Creative Vandalism on Wikipedia
Creative Vandalism on Wikipedia
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).(12:11, 8 May 2009). The administrator Iridescent reverts two months later (19:25, 25 June 2009).
Don't know the Beatles from Beethoven
On 25 June 2009 the article 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." (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'. 05:56, 27 June 2009. This is reverted back to 'American' within the traditional 6 minutes by the aptly named 'bong warrior' (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' (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 here.
Changed to 'Austrian'. (10:32, 27 June 2009)
