Article WG10 Peking Duk fan infiltrates backstage by fooling security guard with Wikipedia edit

Peking Duk fan infiltrates backstage by fooling security guard with Wikipedia edit

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Elle Hunt
from Technology | The Guardian on (#WG10)

Australian music duo hail 'genius, mastermind move' by fan David Spargo who altered band's Wikipedia page with fake entry listing him as a relation

You can't trust everything you read on Wikipedia, as a security guard has learned after falling for a concertgoer's auspicious edit.

Fan David Spargo tried to gain backstage access at a Peking Duk gig in Melbourne on Wednesday night, claiming to be related to the Australian electronic music duo.

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