Daniel Brandt of anti-wikipedia site wikipedia-watch.org is being credited with being instrumental in unmasking a Nashville prankster, Brian Chase, who altered the controversial Seigenthaler entry which suggested he had something to do with two high profile assassinations in history.

In a confessional letter to Mr. Seigenthaler, Mr. Chase said he thought Wikipedia was a “gag” Web site and that he had written the assassination tale to shock a co-worker, who knew of the Seigenthaler family and its illustrious history in Nashville. “It had the intended effect,” Mr. Chase said of his prank in an interview. But Mr. Chase said that once he became aware last week through news accounts of the damage he had done to Mr. Seigenthaler, he was remorseful and also a little scared of what might happen to him.

I’m not sure why or how Mr. Chase could find Wikipedia to be a “gag” site, but if a lot of people feel that way, that’s pretty telling. Brandt’s anti-wikipedia site which has a clear bias, is worth a quick look, if only to laugh at some of the pictures like the one where the Borg head gear was placed around the Wikipedia globe or the screw going through the guy.

Did this post make you go hmm?

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