Hard To Tell If Wikipedia Entry On Dada Has Been Vandalized Or Not

dr. zooeuss · 08-27-2007, 11:39 PM

August 20, 2007 | Issue 43•34
The Onion
Hard To Tell If Wikipedia Entry On Dada Has Been Vandalized Or Not

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND—The Wikipedia entry on Dada—the World War I–era "anti-art" movement characterized by random nonsense words, bizarre photocollage, and the repurposing of pre-existing material to strange and disturbing effect—may or may not have been severely vandalized, sources said Monday.

"This is either totally messed up or completely accurate," said Reed College art history major Ted Brendon. "There's a mustache drawn on the photo of Marcel Duchamp, the font size keeps changing, and halfway through, the type starts going in a circle. Also, the majority of the actual entry is made up of Krazy Kat cartoons with abstract poetry written in the dialogue balloons."
The fact that the web page continually reverts to a "normal" state, observers say, is either evidence that ongoing vandalization is being deleted through vigilant updating, or a deliberate statement on the impermanence of superficial petit-bourgeois culture in the age of modernity.

UberBeaver · 08-28-2007, 11:37 AM

lol. Nice.

JanuaryStar · 08-28-2007, 02:05 PM

So much for democracy, eh

Dusty Bottoms · 08-28-2007, 02:08 PM

we're going to dizz knee land?

UberBeaver · 08-28-2007, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dusty Bottoms
we're going to dizz knee land?

lol. That was the first thing I thought of too. I was thinking, "THEY have a wiki page?"

08-27-2007, 11:39 PM	#1
dr. zooeuss War Child Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Austin, TX, US Posts: 810 Local Time: 07:24 AM	Hard To Tell If Wikipedia Entry On Dada Has Been Vandalized Or Not August 20, 2007 \| Issue 43•34 The Onion Hard To Tell If Wikipedia Entry On Dada Has Been Vandalized Or Not ZURICH, SWITZERLAND—The Wikipedia entry on Dada—the World War I–era "anti-art" movement characterized by random nonsense words, bizarre photocollage, and the repurposing of pre-existing material to strange and disturbing effect—may or may not have been severely vandalized, sources said Monday. "This is either totally messed up or completely accurate," said Reed College art history major Ted Brendon. "There's a mustache drawn on the photo of Marcel Duchamp, the font size keeps changing, and halfway through, the type starts going in a circle. Also, the majority of the actual entry is made up of Krazy Kat cartoons with abstract poetry written in the dialogue balloons." The fact that the web page continually reverts to a "normal" state, observers say, is either evidence that ongoing vandalization is being deleted through vigilant updating, or a deliberate statement on the impermanence of superficial petit-bourgeois culture in the age of modernity. __________________

08-28-2007, 11:37 AM	#2
UberBeaver Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: the most serious...douch hammer ever Posts: 20,318 Local Time: 02:24 AM	lol. Nice. __________________

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08-28-2007, 02:05 PM	#3
JanuaryStar Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: World of Dreams Posts: 9,159 Local Time: 09:24 AM	So much for democracy, eh

08-28-2007, 02:08 PM	#4
Dusty Bottoms Acrobat Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: On the veranda Posts: 443 Local Time: 02:24 AM	we're going to dizz knee land?