# Anyone ever read Cecil's Wikipedia page? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124 "2011-01-02T07:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/1 "2011-01-02T07:48:52Z")
Interesting stuff! Basically “pulls the curtain back” on Cecil and the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/2 "2011-01-02T08:41:49Z")
I dunno. Nothing there I hadn’t seen before (unless someone went in and edited it since you posted). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/3 "2011-01-02T14:49:00Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Interesting stuff! Basically “pulls the curtain back” on Cecil and the Dope. It does? I don’t see it when I read it. Sounds like same basic stuff we’ve said since at least 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/4 "2011-01-02T14:56:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It does? I don’t see it when I read it. Sounds like same basic stuff we’ve said since at least 10 years ago. **etv78** has only been here since 2002… they probably missed the thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/5 "2011-01-02T15:35:29Z")
He’s in the same category as Top Gear’s The Stig. Coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/6 "2011-01-02T16:59:14Z")
[Link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Adams), since the OP couldn’t be bothered. Since almost all the footnotes come from the Dope, everybody here should be familiar with all of it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/7 "2011-01-02T17:02:41Z")
You mean that Zotti has been Cecil for many years and that there were a couple of other short stint Cecils before him? Old news. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/8 "2011-01-02T17:05:01Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > You mean that Zotti has been Cecil for many years and that there were a couple of other short stint Cecils before him? Old news. The wiki article does not mention this. It does allude to the fact that Zotti _may_ be Cecil but doesn’t outright say it. I suspect it was witten by Zotti. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/9 "2011-01-02T17:08:24Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > The wiki article does not mention this. It does allude to the fact that Zotti _may_ be Cecil but doesn’t outright say it. I suspect it was witten by Zotti. Hmmm. It’s been edited since I last read it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/10 "2011-01-02T18:41:03Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Hmmm. It’s been edited since I last read it. Ooooh…conspiracy!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/11 "2011-01-03T13:56:25Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > He’s in the same category as Top Gear’s The Stig. Coincidence? Some say that he’s the Perfect Master… and that he writes his columns on the back of cocktail napkins in purple crayon. All we know is that he’s called Cecil Adams! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/12 "2011-01-03T15:09:28Z")
As is often the case, the talk page is more interesting than the article. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/13 "2011-01-03T15:16:10Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > He’s in the same category as Top Gear’s The Stig. Coincidence? He’s in the category [Living people](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Living_people), which has more than half a million members. If I had a Wiki page, I’d be in the category too. So – not really a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/14 "2011-01-03T15:54:08Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > He’s in the category [Living people](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Living_people), which has more than half a million members. If I had a Wiki page, I’d be in the category too. So – not really a coincidence. I’m pretty sure Tapioca Dextrin is referring to the Unidentified People category. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-read-cecils-wikipedia-page/566124/15 "2011-01-04T03:42:56Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > short stint Cecils Band name!