User:ParlorGames/Wikipedia legends

Stories from once upon a time on the Wiki...

• Colbert, Stephen

made fun of Wikipedia several times, including truthiness, wikiality, and a joke that involved asking people to vandalize Wikipedia to say that the population of elephants had tripled

• Esperanza

was a social club that was dismantled after allegations of cabalism

• Essjay

claimed he was a tenured theology professor; revealed to be an unemployed 24-year-old, leading to leaving

• Jimmy Wales (founder of Wikipedia)

that is, only after Larry Sanger recused himself from the role

• Lugo (picture)

because a picture of Fernando Lugo had stuck on the In The News section of the Main Page for long periods of time

• RickK

legendary vandalfighter who has a barnstar named after him

• Willy on Wheels

pagemove vandal who moved pages to "____ ON WHEELS!!!" and variations