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			{{short description\|References to and discussion about Misplaced Pages}}
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	References to '''Misplaced Pages in culture''' have increased as more people learn about and use the ] ] project. Many ] ]'s openness, with characters vandalising or modifying articles. Still others feature characters using the references as a source, or positively comparing a character's intelligence to Misplaced Pages. Also, the encyclopedia many times isn't used as an encyclopedia at all, but instead serves more as a character trait or even as a game.

			References to ] in popular culture have been widespread. Many ] Misplaced Pages's openness, with individuals vandalizing or modifying articles in nonconstructive ways. Others feature individuals using Misplaced Pages as a ], or positively comparing their intelligence to Misplaced Pages. In some cases, Misplaced Pages is not used as an encyclopedia at all, but instead serves more as a character trait or even as a game, such as ]. Misplaced Pages has also become culturally significant with many individuals seeing the presence of their own Misplaced Pages entry as a status symbol.<ref>
	==Incidents==
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	] recently reported, "If you think the middle name of ] ] ] is 'whoopdeedoo,' you'd not only be wrong, but you probably got your information from Misplaced Pages." The report went on to talk about a tool which allows users to track IP addresses used to edit Misplaced Pages, and listed many surprising locations that have been discovered editing articles related to their locations. An example used in the report was an IP connected to ], which on one occasion had been used to change a statement about Wal-Mart's wages being lower than competing stores (instead stating its wage was almost double federal ]). The report concluded that, although editing of an article by the entity associated with it may damage Misplaced Pages's credibility, in the long run, the organization might gain credibility because of how quickly such edits are reverted.
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	\| I Must Take Issue With The Misplaced Pages Entry For 'Weird Al' Yankovic
	\| In an article from '']'', the character ] writes an article about how he was banned from Misplaced Pages for starting an edit war on the ] page, and goes on to criticize the content on the said page.
	\| Having taken place well before the ], it was one of the first major parodies.
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	\| ]'' comic strip about Misplaced Pages.]]
	\| First appearance of Misplaced Pages in a syndicated comic strip.
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	\| The Colbert Report, episode 58
	\| ] challenges host ] on his claim that he had coined the word "]". She cited Misplaced Pages, claiming that he had merely "popularized" the term. Regarding her source, Colbert, in character, responded: "Fuck them."<ref name="Colbert-Huffington">], "", ], ] ].</ref>
	\| First nationally-broadcast television program to mention Misplaced Pages.
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	\| The Simpsons Comics, issue 117
	\| ], a character from '']'' television series, mocks ] for citing her knowledge of him and his illegal activities (which he assumes she simply read from Misplaced Pages) during a prison break scene in the issue.<ref>An exact citation of the Misplaced Pages referencing passage of ''The Simpsons Comics'' #117:
	: Lisa: Say, aren't you Hank Scorpio, the criminal mastermind?
	: Hank: I prefer the term "Entrepreneurial mastermind", but yes, that's me.
	: Lisa: You blackmailed the federal government into giving you control of the American east coast. Now everyone thinks you are dead.
	: Hank: Aren't you adorable? We're all about to be shot as escaped prisoners, and you're reciting my entry in the Misplaced Pages. I hope you're proud of her, Homer. She's great!
	</ref>		</ref>

			==In the arts and entertainment==
	This issue was written by Ty Templeton.<ref>http://www.noisetosignal.org/comics/2006/05/simpsons-comics-117.php</ref>
	\| This is the first reference to Misplaced Pages in a comic book.
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	\| The Colbert Report, episode 93
	\| Colbert refers to Misplaced Pages as his source of information for research on ]. With his normal sarcastic and ] delivery, Colbert's segment "The Wørd" mocked Misplaced Pages's sometimes-questionable information with the screen posting "Even the accurate parts."<ref name="Colbert-accurate">The Colbert Report, "", Comedy Central, ] ].</ref>
	\| Colbert's first scripted reference to Misplaced Pages, a lead into his "Wikiality" piece.
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	\| The Colbert Report, episode 128
	\| {{see also\|Consensus reality}} ] featured in "The Wørd" section of '']'' on ], ].]]
	In a July 2006 ], Stephen Colbert announced the ] '''wikiality,''' a ] of the words ''Misplaced Pages'' and ''reality'', for his segment "The Wørd." Colbert defined wikiality as "truth by consensus" (rather than fact), modeled after the approval-by-consensus format of Misplaced Pages. He ironically praised Misplaced Pages for following his philosophy of ], in which intuition and consensus is a better reflection of reality than fact:

			=== In art ===
	{{cquote\|You see, any user can change any entry, and if enough other users agree with them, it becomes true. ... If only the entire body of human knowledge worked this way. And it can, thanks to tonight's word: Wikiality. Now, folks, I'm no fan of reality, and I'm no fan of encyclopedias. I've said it before. Who is Britannica to tell me that George Washington had slaves? If I want to say he didn't, that's my right. And now, thanks to Misplaced Pages, it's also a fact. <P> We should apply these principles to all information. All we need to do is convince a majority of people that some factoid is true. ... What we're doing is bringing democracy to knowledge.<ref> of The WØRD "Wikiality", ], ] ].</ref><ref> of ], "Wikiality", ], ] ].</ref>}}
			]'' in ], ]]]
			The '']'', located in ], ], is a statue designed by ] sculptor ] honoring ]. It was unveiled in Frankfurt Square (Plac Frankfurcki) on 22 October 2014 in a ceremony that included representatives from both local ]s and the ].<ref name=ABC>{{cite news\|title=Poland to Honor Misplaced Pages With Monument\|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/poland-honor-wikipedia-monument-26069258\|access-date=9 October 2014\|publisher=ABC News\|date=9 October 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011113635/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/poland-honor-wikipedia-monument-26069258\|archive-date=11 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/185125,Worlds-first-Misplaced Pages-monument-unveiled-in-Poland\|title=World's first Misplaced Pages monument unveiled in Poland\|publisher=thenews.pl\|access-date=24 October 2014\|archive-date=25 October 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025132523/http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/185125,Worlds-first-Misplaced Pages-monument-unveiled-in-Poland\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			=== In music ===
	According to Colbert, together "we can all create a reality that we all can agree on; the reality that we just agreed on." During the segment, he joked "I love Misplaced Pages... any site that's got a longer entry on ] than on ] has its priorities straight." Colbert also used the segment to satirize the more general issue of whether the repetition of statements in the media leads people to believe they are true. The piece was introduced with the tagline, "The Revolution Will Not Be Verified," referencing the lack of objective verification seen in some articles.
			A scene in the 2006 music video for the ] song "]", show Yankovic ] the ] page for ], replacing it with the words "YOU SUCK!", referencing recent trouble he had had with the company in getting permissions.<ref name="Herald">{{cite news\|last=Adams \|first=Cameron \|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20523843-5006024,00.html \|title=Weird Al Yankovic \|newspaper=] \|date=October 5, 2006 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312053314/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20523843-5006024,00.html \|archive-date=March 12, 2007 }}</ref>

			Ukrainian composer ] wrote a musical piece, "Anthem of Misplaced Pages", which was performed in a concert devoted to the 15th anniversary of Misplaced Pages in ] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/27490707.html\|script-title=ru:Редактор української "Вікіпедії" створив для неї гімн\|work=Радіо Свобода\|date=January 18, 2016 \|last1=Тюхтенко \|first1=Євгенія }}</ref><ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128082424/http://mon.gov.ua/usi-novivni/novini/2016/01/16/u-mon-vidbuvsya-konczert-z-nagodi-15-oyi-richniczi-vilnoyi-internet-encziklopediyi-vikipediya/ \|date=January 28, 2016 }} // Ministry of Education and science of Ukraine</ref>
	Colbert suggested that viewers change the ] page to state that the number of ] has tripled in the last six months. The suggestion resulted in numerous incorrect changes to Misplaced Pages articles related to elephants and Africa.{{ref\|Wikiality}} Misplaced Pages administrators subsequently to the pages by anonymous and newly created users.

