Creative Vandalism on Wikipedia - Revision history

Ockham at 18:45, 8 July 2009

2009-07-08T18:45:34Z

Ockham: /* Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven */

2009-06-27T17:57:12Z

Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven

Ockham: /* Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven */

2009-06-27T17:56:36Z

Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven

Ockham: /* Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven */

2009-06-27T17:48:46Z

Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven

Ockham: /* Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven */

2009-06-27T14:05:38Z

Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven

Ockham: /* Outer pillow pocket with filling */

2009-06-27T14:04:57Z

Outer pillow pocket with filling

Ockham: /* Outer pillow pocket with filling */

2009-06-27T14:04:47Z

Outer pillow pocket with filling

Ockham: /* Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven */

2009-06-27T14:04:30Z

Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven

Ockham: /* Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven */

2009-06-27T14:03:38Z

Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven

Ockham: /* Outer pillow pocket with filling */

2009-06-27T13:56:48Z

Outer pillow pocket with filling

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	The IP then [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=prev&oldid=298974315 changes] the name to 'Streicher' and gives his nationality as 'Austrian'. This is going to cause further confusion because Streicher, although he lived in Vienna, was in fact born in Stuttgart.		The IP then [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=prev&oldid=298974315 changes] the name to 'Streicher' and gives his nationality as 'Austrian'. This is going to cause further confusion because Streicher, although he lived in Vienna, was in fact born in Stuttgart.
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		+	==Gregory Peck and the Second Crusade==
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		+	On 28 April 2007, some witty person changed "The French crusaders departed from Metz in June, led by Louis, Thierry of Alsace, Renaut I of Bar, Amadeus III of Savoy and his half-brother William V of Montferrat, William VII of Auvergne" to "The French crusaders departed from New York in June, led by Louis, Gregory Peck, Renaut I of Bar, Bill Cosby and his half-brother Harry Potter, William VII of Auvergne" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Second_Crusade&diff=prev&oldid=126710465].
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		+	A day later, another editor vandalized the article [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Second_Crusade&diff=next&oldid=126710465 more obviously]. Three hours later a 'recent changes' patroller came along and reverted back to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Second_Crusade&diff=prev&oldid=126971225 Gregory Peck, Harry Potter, Bill Cosby version]. Then another day later, someone finally realized and reverted the original vandalism [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Second_Crusade&diff=next&oldid=126971225]. All told, Wikipedia showed for 42 hours that Harry Potter was a leader in the Crusades.
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		+	From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Colonel_Chaos/study].

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	Cheeky Paulatim leaves a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Work_permit&diff=prev&oldid=298940125 message] on WorkPermit's page to remind him about this. WP then [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298971188&oldid=298950125 adds a reference] showing that Stein was indeed German. (This is correct, Stein was German, but his eponymous son-in-law, the one whose pianos had a singing tone, was of course Austrian).		Cheeky Paulatim leaves a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Work_permit&diff=prev&oldid=298940125 message] on WorkPermit's page to remind him about this. WP then [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298971188&oldid=298950125 adds a reference] showing that Stein was indeed German. (This is correct, Stein was German, but his eponymous son-in-law, the one whose pianos had a singing tone, was of course Austrian).

−	The IP then [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=~~298974369~~&oldid=298974315 changes] the name to 'Streicher' and gives his nationality as 'Austrian'. This is going to cause further confusion because Streicher, although he lived in Vienna, was in fact born in Stuttgart.	+	The IP then [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=prev&oldid=298974315 changes] the name to 'Streicher' and gives his nationality as 'Austrian'. This is going to cause further confusion because Streicher, although he lived in Vienna, was in fact born in Stuttgart.

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	Cheeky Paulatim leaves a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Work_permit&diff=prev&oldid=298940125 message] on WorkPermit's page to remind him about this. WP then [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298971188&oldid=298950125 adds a reference] showing that Stein was indeed German. (This is correct, Stein was German, but his eponymous son-in-law, the one whose pianos had a singing tone, was of course Austrian).		Cheeky Paulatim leaves a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Work_permit&diff=prev&oldid=298940125 message] on WorkPermit's page to remind him about this. WP then [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298971188&oldid=298950125 adds a reference] showing that Stein was indeed German. (This is correct, Stein was German, but his eponymous son-in-law, the one whose pianos had a singing tone, was of course Austrian).
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		+	The IP then [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298974369&oldid=298974315 changes] the name to 'Streicher' and gives his nationality as 'Austrian'. This is going to cause further confusion because Streicher, although he lived in Vienna, was in fact born in Stuttgart.

