Comments on: Mysterious Wikipedia post on Benoit family deaths

By: Safran

Safran — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:27:02 +0000

Rex - you can always put a link in the URL above where you put your name, email and URL then tell people to click on your name for the link. A bit of a pain, yes, but it does avoid the spambots (at least for now.) I linked to the newsvine story thusly. Click on my name!

By: rex

rex — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:05:59 +0000

This one’s been solved. The dude who did it says it was a “terrible coincidence.” (I would link to it, but comments with links are eaten up here, so you’ll have to click through to my site for the link.)

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:01:21 +0000

Alyssa - “How freaked out was that guy when he heard the news about the tragic deaths of the Benoit family…”

by “freaked out” you of course mean drunk.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:44:48 +0000

How freaked out was that guy when he heard the news about the tragic deaths of the Benoit family…

By: Corey Spring

Corey Spring — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:29:06 +0000

A producer over at ABC News contacted me about the story I wrote linked above and I shared some information with them - they are going to push to reveal/confirm his identity

By: JoeMo

JoeMo — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:39:54 +0000

Yea, cause wikipedia is known for its security. A simple SQL Injection would do it, not sure if anyone would really want to waste their time but it could certainly be done.

By: rex

rex — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:17:17 +0000

I’d be very, very, very surprised if you could fake a time stamp on wikipedia.

By: JoeMo

JoeMo — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:52:36 +0000

it’s not like it would be hard to fake a time stamp, just come crazy fan living in his mom’s basement with nothing better to do.

By: JohnK

JohnK — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:35:29 +0000

Or is there…….?

By: Safran

Safran — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:11:29 +0000

It’s a time stamp issue. I bet there’s a logical explanation - either a computer issue, a hack or some such.