			=== In webcomics ===
	Colbert went on to type on a laptop facing away from the camera, claiming to be making the edits to the pages himself. In addition, initial edits to Misplaced Pages corresponding to these claimed "facts" were made by a user named ''Stephencolbert''. Thus, many believe Colbert himself vandalized several Misplaced Pages pages at the time he was encouraging other users to do the same. The account, whether it was Stephen Colbert himself or someone posing as him, has been blocked from Misplaced Pages indefinitely.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://spring.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/01/307864-stephen-colbert-causes-chaos-on-wikipedia-gets-blocked-from-site \| title=Colbert Causes Chaos on Misplaced Pages \| publisher=] \| date=] ] \| accessdate=2006-09-28}}</ref> The account was blocked for violating , which state that using the names of celebrities as login names is inappropriate. The account will be reopened if and when Colbert or Comedy Central confirm its identity.
			]
			References to Misplaced Pages have been made several times in the webcomic '']''. A facsimile of a made-up Misplaced Pages entry for "malamanteau" (a ] created by Munroe to poke fun at Misplaced Pages's writing style) provoked a controversy.<ref>{{cite web \| publisher = Slashdot \| date = May 13, 2010 \| access-date = May 17, 2010 \| url = https://slashdot.org/story/135596 \| title = Misplaced Pages Is Not Amused By Entry For xkcd-Coined Word \| author = ObsessiveMathsFreak \| archive-date = October 1, 2018 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181001070305/https://slashdot.org/story/135596 \| url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="globe">{{cite news \|url = https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/05/30/one_day_wonder/ \|title = One-day wonder: How fast can a word become legit? \|work = The Boston Globe \|date = May 30, 2010 \|access-date = May 10, 2014 \|author = McKean, Erin \|archive-date = September 3, 2014 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903104042/https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/05/30/one_day_wonder/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>

			=== In humor ===
	\| Global Language Monitor, which tracks trends in languages, named ''wikiality'' and ''truthiness'' the top ] ]s for 2006.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=televisionNews&storyID=2006-08-27T165048Z_01_N27277446_RTRIDST_0_TELEVISION-EMMYS-WORDS-DC.XML \| title="Truthiness," "Wikiality" named TV words of year \| publisher=] \| date=] ] \| accessdate=2006-08-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.languagemonitor.com/wst_page11.html \| title='Truthiness' and 'Wikiality' Named Top Television Buzzwords of 2006 Followed by 'Katrina', 'Katie,' and 'Dr. McDreamy' \| publisher=Global Language Monitor \| date=] ] \| accessdate=2006-08-28 }}</ref>
			During the ], a meme titled ''Battle of Techno House 2022'', which features footage of a Russian soldier's failed effort at opening a door, went viral and was reposted millions of times.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=March 3, 2022 \|title=Russian soldier's embarrassing 'loss' to locked door \|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/conflict/russia-ukraine-war-russian-soldier-loses-fight-to-locked-door-in-battle-of-techno-house-c-5916729 \|access-date=March 6, 2022 \|website=PerthNow \|language=en}}</ref> Media coverage included discussion of an initial Misplaced Pages page for the incident/meme, which lampooned the event by using Misplaced Pages formatting generally used only for actual battles, making it seem like a real battle. The belligerents in the "battle" were humorously listed as "Russian Soldier" and "store door" with the battle results referred to as a "decisive door victory" and "pride" referred to as one of the Russian casualties.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Backhouse \|first1=Andrew \|title=Hapless Russian soldier loses fight against door \|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/battle-of-techno-house-hapless-russian-soldier-loses-fight-against-door/news-story/975d1cfd1c1cd6bb781c7d6ade7e7507 \|access-date=5 May 2023 \|work=news.com.au \|date=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Rafter \|first1=Darcy \|title=Battle of Techno House memes spawn from hilarious Russian soldier vs door clip \|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/03/03/battle-of-techno-house/ \|access-date=5 May 2023 \|work=HITC \|date=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Video: Ruský vojak prehral boj s dverami \|url=https://www.info.sk/sprava/206583/video-rusky-vojak-prehral-boj-s-dverami/ \|access-date=5 May 2023 \|work=www.info.sk \|date=3 March 2022 \|language=sk}}</ref> The humorous content was later removed from the Misplaced Pages page.<ref>{{Citation \|title=Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Battle of Techno House 2022 \|date=March 12, 2022 \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Battle_of_Techno_House_2022&oldid=1076670077 \|work=Misplaced Pages \|language=en \|access-date=July 27, 2022}}</ref>

			=== In fiction ===
	Shortly after the episode aired, a fan-created Misplaced Pages parody site opened at , inspired by the term. On ] ], the term was mentioned again on the show, this time with Wikiality.com given as the ] for Misplaced Pages.
			The 2024 novel ''The Editors'', by Stephen Harrison, is centered around a group of editors of an online encyclopedia, ''Infopendium'', based on Misplaced Pages.<ref>{{cite web\|publisher=]\|title="Misplaced Pages says no individual has a monopoly on truth": an interview with author Stephen Harrison\|quote=Harrison's forthcoming novel, "The Editors," is a timely techno-thriller based in its author's experience reporting on Misplaced Pages.\|date=July 16, 2024\|author=Caitlin Dewey\|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/wikipedia-says-no-individual-has-a-monopoly-on-truth-an-interview-with-author-stephen-harrison-170427521.html\|access-date=July 18, 2024\|archive-date=July 18, 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718224853/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/wikipedia-says-no-individual-has-a-monopoly-on-truth-an-interview-with-author-stephen-harrison-170427521.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=The Editors \|website=Inkshares \|date=18 August 2021 \|url=https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-editors \|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref>

			==Stephen Colbert (2006)==
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			{{See also\|Consensus theory of truth\|Reliability of Misplaced Pages\|Cultural impact of The Colbert Report#Misplaced Pages references\|Woozle effect}}
	The character who is implied to be the nerd says that editing Misplaced Pages is one of his nerdy activities.<ref>] lyrics:
			In a July 2006 ], ] announced the ] "wikiality", a ] of the words '']'' and ''reality'', for his segment "]". Colbert defined wikiality as "truth by consensus" (rather than fact), modeled after the approval-by-consensus format of Misplaced Pages. He ironically praised Misplaced Pages for following his philosophy of ] in which intuition and consensus is a better reflection of reality than fact:
	: My ] ] never leaves me bored
			<blockquote>You see, any user can change any entry, and if enough other users agree with them, it becomes true. ... If only the entire body of human knowledge worked this way. And it can, thanks to tonight's word: Wikiality. Now, folks, I'm no fan of reality, and I'm no fan of encyclopedias. I've said it before. Who is Britannica to tell me that George Washington had slaves? If I want to say he didn't, that's my right. And now, thanks to Misplaced Pages, it's also a fact.
	: Shopping online for deals on some writable media
	: I edit Misplaced Pages
	: I memorized ] really well
	: I can recite it right now and have you ]</ref> In the video, Al is shown editing the article ] by typing in large letters '''YOU SUCK'''. Thus Al takes revenge on the record company for ] a parody of ]'s song "]", on his ]. This has prompted copycat vandalism of the ] page, which resulted in the page's being semi-protected. Yankovic has said "I don't officially approve of , but on a certain level it does amuse me."<ref name="Herald">Adams, Cameron. "." ''Herald Sun'', ], ].</ref>

