Devoted reader Joe sent me photographic evidence of something shameful he did recently, which was to edit (some would say “vandalize”) the Wikipedia entry on Utah Valley State College to reflect something I said about it in a recent column. The joke was OK when I wrote it; somehow it’s much funnier when it appears in an official-looking context. It’s at the bottom:
How sad that some do-gooder went and reverted it already.
Awww. The Wikipedia webmeisters have already deleted it. I’m glad he took a photo. It made my day.
It was gone by the time I fired off the e-mail to Eric. I’m not worried, though, because anytime people try to hide the truth like that, it eventually comes out 😉
Here is the permalink to the Wikipedia article with Joe’s addition under “Facts.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utah_Valley_State_College&oldid=131398175
This is one of the more enjoyable pranks I’ve seen in a long time. I now kind of want to spend my free time seeing what kind of madness I can create on the information superhighway (at least the wikipedia branch of it).
Devoted Reader Joe is a bad man! Bad people make me laugh.
If we keep posting it to wikipedia, eventually it will become true.
As a devoted graduate of UVSC, I have to say, I’m not very offended, but I wish you folks would get your facts straight. It was a booklet with five gift certificates to the McDonald’s children’s menu. Other than that, I have no quarrel with your assertion. UVSCHS football rules!
I wholeheartedly agree with Momma Snider. Joe, you are a bad, bad, funny man.
Hilarious misuse of Wkipedia. (Though I use the term “misuse” lightly. )