Benedict XVI, Pope

Our new pope is already listed in an online encyclopedia as Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope Benedict XVI

Granted, this is a quickie re-direct from the original entry as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, but I still think it’s cool.

8 thoughts on “Benedict XVI, Pope”

  1. I was amazed how fast that change happened. I was watching the announcement live and as soon as it was announced, I went to wikipedia to get the right spelling of Benedict (I’m a horrible speller) and the top search result was for Benedict XVI. It couldn’t have been 90 seconds since it had been announced.
    Now that’s FAST.

  2. It’s good to remember that you can change wikipedia, so feel free to provide an authentic Catholic perspective to related entries (including links!).

  3. Yeah. I was reading the entry on St. Peter’s basilica, and someone put a link to the Johann Tetzel entry as a “related link.” Gimme a break. I didn’t see a button to edit the links, though.

  4. “edit this page” is on the top of each article. Some articles can be edited by section.

  5. The Wikipedia article was updated very quickly — though for the first couple of hours it was also slammed with e-graffiti from anti-Catholic (and anti-Benedictine!) e-vandals inserting unflattering editorial comments, and even a gag photo of Senator Palpatine!
    However, kudos to the Wiki people for their diligence in deleting this stuff as quickly as it went up. I don’t think I saw anything bad for more than a single screen refresh (well, a couple of minor things persisted for a few minutes). Someone tells me that IBM once estimated that Wiki’s average response time to e-graffiti is under 5 minutes.
    Unfortunately, when something big is happening in the world, the vandals turn out in force. That’s the downside of having an open encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

  6. ^ Speaking of cyber-graffiti on Wikipedia, I found someone had inserted a line that says “Mass sucks” in the article on the Mass. I have dutifully removed it. 🙂

  7. I have already seen a blog dedicated to the new Pope called B-16. (www.bsixteen.blogspot.com) There are several other Benedict XVI dedicated blogs also.

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