			We should apply these principles to all information. All we need to do is convince a majority of people that some factoid is true. ... What we're doing is bringing democracy to knowledge.<ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308053730/http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=72347 \|date=March 8, 2008 }} of The WØRD "Wikiality", ], July 31, 2006.</ref></blockquote>
	\| This may be the first time a music video showed the website, as well as the first time a song mentioned the website. The song was also Yankovic's first career Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It reached #1 at the U.S. iTunes Store, and peaked at #1 on VH1's top 20 video countdown.
			<!---According to Colbert, together "we can all create a reality that we all can agree on; the reality that we just agreed on". During the segment, he joked: "I love Misplaced Pages... any site that's got a longer entry on ] than on ] has its priorities straight." Colbert also used the segment to satirize the more general issue of whether the repetition of statements in the media leads people to believe they are true. The piece was introduced with the tagline "The Revolution Will Not Be Verified", a play on the song title "]" referencing how the mainstream establishment that Misplaced Pages cites as Reliable Sources will not support significant change, throwing doubt on the idea that Misplaced Pages is ]ful.{{cn\|date=November 2024}}---should not leave in quotes that are not cited--->
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	\| Jericho ads
	\| Following ''Jericho'' episodes on ] in ], a promotion would appear encouraging viewers to log onto Misplaced Pages and search for "Jericho (tv series)" for proof of the hype and theories surrounding the show.
	\| This is the first station advertisement to encourage people to search Misplaced Pages for their product.
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	\| Cisco Systems
	\| A TV advertisement for ] shows a young child with a laptop, the Misplaced Pages logo clearly visible on the screen. Part of their "Human Network Anthem" ad campaign.
	\| First television advertisement showing Misplaced Pages as part of the plot line.
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	\| 30 Rock
	\| While ], ] and ] are working to complete Jordan's autobiography within a single day, Rossitano finds Jordan's Misplaced Pages article while using the Internet on his laptop. The article says Jordan was discovered after doing stand-up comedy at the ] in 1984, and Jordan, though stating he has no recollection of this, tells the two to add it to the book.
	\| First ] series reference.
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	\| Bremner, Bird and Fortune
	\| A sketch about the 10 most popular, yet unread books,<ref> Accessed on ] ].</ref> featuring a ] talking about the plots of the books, which seem to constantly refer to aliens. At the end of the sketch it says that the information came from Misplaced Pages.
	\| First mention in a ] ] comedy programme.
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	\| SportsCenter
	\| After citing a stat about ] pitcher ], anchor ] jokingly gave credit to Misplaced Pages for providing the number.
	\| First recorded reference from a sports highlight show.
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	\| The Righteous Men
	\| In the 2006 ] style novel '']'', Misplaced Pages features as an academic style encyclopedia.
	\| First known reference in fictional literature.
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	\| It's Not News, It's FARK: How Mass Media Tries to Pass off Crap as News
	\| This book, which examins media bias, mainly about stories which do not count as news, Curtis writes:

			Colbert suggested that viewers change the elephant page to state that the number of ] has tripled in the last six months.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Colbert speaks, America follows: All Hail Wikiality!\|publisher=c-net news.com\|url=http://news.cnet.com/2061-10802_3-6100754.html\|first=Caroline\|last=McCarthy\|date=August 1, 2006}}</ref> The suggestion resulted in numerous incorrect changes to Misplaced Pages articles related to elephants and Africa.{{efn\|"]", "]", "]", "]", "]", "Elephant", "]",<br />"]", "]", "]", "]", "]" and "]" are/were temporarily protected. "]" (formerly at "]") has also been vandalized.}}{{efn\| Misplaced Pages administrators subsequently ] to the pages by anonymous and newly created user accounts.}} Colbert went on to type on a laptop facing away from the camera, claiming to be making the edits to the pages himself. Because initial edits to Misplaced Pages corresponding to these claimed "facts" were made by a user named ''Stephencolbert'', many believe Colbert himself vandalized several Misplaced Pages pages at the time he was encouraging other users to do the same. The account, whether it was Stephen Colbert himself or someone posing as him, was blocked from Misplaced Pages indefinitely.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://spring.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/01/307864-stephen-colbert-causes-chaos-on-wikipedia-gets-blocked-from-site \| title=Colbert Causes Chaos on Misplaced Pages \| publisher=] \| date=August 1, 2006 \| access-date=September 28, 2006}}</ref>{{efn\| Misplaced Pages blocked the account for violating ] (which state that using the names of celebrities as login names without permission is inappropriate), not for the vandalism, as believed.}}
	{{cquote\|"Incidentally, one of the more surprising things I discovered while researching the articles for this book is that a number of them exactly mirrored a Misplaced Pages entry on the same subject. I didn't find any exact copies of Misplaced Pages in the articles in this book, but the structure often was the same and used the same citations in the same places. If I had to guess, I'd say that half of all the "original" articles covered in this book are Misplaced Pages entry rewrites. If not more. It certainly makes me wonder about the rest of the articles I didn't research. Misplaced Pages accuracy concerns aside, that's just not cool. Or perhaps that's how the Misplaced Pages articles were generated in the first place. Due to the obscurity of certain details in some of the articles, and the fact that none of those details showed up in a Google search on the same subject, I am more inclined to believe reporters borrow heavily from Misplaced Pages, and not the other way around."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.fark.com/2007/book/chapter1.shtml\|title=It's Not News It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News: Chapter 1\|last=Curtis\|first=Drew\|\|language=English\|date=2007-05-31\|accessdate=2007-08-12}}</ref>}}
	\| First known appearance in a book criticising the mass media, referencing Misplaced Pages.
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	\| Apple iPhone
	\| In the demonstration for the iPhone's , the Misplaced Pages page for the ] is shown, along with a link in the user's bookmarks.
	\| First known reference in a multinational product demonstration by a Media Conglomerate.
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	\| The Misplaced Pages Plays
	\| Seventeen short plays, inspired by Misplaced Pages entries.<ref>"", ''Playbill''.</ref>
	\| First play known to highlight Misplaced Pages.
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	\| The Colbert Report, episode 302
	\| On August 21, 2007, Colbert attacked ], a website that tracks down people who make ] edits on Misplaced Pages, claiming that it is an invasion of privacy, particularly for corporations and it attacks, "Self-invention". He highlighted a case where '']'' edited their entry by removing "Long-term health effects" from their article. This resulted in his "Wørd" being, "Self-Determination", claiming that everyone on the internet should be anonymous and should not be forced to give away their true identity. Colbert later discribed Misplaced Pages as, "] for corporations," saying if a corporations wants to pretend to be someone else online, then that is their business.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=91912\|title="The Wørd" - Self-Determination\|publisher=Comedy Central\|date=2007-08-21\|accessdate=2007-08-22}}</ref>
	\| First nationally-broadcast television program to mention WikiScanner.
	\|-
	\|}

			==Contexts==
	===Of lesser importance===
			Misplaced Pages is not always referenced in the same way. The ways described below are some of the ways it has been mentioned.

