Banter reaches peak as #AsPerWikipedia trends on Twitter
Imran Khan quoted Wikipedia while declaring Nawaz Sharif '3rd richest man in Pakistan'
(Web Desk) -- #AsPerWikipedia is trending on Twitter following a statement by Imran Khan in his presser in which he quoted the community powered encyclopedia ‘Wikipedia’ while digging up a ‘fact’.
Little known to Khan is that Wikipedia is not a completely authentic source to quote and is open to edition by anyone in the community.
According to Wikipedia s own admission:
Wikipedia is open to anonymous and collaborative editing. . . . . several incidents have also been publicized in which false information has lasted for a long time in Wikipedia.
Here is how Twitterati reacted to Khan’s statement:
A tweep decided to take on Indian cricket team head-on as he posted a screenshot of perpetrators of 2008 Mumbai attacks:
#AsPerWikipedia Indian cricketers were involved in Mumbai Attacks.. pic.twitter.com/wMnwzgyV1T
— Abdul Moiz (@AbdulMoiz_) October 8, 2015
Another tweep posted a picture in which Wikipedia was quoted to have been stated that renowned English footballer David Beckham is a ‘Chinese Goalkeeper’ whilst comedy king Robin Williams a ‘pet eater’.
#AsPerWikipedia Once described David Beckham as a Chinese goalkeeper. And Robin Williams a pet eater. pic.twitter.com/rVgOPHPZHw
— Rafi (@Rafi_AAA) October 8, 2015
A tweep even went as far as showing Chaudhary Sarwar’s date of death (he is still alive):
#AsPerWikipedia #ChSarwar has died:) #PTIFamily pic.twitter.com/RqU6kMDahh
— ImWaqas (@waqasaslam118) October 8, 2015
Some tweeps also circulated the following image highlighting what is an apparent downfall in Wikipedia’s mechanism:
@mahobili @TrustPmln #AsPerWikipedia @ImranKhanPTI is the richest man :P LOL pic.twitter.com/W0XwCgDMUl
— Adeem Ghaffar Rana (@ranaadeem) October 8, 2015
Below lies the Pandora box that opened the chaos on the social platform (at time of posting this tweet was not deleted):
As per @Wikipedia Nawaz Sharif is ranked as 3rd richest in Pakistan & doesn t list under top 10,000 tax payers in Pakistan @ImranKhanPTI
— PTI (@PTIofficial) October 8, 2015
He might not be an astrologer but at least he got this right:
WikiPedia is expected to be heavily edited today from Pakistan #AsPerWikipedia
— sajidaqeel (@sajidaqeel) October 8, 2015
The banter took various forms as the trended lasted quite a while at the top. Here is a quote attributed to Rumi:
#AsPerWikipedia https://t.co/7UTGEqPpRd
— S R (@SadafThought) October 8, 2015
By the looks of it, Imran Khan won t be quoting Wikipedia anytime soon.
