Wikitheft

Wikitheft is a form of wikicrime in which good text is deliberately removed from an article and replaced by a slightly worse version. It is a covert version of vandalism and can go undetected in many cases. Examples follow.

Before Wikitheft: Encyclopedia Dramatica's purpose is to provide a central catalog for the e-public to view organized reference pages about drama, memes, e-pals and other interesting happenings on the internets.

After Wikitheft: Encycklopediadramatiica is an encyclonepedia of lulz on teh internets.

Committing Wikitheft

Wikitheft is relatively easy on a large wiki like Wikipedia, because there are so many edits that recent change patrollers can't easily notice it. Wikipedia is thus an excellent choice for wikithieves. However, attention whores still seem to prefer the delete-everything form of vandalism in the hope of someday becoming an internet celebrity like Willy on Wheels. In this case they will fail because Willy on Wheels is actually renowned for moving pages and not blanking them repeatedly like a retard. Wikitheft is also a great way for fake editors like Sceptre to become sysops.

See Also

• Vandalism