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Jun. 30th, 2007 07:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
khiemtranFrom the smh:
The anonymous Wikipedia editor who sparked an internet mystery by posting information about the death of pro wrestler Chris Benoit's wife 14 hours before police learnt of the double-murder suicide has revealed what really happened.
"But in a bizarre twist, reports surfaced this morning that Benoit's Wikipedia page had been altered by Wikipedia users in the US and Australia to include details about his wife's death 14 hours before police found the bodies."
Quote:
"I did the wrong thing by posting it on Wikipedia to [sic] spite there being no evidence. I posted my speculation on the situation at the time and I am deeply sorry about this, and I was just as shocked as everyone when I heard that this actually would happen in real life.
"That night I found out that what I posted, ended up actually happening, a 1 in 10,000 chance of happening, or so I thought.
"I was beyond wrong for posting wrongful information, and I am sorry to everyone for this ... I just posted something that was at that time a piece of wrong unsourced information that is typical on wikipedia, as it is done all the time.''
The person went on to say they were "stunned'' and "saddened" that what they wrote actually turned out to be true.
The anonymous Wikipedia editor who sparked an internet mystery by posting information about the death of pro wrestler Chris Benoit's wife 14 hours before police learnt of the double-murder suicide has revealed what really happened.
"But in a bizarre twist, reports surfaced this morning that Benoit's Wikipedia page had been altered by Wikipedia users in the US and Australia to include details about his wife's death 14 hours before police found the bodies."
Quote:
"I did the wrong thing by posting it on Wikipedia to [sic] spite there being no evidence. I posted my speculation on the situation at the time and I am deeply sorry about this, and I was just as shocked as everyone when I heard that this actually would happen in real life.
"That night I found out that what I posted, ended up actually happening, a 1 in 10,000 chance of happening, or so I thought.
"I was beyond wrong for posting wrongful information, and I am sorry to everyone for this ... I just posted something that was at that time a piece of wrong unsourced information that is typical on wikipedia, as it is done all the time.''
The person went on to say they were "stunned'' and "saddened" that what they wrote actually turned out to be true.
