Wikipedia

[roydo]

Just went on there to check on a facht for trivia question, and noticed James Macs page was bang up to date.

Got me thinking, who actually updates it? Some utter anorak? Is it automatic in some way?

Has anyone on here ever updated a wikki page?

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

I've updated a couple of bits and pieces about Everton players in the past, where I've noticed something's wrong or missing.

It's not automatic at all, it relies on users of the site making additions and changes. People take the piss out of wikipedia, but for everything except breaking news/things currently in the public eye (because these draw the most vandalism and badly sourced changes), it's for the most part an astonishingly accurate source of information.

 

[Allezfan]

I once edited Jesus Navas to say he signed for everton as part of an extended wind up on here, if that counts.

 

[Azzurri]

I once edited my mate in as a Yonex sponsored professional badminton player after he won the city championships and it stayed there for a good 2 years.

 

[Millea]

My mate got his name put as Lethal Bizzle's birth name and some articles on the Internet wrote in his name.

 

[Pat's Van]

be nice if everybody had their own wikipedia page

regardless if they'd accomplished anything of note

maybe one day we will have

 

[Allezfan]

The high mark of got's exploits on wiki is still when someone changed joseph yobo's wiki page so his middle name was chicoazul and it got used by a fact-checker from a newspaper.

Celeb sports still has that as his middlename too.

 

[Elong]

^ Still one of the best things to ever happen on here.

 

[IRO1977]

The high mark of got's exploits on wiki is still when someone changed joseph yobo's wiki page so his middle name was chicoazul and it got used by a fact-checker from a newspaper.

Celeb sports still has that as his middlename too.

Haha, class

 

[Groucho]

Joseph Yobo is the ultimate Chico multi.

 

[Housequake]

The high mark of got's exploits on wiki is still when someone changed joseph yobo's wiki page so his middle name was chicoazul and it got used by a fact-checker from a newspaper.

Celeb sports still has that as his middlename too.

That is absolutely superb.

 

[dead_soft]

I know very little about anything so I'm always happy when I see a spelling error or a lay-out problem and bang, I sort it straight away. Feel like I've contributed to the world.

 

[bignev23]

That is highly amusing.

What newspaper is it?

 

[Allezfan]

That is highly amusing.

What newspaper is it?

Given the shoddy research, you can take a guess.

It's that one we don't buy.

 

[dholliday]

People take the piss out of wikipedia, but for everything except breaking news/things currently in the public eye (because these draw the most vandalism and badly sourced changes), it's for the most part an astonishingly accurate source of information.

Agreed.

Got me thinking, who actually updates it? Some utter anorak? Is it automatic in some way?

It's incredibly fast. Right now the Wiki pages of Portugal and Sweden will reflect which of them qualified for the World Cup.

The high mark of got's exploits on wiki is still when someone changed joseph yobo's wiki page so his middle name was chicoazul and it got used by a fact-checker from a newspaper.

Celeb sports still has that as his middlename too.

EPIC!