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Spanish TV Channels Vandalize Wikipedia

Posted by kdawson on from the setting-fire-to-a-house-to-see-how-quickly-the-firemen-arrive dept.

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.

13 of 182 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Good Ol' Unreliable WikipediaBS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    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}}

  2. Re:Red neck response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    for all the idiots: Mexico != Spain

    It is for sufficiently large values of Mexico.

  3. Local FOX News translation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:Local FOX News translation by msp0 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  4. Re:So.... by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is news?

    Bueno, fue hecho con una computadora...

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    What?
  5. I'm shocked! by Manchot · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:I'm shocked! by Tatisimo · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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      Give Kashyyyk back to the Wookies
    2. Re:I'm shocked! by mjsottile77 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    3. Re:I'm shocked! by niktemadur · · Score: 5, Funny

      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!

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      Lil' Thindime, lilting a lacrimose lament, krashes the kwaint konfines of Kokonino Kounty
  6. Re:Wait ..... by BinBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Vandalizing wikipedia is gay.

  7. Terrorists place bombs in Spanish TV offices by MarkByers · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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    I'll probably be modded down for this...
  8. barrapunto - not just for nerds by boguslinks · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

  9. In the name of science by a9bejo · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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.