A troll on Wikipedia has altered the entry for an iconic Australian pop song by Alex Lloyd.
The edit to the entry for Lloyd’s 2001 hit song “Amazing” caught the attention of fans when a social media user took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a screenshot of the online encyclopedia, which relies on users to edit the information it contains.
The entry begins by detailing the song’s release date, adding that it was a single from Lloyd’s second studio album and won the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001.
But things got worse at the end of the first paragraph.
“It’s also the song from the Woolworths advert that makes everyone want to kill themselves,” reads Wiki, referring to the supermarket’s use of the song in its Recent Paris Olympics campaign.
User X wrote in the screenshot caption: “Can someone fix the Wikipedia page for Alex Lloyd’s hit song ‘Amazing’? I almost choked on my dinner.”
The original author then sent a warning to the Wikipedia editor who made the change.
“Wikipedia user JbMaslenMw, you will pay for your crimes,” they wrote.
A fan has discovered a troll edit on Wikipedia that has altered the entry for an iconic Australian pop song by Alex Lloyd. Pictured: Lloyd in 2016, performing at the Brownlow Medal Ceremony
The entry starts off normally enough, detailing the song’s release date, that it was a single from Lloyd’s second studio album and won the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001, but things take a turn for the worse by the end of the first paragraph.
However, not all X users agreed, with many taking to the tweet’s replies to appreciate the humor.
“Why fix what ain’t broke,” read one reply, while another wrote: “No, that’s 100% accurate.”
“Real people know this is actually from the Ford Territory ad from the early 2000s,” wrote another X user.
“Can you please add ‘this was the worst thing that happened that month’?” asked another Alex Lloyd detractor.
User X who saw the edit wrote in the caption of the screenshot: “Can someone fix the Wikipedia page for Alex Lloyd’s hit song ‘Amazing’? I almost choked on my dinner.”
The original author of the post then wrote a warning to the Wikipedia editor who made the change: “Wikipedia user JbMaslenMw, you will pay for your crimes.”
“I work at Woolies, this is a fact,” wrote another person, while another commented: “Overrated song, Triple J Hottest 100 winner or not. Wikipedia is right.”
The song’s entry has since been re-edited and the reference to the song’s effect on people’s will to live has been removed.
Lloyd’s song was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2002 ARIA Awards, but lost to Kylie Minogue’s dance 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 that 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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