Reposted by D. F. LovettAnn Smarty @seosmarty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Have we forgotten the lessons of Woody Harrelson’s Rampart AMA? edithistory.substack.com/p/have-we-fo... via @dflovett.bsky.socialedithistory.substack.comHave we forgotten the lessons of Woody Harrelson’s Rampart AMA?“Let’s focus on the film, people.” 221
Reposted by D. F. Lovetteminemerald fennell @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Very strange and funny internet mystery where it appears a random German reviewer invented the episode titles for Queer As Folk US that are currently used on streaming services edithistory.substack.com/p/did-someon...edithistory.substack.comDid someone streetshark the Queer as Folk episode titles?Happy Pride Month! Also, streetsharking is a verb now. 021
Reposted by D. F. LovettJake @gloriousnoise.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Pitchfork-Wikipedia drama. edithistory.substack.com/p/congrats-t...edithistory.substack.comCongrats to Pitchfork on the Wikipedia scandal of 2026This time, the Wikipedia drama is happening on TikTok. 031
Reposted by D. F. LovettStephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com · 08/05/2026This story is one of Lovett’s best. It’s rare that anything on Wikipedia gets a true conclusion, much less a relatively happy one where the parties agree they both made honest mistakes. Sometimes “assume good faith” works.edithistory.substack.comWhat's going on with Evan Spiegel's Wikipedia photo?A weird little Wikipedia story from recent days 082
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 26/04/2026happy alien day to those who celebrate. I honored it by writing about the bonkersness of /r/alien recently edithistory.substack.com/p/ralien-is-...edithistory.substack.com/r/alien is the best subredditbecause of its never-ending identity crisis. 000
Reposted by D. F. LovettJordan Minor @jordanwminor.bsky.social · 24/04/2026It's been almost a decade since my Street Sharks hoax and it's still getting cited lmao edithistory.substack.com/p/citogenesi...edithistory.substack.comCitogenesis, the AI slop loop and Street SharksCircular reporting is only getting worse as the internet gets older. 4135
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Realized I haven't posted anything about Top Ten Scary Games You Can Play in Your Head, By Yourself on here. Okay, rectifying that. It's a book that's real and you should buy it. 020
Reposted by D. F. LovettBrian Eggert | Deep Focus Review @deepfocusreview.bsky.social · 27/01/2026A good read for non-Minnesotans. 011
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I wrote something about Minnesota: edithistory.substack.com/p/minnesota-...edithistory.substack.comMinnesota is not an imaginary place on the internet.A lot of people have a lot to say about a place they don't know. 010
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I interviewed the aspiring Julian Assange of Wikipedia. edithistory.substack.com/p/i-intervie...edithistory.substack.comI interviewed the aspiring Julian Assange of WikipediaI hope no one gets mad at me. 010
Reposted by D. F. LovettJeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Looking at where recent ex-MLS coaches are, found out someone created a Wikipedia account solely to edit the page for John Herdman. April 9, 2025 was when news broke that Bayern was considering legal action after Alphonso Davies' knee injury. That day's edits bigged up his legacy - blue/right=new. 1528
Reposted by D. F. LovettJohn Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 03/01/2026The mysterious Ann Winterburne — who has only ever edited John Herdman's Wikipedia page — was back at it again last month, deleting the entire Canada drone spying scandal section while Herdman was in talks with the Indonesian national team 47614
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I wrote about Chili's: edithistory.substack.com/p/chilis-doe...edithistory.substack.comChili’s doesn’t have chili on the menu anymore.Should Wikipedia include this fact? (Plus, read to the end for a minor defense of Grokipedia.) 010
Reposted by D. F. LovettBill Adair @billadair.com · 16/11/2025Some fascinating detective work here by DF Lovett on the edits to Jeffrey Epstein's Wikipedia page. open.substack.com/pub/edithist...open.substack.comDid Jeffrey Epstein edit his own Wikipedia article?I think there's a good chance he did, in 2007 at least. 121
Reposted by D. F. LovettStephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com · 28/10/2025wasn’t my most out-there take, but still… called it 09629
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Here's my second, about his 2010 SEO strategy and the sports blog he created to try to bury negative results: edithistory.substack.com/p/jeffrey-ep...edithistory.substack.comJeffrey Epstein started a sports blog in 2010He was trying to do SEO. It didn't work very well. 000
