Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 141: "One Teenager's Bizarre Takeover Of The Scots Language Wikipedia"

This is the bonus show for Episode 141! (Bagpipes)

Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of a teenager in North Carolina who wrote and edited almost half the Wikipedia for a language they do not speak.

RESEARCH SOURCES:

Shock an aw: US teenager wrote huge slice of Scots Wikipedia (The Guardian)

Text of the quote Alex reads aloud: “The ‘Scots’ that wis uised in this airticle wis written bi a body that’s mither tongue isna Scots. Please impruive this airticle gin ye can.”

Most of Scottish Wikipedia Written By American in Mangled English (Vice Motherboard)

A US teen wrote 27,000 Wikipedia entries in a language they don't speak (Engadget)

Encyclopedia Britannica's page for the Scots language

How 'Monkey Christ' brought new life to a quiet Spanish town (The Guardian) -- this is the "Ecce homo" art Katie brings up.