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Written by Mark Dominus on 2025-01-19 at 21:56

I corrected what appeared to be unverifiable vandalism on a Wikipedia article, then checked out the contributions of the user who had added it, to find out if this was something they might have done more of.

I saw this and said "Oh no, what did I just step in?"

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Written by Mark Dominus on 2025-01-19 at 22:05

The apparent vandalism was that "His subsequent musical stylings were informed by the likes of [[The Archies]]". "His" here refers to Nivek Ogre, known for his work with Skinny Puppy, Revolting Cocks, and Pigface.

Sometimes these things turn out to be strange-but-true. Rod Stewart really is super into model trains! But a while back I deleted WIkipedia's claim that Brian Eno was a "pigeon fancier".

I wish I had been able to verify that Nivek Ogre had been influenced by the Archies, but it wasn't in the cited source.

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Written by Mark Dominus on 2025-01-19 at 22:17

For an interesting converse example, consider Mike Tyson, whose pigeon-fancying is well-documented. So you really do have to check up on this stuff, the world is an odd and complicated place.

Interviewer: You mentioned ... your first fight was with a bigger kid over his mistreatment of one of your birds.

Mike Tyson: Gary Flowers. Got one of my birds and [Wrings his hands and yanks]. Asshole.

http://www.details.com/culture-trends/news-and-politics/201008/interview-boxing-mike-tyson

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1834670/

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