I like to think of myself as an explorer. Infact, my parents named me after one - However, I am not to be confused with those great explorers, you know the masculine and fearless souls who throw themselves into the depths of the unknown armed with bravery and valour. The ones who are prepared to lose their lives amongst the midst of discovery.
I am more like the random guy who sleeps on the couch at one of your friend's houses. The guy who is walking through Kings Cross yet clearly not aroused by the flaunted temptations of the underworld. The guy that attempts to stretch the boundaries of conversation and makes you feel as if there is nothing that cannot be discussed. These are my methods of exploration and chances are if you know me I report my small discoveries back to you - and because of this you probably know me as the guy who will tell you something so outrageous you will assume its bullshit but more often than not its true.
It's in this nature that I explored Wikipedia. I wanted to get my cyber hands dirty and leave a trail of fingerprints. Out of curiosity I became a wiki-vandal and so you don't get as curious as I did here is some of my 'work' and the time in which it took the wikipedia bots to paint over my vandalism.
This was 'true' for - 1 Minute
This was 'true' for - 15 minutes
This was 'true' for - 30 seconds.
As you can see Wikipedia is far from a reliable academic resource, infact it is more like the back of the door in a public toilet - sure there is some weird and interesting stuff on there but you are not going to quote that in your assignment right?
3 comments:
I love what you have done here! I disagree that it is vandalism.I think you deserve a Wiki Award for Outstanding fictional contribution to fiction...and I am still giggling.
Hey Scott, your blog is very informative and has some great data. Where have you been? Jamee
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