	====In comics====
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	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2006-08-16
	\| ''''']'', Week 15'''
	\| Fictional "Ballostro" article. ] mentions to his assistant to "wiki out the word rumoured" upon seeing it attack ].

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2006-09-07
	\| ''''']'''''
	\| ] article.

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-04-20
	\| ''''']'''''
	\| ]
	{{-}} Bucky Katt looks at a vanity article about himself and his fictitious album, and shows the "evidence" to Satchel Pooch.

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-04-29
	\| '']''
	\| ] Danae introduces Lucy the horse to Misplaced Pages, by editing the site to note her fictious win for "Most Brilliant and Beautious Girl". Lucy complains, but is satisfied when Danae adds a prize for "Most Beautious Horse".
	\|- valign="top"
	\| July 2007
	\| '']'' #1<br><small>(])
	\| The lead character mentions the wikipedia as describing him as a "one-time actor".

	\|}

	====In television episodes====
	{\| class="prettytable sortable"
	! width="16%" \| Date
	! width="22%" \| Title
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	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-08-04
	\| ''''']''''': "]"
	\| In the episode "]", when Shawn is explaining his theory of the crime, Gus weighs in with a factoid about an obscure indigenous tribe. Shawn applauds Gus' knowledge of the subject with the line, "Gus shoots and scores! ...with an assist from Misplaced Pages."

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-08-04
	\| ''''']'''''
	\| Michelle Kitt is asked the question, "The Hawaiian word for 'quick' is prominently featured in the name of which online encyclopedia?" She answers, "Wiki...Misplaced Pages" and is judged incorrect.

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-01-23
	\| ''''']''''': "]"
	\| The television show references Misplaced Pages in the episode when ] looks up the origins of the color ].

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-02-01
	\| ''''']''''': "]"
	\| ], having heard ] mention '']'', says that he used Misplaced Pages to confirm his suspicions over the term's meaning.

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-02-18
	\| ''''']''''': "]"
	\| After uncovering a plot involving peanut butter and the Civil War, ] says "If only there was a place where you could make outrageous claims, without any proof, and millions of people would accept it as fact...", and the episode cuts to his son ] editing ''The Truth about Peanut Butter''.

	\|-valign="top"
	\| 2007-04-05
	\| ''''']''''': "]"
	\| For salary negotiations with ], ] gets negotiations help from Misplaced Pages. He then states in an interview that "Misplaced Pages is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are getting the best possible information." As a result of the episode, Misplaced Pages had to lock-down editing of the ] article.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20070412/en_tv_eo/fc0414659360_4cc5_bcca_b5017c71f98c</ref>

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-05-24
	\| ''''']''''', episode 265
	\| Misplaced Pages founder ] appears as a guest on the show hosted by ] on ]. They discuss Colbert's vandalism of Misplaced Pages and his telling of his viewers to vandalize various pages. Several articles, such as ], ] and ] are locked to prevent ] shortly after the episode airs. On the show, Wales jokes that he may have to lock down the entire Spanish-language Misplaced Pages for a few days because of Colbert's comment that perhaps it should learn English.

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-05-25
	\| ''''']'''''
	\| Maher jokingly claims to have used Misplaced Pages in researching the misdeeds of past ] to find examples that support ]'s assertion that the ] is the ].

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-08-05
	\| ''''']''''', episode 7
	\| McDonald says that "Misplaced Pages is one of the most trusted websites in the world" and that, according to ], Misplaced Pages was founded by ] in 1673.

	\|}

	====Radio====

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	! width="10%" \| Date
	! width="16%" \| Title
	! width="56%" \| Notes
	! width="18%" \| Relevance

	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2006-11-04
	\| ''''']'''''
	\| ] played the "Not My Job" game (renamed for the occasion "It must be true... I read it on Misplaced Pages"). He is asked three questions about Misplaced Pages trivia on the ] and ], ] and ]. Wales recalls the Banana Splits with fondness and then proceeds to get all three questions wrong.<ref> November 11, 2006</ref>
	\|First reference to Misplaced Pages in a radio series.
	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-06-15
	\| ''''']''''' - BBC
	\| ] referred to mistakes made on Misplaced Pages. He later said that he once saw a mistake on his article that stated he was a year younger than he was, but he liked the error as it made him look younger. As a result, he says that whenever someone corrects the article, he sets the year wrong again to make him look younger again. As a result, the article was locked after the show was broadcast.
	\|
	\|- valign="top"
	\| 2007-07-24
	\| ''''']''''' - BBC
	\| ] asks whether Misplaced Pages is a valuable source of human knowledge or a symptom of the spread of mediocrity. This was also made into a ] between ] and ] by the BBC.
	\|
	\|}

	==Contextual==

	===Citations of Misplaced Pages in culture===		===Citations of Misplaced Pages in culture===
			*People who are known to have used or recommended Misplaced Pages as a reference source include comedian ],<ref>Hall, Sarah. , ], December 21, 2006</ref> and ] sociology professor ].<ref>'']''. Vol. 35 No. 3. Page 64</ref><ref>"The Conspiracy Meme", ''Skeptical Inquirer''. Vol. 35 No. 1. January/February 2011. Page 37</ref>
			*Various people including ],<ref>{{cite journal\|url=http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405220427/http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/ \|archive-date=April 5, 2006\|title=Lunch with Gandalf\|journal=]\|issue=203\|date=May 2006}}{{subscription required}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Citation \|title=Nicolas Cage Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions {{!}} WIRED \| date=April 21, 2022 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TccwMWVtmj0 \|language=en \|access-date=April 24, 2022}}</ref> and ]<ref>Brew, Simon (March 23, 2009). . DenOfGeek.com.</ref> have criticized or commented about Misplaced Pages's articles about themselves.

