He did it for the lulz!
A student hoaxes several newspapers by posting a quotation in Wiki, then waiting for them to add to the guy's obituary. Why? Because of "one of his University College Dublin classes was exploring how quickly information was transmitted around the globe". The story can be found here.

Can you imagine? An ACTUAL social experiment! They exist!

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	sarracenia 2009-05-12 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know, I'm somewhat impressed that Wikipedians caught that the quote was uncited when the journalists didn't. All it really says is "watch out for stuff that isn't cited" on Wikipedia. ...especially right now, since I will guarantee you that dozens of people just got the idea to see what kind of false information they can plant in the news. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-05-12 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	"The only secret worth keeping is that something is possible." ... not that this was secret, exactly, but it's now been raised above the level of awareness for some. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	somnambulicious 2009-05-12 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	...especially right now, since I will guarantee you that dozens of people just got the idea to see what kind of false information they can plant in the news. Hasn't Stephen Colbert been doing that for years? (Reply to this)(Parent)

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