Wikipedia Closes Wii, PS3, Sony Entries

GameSpot reports that Wikipedia has closed the next-gen console entries because of nigh-onto constant defacement from angry fanbois. From the article: "Last week the complete Nintendo company page was replaced with the phrase "Nintendo Sucks!!!!!!!!!" briefly before the Web site reloaded the original entry. Previous vandalism efforts include someone doodling on a Hitler moustache and horns on the photograph for the entry for Bill Gates, and the sentence "Microsoft is Zomg T3h Suck0r!!!!!!" briefly replacing the computer software company's page. All of the next-generation consoles make it into the company's top 40 list of most revised pages, with the Nintendo Wii at number 10 (12,780 revisions), the PS3 at number 21 (9,894 revisions), and the Xbox 360 at 25 (9,481 revisions.) Interestingly, the Wii seems to attract more conflicts of opinion on the site than the subjects of Scientology (8,475 revisions), God (7,537 revisions), and even Britney Spears (9,886 revisions.)"

I can see why they reverted it.

[CaseyG]

The editor misspelled "Suxx0rz".

  -c.

This is scary...

[__aaclcg7560]

Interestingly, the Wii seems to attract more conflicts of opinion on the site than the subjects of Scientology (8,475 revisions), God (7,537 revisions), and even Britney Spears (9,886 revisions.)

I think I know what console the tabloid writers are going to get.

You just know ...

[KSobby]

That those idiots went bragging to their friends that they hacked a site.

See?

[aarku]

This is concrete proof that the Enyclopedia Brittanica is superior. They have exactly zero [britannica.com] revisions to their Wii page! No vandalism in sight. They really have their [britannica.com] priorities [britannica.com] straight [britannica.com].

As the internet's last Sega fanboy...

[elrous0]

I'm really disappointed that they didn't lock down the Sega and Dreamcast entries too. We're still cool, right? Anyone? Anyone?

-Eric

Re:As the internet's last Sega fanboy...

[Mad Merlin]

They didn't lock down the Sega or Dreamcast articles because the Dreamcast is so many orders of magnitude better than all of the other consoles, it's not even worth attempting to dispute. Even trolls are smarter than that, clearly.

The PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360 (listed alphabetically) on the other hand are all pretty close, so there's plenty of argument to be had there.

Re:As the internet's last Sega fanboy...

[Anonymous Coward]

Sometimes I put my Dreamcast back in its box, seal it up, and then open it again to get the same feeling I had on launch day. Long live the Dreamcast!

Re:As the internet's last Sega fanboy...

[Eternauta3k]

I wasn't sure whether to mod you informative, funny, or insightful. Sadly, there is no option for "rock on, brother!"

Those who can't mod, post.

Re:Old news

[Anonymous Coward]

The fact that it's been like this for weeks IS the news.

Can you provide any evidence to support this entry?

Re:See?

[Trogre]

Americans are funny things. Apparently apart from the obvious firearm reference, Shotgun means "riding in the front passenger seat"? Well, okay...

Then again Americans also call Arkansas "Arkensaw" and solder "sodder", and about half of them seem to pronounce the Internet as "Ennernat".

Re:News?

[Snowmit]

It's news because certain Wikipedia articles are STILL getting vandalized despite the fact that Wikipedia vandalism was solved [everytopic...ickens.com].

Re:I can see why they reverted it.

[Stormwatch]

That's the beauty of Wikipedia. You can edit it and write "Suxx0rz" correctly.

Re:So Sad

[rvw14]

Until I got the colecovision adapter for my 2600, then I had the best of both.