Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars
One of the more interesting effects of Wikipedia's 'editable-by-anyone' nature is the occurrence of edit wars- where two or more authors keep editing and counter-editing a page over and over. This page lists the most egregious examples of said battles. It makes for quite a hilarious read.
A few of my favourites:
Devil's Lake (North Dakota)
Shockingly, there are multiple locations in the United States with the name "Devil's Lake." A very heated war broke out here regarding which one should be featured, whether a disambig page was needed, even over the usage of the apostrophe- eventually literally degenerating into "my lake is better than yours!"
Wii
Is this article about the Wii or the Nintendo Wii? Should it be Nintendo's Wii? Does it rhyme with "We" or "Wee"? Should "Wee" link to urine? Is "Wee" slang or a euphemism for urine? Is it a British or International word for urine? Should urine be mentioned in the article at all? Just some of the hard hitting issues that provoked in excess of 1500 edits in the space of two weeks. In addition to all of that, a massive war breaks out over "non-official external links" that leads to a huge strawpoll to end the issue.
Death Star
Is it 120km or 160km in diameter? Who cares?
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