The hyperactive home console "fanboi" army has caused the lockdown of a number of sites on the free-to-access-and-edit online resource Wikipedia, according to Gamespot. Gamers partial to one or another next generation machine have been knowingly undermining links and information on the others' pages, demonstrating some of the issues of impartiality levied against the virtual encyclopaedia.
According to the article:
Users have been hijacking the site's entries to add what Wikipedia refers to as "funny" edits. Top of the list is the Nintendo Wii--a name that pranksters seem to find especially entertaining.
Last week the complete Nintendo company page was replaced with the phrase "Nintendo Sucks!!!!!!!!!" briefly before the Web site reloaded the original entry.
Wikipedia intends to open up editing rights in a few weeks, after the pranksters lose interest.