			===In politics===
	In the ] cartoon '']'', ] mentions that "'Kipedia said ] was the way to go" in reference to the type of nails used to ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/No_Hands_On_Deck%21 \|title=No Hands On Deck! \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2006 \|work=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.homestarrunner.com/deck.html \|title=No Hands On Deck! \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2006 \|author=] \|coauthors=] \|work=}}</ref> At the time the cartoon was released, the Misplaced Pages article on decks made no reference to nails or vulcanization.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Deck_%28building%29&oldid=63676894 \|title=Deck (building) \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2006 \|work= \|language=English}}</ref>
			*In June 2011, Misplaced Pages received attention for attempts by editors to change the "]" article to fit ] during a campaign bus tour.<ref>{{cite video\|people=]\|title=Wikipolitics: Palin fans try to rewrite history\|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808110658/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/\|date=June 7, 2011\|publisher=NBC Universal\|work=NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams\|archive-date=August 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite video\|people=]\|title=Palin defends her telling of Revere's ride\|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719173829/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/\|date=June 6, 2011 \|publisher=NBC Universal\|work=NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams\|archive-date=July 19, 2013 }}</ref> The '']'' reported that the article "had half a million page views" by June 10, and "after all the attention and arguments, the article is now much longer ... and much better sourced ... than before Palin's remarks."<ref>{{cite news\|title=Shedding Hazy Light on a Midnight Ride\|first=Noam\|last=Cohen\|date=June 12, 2011 \| newspaper=] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/business/media/13link.html?_r=1 \|access-date=August 1, 2011}}</ref>
			*In a speech given on October 28, 2013, to support ] for the candidacy of the governor of Virginia, Senator ] appeared to include close paraphrasing of the Misplaced Pages entry on the 1997 film '']'' ({{Plain link\|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Gattaca&oldid=574415464 \|name=version prior to speech}}) in his comments on ], as noted by ] host ].<ref>{{Cite news\| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/10/29/rand-paul-does-what-gets-kids-in-trouble-borrow-from-wikipedia/ \| title = Rand Paul does what gets kids in trouble: 'Borrow' from Misplaced Pages \| first = Valerie \| last = Strauss \| date= October 29, 2013 \| access-date= October 29, 2013 \| newspaper = ] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rachel-maddow/53400653#53400653 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131030035326/http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rachel-maddow/53400653/#53400653 \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = October 30, 2013 \| title = Where'd you get your speech, Rand? \| first = Rachel \| last = Maddow \| date= October 28, 2013 \| access-date = October 24, 2013 \| publisher = ] }}</ref>
			*In April 2015, '']'' reported claims that ], then-], or a person working under his orders, had edited Misplaced Pages pages about Shapps and other members of the ] during ], to which Shapps had denied involvement.<ref>{{Cite web \| url = https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2015-32407991 \| title = Election 2015: Grant Shapps denies Misplaced Pages claims \| publisher = ] \| date = April 21, 2015 \| access-date = April 21, 2015 }}</ref>
			*In October 2018, Jackson A. Cosko, a former staff member for US Senator ], edited Misplaced Pages to ] several Congresspersons after being fired. Republican Senators ], ], ], and ] had their personal addresses, cell phone numbers, and email addresses inserted into their respective wikipedia pages. The Senators were targeted for the role they played as ] members of the ] during the contentious ] nomination hearings of ].<ref>{{cite web \|last=Tully-McManus \|first=Katherine \|date=April 5, 2019 \|title=Senate doxxing suspect pleads guilty, faces over 2 years in prison \|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/senate-doxxing-suspect-pleads-guilty-faces-prison \|access-date=April 5, 2019 \|work=]}}</ref> Cosko pleaded guilty in April 2019 and on 19 June 2019 was sentenced to four years in federal prison on five charges related to the event.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-06-19 \|title=District of Columbia {{!}} District Man Sentenced to Four Years for Stealing Senate Information and Illegally Posting Restricted Information of U.S. Senators on Misplaced Pages {{!}} United States Department of Justice \|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/district-man-sentenced-four-years-stealing-senate-information-and-illegally-posting \|access-date=2024-10-16 \|website=www.justice.gov \|language=en}}</ref>
			*In February 2022, journalists at '']'' found that text from ] articles on ] and the ] had been lifted by ] from the UK's ] and placed verbatim into the government's ] ].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Stone\|first=Jon\|date=February 3, 2022\|title=Parts of Michael Gove's levelling-up plan 'copied from Misplaced Pages'\|work=]\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/levelling-up-plan-copied-wikipedia-michael-gove-b2006757.html\|access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>

			===Misplaced Pages as comedic material===
	The cartoon '']'' features Peter being criticized by his teacher for copying a homework assignment directly from Misplaced Pages. Peter replies, "Who's to say I didn't write the Misplaced Pages entry myself?"
			*Misplaced Pages is parodied at several websites, including ]<ref name="netmag">{{cite news \| title = The brains behind Uncyclopedia \| publisher = .net \|date=May 3, 2007 \| url = http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/discover-interview/the-brains-behind-uncyclopedia \| access-date =November 19, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url = http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/142615 \|title = Online parody of Tucson not always funny, but interesting \|work = Arizona Daily Star \|date = August 18, 2006 \|access-date = August 22, 2006 \|archive-date = August 22, 2006 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060822225644/http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/142615 \|url-status = dead }}</ref> and ].<ref name=internet>{{Cite news\|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/magazine/01WIKIPEDIA-t.html\|title = Misplaced Pages \|first = Jonathan \|last = Dee \|work = New York Times Magazine \|date = July 1, 2007 \|access-date =November 19, 2007}}</ref>
			*In May 2006, British chat show host ] received an inquiry from a viewer regarding information given on his Misplaced Pages page, to which he responded, "Misplaced Pages? Sounds like a skin disease."
			*Comedian ] claimed to look himself up on Misplaced Pages in an interview with '']'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2007/03/22/comedian_galifianaki.php \|title=The Badger Herald \|access-date=March 22, 2007 \|year=2007 \|archive-date=July 7, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707204307/http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2007/03/22/comedian_galifianaki.php \|url-status=dead }}</ref> stating about himself, "...I'm looking at Misplaced Pages right now. Half Greek, half redneck, around 6-foot-4. And that's about it... The 6-foot-4 thing may be a little bit off. Actually, it's 4-foot-6."

			===General information source===
	During a debate on Québécois nationhood in the ] on ], ], Conservative ] ] mentioned Misplaced Pages.<ref>, November 27, 2006.</ref>
			*] compared Misplaced Pages to the fictional device ] from the series of the same name by ]. "The parallels between ''The Hitchhiker's Guide'' (as found in Adams' original BBC radio series and novels) and Misplaced Pages are so striking, it's a wonder that the author's rabid fans don't think he invented time travel. Since its editor was perennially out to lunch, the ''Guide'' was amended 'by any passing stranger who happened to wander into the empty offices on an afternoon and saw something worth doing.' This anonymous group effort ends up outselling ''Encyclopedia Galactica'' even though 'it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate.'"<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/webhead/2005/05/galaxy_quest.2.html\|title=Misplaced Pages is a real-life Hitchhiker's Guide.\|first=Paul\|last=Boutin\|date=May 3, 2005\|work=Slate Magazine}}</ref> This comparison of fictional documents in the series, is not unlike the mainstream comparisons between Misplaced Pages and professional Encyclopedias.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mashable.com/2012/03/16/encyclopedia-britannica-wikipedia-infographic/\|title=Encyclopedia Britannica vs. Misplaced Pages \|first=Matt\|last=Silverman\|date=March 16, 2012\|work=Mashable}}</ref>

			===As the basis of games===
	In the July 2007 issue of ], an article on ], both in nature and as a method used by humans, mentions Misplaced Pages as an example.<ref> by Peter Miller, '']'', July 2007</ref>
			''Redactle'' is a game in which the player must identify a Misplaced Pages article (chosen from the 10,000 vital articles) after it appears with most of its words redacted. Prepositions, articles, the verb "to be", punctuation and word lengths are shown. Players guess words, which are revealed if present in the article. {{As of\|June 2024}} there have been over 800 daily games.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Livingston \|first1=Christopher \|title=Redactle is a brutal spin on Wordle that may take you hundreds of guesses \|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/redactle-is-a-brutal-spin-on-wordle-that-may-take-you-hundreds-of-guesses/ \|access-date=18 June 2024 \|work=PC Gamer \|date=20 April 2022 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Skwarecki \|first1=Beth \|title=14 of the Best Wordle Variants You Should Play \|url=https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/best-wordle-alternatives \|access-date=18 June 2024 \|work=Lifehacker \|date=23 May 2024 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=About \|url=https://redactle.net/en/about \|website=Redactle \|access-date=18 June 2024 \|language=en}}</ref>

			==Criticism==
	===Inaccuracies on Misplaced Pages in culture===
			{{main\|Criticism of Misplaced Pages}}

