A troll on Wikipedia has altered the entry about an iconic Australian pop song by Alex Lloyd.
The edit on the entry to Lloyd’s hit 2001 song ‘Amazing’ was brought to fans’ attention when a social media user took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a screenshot of the online encyclopaedia, which relies on users to edit the information it contains.
The entry starts off by detailing the song’s release date, adding that it was a single from Lloyd’s second studio album, and that it won 2001’s Triple J Hottest 100.
But things took a turn for the worse at the very end of the first paragraph.
‘It is also the song from the Woolworths ad that makes everyone want to kill themselves,’ read the Wiki, referring to the supermarket’s use of the song in its recent Paris Olympics campaign.
The X-user wrote in the caption to the screenshot, ‘Can someone please fix the Wikipedia page of Alex Lloyd’s hit song ‘Amazing’? I almost choked on my dinner.’
The original poster then followed up with a warning to the Wikipedia editor who made the change.
‘Wikipedia user JbMaslenMw you will pay for your crimes,’ they wrote.
A fan has spotted a troll edit on Wikipedia which has altered the entry about an iconic Australian pop song by Alex Lloyd. Pictured: Lloyd in 2016 performing at the Brownlow Medal Ceremony
The entry starts off normal enough, detailing the song’s release date, that it was a single from Lloyd’s second studio album, and that it won 2001’s Triple J Hottest 100, but things took a turn for the worse at the very end of the first paragraph
However, not all X users agreed, with many taking to the replies of the tweet to appreciate the humour.
‘Why fix what isn’t broken,’ read one reply, while another wrote ‘Nah that’s 100% accurate.’
‘Real ones know it’s actually from the Ford Territory ad in the early 2000s,’ wrote another X user.
‘Can they add “this was the worst thing to happen that month”?’ asked another Alex Lloyd detractor.
The X-user who spotted the edit wrote in the caption to the screenshot, ‘Can someone please fix the Wikipedia page of Alex Lloyd’s hit song ‘Amazing’? I almost choked on my dinner’
The original poster then followed up with a warning to the Wikipedia editor who made the change. ‘Wikipedia user JbMaslenMw you will pay for your crimes,’ they wrote
‘I work at Woolies, this is factual,’ someone else wrote, while another remarked ‘Overrated song, Triple J Hottest 100 winner or not. Wikipedia is correct.’
The entry for the song has since been re-edited with the dig about the song’s effect on people’s will to live removed.
Lloyd’s song was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2002 ARIA Awards but lost out Kylie Minogue’s dance smash hit Can’t Get You Out Of My Head.
‘Amazing’ has been used in several advertising campaigns over the years, reportedly earning Lloyd hundreds and thousands of dollars.
In 2008, a truck driver named Mark O’Keefe sued Lloyd for royalties from the song, claiming they co-wrote the song on a series of beer coasters at a hotel in 1991.
Lloyd, who would have been 16 in 1991 while O’Keefe was 29, has denied ever meeting the truck driver.
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