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Another Wikipedia Admin Caught Making PR Edits
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this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2025
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Tried to add that the (two) famous classic swedish films "sälskaps resan 1 & 2" were copies of the french Les Bronzés, and remove the "is on DVD for exceptionnally cheap".
Got reverted after like 1 minute.
Tried a bunch of times, complaints to no avail.
Some years later I tried again but you could no longer make changes IIRC.
Just checked, info still missing.
Edit: to all the doubtfully people, here is one reversed edit I aparently did in 2023: https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%A4llskapsresan&diff=prev&oldid=53585812 If someone lnows how to search for reversed edits ...
Edit: mer info på svenska: här
Edit: Some say the specialized "swedish" jokes in the film was stolen from a Finnish film mamed Callemoss.
I just checked the articles for "Sällskapsresan" and "French Fried Vacation". The only edit that was reverted (or at least the only edit whose author would've been notified by the revert) changed "Norwegian" to "German" on the former page. I also didn't find "is on DVD for exceptionally cheap" anywhere. None of these articles are protected (i.e. "locked") either. Which article did this happen on?
It was like 10 years ago.
Well, you still managed to check it, no?
The DVD ad was from ten years ago. My attempt to change things was from ten years ago. The blatant stealing/copying is still missing.
Which article is this?
No article, Wikipedia.
Ah, of course, I was looking at the English Wikipedia article. Still, the Swedish article mentions Les Bronzés, no?
Oh, you are right!
A meager note IMO, and not by me, but the truth is out there ^^
Thanks!