# A hilarious Wikipedia entry **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497 "2006-02-21T17:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/1 "2006-02-21T17:50:30Z")
I was reading about country musician Jerry Jeff Walker on Wikipedia when I came across something quite bizarre. It took me a while to figure out that it was added by someone as a joke (and that Wikipedia can truly be modified by anybody.) It’s in the Trivia section (scroll down the page.) [See if you can find it.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Jeff_Walker) ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/2 "2006-02-21T17:53:11Z")
Was it the part about singing _We are the World_? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/3 "2006-02-21T17:55:04Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > Was it the part about singing _We are the World_? Of course it is. Nobody likes that song anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/4 "2006-02-21T17:55:32Z")
I know, I know! It’s a joke to say that he is “the Jimmy Buffet of Texas” because he’s nowhere near the same league as Jimmy! (But man the finale of that festival can’t be missed!) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/5 "2006-02-21T18:03:19Z")
Hah! There is no way a Studebaker could make that trip. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/6 "2006-02-21T18:05:27Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Hah! There is no way a Studebaker could make that trip. Yeah, that’s what I thought at first, too. Then I said to myself: _“We are the world?!? Come on.”_. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/7 "2006-02-21T18:21:30Z")
The patron saint of honky tonks, purdy wimmin and Lone Star beer. Ah dew enjoy his shows, minus the gorilla porn. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/8 "2006-02-21T18:31:56Z")
C’mon, people…this should be obvious. The annual bash is held in San Antonio, not Austin! Sheesh… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/9 "2006-02-21T18:43:11Z")
I got it! I got it! It says that his “Greatest Hits” was released in 1980, but then there are 24 years of albums _after_ that. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hilarious-wikipedia-entry/345497/10 "2006-02-21T21:13:29Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > I know, I know! It’s a joke to say that he is “the Jimmy Buffet of Texas” because he’s nowhere near the same league as Jimmy! Indeed. He blows Buffet out of the water. 😛