse)
In the Singapore Dollar article, he wrote:
- You mean you do not like Sing dollar?
In the Li Hongyi article, he wrote this and this:
- Li is also found to be suffering from cerebral palsy, lunacy and syphilis.
- Li is known to be suffering from dyslexia.
He is also:
- interested in Odex
- likes changing Baby-G into Baby-G Spot
- quite a fan of Honour and Passion
- thinks Liang Po Po is a horror film
- prefers calling Bollywood ‘Boobywood’
- believes that Mortal Kombat’s Jarek is a 3SG in the RSAF
It is not uncommon to spot people adding chunks of nonsense in Wikipedia. It’s the most unplesant thing to do. Imagine you had to do a project and just take the information directly from Wikipedia. You’ll end up with chunks of shit. It’s unfortunate that there are always people trying to distort the free online encyclopedia. While the change is often reverted, it takes a couple of days. Some rarer defaced articles gone unnoticed.
And therefore, everytime you do research, never ever trust just one source. If Wikipedia says this, counter check it with Encarta or Britannica. Get the “facts” right. It’s a great community encyclopedia but don’t trust it completely.
On a side note, Wikipedia just got its 2 millionth article.
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Tags: celebrities, national service, people, picture, singapore, television, wikipedia
Yup,Wikipedia sure is reliable,huh? :0)
by aurora_starfire (Sep 11, 2007 at 9 PM)My professors say never use it for reference.
I won’t say that it is unreliable. But i think it is subjected to abuse. They will clean it up shortly. No worries.
by DK (Sep 11, 2007 at 9 PM)Same… professors say never use it for reference. So you do edits on Wikipedia?
by Geekonomics (Sep 11, 2007 at 9 PM)I knew something was very eerie about Liang Po Po.
by lancerlord (Sep 11, 2007 at 10 PM)“Imagine you had to do a project and just take the information directly from Wikipedia”.
Er… what school are you from that allows you to do that?
And how old are you BTW? Copy and paste projects went out of fashion in, like, Primary Four.
by Laremy (Sep 11, 2007 at 10 PM)[...] – Mr. Dew, “Funny Singaporean defaced Wikipedia, poked fun of ministers.” [...]
by udderiffic indulgence. :: How old are you again? :: September :: 2007 (Sep 12, 2007 at 9 AM)and now with wikiscanner, they can actually tell who’s been making changes.
working in the PR industry, i can say that some people have actually tried to smudge facts to make them look prettier. changing facts is important if they’re wrong, but changing facts into semi-fiction, its not very professional.
in theory, wikipedia works.. people working for the common good.
but common good hasn’t exactly been working out for us either.
well, i suppose half-facts are better than non-facts. -)
by brian (Sep 12, 2007 at 12 PM)Ha Ha !
He must be dislikes Singapore’s Government.
by Kindaichi (Sep 12, 2007 at 9 PM)[...] go through, some just got caught in spam. While I very much wished to link to Wikipedia, with the latest notice about this guy going around editing the information about Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore dollar, and [...]
by A Mind of My Own » Random Thoughts (Sep 14, 2007 at 11 PM)203.116.59.28 –> this is has also used some proxy to search for viginal and some sexual implicit words. He is using IE6, suspect that he is still in SAF. Found out that he is looking for IE6Fix on 9th Oct… in wiki, he going to deface it?
by detective (Oct 10, 2007 at 11 AM)203.116.59.28 –> this guy has also used some proxy to search for virgina and some sexual implicit words. He is using IE6, suspect that he is still in SAF. Found out that he is looking for IE6Fix on 9th Oct… in wiki, he going to deface it? he is using starhub anyway, IP doesnt change much in starhub, and he pervert actions is unique, lol
by detective (Oct 10, 2007 at 11 AM)interesting spam >.<
by fyora (Oct 11, 2007 at 12 AM)