Wikimedia bought out by Encyclopedia Britanica:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Britannica_takeover_of_Wikimedia

 

The specific changes are funnier when read in Wiki format:

 

==New corporate structure==

Britannica has instituted a new corporate structure for the Wikipedia, with several high profile nominations:

*[[Gary Coleman]], [[PBUH|Poobah]], President and Chairman

*[[bill the Cat]], official mascot

**This seat has been challenged by [[Garfield]], who has threatened to punish Bill with a severe lasagna-pan beating. [http://www.garfield.com]

*[[Kenneth Lay]], CEO

*[[Man-Cat]], CFO

*[[John Green (fan)|John Green]] bartender

*[[Ward Churchill]] Etiquette editor and advisor on taste and good manners.

*[[Kent Hovind]] palentology advisor

*[[Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf]], Information Minister

*[[Dan Quayle]], Minister of Speling and Proper English

*[[The Noid]], Minister of Pizza

*[[Pope John Paul II]] Minister of health

*[[Paris Hilton]], Minister of Education, Health and Culture

*[[Oliver North]] office manager

*[[GG Allin]] minister of music

*[[user:Lir|Lirath Q. Pynnor]] will be named to replace Wales as "god-king".

*All [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|Requests for adminship]] will be shut down, all administrators will be de-sysopped, and various Britannica editors will take their places.

*[[Al Gore]] (inventor of the [[algorithm]]) will challenge [[Gary Coleman]]'s Presidency, and has asked the Supreme Court of Florida order a hand-count of the results. He will also have the article on the [[internet]] list him as the inventor of it.

*[[James Randi]] Horoscope page

*[[Erik Estrada]] will be Minister of Travel and will arrange free trips to [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]] for all Brittanica admins

*[[Triumph the Insult Comic Dog]], Spokesdog and Ambassador to [[sealand]]

*[[user:Vagrant/Eric Bruno Borgman|Eric Bruno Borgman]], PR, promotion

*[[Gay Nigger Association of America]], [[White House Plumbers|internal security]]

*[[Kent Hovind]] palentology advisor...........

 

*[[Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf]]' date=' Information Minister...........

 

*[[Pope John Paul II']] Minister of health.........

I'll still be laughing next sunday!!!!!