History Main / RetconningTheWiki

** One time, Colbert [[InvokedTrope deliberately used this]] to {{Troll}} [[{{Wiki/Conservapedia}} Andrew Schafly's Conservative Bible Project]], by asking viewers to turn it into a SelfInsertFic starring Steven himself.

* In ''{{Community}}'' members of the Save Greendale Committee add the term "Fat Dog" as an expression meaning something akin to taking it easy. They're trying to convince everyone that it's a real expression so they can use it as the theme of the dance. It had previously been "Bear Down" which, while a real expression, still doesn't make any sense as a dance theme (Chang insisted). But that had to be changed because of a recent unfortunate incident involving an escaped bear and a children's birthday party, requiring them to hastily disguise all the bear decorations.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Steve once wrote an article about "Truth of peanut butter". Adding such information would probably also called vandalism.

* Replacing everything on Wikipedia's article on Earth with "Literature/{{Mostly harmless}}." is a bannable offence, as that particular act of vandalism, inspired by a similar act in the book, [[ExecutiveMeddling except it was done by editors]], was done [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore way too many times]].
* Any mention of Wikipedia in a popular work tends to have this effect. For example, [[http://xkcd.com/446/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip depicts the Wikipedia article on wood filled with [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs examples of wooden things in media]]. Shortly after it was published, the page had to be locked due to repeated additions of similar examples.

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged's'' Frieza is apparently a [[SpaceX Space]] WikiVandal, changing the Saiyan page to say "Stupid monkeys hit by falling rocks".

* The music video for Music/WeirdAlYankovic's song "White And Nerdy", in which he replaces the entire text for Atlantic Record's wiki page with huge type reading '''YOU SUCK!!!!!''' This was a personal TakeThat from Al for slights the company had done him in the past. His fans thought it was so funny, they started doing it for real, resulting in ThatOtherWiki having to lock the Atlantic Records page.

* [[http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1723101 Superman edits Clark Kent's Wikipedia]]

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged's'' Frieza is apparently a WikiVandal, changing the Saiyan page to say "Stupid monkeys hit by falling rocks".

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** There's also a strip where Skeletor can be seen vandalizing the ''WesternAnimation/{{He Man|and the Masters of the Universe}}'' page on wikipedia... [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16/ here]]

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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallAbridged's'' Frieza is apparently a WikiVandal, changing the Saiyan page to say "Stupid monkeys hit by falling rocks".

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* Any mention of Wikipedia in a popular work tends to have this effect. For example, [[http://xkcd.com/446/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip depicts the Wikipedia article on wood filled with [[PeopleSitOnChairs examples of wooden things in media]]. Shortly after it was published, the page had to be locked due to repeated additions of similar examples.

A character edits a wiki - be it Wikipedia or any other free info source - and adds an information which is gibberish or they know to be false, to make a practical joke, to mislead someone who's been using this source without testing it, or just for the sake of it. HilarityEnsues... but only for the person in question.

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* [[CatsAreMean Bucky]] from ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' edits [[ThatOtherWiki Wikipedia]] to say that he won Wimbledon and that his "album" went "fourple platinum", as well as that he beat up [[SitcomArchNemesis Fungo]]

* Any mention of Wikipedia in a popular work tends to have this effect. For example, [[http://xkcd.com/446/ this]] {{xkcd}} strip depicts the Wikipedia article on wood filled with [[PeopleSitOnChairs examples of wooden things in media]]. Shortly after it was published, the page had to be locked due to repeated additions of similar examples.

* ''Series/ColbertReport'''s "wikiality".

** There's also a strip where Skeletor can be seen vandalizing the ''WesternAnimation/{{HeMan|and the Masters of the Universe}}'' page on wikipedia... [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16/ here]]

* StephenColbert's "wikiality".

* In ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', both Tycho and Gabe. Gabe does that for fun, Tycho out of grudge.
** There's also a strip where Skeletor can be seen vandalizing the ''WesternAnimation/{{HeMan|and the Masters of the Universe}}'' page on wikipedia... [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16/ here]]

* The music video for Music/WeirdAlYankovic's song "White And Nerdy", in which he replaces the entire text for Atlantic Record's wiki page with huge type reading '''YOU SUCK!!!!!''' This was a personal TakeThat from Al for slights the company had done him in the past. His fans thought it was so funny, they started doing it for real, resulting in ThatOtherWiki having to lock the Atlantic Records page.

* ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=879 suggests]] that we solve this problem on Wikipedia by only vandalizing the article about chickens, because "dudes already know about chickens."
* ''DragonBallAbridged's'' Frieza is apparently a WikiVandal, changing the Saiyan page to say "Stupid monkeys hit by falling rocks".

* On ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Jenna was set to play Janis Joplin on a movie, so the guys vandalized the Wikipedia article on her to mess with Jenna and get her to do silly stuff.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Steve once wrote an article about "Truth of peanut butter". Adding such information would probably also called vandalism.

* In a great show of self-fulfilling prophecy, the comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{FoxTrot}}'' mentions Jason vandalizing the Wikipedia article for "Warthog" by replacing the image with a picture of his sister Paige. This prompted some ''[=FoxTrot=]'' readers to go onto Wikipedia and replace the image with a picture of Paige.
* Replacing everything on Wikipedia's article on Earth with "Literature/{{Mostly harmless}}." is a bannable offence, as that particular act of vandalism, inspired by a similar act in the book, [[ExecutiveMeddling except it was done by editors]], was done [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore way too many times]].
* [[http://adamcadre.ac/content/brown/ "Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala."]] Changes to Wikipedia - bascially vandalism - cause Wikipedia Brown angst, RewritingReality around him.

* One ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' cartoon has the character Topper make a string of implausible claims about his achievements. When the other characters ask for proof, he replies "Give me ten minutes, then check Wikipedia."
* Raj on TheBigBangTheory admits to vandalizing Wikipedia.

* This was seen at least once in ''[[WalkyVerse Shortpacked!]]''.

* The music video for {{Weird Al}}'s song "White And Nerdy", in which he replaces the entire text for Atlantic Record's wiki page with huge type reading '''YOU SUCK!!!!!''' This was a personal TakeThat from Al for slights the company had done him in the past. His fans thought it was so funny, they started doing it for real, resulting in ThatOtherWiki having to lock the Atlantic Records page.

* One ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' cartoon has the character Topper make a string of implausible claims about his achievements. When the other characters ask for proof, he replies "Give me ten minutes, then check Wikipedia."

* In ''PennyArcade'', both Tycho and Gabe. Gabe does that for fun, Tycho out of grudge.

* ''DinosaurComics'' [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=879 suggests]] that we solve this problem on Wikipedia by only vandalizing the article about chickens, because "dudes already know about chickens."

* [[CatsAreMean Bucky]] from ''GetFuzzy'' edits [[ThatOtherWiki Wikipedia]] to say that he won Wimbledon and that his "album" went "fourple platinum", as well as that he beat up [[SitcomArchNemesis Fungo]]

* In a great show of self-fulfilling prophecy, the comic strip ''{{FoxTrot}}'' mentions Jason vandalizing the Wikipedia article for "Warthog" by replacing the image with a picture of his sister Paige. This prompted some ''[=FoxTrot=]'' readers to go onto Wikipedia and replace the image with a picture of Paige.
* Replacing everything on Wikipedia's article on Earth with "{{Mostly harmless}}." is a bannable offence, as that particular act of vandalism, inspired by a similar act in the book, [[ExecutiveMeddling except it was done by editors]], was done [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore way too many times]].

* One ''{{Dilbert}}'' cartoon has the character Topper make a string of implausible claims about his achievements. When the other characters ask for proof, he replies "Give me ten minutes, then check Wikipedia."

** There's also a strip where Skeletor can be seen vandalizing the HeMan page on wikipedia... [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16/ here]]

* On ''ThirtyRock'', Jenna was set to play Janis Joplin on a movie, so the guys vandalized the Wikipedia article on her to mess with Jenna and get her to do silly stuff.

* AmericanDad: Steve once wrote an article about "Truth of peanut butter". Adding such information would probably also called vandalism.

* One ''EightBitTheatre'' strip implies that Black Mage vandalised Wikipedia to win an argument with Red Mage.

* The music video for {{Weird Al}}'s song ''White And Nerdy'', in which he replaces the entire text for Atlantic Record's wiki page with huge type reading '''YOU SUCK!!!!!''' This was a personal TakeThat from Al for slights the company had done him in the past. His fans thought it was so funny, they started doing it for real, resulting in ThatOtherWiki having to lock the Atlantic Records page.

* [[http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1723101 Superman edits Clark Kent's Wikipedia]]

* The music video for {{Weird Al}}'s song ''White And Nerdy''

* Seen in the WeirdAl music video "White and Nerdy".