Colbert's Wikiality

Published Aug 07 2006, 01:58 PM by Ryan Stewart

As you may have read somewhere, Wikimania 2006 hit Cambridge this past weekend. Ian and Jessica were there and reported to Slop Culture that Wikipedia founder James Wales opened his first-day speech with the now-infamous Colbert Report segment on Wikipedia:

As you may have heard, the Wikipedia entries on, among others, Stephen Colbert, Oregon, George Washington, and African elephants were edited shortly after the airing of the episode to reflect his requested changes. See?

Screenshot courtesy of a friend with a Wikipedia user account

Wikipedia has since blocked user "Stephen_Colbert" and "StephenColbert."

But hey. At least they have a sense of humor about the whole thing.

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