“This is a perfect example of the power and ridiculousness of a website like Wikipedia. I did give a slightly contentious graduation speech, where I decided not to be funny as my classmates had hoped, which was why I was chosen. I was not valedictorian, that's for sure. Instead, I talked about the failure to communicate between the administration and the teachers and students. That's what was contentious about it. At some point, somebody wrote about that incident on my Wikipedia page. And then somebody added the bit about me exposing my genitals to the crowd.” GivingBitsPerfectTeacherExampleStudentsSpeechPagesDecidedCrowdsCommunicateChosenAdministrationIncidentsWebsiteExposingWikipediaTeacher And StudentClassmatesContentiousGraduation SpeechValedictorians Author:Nick Kroll
“I dont know how to add things to my own wikipedia page.” KnowsMy OwnKnow HowPagesAddWikipedia Author:Craig Ferguson
“When I used to go on the Wikipedia page, and I haven't gone on the page in a while, there used to be some guy who was doing my page and he would say that he was my cousin and I was going to be doing projects with him. I don't know who this person is and I don't have a cousin by this name and this person keeps saying that they're doing projects with me. It's so weird.” KnowsPersonsUsedGuyNamesGoneHavensGoes OnProjectsPagesUsed To BeCousinWikipediaMy Cousin Author:Demetri Martin
“The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever.” FirstsForeverWrittenStrangePagesArticlesStrange ThingsWikipedia Author:Bo Burnham
“In fact, somebody keeps putting on my Wikipedia page that I'm either Don Pardo's son or grandson. I had an audition recently where the woman said, "I understand that you're Don Pardo's grandson," and I said, "No, I am not." And you should have seen the look of disappointment on her face. It may have cost me the job. It was that devastating to her that I wasn't related to Don Pardo.” ShouldLooksMaySaidFactsJobsFacesSonCostPagesShould HaveDisappointmentRelatedAuditionsWikipediaGrandson Author:Jimmy Pardo
“One of the most common questions writers are asked is "Where do you get your ideas?" But the sad truth is, we don't know. Ideas can come at any time and from any direction: in the shower, waiting for an elevator, or while bouncing across Wikipedia pages.” KnowsIdeasWaitingCommonTruth IsPagesShowersElevatorsWikipediaSad Truth Book:Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies Source: Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies
“Individual web pages as they first appeared in the early 1990s had the flavour of person-hood. MySpace preserved some of that flavour, though a process of regularized formatting had begun. Facebook went further, organizing people into multiple-choice identities while Wikipedia seeks to erase point of view entirely. If a church or government were doing these things, it would feel authoritarian, but when technologists are the culprits, we seem hip, fresh, and inventive. People accept ideas presented in technological form that would be abhorrent in any other forms” PeopleIfsFeelsFirstsPersonsIdeasSeemsGovernmentWould BeFormChoicesIndividualProcessChurchViewsAcceptingIdentityPagesPoint Of ViewHipsMultipleTechnologicalEraseHoodWikipediaFlavourAbhorrentCulpritMultiple ChoiceWeb Page Author:Jaron Lanier