Number of elephants in Africa has tripled
Steve Safran August 1st, 2006
Well, no it hasn’t. But I’m joining Stephen Colbert’s Wikipedia practical joke, especially since Wikipedia won’t play along. “I love Wikipedia,” said Stephen Colbert on Monday’s Colbert Report. “Any site that has a longer entry on “Truthiness” than on “Lutherans” has my vote.” It was the start of “The Word” segment for the night. The word? “Wikiality.” (Roughly: a reality created if enough people on Wikipedia say it’s so.) Colbert invited viewers to go onto Wikipedia and write that the “number of elephants in Africa has tripled in the last six months.” But Wikipedia caught wind of the prank and locked down the Elephant entry because of “vandalism.” Oh, play along. There’s a section for “elephants in pop culture” anyway.
PS: Another reason to embed this from YouTube and not link to it on Comedy Central’s site? Comedy Central’s “Motherload” video is not Mac-compatible.
12 Comments Add your own
1. Corey Spring | August 1st, 2006 at 3:26 pm
Colbert also got his account blocked as a result of the shenanigans.
2. DB Ferguson | August 1st, 2006 at 3:52 pm
Things got pretty ugly there on Wikipedia for a while, but I think maybe they’ve settled down. Maybe.
3. Jackie Huba | August 1st, 2006 at 7:45 pm
Yeah, what is up with the Motherload not being Mac-compatible?? Do they not get that we Mac users are the hip, cool people they are trying to reach? ; )
4. Dave | August 2nd, 2006 at 6:30 am
Look, I like Macs. I want a Mac. I think Motherload should be Mac-compatible.
That being said, Mac’s being “hip and cool” is simply their advertising at work. They lifestyle brand it and if anyone owns it because they think it’s “cool”… they bought into Apple’s advertising line big time.
If you want to truly stand out in the crowd and be a trend-setter, run Linux.
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