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 On 25 June 2009 the article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven] reads "At Pressburg he performed on a piano specifically sent from Vienna by his friend Johann Andreas Streicher, a Viennese piano builder whose instruments produced a singing tone Beethoven liked."
-A naughty account called ''Paulatim'' changes this to "At Pressburg he performed on a piano specifically sent from Vienna by his friend Johann Andreas Streicher, an '''American''' piano builder whose instruments produced a singing tone Beethoven liked." [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298607170&oldid=298606933 (18:54, 25 June 2009)].  This is odd, given that Streicher was sending the piano from Vienna but, well.  This is not spotted for days, at which point a very silly IP changes 'American piano builder' to ''gay'' piano builder'.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298889689&oldid=298649742 05:56, 27 June 2009]. This is reverted back to 'American' within the traditional 6 minutes by the aptly named 'bong warrior' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298890235&oldid=298889689 (06:01, 27 June 2009)], who fails to notice the error.
+A naughty account called ''Paulatim'' changes this to "At Pressburg he performed on a piano specifically sent from Vienna by his friend Johann Andreas Streicher, an '''American''' piano builder whose instruments produced a singing tone Beethoven liked." [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298607170&oldid=298606933 (18:54, 25 June 2009)].  This is odd, given that Streicher was sending the piano from Vienna but, well.  This is not spotted for days, at which point a very silly IP changes 'American piano builder' to ''gay'' piano builder'.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298889689&oldid=298649742 05:56, 27 June 2009]. This is reverted back to 'American' within the traditional 6 minutes by the aptly named 'bong warrior' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298890235&oldid=298889689 (06:01, 27 June 2009)], who is too stoned to notice the error.
 Soon after, the IP (who has clearly been playing a bit of a game) changes 'American' back to the original 'Austrian' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298890739&oldid=298890235 (06:06, 27 June 2009)].  But behold, this farrago has attracted attention from editor 'Work permit', who now changes 'Austrian' to 'German', and the name 'Streicher' to 'Stein', clearly confusing the German father of Nanette Stein (who does have an article about himself in Wikipedia), who married Johann Andreas Streicher, with Streicher himself (who does not), a close friend of Beethoven from whom Beethoven purchased several instruments, as the original article correctly said, and as anyone can check [http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/sauter/history.html here].
-Changed to 'Austrian'.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298916232&oldid=298900037 (10:32, 27 June 2009)]
+The IP correctly changes it back to Austrian

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 A naughty account called ''Paulatim'' changes this to "At Pressburg he performed on a piano specifically sent from Vienna by his friend Johann Andreas Streicher, an '''American''' piano builder whose instruments produced a singing tone Beethoven liked." [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298607170&oldid=298606933 (18:54, 25 June 2009)].  This is odd, given that Streicher was sending the piano from Vienna but, well.  This is not spotted for days, at which point a very silly IP changes 'American piano builder' to ''gay'' piano builder'.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298889689&oldid=298649742 05:56, 27 June 2009]. This is reverted back to 'American' within the traditional 6 minutes by the aptly named 'bong warrior' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298890235&oldid=298889689 (06:01, 27 June 2009)], who fails to notice the error.
-Soon after, the IP (who has clearly been playing a bit of a game) changes 'American' back to the original 'Austrian' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298890739&oldid=298890235 (06:06, 27 June 2009)].  But behold, this farrago has attracted attention from editor 'Work permit', who now changes 'Austrian' to 'German', and the name 'Streicher' to 'Stein', clearly confusing the German father of Nanette Stein (who has an article about himself in Wikipedia), who married Johann Andreas Streicher, with Streicher himself (who does not have an article), a close friend of Beethoven from whom Beethoven purchased several instruments, as the original article correctly said, and as anyone can check [http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/sauter/history.html here].
+Soon after, the IP (who has clearly been playing a bit of a game) changes 'American' back to the original 'Austrian' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298890739&oldid=298890235 (06:06, 27 June 2009)].  But behold, this farrago has attracted attention from editor 'Work permit', who now changes 'Austrian' to 'German', and the name 'Streicher' to 'Stein', clearly confusing the German father of Nanette Stein (who does have an article about himself in Wikipedia), who married Johann Andreas Streicher, with Streicher himself (who does not), a close friend of Beethoven from whom Beethoven purchased several instruments, as the original article correctly said, and as anyone can check [http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/sauter/history.html here].
 Changed to 'Austrian'.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludwig_van_Beethoven&diff=298916232&oldid=298900037 (10:32, 27 June 2009)]

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 == Outer pillow pocket with filling ==
-On 8 May, an account called Furniture 1Z makes the strange claim that the name of the Norwegian prime minister (Kjell Magne Bondevik) translates as in the IKEA product code list to 'Bar stool' (Kjell) and 'Outer pillow pocket with filling' (Magne).[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IKEA&diff=288660650&oldid=287995782 (12:11, 8 May 2009)].  The administrator Iridescent reverts two months later [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IKEA&diff=298612379&oldid=298442883 (19:25, 25 June 2009)]
+On 8 May, an account called Furniture 1Z makes the strange claim that the name of the Norwegian prime minister (Kjell Magne Bondevik) translates as in the IKEA product code list to 'Bar stool' (Kjell) and 'Outer pillow pocket with filling' (Magne).[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IKEA&diff=288660650&oldid=287995782 (12:11, 8 May 2009)].  The administrator Iridescent reverts two months later [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IKEA&diff=298612379&oldid=298442883 (19:25, 25 June 2009)].
 == Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven ==