Wiki in A Wink

Submitted by birdie on April 19, 2005 - 5:57pm
Topic: 
Information Retrieval

Wiki is f-a-s-t! Check out this entry on the newly elected Pope Benedict XVI.

Comments

Submitted by False Prophecy on April 19, 2005 - 7:01pm.

I checked at about 2:05 pm EDT and saw they got the date of the papal election wrong (2004), and 2 minutes later Wiki had corrected it.

Submitted by Anonymous Patron (not verified) on April 19, 2005 - 7:16pm.

Wow, and he knows C++. A little Wiki humor at work (but how long before it surfaces in some kid's parochial school report?)

Submitted by John on April 19, 2005 - 7:44pm.

Since it's already gone, probably not many. Compare to something that gets printedlisnews.com> and is considered gospel.

The edit historywikipedia.org> page is pretty heavy today. Vandalism on Wikipedia isn't new, but this is a good example of how it is currently handled.