Spanish TV Channels Vandalize Wikipedia

strider2004 writes to tell us that Barrapunto, a Spanish tech news site, has outed two TV stations in Spain, one public and the other private, for engaging in Wikipedia vandalism for the sake of a story. (The link is in Spanish; Google translation here.) The public station introduced falsehoods into the Wikipedia entry for John Lennon; the private one vandalized the Elvis Presley entry. Both stations said they were performing an "experiment" to check the reaction time of Wikipedia. Both articles were promptly corrected by other editors.
Update: 08/19 13:01 GMT by KD : Barrapunto is not affiliated with Slashdot.

Comments

Re:Good Ol' Unreliable WikipediaBS

[Anonymous Coward]

Anyone can change it without anything to back it,{{citation-needed}} generally changed by the whiny commie demoncrat terrorists to spread their communist lies.{{citation-needed}}

Re:Red neck response

[Anonymous Coward]

Then why do they speak Mexican in Spain?

Re:Red neck response

[Anonymous Coward]

for all the idiots: Mexico != Spain

It is for sufficiently large values of Mexico.

Local FOX News translation

[Anonymous Coward]

WIKIPEDIA... A free encyclopedia, so free ANYONE can edit it. Are child molesters using it to reach out to YOUR CHILDREN? The answer... coming up later this hour.

Re:Local FOX News translation

[msp0]

... a story no parent can afford to miss ...

Re:So....

[iminplaya]

This is news?

Bueno, fue hecho con una computadora...

I'm shocked!

[Manchot]

I can't believe this is true! Why did no one tell me that Slashdot has a Spanish version? Seriously, looking at it is like looking at Bizarro Slashdot.

Re:I'm shocked!

[Tatisimo]

That's no Slashdot! It has no CowboyNeal option on its polls!

Re:I'm shocked!

[mjsottile77]

I dunno about that. It's not really authentic Spanish Slashdot until their poll has an option involving "VaqueroNeal".

Re:I'm shocked!

[niktemadur]

That's no Slashdot! It has no CowboyNeal option on its polls!

Not to mention the usual witty commentary we've all come to know and love, time and again, but in spanish:

- Imagínate un enjambre Beowulf de estos!
- Esa no es una luna, es una estación espacial!
- En Rusia Soviética, Wikipedia te vandaliza a TI!

Re:Wait .....

[BinBoy]

How on Earth can two television stations be of homosexual leanings?

Vandalizing wikipedia is gay.

Terrorists place bombs in Spanish TV offices

[MarkByers]

"We were just testing to see how fast the emergency services would react..."

barrapunto - not just for nerds

[boguslinks]

Their slogan is not "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters", but "La informacion que te interesa"...

What does that make them, the spanish Drudge Report?

Re:So....

[cerberusss]

Goofballs add bogus info to Wikipedia; said bogus info is promptly corrected. This is news?

You're *so* right. In 2048, when IPv4 addresses run out and Wikipedia becomes sentient, we'll all have a laugh about it.

Spanish Ads

[AngryJim]

clicking on the Barrapunto link, I get an advertisement for something called "Dorkbot Madrid"

I think it's the first time an advertisement has ever made me want to buy something, particularly when I have no clue what it is.

In the name of science

[a9bejo]

"Both stations said they were performing an "experiment" to check the reaction time of Wikipedia."

Maybe someone should perform an "experiment" to test the stability of that TV station's websites.