What I love more than being a conference reviewer is--wikiality

I just found this great piece from wikipedia, which criticized the site itself. I am bored by some stupid proposals I just reviewed and here is the fun for all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_popular_culture Wikiality Colbert comments on Wikipedia In a July 2006 episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert announced the neologism "wikiality" for his segment "The Wørd". During the segment, Colbert joked "I love Wikipedia... any site that's got a longer entry on Truthiness than on Lutherans has its priorities straight." (This is true; at the time of the broadcast and currently its entry is approximately 40% longer.) Colbert then suggested that adding a fact to Wikipedia makes it true if enough people are convinced of it, thus creating a "wikiality" (Wikipedia reality) in which consensus of opinion trumps factual information. He suggested that viewers change the elephant page to state that the number of African elephants has tripled in the last six months, although the addition of false information to Wikipedia is considered vandalism. The episode resulted in a number of people actually adding the fallacy to the page and Wikipedia administrators restricted edits to the page by anonymous and newly created users. Colbert also suggested that George Washington did not have slaves and that Oregon is Idaho's Portugal. According to him, together "we can all create a reality that we all can agree on; the reality that we just agreed on." In a subsequent episode in which Colbert took viewer calls, a caller complained that he could not edit the elephant article because it had been semi-protected. According to the Global Language Monitor Wikilaity is one of the top T.V. buzzwords for 2006.[1] Wikiality now has its own website. The following is from wikiality's own site: Together, we can create a reality that we all agree on. 621 articles in American If enough people believe something is true... it is — just like on Wikipedia. Welcome to Wikiality, the Wiki dedicated to upholding and documenting truthiness. Wikiality isn't about what "factonistas" might sneeringly deride using phrases like: "statistical trends", or the "objective truth", or, "For the last time, President Bush doesn't have a 102% approval rating!" There's a level of truth and meaning beyond (and, really, having little or nothing to do with) what's "demonstrably true", and that's what we're dedicated to keeping track of. If you feel something strongly in your gut, or would like to help us keep track of the strong gut feelings of our dear friend Stephen Colbert, feel free to jump in and help out. So, if you can handle the truthiness, take a gander at the articles we've created so far as a good place to start, or maybe just create your own. And remember, when writing, don't use your brain; use your gut. Just make sure your gut knows how to spell, punctuate, format, and use proper grammar.