Wikiality rules OK
As every citizen of our prosperous Colbert Nation knows, wikiality is the cornerstone of our understanding of the modern world. If something’s on Wikipedia, it’s true; if something has a longer entry on Wikipedia than Lutheranism, it’s more important than Lutheranism; if something’s not on Wikipedia at all, it doesn’t matter at all.
After making some touch-ups to the article on Mark Clarke, I decided to see what else the great tome had on Conservative politics. Browsing through the categories, I was horrified to see an article on the Kent University Conservative Association. How could they be more important than us? So, I decided to rectify the problem. The result is this monstrosity of a stub article, describing a small ragtag student organisation known as the UCL Conservative Society.
Now, as one of 1,641,974 articles on Wikipedia, we matter (in a deeper, more cosmic sort of way than before). Not as much as Lutheranism, or even Kent’s society, but we matter more than Joseph Bech or the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947. All that remains is to expand the article (maybe throw in some photos of, say… our Communications Officer?), and we’ll soon be more important than Lutheranism, too.
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February 16th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
I always wondered what someone who posted on Wikipedia would be like. Now I know….
February 16th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Ahhhh what a nice idea, i’ve often thought about doing it myself but never got round to it…. well done!
February 16th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
…that we’re all brilliantly intelligent, toned-bodied, sex gods with wits as sharp as newly-sharpened rapiers? Maybe not. I know lots of Wikipedians that are ugly mutts with rocks for brains, so Starbuck and I must be the only fluorescent adonii of the bunch.
February 17th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
I think the phrase is: ‘If it’s not on Wikipedia, it does not exist…’
February 18th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Browsing through the categories, I was horrified to see an article on the Kent University Conservative Association. How could they be more important than us?
It might have something to do with the fact that Kent is historically one of the best universities for student computer use (for instance it was the first in the UK to give all students, not just compscis, network logins)…
Tim - University of Kent alumni and former KUCA officer.