			===Claims of negative impact of Misplaced Pages on culture===
	Misplaced Pages was satirized in '']'' with a front-page article ("Misplaced Pages Celebrates 750 Years of American Independence", July 2006), alluding to perceptions that the publicly editable site is an unreliable source of information.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50902 \|title=Misplaced Pages Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2006 \|work=}}</ref>
			]'s 2007 book '']'' asserted the proliferation of user-generated content on Misplaced Pages obscured and devalued traditional, higher-quality information outlets.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Michiko\|last=Kakutani\|author-link=Michiko Kakutani \|title= ''The Cult of the Amateur'' (book review)\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/books/29book.html \|work= New York Times\|date=July 27, 2008 \|access-date=July 8, 2008 }}</ref>

			==See also==
	Various people including ],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12529-2289849,00.html \|title=Lexus GS 450h SE-L Independence \|accessmonthday= ] \|author=Clarkson, Jeremy \|accessyear=2006 \|year=2006 \|work=}}</ref> Sir ]<ref>''Empire Magazine'', May 2006.</ref>, ], and ] have criticized Misplaced Pages's articles about themselves.
			{{Portal\|Society}}

			*'']'', 2010 documentary
	In 2007 ], where the object is to come up with an opening sentence for a novel, a phrase from the article on ] ("Fukutsuru died in 2005 but his frozen sperm lived on for people's benefit") won the prize in Found category<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://adamcadre.ac/07lyttle.html \|title=The 2007 Lyttle Lytton Contest \|accessdate=2007-06-12 }}</ref>.

	===Misplaced Pages as a character trait===

	In 2006, commenting to '']'' on the demands on ] analysts to produce instant information, ], former acting U.S. ], stated, "intelligence analysts end up being the Misplaced Pages of ]".<ref name=McLaughlin>{{cite news \| first = Tim \| last = Weiner \| title = Langley, We Have a Problem \| publisher = ] \| date = 2006-05-14 \| url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/weekinreview/14weiner.html?ex=1305259200&en=514d19d937472c12&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss \| accessdate = 2007-06-26 }}</ref>

	An altmuslim.com review of a new television series, '']'', about terrorists noted that the characters routinely gave detailed background of events in the history of Islam and stated, "no one, and I assume even terrorists, talks like a walking Misplaced Pages."<ref name="sleeping cell">{{cite web \| first = Wajahat \| last = Ali \| url = http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1629_0_25_0_C \| title = Sleeping Cell \| publisher = altmuslim.com \| date = 2006-01-16 }} </ref>

	===Games that can be played on Misplaced Pages===

	Games can be played using the Misplaced Pages website, usually consisting of travelling from a "start article" to a "finish article" using ]s. ] coined the term WikiGroaning to satirize undue weight between Misplaced Pages articles as judged by the size of an article on a trivial pop culture subject such as a Pokemon character versus the size of an article on a serious academic subject such as an ancient king.<ref> {{cite web \| url = http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/wikigroaning.php \| title = WikiGroaning }} </ref>

	===Miscellaneous===

	Misplaced Pages is parodied at several websites, including ] and ].

	In the July 2006 issue of '']'', in the Fundalini pages section there was a short joke with a mock picture of Misplaced Pages called "WonkyPedia." WonkyPedia featured its own logo, in which the letters on the puzzle globe were replaced with MAD characters and the letters M A D. The article shown was on Lincoln's assassination. The HTTP address followed the appropriate pattern: "<nowiki>http://en.wonkypedia.org/wonky/</nowiki>". The same parody returned in the next issue as "Wakipedia". The phrase it advertised was "The 💕 (you get what you pay for!)".

	Likewise, ''CRACKED.com'', the online publication affiliated with former ''Mad'' rival '']'', has satirized Misplaced Pages's ].<ref>{{cite web\|
	url=http://www.cracked.com/?name=News&sid=1293\|title=More Accurate Misplaced Pages Warnings\|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=]\|author=Sack, Brian\|year=2006\|work=}}</ref>

	In the American version of '']'', Misplaced Pages is a selectable ], equippable by the game's characters to learn skills.<ref></ref><ref></ref>

	On the TV show '']'', Misplaced Pages was mentioned on one episode.

	On the ], ] episode of '']'', ]er ] called in and complained that his parents had read about a stunt that he did for the show, that involved him measuring his penis, on Misplaced Pages (which he called "Wackipedia"). Stern read the ] on the air. Also, ] commented on the air he and the ''Stern Show'' staff enjoy the picture of Lynch in this article.

	In May 2006, British chat show host ] received an inquiry from a viewer regarding information given on his Misplaced Pages page, to which he responded, "Misplaced Pages? Sounds like a skin disease."

	On the show '']'', ] looked at the Misplaced Pages article of ], and then looked at the article on their show. After reading it, the logo in the top left corner of the page spoke to Morgan in typical X-Play fashion. It also pointed out that since the show's inception, they have made 337 fart jokes. When asked why it could talk the logo stated that Misplaced Pages had become ] in 2004 due to the massive amounts of information provided by the public.

	On the ] network program '']'', during the "Reality Show Clip Time!" segment a clip of '']'' was shown in which someone mentioned ] as a point of research on ], ], to make fun of this, host ] said "Well at least it's better than saying 'Misplaced Pages Misplaced Pages Misplaced Pages'"

	] once featured Misplaced Pages's article on ] as an ALOD (Awful Link of the Day), satirizing the amount of detail that sometimes goes into seemingly irrelevant topics. The link description adds that the article at the time was longer than each of the articles about ], the ], the ], ] and ]. The topic was also satirized in the front page, which featured a fake Misplaced Pages style article about ] from the TV series ] written by Something Awful contributor ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=4103 \|title=Quantum Geek \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2006 \|author=] \|work=}}</ref> Thorpe elsewhere linked the existence of such articles to ], stating "Don't make fun of Aspergers. If it weren't for Aspergers, we wouldn't have 20-page Misplaced Pages articles about ]."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=4107&p=12 \|title=Return to the Science Fair, page 12 \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|author=Parsons, Zack \|coauthors=] \|year=2006 \|work= \|publisher=}}</ref> Misplaced Pages was also mocked in a December 4 update on Something Awful. The update detailed the life of a talk page on Misplaced Pages, and mocked the neutrality, copyright, naming, quality, and personal disputes that the pages are beholden to. The update also linked Misplaced Pages usage to Aspergers once more, with one fictional editor claiming to have a case of the syndrome twice as powerful as that of another fictional editor.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=4288 \|title=The Dark Side of Misplaced Pages \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|author=Parsons, Zack \|year=December 4, 2006 \|publisher=}}</ref>

	The comic strip ] has mentioned Misplaced Pages a few times.

	Misplaced Pages was mentioned on ].

	Comedian ] claimed to look himself up on Misplaced Pages in an interview with ],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2007/03/22/comedian_galifianaki.php \|title=The Badger Herald \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2007}}</ref> stating about himself, "...I’m looking at Misplaced Pages right now. Half Greek, half redneck, around 6-foot-4. And that’s about it... The 6-foot-4 thing may be a little bit off. Actually, it’s 4-foot-6."

	On the ] a guest said that he just used Misplaced Pages to look up the ages of the girls in the ] movie.

	In a recent ] video entitled Food Battle 2007 Ian and Anthony have a fight and see which is better as a squeegee Celery or Pink Frosted sprinkled dough nuts and Ian exclaims "I have you beat here Anthony cause if you spent more time on Misplaced Pages as I do you would know that before dough nuts were for eating they were squeegee's" then later you see him make a mess with his dough nut and he mumbles to himself "Misplaced Pages...bastards" showing how anyone can edit anything on wikipedia.

