User talk:David.Monniaux/hoax/The blue cow experiment

Similar instance: Omsk as home port of the Nautilus
A somewhat similar instance of such an edit occurred on Captain Nemo. On the 11th of January 2005, an IP (68.39.174.205) inserted the bogus claim that Omsk was the home port of the Nautilus. This was reverted only on the 8th of February.

This joke can be debunked either by a general knowledge of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, or more simply by a very rough idea of where Omsk is (like 1000 kilometres from the sea).

This case is a bit different in that
 * the article already existed and was a legitimate one, the prank being less than one line
 * the "offender" was an IP
 * the page was under work at the time, generating more trafic than Helvetica (cattle breed) did.

The IP later explained his motivation here. Rama 12:32, 30 November 2005 (UTC)