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The ID Sniper rifle, a rifle that shoots GPS-enabled microchips to mark and track suspects. The Morristown UFO hoax of 2009. The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis), an amphibious octopus. Project Alpha, which was orchestrated by James Randi and exposed poor research into psychic phenomena.
Edward Owens (hoax) A hoax article written by university students as a class project, revealed as a hoax a month later and retained on Wikipedia after two deletion debates with no consensus at to whether is was a notable hoax. A third originally resulted in deletion before being overturned. 1 month. November 18, 2008.
This category may be empty occasionally or even most of the time. The purpose of this category is to list articles that may be hoaxes (prank, fake or joke articles). To add an article to this category, put { { Hoax }} on top of the page. Articles in this category should either have appropriate citations added to verify accuracy, then have the ...
The nature of Wikipedia controversies has been analyzed by scholars. Sociologist Howard Rheingold says that "Wikipedia controversies have revealed the evolution of social mechanisms in the Wikipedia community"; [10] a study of the politicization of socio-technical spaces remarked that Wikipedia "controversies ... become fully-fledged when they are advertised outside the page being debated ...
The subpage Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race is not a hoax. The subpage was created by copying and pasting content from Billionaire space race while that page still existed. The page was discussed and kept at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billionaire space race, so it isn't a hoax.
Comprobado (hosted by Maldita.es). [135] Miniver.org: the first fact-checking web in Spain, launched in 2017, with the purpose of debunking fake news. Accredited by Google as fact-checking organization. [136] Newtral: Spanish fact-checking organization founded by journalist Ana Pastor from LaSexta.
In July 2022, a 15-year-old Redditor named Adam posted an explanation, revealing that the photo on Alan MacMasters' Wikipedia page was edited and not a legitimate photo. This research was prompted after his teacher spoke about MacMasters in class and Adam searched him up. [2] However, Adam was unaware that the entire article was a hoax.
Hoaxes are widely publicized and intentional attempts to make people believe falsehoods. Unlike confidence tricks, money is not usually involved, but the trickster may try to play practical jokes, expose gullible people or annoy political or artistic rivals. This category includes notable proven hoaxes and incidents determined to be hoaxes by ...