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