	== Misplaced Pages in web comics ==

	] with the hypothetical scenario of ] ] the ] article]]
	On ], ], the ] ] showed one character appending his older sister to unflattering Misplaced Pages articles. In a similar joke, the web comic '']'' also satirized Misplaced Pages with a comic strip depicting ] vandalizing the ] article.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16 \|title=I Have The Power \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2005 \|author=] \|coauthors=] \|work=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.penny-arcade.com/2005/12/16 \|title=I Have The Power \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2005 \|author=] \|work=}}</ref> The web comic ] featured a similar gag with the character Marcy adding embarrassing information about Francis, though she denies it's vandalism, claiming truth.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.pvponline.com/article/2832/aug-12-2006 \|title=Strip for ] ] \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2006 \|author=] \|work=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.pvponline.com/article/2833/aug-13-2006 \|title=Strip for ] ] \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2006 \|author=] \|work=}}</ref>

	]'' is not amused with what he finds on Misplaced Pages]]
	On ], ] comic of ], Greg, who is first defending Misplaced Pages against criticism, is seen about to vandalize Misplaced Pages after finding out he is listed under "hairy dork".
	{{-}}

	]
	On ] ], ] publishes this comic, showing a protester holding up a sign during a policital rally that says "", a tag often used on Misplaced Pages to challenge another editor's statements. The ] of the comic, often part of the joke, shows an additional comment ("SEMI-PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION").
	{{-}}

	] strip which features ]. The ] reads: "] ]" with the bottom caption: "The Moral of the story is you cannot always trust what you read on Misplaced Pages."

	Hannelore, a character in webcomic '']'', suffers from ]. She references Misplaced Pages's article on ] as the reason why she cut most of her hair off.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=663 \|title=Number 663: At Least She Didn't Go All The Way \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2006 \|author=Jacques, Jeph \|work=}}</ref> Misplaced Pages was also mentioned in another comic where a character mentions that their edits to the ] entry keep getting reverted (as they are attempting to add a ] to the article suggesting the company has subverted humanity's mating drive in order to sell more diamonds).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=774\|title=Number 774: Also Certain Web Comics \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|year=2007 \|author=Jacques, Jeph \|work=}}</ref>

	The webcomic ] has jokingly referred to Misplaced Pages as a replacement for traditional education twice.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.applegeeks.com/comic_archive/viewcomic.php?issue=236 \|title=Issue 236: Noodliness \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|author=Haque, Mohammed F. \|coauthors=Panagariya, Ananth \|year=2004 \|work=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.applegeeks.com/lite/index.php?aglitecomic=2006-05-19 \|title=Issue 010 \|accessmonthday= ] \|accessyear=] \|author=Haque, Mohammed F. \|coauthors=Panagariya, Ananth \|year=2006 \|work=}}</ref>

	An issue of '']'' points out the "problem with Misplaced Pages", that distracting wikilinks cause "three hours of fascinated clicking".<ref>{{cite web \| last=Munroe \| first=Randall \| authorlink=Randall Munroe \| title=The Problem with Misplaced Pages \| work=] \| url=http://xkcd.com/c214.html \| accessdate=2007-04-06}}</ref> Another issue which showed ]'s ] search history following the ] revealed that Munroe searched the Misplaced Pages domain for "surviving a raptor attack". <ref>{{cite web \| last=Munroe \| first=Randall \| authorlink=Randall Munroe \| title=Search History \| work=] \| url=http://xkcd.com/c155.html \| accessdate=2007-04-06}}</ref>

	The ], ] installment of ] features T-Rex to Misplaced Pages's vandalism problems; the article about ] would be designated for vandalism, leaving all other articles intact.

	] ] criticised Misplaced Pages's current policy of deleting many articles on webcomics.<ref>{{cite web \| last=Balder \| first=Robert T. \| authorlink=Robert T. Balder \| title=King and Jester \| work=] \| url=http://www.partiallyclips.com/pclipslite.php?id=1483 \|accessdate=2007-04-12}} Caption above the comic reads, "End the Misplaced Pages pogrom against webcomics."</ref> .<ref>{{cite web \| last=Balder \| first=Robert T. \| authorlink=Robert T. Balder \| title=Wilkipediatrics \| work=] \| url=http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?cid=134 \|accessdate=2007-04-12}} </ref>

	has a set of comics using a parodied form of Misplaced Pages called .

	] has a comic mocking Misplaced Pages.

	Ethan in ] often describes edit wars he is involved in regarding the Transformers articles on Misplaced Pages.

	George of ] once used Misplaced Pages to research the The First Annual Robot Tournament (a plot element from ]) after being told his brother, Bob, was killed during it, but found no information. <ref>{{cite web \| title=The Bob and George Archives \| last=Anez \|first=Dave \| work=Bob and George \| url=http://www.bobandgeorge.com/Archive/index.php?date=060214 \| accessdate=2007-06-19}}</ref> Later, however, ] researches the subject and finds detailed information has been added. <ref>{{cite web\|title=The Bob and George Archives\| last=Anez\|first=Dave\|work=Bob and George\|url=http://www.bobandgeorge.com/Archive/index.php?date=060425\|accessdate=2007-06-19}}</ref> This article is then used as a ] in following comics as the characters read about the events being depicted.

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References to and discussion about Misplaced Pages

References to Misplaced Pages in popular culture have been widespread. Many parody Misplaced Pages's openness, with individuals vandalizing or modifying articles in nonconstructive ways. Others feature individuals using Misplaced Pages as a reference work, or positively comparing their intelligence to Misplaced Pages. In some cases, Misplaced Pages is not used as an encyclopedia at all, but instead serves more as a character trait or even as a game, such as Wikiracing. Misplaced Pages has also become culturally significant with many individuals seeing the presence of their own Misplaced Pages entry as a status symbol.

In the arts and entertainment

In art

The Misplaced Pages Monument, located in Słubice, Poland, is a statue designed by Armenian sculptor Mihran Hakobyan honoring Misplaced Pages contributors. It was unveiled in Frankfurt Square (Plac Frankfurcki) on 22 October 2014 in a ceremony that included representatives from both local Wikimedia chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation.

In music

A scene in the 2006 music video for the "Weird Al" Yankovic song "White & Nerdy", show Yankovic vandalizing the Misplaced Pages page for Atlantic Records, replacing it with the words "YOU SUCK!", referencing recent trouble he had had with the company in getting permissions.

Ukrainian composer Andriy Bondarenko wrote a musical piece, "Anthem of Misplaced Pages", which was performed in a concert devoted to the 15th anniversary of Misplaced Pages in Kyiv in 2016.

In webcomics

One of the xkcd comics, parodying Misplaced Pages's writing style. — "Malamanteau", parodying Misplaced Pages's writing style

References to Misplaced Pages have been made several times in the webcomic xkcd. A facsimile of a made-up Misplaced Pages entry for "malamanteau" (a stunt word created by Munroe to poke fun at Misplaced Pages's writing style) provoked a controversy.

In humor

During the Russo-Ukrainian war, a meme titled Battle of Techno House 2022, which features footage of a Russian soldier's failed effort at opening a door, went viral and was reposted millions of times. Media coverage included discussion of an initial Misplaced Pages page for the incident/meme, which lampooned the event by using Misplaced Pages formatting generally used only for actual battles, making it seem like a real battle. The belligerents in the "battle" were humorously listed as "Russian Soldier" and "store door" with the battle results referred to as a "decisive door victory" and "pride" referred to as one of the Russian casualties. The humorous content was later removed from the Misplaced Pages page.

