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Jun 10, 2008

D.C.’s Wikipedia Page Briefly Hacked … By a Hack

We enjoy a good Wikipedia hack as much as anyone. But the Washington, D.C. entry on the ubiquitous online encyclopedia suffered the injustice of being vandalized briefly this morning by someone who can’t spell and isn’t very funny (see underlined portion above). Can’t you do better than that, nerds? The page was restored just before 10:30 a.m. this morning (hat tip to Jeffrey Young for the screen cap)….

 
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