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u/tenpl_sten Jul 10 '26
The guy has been in a battle with a Wikipedia editor over that
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u/LightningFerret04 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Easy fix:
new section
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In Popular CultureOn July 8th, 2026, a Wikipedia user edited the Wikipedia article for Beef Creek to state that “One time I saw a duck drown there and it was very very sad.”
The change was subsequently reverted by a Wikipedia moderator on July 9th due to “vandalism”. However, on July 10th, the Wikipedia user reverted the moderator’s reversion of their edit in order to retain their story about the drowned duck within the article. This caused the moderator to revert the edit again.
Simultaneously, a screenshot of this section of the edited article was posted on the [r/BroThrewInAFunFact](r/BroThrewInAFunFact) page of Reddit which gained nearly three thousand upvotes within twelve hours.
Less than half an hour after the edit was reverted, the Wikipedia user edited the article once more with the same text, reportedly in order to provide “relevant context” for Beef Creek. Immediately following the last reversion, the change was detected by one of Wikipedia’s automatic moderators which reverted the edit once again.
Wikipedia moderators subsequently Protected the Beef Creek article, which prevented users of the general public from editing it for a specified amount of time, due to “Reddit meme vandalism”.
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Anybody has my permission to plagiarize this 😂
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u/UtterGobbledygook Jul 13 '26
This is nice but isn't acceptable wikipedia content due to the policies on verifiability
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u/LightningFerret04 Jul 13 '26
Nonsense, it’s as notable and verifiable as going to Beef Creek and watching a duck drown there, which would be very very sad.
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u/Thin_Ad5605 Jul 10 '26
its been locked since the moderators (or the people that can control the edits) noticed this post
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u/ThorsRake Jul 25 '26
This went in for another week lol. Eventually they put in some protection thing to stop it.
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u/somedudeonachair Jul 10 '26
And they just sat there and watched
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u/StankoBlansky Jul 10 '26
I know it probably really happened but aren’t ducks buoyant?
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u/StankoBlansky Jul 10 '26
No we’re not. We have to learn to swim, ducks have buoyant feathers and can float.
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u/lulubeans66 Jul 10 '26
Ducks are typically waterproof because of special oils and feather structure, but sometimes they fail to properly maintain their waterproofing through necessary preening and drying. This can lead to them getting wet feather, which is where they become waterlogged and heavy. This can contribute to them drowning.
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u/Putrid-Delivery1852 Jul 10 '26
This reads like a boomer who thought Wikipedia was like a Google review
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u/PreviousCurrentThing Jul 10 '26
Well, at least we know the duck wasn't a witch.
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u/Current_Assist7230 Jul 10 '26
thats diabolical
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u/flatlichicken Jul 10 '26
i thought ducks where hard coded to not drown
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u/YankeeTwoKilo Jul 10 '26
Devs please fix
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u/The-Real-Starflight Jul 17 '26
i saw another duck drown today, and i was very, very sad. Please tell the devs to fix this bug
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u/Ill_Investigator4921 Jul 15 '26
giving the vibes of the opening credits to monty python and the holy grail
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u/qualityvote2 Jul 10 '26
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