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Post by milton on Dec 8, 2011 17:20:04 GMT
I like to play the childish game of changing entries on Wikipedia from time to time. If you're subtle about it, choose the pages carefully, and don't go for rampant abuse, your changes can stay there a long time, possibly forever. Obviously a lot of the time folk get rid of the changes, but at the moment, I have an ex-Rangers player and an old semi-celebrity's pages that have retained my changes for months. I've also made a small chnge to the wiki entry for some people not wholly unrelated to this site. I'll own up on one of them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_NorvelleDuncan Norvelle (born 1958, in Hoton, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK) is a comedian in the variety tradition who appeared on television from the early and mid-1980s. He is probably most famous for his catch phrase "Chase Me!", leading to him often being referred to as Duncan "Chase Me" Norvelle.[1] Other catchphrases such as "Ram It", and "Don't force me" have proven less popular. He has 3 children, Sophie (with former girlfriend Trudi Dean), Yasmin (with ex-wife Tina Hall) and Jack (with current wife Jane).[2] The others are fairly easily found.. does anyone else fancy playing? Post up your changes here, and we'll see how long we can keep them for. |
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Post by blarton fink on Dec 8, 2011 17:25:23 GMT
you managed to get the old ojr shows?
been a feature on that for years
it's too difficult though as i'm incapable of subtlety
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Post by James d on Dec 8, 2011 17:30:09 GMT
Mind MAX HARDCOREs detailed descriptive entry had been changed by a less than happy feminist burd. "That sick insect should be shot" or similar.....  |
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Post by milton on Dec 8, 2011 18:06:43 GMT
you managed to get the old ojr shows? been a feature on that for years it's too difficult though as i'm incapable of subtlety Sadly not yet. And I blame you for that. You need to make it so. Whatever it takes. I got it off the Collins and Herring podcasts - Duncan Norvelle was one of the ones they and their listeners were in the habit of defacing, which makes it all the more surprising that no-one's fixed that entry. But anyway, you can easily manage if you choose the target carefully. Foreigners are best, as they are less likely to look up their own English-language wiki page. Unless they're from an English-speaking foreign place, obviously. The ex-Rangers player I did is foreign, for example. Unfortunately my prefixing all references to her name with "hatchet-faced" on Gillian McKeith's page lasted about 3 minutes... |
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Post by milton on Dec 8, 2011 18:11:34 GMT
Mind MAX HARDCOREs detailed descriptive entry had been changed by a less than happy feminist burd. "That sick insect should be shot" or similar..... Just Googled. I thought you meant the guy from Rapido! |
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Post by nocatsinamerica on Dec 8, 2011 20:02:04 GMT
I like to play the childish game of changing entries on Wikipedia from time to time. If you're subtle about it, choose the pages carefully, and don't go for rampant abuse, your changes can stay there a long time, possibly forever. Obviously a lot of the time folk get rid of the changes, but at the moment, I have an ex-Rangers player and an old semi-celebrity's pages that have retained my changes for months. I've also made a small chnge to the wiki entry for some people not wholly unrelated to this site. I'll own up on one of them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_NorvelleDuncan Norvelle (born 1958, in Hoton, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK) is a comedian in the variety tradition who appeared on television from the early and mid-1980s. He is probably most famous for his catch phrase "Chase Me!", leading to him often being referred to as Duncan "Chase Me" Norvelle.[1] Other catchphrases such as "Ram It", and "Don't force me" have proven less popular. He has 3 children, Sophie (with former girlfriend Trudi Dean), Yasmin (with ex-wife Tina Hall) and Jack (with current wife Jane).[2] The others are fairly easily found.. does anyone else fancy playing? Post up your changes here, and we'll see how long we can keep them for. haha, i was on Duncan Norvelles wiki page the other day and saw those two catchphrases and assumed they had been acts of vandalism MUSHET off the old slamboard frequently fucks around with the wiki page for Gartcosh - often with hilarious results as an aside, milton, did you listen to AIOTM when it was on? I only recently got into it and listened to all 3 series solidly for the last fortnight on my commute - its amazing |
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Post by milton on Dec 8, 2011 21:37:54 GMT
haha, i was on Duncan Norvelles wiki page the other day and saw those two catchphrases and assumed they had been acts of vandalism MUSHET off the old slamboard frequently fucks around with the wiki page for Gartcosh - often with hilarious results as an aside, milton, did you listen to AIOTM when it was on? I only recently got into it and listened to all 3 series solidly for the last fortnight on my commute - its amazing Quality - just been reading some of the deleted vandalism. Only heard the first series of AIOTM, but heard it gets better as it goes on. Got the whole lot downloaded, so will batter in! |
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Post by boardinbob on Dec 9, 2011 10:47:59 GMT
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Post by blarton fink on Dec 9, 2011 11:16:20 GMT
haha took me a couple of reads to realise what had been done nice |
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Post by boardinbob on Dec 9, 2011 11:23:15 GMT
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Post by simonphoenix on Dec 9, 2011 11:45:59 GMT
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Post by maelstrom on Dec 9, 2011 11:47:08 GMT
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Post by boardinbob on Dec 9, 2011 13:48:43 GMT
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Post by maelstrom on Dec 9, 2011 15:01:46 GMT
haha, i was on Duncan Norvelles wiki page the other day and saw those two catchphrases and assumed they had been acts of vandalism haha |
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Post by boardinbob on Dec 9, 2011 15:23:16 GMT
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