The 50 Most Outrageous Wikipedia Hacks

From death hoaxes to superb slander, this is the other side of The Free Encyclopedia.

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Since its launch in January of 2001, Wikipedia has been the target of waves upon waves of criticism. At first most of it was warranted. The pages of the free crowd-sourced encyclopedia contained a great number of factual errors, making it easy for established encyclopedia brands like Encyclopedia Britannica to throw shots. Teachers and professors forbade their students from using Wikipedia as a source in their work. The tide began to change, however, as Jimmy Wale's project grew, and the editing and contribution system he put in place, one which allowed anyone with some free time to lend a hand, became stricter and more refined. Independent studies began to show that Wikipedia's information was virtually as reliable as for-pay encyclopedias, giving credence to Wale's dream to provide all of the world's information for free to whoever wants it.

However, the same "for the people, by the people" aspect that makes Wikipedia so remarkable is the same reason why people still look at it with a side-eye. Because nearly anyone can contribute, we've seen numerous pages flooded with wrong information, derogatory slurs, and funny images. Wikipedia calls it vandalism. To combat this, the not-for-profit has taken measures such as permanently locking pages. We're sure you've heard of a celebrity's page being changed. Most recently, it was Brandon Knight's after he was posterized by DeAndre Jordan. There's a bunch more. These are the 50 craziest we could find.

50. LeBron James Murdered Jason Terry

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49. Drake's Canada Dry

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48. Hemingway and the Whores

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47. Kim Zolciak Was Born in a Trailer Park

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46. The Black Eyed Peas < High School Musical

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45. Reality Is Not What You Think

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44. Gary Oldman is a Giraffe

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43. Osama bin Laden Was a Chronic Masturbator

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42. Big Balls Are Tasty

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41. That's Not What Room Temperature Is

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40. Collective Nouns are Boring

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39. Bernie Madoff is an A**hole

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38. Batman!

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37. Plato was Hawaiian

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36. Tosh.0MG

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35. Republican Joe Wilson Has No Chill

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34. Parkour is what?

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33. A Dell Employee is a War Hero

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32. The Village of Denshaw is the Worst Place on Earth

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31. iPod is Evil

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30. President Obama is a Puppet

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29. Stephen Colbert vs. Wikipedia

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28. Traveling = Tyler Hansbrough

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27. This is Colton Orr's Life

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26. Bill Gates is the Devil

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25. H.C. Frick and Andrew Carnagie Were an Item

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24. So That's How You Get Pink Eye?

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23. Fuzzy Zoeller is a Pill-Popping Animal

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22. George W. Bush is a Terrorist

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21. University of Cincinnati Prostitute President

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20. Janis Joplin Was Frightened of Toilets

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19. Sepp Blatter is a Dick

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18. Sinbad's Dead

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17. Miley Cyrus is Dead

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16. John Boehner is a Dick

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15. The Jonas Brothers are Burning

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14. Bieber Nation Goes Ham on Esperanza Spalding

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13. President Kennedy's Assistant Helped Kill Him

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12. Eminem is the Voice of Spongebob Squarepants

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11. Thierry Henry Was Born a C*nt

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10. Kanye West is a Dope Dealer

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9. Nancy Pelosi Wants to Burn Gays

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8. Sergey Brin was Dating Jimmy Wales

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7. Tony Blair Wanted to be Hitler

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6. Sara Palin is an Anti-Semite

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5. The U.S. Military Hacks Wikipedia

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4. Brandon Knight Killed by DeAndre Jordan Dunk

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3. Robert Byrd is Dead

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2. So is Rick Ross

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1. Ted Kennedy Reported Dead After Seizure

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