Posted on 08/09/2022 9:59:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An error on Wikipedia caused much confusion amongst fans
During the first week of August 22, social media users shared screenshots that seemed to indicate Conor McGregor had died.
The images showed a brief entry on the Irishman's Wikipedia page, as it appears on Google's search engine, which alleged he passed away on August 3, 2022.
Fans took to Twitter to express their confusion on the matter. When users searched for 'Conor McGregor death' on the search engine, the date listed above was given as a result.
The incident was the result of a hoax that went viral after the information appeared on Wikipedia.
A spokesperson for the Wikimedia Foundation explained what happened in a conversation with Snopes.
"It looks like the Spanish Wikipedia article about Conor McGregor was vandalized yesterday to include a date of death and has since been resolved," they said.
"Given the way Knowledge Graph results pull from Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects, this can (in rare instances) result in some vandalism being cached in search results, sometimes even after it's already been addressed on Wikipedia.
If there were any doubts over the false rumours, McGregor ended them by posting on his social media accounts later that day.
Who dat?
who is Conor MacGregor?
Conor McGregor On Brazil Death-Threat Chants: “P*ssies, I’m Still Here! What You Got?”
https://www.mmanews.com/2014/10/mcgregor-brazil-death-threat-chants-pussies-im-still-got/
“Who the fook is that guy?”
McGregor tells Brazil: There’s a new king in town and you’re looking at him
Joe
TONY CUDDIHY
https://www.joe.ie/sport/mcgregor-tells-brazil-theres-a-new-king-in-town-and-youre-looking-at-him-473009
“When the Brazilian crowds shouted, ‘you’re gonna die,’ Conor McGregor responded with a deliberate “I’m still here!” and went about talking the talk.”
MMA fighter who challenged floyd maywhether jr- floyd got 100 million, connor got 30- connor got his butt handed to him in the fight-
I think he's this guy:
He's immortal, unless he loses his head. Every 70 years or so he has to fake his own death, then find ways to transfer his assets to the next false identity he creates.
So this story must be about the latest time he changes identity. To track him, check for matching signature letter forms on financial documents.
He’s 7 ft tall and shoot fire balls out his ass to consume the english!
Oops....Balls of fire from his eyes and bolts of lighting from his arse. My Mistake.
https://youtu.be/hIvRkjOd1f8?t=47
Conor did pretty good against a world boxing champ!
I probably should have added the sarcasm tag.
See famous quotes by Conor McGregor.
Wikipedia is garbo, and its garbo with an Edit button.
But you all keep using it, kk?
Would not surprise me if Steven Pruitt fraked up, again.
The one man that has over 5 million edits and 33,000+ Wikigarbo articles.....
That’s the one...... talks a lot of talk, but makes an attempt to deliver....
He’s about tree-fiddy.
Eh. NOt so much in my opinion. Floyd toyed with him the whole time before pouring it on. Conner used to be a boxer roo, which likely is why he challenged floyd, but he just isn’t in Floyd’s league. Conner was a beaten man fpbefore the end came.
My thought is Colon is a big fish in a medium sized MMA pond. Floyd is a big fish in a big pond.
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