h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

We all know Wikipedia can be a tad relaxed about accuracy, but what are your experiences of it being wildly, obviously and laughably wrong?

For example, here's an entry on the quiet town of Kinross

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kinross&oldid=188419799

"Gun violence throughout Kinross is very common. Especially around the notorious "Costcutter" area. Up to 11 youths have been caught carrying illegal arms with as many as 18 being seriously injured.
As well as it's gun violence, Kinross, Perthshire, is also renowned worldwide as the forefront of most of the United Kingdom's underground hardcore pornographic material. Again in the "Costcutter" area, in fact in the basement of the shop itself, it has been reported that over 70% of the explicit movies people buy today have come straight from the hands of the well known Kinross locals that own the shop, "Costcutter". The local shop is responsibly for contributing many of their made videos to a popular free pornographic web pages such as: youporn.com
Kinross gained quite a reputation in the late 1920's when it became the central stronghold for Mafia boss Donatello Raphael. Due to the public hanging (which still exists in Kinross) of Donatello Raphael, things gradually improved until more recently when "Costcutter" was put in place in the mid 1980's. The family of Donatello Raphael are still situated in the town, they, however, are not mixed up in the same business as Raphael, they own a chain of fast food fish and chip resturants and serve the community very well indeed."





Yes - I know Wiki is often deliberately edited for comic effect.

Isn't all of central Scotland like that?











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You want to post a comment on the lines of "This is completely inaccurate - only 15 youths have been seriously injured"

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