In fiction

The 2024 novel The Editors, by Stephen Harrison, is centered around a group of editors of an online encyclopedia, Infopendium, based on Misplaced Pages.

Stephen Colbert (2006)

In a July 2006 episode of the satirical comedy The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert announced the neologism "wikiality", a portmanteau of the words Wiki and reality, for his segment "The Wørd". Colbert defined wikiality as "truth by consensus" (rather than fact), modeled after the approval-by-consensus format of Misplaced Pages. He ironically praised Misplaced Pages for following his philosophy of truthiness in which intuition and consensus is a better reflection of reality than fact:

You see, any user can change any entry, and if enough other users agree with them, it becomes true. ... If only the entire body of human knowledge worked this way. And it can, thanks to tonight's word: Wikiality. Now, folks, I'm no fan of reality, and I'm no fan of encyclopedias. I've said it before. Who is Britannica to tell me that George Washington had slaves? If I want to say he didn't, that's my right. And now, thanks to Misplaced Pages, it's also a fact. We should apply these principles to all information. All we need to do is convince a majority of people that some factoid is true. ... What we're doing is bringing democracy to knowledge.

Colbert suggested that viewers change the elephant page to state that the number of African elephants has tripled in the last six months. The suggestion resulted in numerous incorrect changes to Misplaced Pages articles related to elephants and Africa. Colbert went on to type on a laptop facing away from the camera, claiming to be making the edits to the pages himself. Because initial edits to Misplaced Pages corresponding to these claimed "facts" were made by a user named Stephencolbert, many believe Colbert himself vandalized several Misplaced Pages pages at the time he was encouraging other users to do the same. The account, whether it was Stephen Colbert himself or someone posing as him, was blocked from Misplaced Pages indefinitely.

Contexts

Misplaced Pages is not always referenced in the same way. The ways described below are some of the ways it has been mentioned.

Citations of Misplaced Pages in culture

People who are known to have used or recommended Misplaced Pages as a reference source include comedian Rosie O'Donnell, and Rutgers University sociology professor Ted Goertzel.
Various people including Sir Ian McKellen, Nicolas Cage, and Marcus Brigstocke have criticized or commented about Misplaced Pages's articles about themselves.

In politics

In June 2011, Misplaced Pages received attention for attempts by editors to change the "Paul Revere" article to fit Sarah Palin's accounting of events during a campaign bus tour. The New York Times reported that the article "had half a million page views" by June 10, and "after all the attention and arguments, the article is now much longer ... and much better sourced ... than before Palin's remarks."
In a speech given on October 28, 2013, to support Ken Cuccinelli for the candidacy of the governor of Virginia, Senator Rand Paul appeared to include close paraphrasing of the Misplaced Pages entry on the 1997 film Gattaca (version prior to speech) in his comments on eugenics, as noted by MSNBC host Rachel Maddow.
In April 2015, The Guardian reported claims that Grant Shapps, then-Chairman of the Conservative Party, or a person working under his orders, had edited Misplaced Pages pages about Shapps and other members of the British Parliament during the runup to the 2015 election, to which Shapps had denied involvement.
In October 2018, Jackson A. Cosko, a former staff member for US Senator Maggie Hassan, edited Misplaced Pages to dox several Congresspersons after being fired. Republican Senators Lindsey Graham, Orrin G. Hatch, Mitch McConnell, and Mike Lee had their personal addresses, cell phone numbers, and email addresses inserted into their respective wikipedia pages. The Senators were targeted for the role they played as Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee during the contentious Supreme Court nomination hearings of Brett Kavanaugh. Cosko pleaded guilty in April 2019 and on 19 June 2019 was sentenced to four years in federal prison on five charges related to the event.
In February 2022, journalists at The Independent found that text from Misplaced Pages articles on Constantinople and the list of largest cities throughout history had been lifted by civil servants from the UK's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and placed verbatim into the government's Levelling Up White Paper.

Misplaced Pages as comedic material

Misplaced Pages is parodied at several websites, including Uncyclopedia and Encyclopedia Dramatica.
In May 2006, British chat show host Paul O'Grady received an inquiry from a viewer regarding information given on his Misplaced Pages page, to which he responded, "Misplaced Pages? Sounds like a skin disease."
Comedian Zach Galifianakis claimed to look himself up on Misplaced Pages in an interview with The Badger Herald, stating about himself, "...I'm looking at Misplaced Pages right now. Half Greek, half redneck, around 6-foot-4. And that's about it... The 6-foot-4 thing may be a little bit off. Actually, it's 4-foot-6."

General information source

Slate magazine compared Misplaced Pages to the fictional device The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from the series of the same name by Douglas Adams. "The parallels between The Hitchhiker's Guide (as found in Adams' original BBC radio series and novels) and Misplaced Pages are so striking, it's a wonder that the author's rabid fans don't think he invented time travel. Since its editor was perennially out to lunch, the Guide was amended 'by any passing stranger who happened to wander into the empty offices on an afternoon and saw something worth doing.' This anonymous group effort ends up outselling Encyclopedia Galactica even though 'it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate.'" This comparison of fictional documents in the series, is not unlike the mainstream comparisons between Misplaced Pages and professional Encyclopedias.

As the basis of games

Redactle is a game in which the player must identify a Misplaced Pages article (chosen from the 10,000 vital articles) after it appears with most of its words redacted. Prepositions, articles, the verb "to be", punctuation and word lengths are shown. Players guess words, which are revealed if present in the article. As of June 2024 there have been over 800 daily games.

Criticism

Main article: Criticism of Misplaced Pages

Claims of negative impact of Misplaced Pages on culture

Andrew Keen's 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture asserted the proliferation of user-generated content on Misplaced Pages obscured and devalued traditional, higher-quality information outlets.

Notes

"Loxodonta", "African forest elephant", "African bush elephant", "Pachydermata", "Babar the Elephant", "Elephant", "Oregon",
"George Washington", "Latchkey kid", "Serial killer", "Hitler", "The Colbert Report" and "Stephen Colbert" are/were temporarily protected. "Mûmak" (formerly at "Oliphaunt") has also been vandalized.
Misplaced Pages administrators subsequently restricted edits to the pages by anonymous and newly created user accounts.
Misplaced Pages blocked the account for violating Misplaced Pages's username policies (which state that using the names of celebrities as login names without permission is inappropriate), not for the vandalism, as believed.

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"World's first Misplaced Pages monument unveiled in Poland". thenews.pl. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
Adams, Cameron (October 5, 2006). "Weird Al Yankovic". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on March 12, 2007.
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ObsessiveMathsFreak (May 13, 2010). "Misplaced Pages Is Not Amused By Entry For xkcd-Coined Word". Slashdot. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
McKean, Erin (May 30, 2010). "One-day wonder: How fast can a word become legit?". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
"Russian soldier's embarrassing 'loss' to locked door". PerthNow. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
Backhouse, Andrew (March 3, 2022). "Hapless Russian soldier loses fight against door". news.com.au. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
Rafter, Darcy (March 3, 2022). "Battle of Techno House memes spawn from hilarious Russian soldier vs door clip". HITC. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
"Video: Ruský vojak prehral boj s dverami". www.info.sk (in Slovak). March 3, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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"The Editors". Inkshares. August 18, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
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Strauss, Valerie (October 29, 2013). "Rand Paul does what gets kids in trouble: 'Borrow' from Misplaced Pages". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
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"Election 2015: Grant Shapps denies Misplaced Pages claims". BBC. April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
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