How a Wikipedia User Spent Years Faking a Wiki

On August 25th 2020, it was discovered that the already questionable Scots Wikipedia had been consisting of articles that were entirely made up by someone pretending to write in a language that they had absolutely no knowledge of - and it was further discovered that this act may have potentially had a rippling effect on the language as a whole. Sources used: The Reddit Posts that inspired it all:   / wikipedia_the_wikipedia_user_who_wrote_27796     / ive_discovered_that_almost_every_single_ar...   Articles shown and referenced in the video: https://inews.co.uk/news/scotland/sco... https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2019/07... https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/2... https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/1...   / ima_an_admin_on_scots_wikipedia_ama   -AMA a Scots Wiki Admin did following the controversy Other resources not used in the video but are still informative: https://theferret.scot/fact-check-cla... https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opini...    • Scottish Government Debate: The Future of ...   - A debate regarding the future of Scots and Scottish Gaelic Music: Kill Bill the Rapper - Abandoned 2 Kill Bill the Rapper - FVCK Kill Bill the Rapper - About Last Night