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Stephen Colbert on Wikipedia

Tonight on the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert mentioned his previous Wikiality prank wherein he got his viewers to modify the article on elephants to say that the population of elephants had tripled due to his efforts.  This time, he challenged his audience to modify the article on reality to say that "reality has become a commodity."  This time the Wikipedians were ready for him, protecting the page within seconds of the broadcast:

(cur) (last) 04:41, 30 January 2007 Ral315 (Talk | contribs) m (Protected Reality: Colbert; there's no way it'll stop in 3 hours (in fact, then the West Coast will hit it) [edit=sysop:move=sysop] (expires 04:41, February 2, 2007 (UTC)))

(cur) (last) 04:41, 30 January 2007 Wknight94 (Talk | contribs) m (Protected Reality: remove expiry for now [edit=sysop:move=sysop])

(cur) (last) 04:41, 30 January 2007 Wickethewok (Talk | contribs) (rvv)

(cur) (last) 04:41, 30 January 2007 RoyBoy (Talk | contribs) m (sp)

(cur) (last) 04:40, 30 January 2007 Raul654 (Talk | contribs)

(cur) (last) 04:40, 30 January 2007 Wknight94 (Talk | contribs) m (Protected Reality: Colbert mention [edit=sysop:move=sysop] (expires 07:40, January 30, 2007 (UTC)))

(cur) (last) 04:40, 30 January 2007 Groggie (Talk | contribs)

(cur) (last) 04:40, 30 January 2007 Gamaliel (Talk | contribs) m (Protected Reality: colbert [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])

(cur) (last) 04:40, 30 January 2007 Brian Kendig (Talk | contribs) m (Protected Reality: blocked - mentioned on Colbert Report [edit=sysop:move=sysop])

(cur) (last) 04:40, 30 January 2007 EVula (Talk | contribs) m (Reverted edits by Elbarto69 (talk) to last version by RoyBoy)

(cur) (last) 04:40, 30 January 2007 Elbarto69 (Talk | contribs)

(cur) (last) 04:39, 30 January 2007 RoyBoy (Talk | contribs) m (Protected Reality: colbert [edit=sysop:move=sysop])

(cur) (last) 04:39, 30 January 2007 Raul654 (Talk | contribs) m (Protected Reality [edit=sysop:move=sysop])

(cur) (last) 04:39, 30 January 2007 PopeofPeru (Talk | contribs) (←Replaced page with 'Reality becomes a commodity')

Stephen Colbert on AT&T/Cingular Merger

On Monday's show, Stephen Colbert described the merger of AT&T and Cingular.

Here's what AT&T looked like before the breakup in the 1980s.

And here's what AT&T looks like today.