Why do people do stuff like this to Wikipedia articles?

[dug777]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._S._Lowry

under 'Early Life' someone has added this moronic little gem:

'i tink lowry iz a brill artist but he shud of of dun sum grafity'

:roll:

 

[Cristatus]

To get some recognition, by acting stupid, I guess.

 

[Trikat]

Kids? Drunk? Stupid?

 

[jjones]

Because there's no law preventing idiots and morons, no matter how severe their mental deficiency is, from buying computers and getting internet access?

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: jjones
Because there's no law preventing idiots and morons, no matter how severe their mental deficiency is, from buying computers and getting internet access?

dammit :|

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Same reason people paint bridges and overpasses.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: dug777
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._S._Lowry

under 'Early Life' someone has added this moronic little gem:

'i tink lowry iz a brill artist but he shud of of dun sum grafity'

:roll:

you're a lifer at this forum and you have to ask that question?

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: dug777
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._S._Lowry

under 'Early Life' someone has added this moronic little gem:

'i tink lowry iz a brill artist but he shud of of dun sum grafity'

:roll:

you're a lifer at this forum and you have to ask that question?

i fail at lifer

:laugh:

 

[mugs]

Screw the war on drugs, we need a war on stupidity in this country. That level of stupidity should be punishable by jail time to prevent that guy from poluting the rest of society.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: mugs
Screw the war on drugs, we need a war on stupidity in this country. That level of stupidity should be punishable by jail time to prevent that guy from poluting the rest of society.

Get rid of the stupidity and you get rid of all the drugs excluding marijuana.

 

[Descartes]

Same reason so many people make crude comments on YouTube movies, MySpace posts, and just about every other online medium available. There's a lot of really ignorant bored people out there. It's quite sad really.

 

[torpid]

If you are going to get riled up about wikipedia edits, at least get riled up over legitimate grievances. Like washington senate staff selectively editting the articles on their senators to remove negative items and add positive spin to everything.

Guys like the one who posted the above are harmless. They get reverted in minutes and then eventually banned.

Or, another good thing to get riled up about is the total lunacy of certain articles over time, like the one on electroconvulsive therapy. That one is a real hoot and comes close to totally discreditting wikipedia as a source that I would trust.

 

[dug777]

Huzzah, it is indeed gone now

 

[sao123]

I see there are active bots editing pageswith garbage...

I was reading a page on the bubonic plague, and then I refreshed the page and I saw lines added...

I had hot steamy sex with SAMILYA HABIB. OH YEAH!
I GOT ABOUT 6039838 STDS FROM HERE=
==Infection/JOHNSON JONSHONS PENIS PENSIE

Then I went into the page history and found more attacks...

Alex Rawlings Sux Balls and is very gay
hiii matt!
blaaaah!
alex r is the best and rob t sucks
Simond demonstrated how a healthy rat died of plague after infected porque todos los que agan read esto son unos pinchis puto jotooooooooooos
andalso there was once a ninja

Wiki vandalism is so annoying.

 

[Juno]

i actually edited some pages on wiki and received messages for vandalism...that was so stupid.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: mugs
Screw the war on drugs, we need a war on stupidity in this country. That level of stupidity should be punishable by jail time to prevent that guy from poluting the rest of society.

Right, lets start w/ our supreme leader 1st.

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: mugs
Screw the war on drugs, we need a war on stupidity in this country. That level of stupidity should be punishable by jail time to prevent that guy from poluting the rest of society.

polluting*