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How do some Wikipedia authors play tricks on readers?

Wikipedia sometimes contains hoax articles, partly or completely invented by their authors. One of the most illustrative examples was an article about the Bikolim conflict - a war allegedly taking place in the 17th century between Portugal and the Maratha State, provided with a large number of references to fictitious sources and designed according to all stylistic rules. Appearing in 2007, the article was a good one and ran for more than five years before the scam was exposed. In fairness, it should be noted that Wikipedia has created a special page that describes in detail all the identified hoaxes, and the total number of possible fake articles compared to the total volume of the encyclopedia is extremely small.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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