This was incredibly stupid: m A Burger King TV advert which was designed to activate Google Home smart speakers and some Android phones to describe its Whopper burgers has been hijacked by members of the public. The ad triggered the devices to read out information about the burgers from online encyc...

A perfect, IDEAL example of Wikipedians acting like ADHD robot people. A long-and-still-growing article about a trivial news item.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Ex ... 1_incident

Created on 10 April. Three days later it was 49k bytes with 92 references.

And in six months it will probably be totally forgotten.

For an example of a sad little short article that attracts incredible amounts of questionable edit traffic (some unquestionably paid), let me recommend Bijan (designer) . It was created in 2006 by someone who appears to work in the fragrance business; that doesn't surprise because Bijan's best-known...

Wish someone would make me Yorkshire puddings. It's supposed to be a moderately difficult trick; getting them to rise without yeast. You have to follow a weird procedure to the letter and it's "too difficult" for restaurant chefs or something. The only really good thing Brit food has given...

m Note these parts: Kyanka: It was more of a close-knit community, a modest community, still in its youthful phase. There were regulars, everyone knew each other. Then around 2005 it started getting really popular. Unfortunately, popularity is a double-edged sword. You lose a sense of community, but...

m almost entirely the work of m Who is unquestionably author Lynn Hamilton. Right there on her userpage: I am, occasionally, paid to edit Wikipedia. I am currently working for the University of South Florida on articles to be titled "The National Academy of Inventors," "Florida Invent...

Sorry, still think you're wasting your time.....

God...do I have to add an item to the book wiki about Trump-related WP editshitting? Argh. The Gorka article is a HUGE mess, something the CNN reporter and his "brethren" in the media are ill-equipped to recognize or decode. I looked at the history of his article and *I* can't tell you who...

Why is there misinfo on WP? At least a few items can be blamed on Cris Shapan: m With your Photoshop skills you can “edit” the past—in a very Orwellian sense—and it’s frightening to see how fucking gullible people can be. I recall we posted one of your Alan Hale parody album covers and idiots on Fac...

Top kek, as the nerds say these days. m)#Wikipedia_advisory The following message appeared on Operation Rescue's website: lnformation about Operation Rescue and Troy Newman found on Wikipedia is inaccurate and should be ignored. It should also be noted that numerous independent blog sites found on t...