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As a gag, I'd like to make a fake Wikipedia page but, of course, don't want to pollute the actual Wikipedia site. Is there any easy way to create a convincing-looking Wikipedia page "off-line" or a website that will do this?
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Wikipedia is run on the WikiMedia wiki software, so any instance of a WikiMedia install should look just like Wikipedia. The software is free, so if you have a host you could easily set one up yourself.
If you use Java bookmarklets, it's actually pretty easy.
Go to any URL and create a bookmark. Press Edit and paste this into the section where it says URL:
javascript: document.body.contentEditable = 'true'; document.designMode = 'on'; void 0
Name it something like "Start Edit."
2. Now create a new bookmark, as before. This time, past in this code into the URL section:
javascript: document.body.contentEditable = 'false'; document.designMode = 'off'; void 1
Name it something like "End Edit."
3. You know have two bookmarks. Navigate to any Wikipedia page and click on the bookmark Start Edit. Type in whatever you want, adjust words, etcetera. When you are finished, click on the End Edit bookmark to finish editting the page, making it seem official.
4. Finally, when the gag is over, just refresh to return the page to its normal self.
Dude, this is actually legendary, thank you so fricking much
This is still the way 9 years later, thank you
You can edit the wikipedia pages and take a screenshot. You can do the inspect-element or the document.body.content.editable thing to take screen shots. The second one is easier and Wikipedia isn't vandalized.