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Here's the first one I wrote, about my suspicion that he was attempting to edit his own Wikipedia article in 2007 (before he hired people) to remove all negative (and accurate) information about him: edithistory.substack.com/p/did-jeffre...edithistory.substack.comDid Jeffrey Epstein edit his own Wikipedia article?I think there's a good chance he did, in 2007 at least. 110
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 18/11/2025I've written two things about Jeffrey Epstein, Wikipedia and SEO. I'm seeing a lot of stories saying he used SEO to bury his negative results. I think a more accurate depiction is that he *tried* to do that. 111
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Thanks for sharing this! It's pretty crazy. Epstein was Grantland before Grantland. 120
Reposted by D. F. LovettNitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 17/11/2025the full text of "MICHAEL VICK REDEEMED? by Jeffrey Epstein" is reprinted here in case uh anyone was curious edithistory.substack.com/p/jeffrey-ep...edithistory.substack.comJeffrey Epstein started a sports blog in 2010He was trying to do SEO. It didn't work very well. 76318
Reposted by D. F. LovettStephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com · 05/09/2025"Wikipedia has become the next target, and a more stubborn one... its contributors are difficult for any particular state to persecute... there's no government funding to cut off or advertisers to boycott. And it's so popular and useful that even highly repressive governments hesitate to block it."theverge.comWikipedia is under attack — and how it can surviveThe site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI. 163
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 16/06/2025This was a pleasure to write: edithistory.substack.com/p/i-intervie...edithistory.substack.comI interviewed the journalist who interviewed Brian Wilson about NorbitBecause someone had to figure out if this pervasive internet rumor was true. 000
Reposted by D. F. LovettStephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com · 12/05/2025This guy edited the new pope's Wikipedia page to say he was a Cubs fan—everyone was saying it, and there was a source (USA Today) to back it up. Then the new pope's brother confirmed that Leo has always been a White Sox fan. Lesson: Verifiability ≠ truth. edithistory.substack.com/p/i-edited-p...edithistory.substack.comI edited Pope Leo XIV's Wikipedia article to say he was a Cubs fan.But I'm not the one who started the rumor. I swear, I did nothing wrong. 141
Reposted by D. F. LovettStephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com · 15/04/2025Shoutout to @dflovett.bsky.social for confirming that my Wikipedia inspired novel is, in fact, a “banger.” Full write-up in his newsletter, Edit History. open.substack.com/pub/edithist...open.substack.comStephen Harrison’s The Editors is the Most Relevant Novel I’ve ReadI understand that sounds like hyperbole. Let me explain. 042
Reposted by D. F. LovettPierre-Yves Beaudouin @pyb75.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Je connais, y'a même des citations de moi dans la presse de l'époque 😅 011
Reposted by D. F. LovettAhsoka ✨💫💙🇺🇦😷🌐🔵☮️🍉🏴 @ahsokatano00.bsky.social · 08/03/2025So there was a failed attempt by Google to create a Wikipedia competitor. @dgoldman.bsky.social @revmagdalen.bsky.social 031
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 03/03/2025thank you! I appreciate you reading and sharing. Things have been a bit of a whirlwind for me since Flaa shared her YouTube video about this. 010
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Here's my latest Substack thing, about Knol, something I had never heard of but is one of Google's past failures: edithistory.substack.com/p/remember-k...edithistory.substack.comRemember Knol, Google’s user-generated Encyclopedia?Yeah, me neither. 021
Reposted by D. F. Lovettthewikipedian.bsky.social @thewikipedian.bsky.social · 24/02/2025"Was Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?" a compelling investigation + a good read by @dflovett.bsky.socialedithistory.substack.comWas Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?I think it was. Here's what I've learned. 131
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I wrote a thing I'm pretty proud of: edithistory.substack.com/p/was-wikipe...edithistory.substack.comWas Wikipedia manipulated as part of the Blake Lively smear campaign?I think it was. Here's what I've learned. 173
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I wrote another thing about Wikipedia: edithistory.substack.com/p/i-am-one-o...edithistory.substack.comI am one of the editors of Elon Musk’s Wikipedia page.I’m confident that he does not understand Wikipedia at all. And (probably) neither do you. 000
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 16/01/2025if you're an SEO person, you might be happy to know that @seomemesnearme.bsky.social is on Bluesky now 011
Reposted by D. F. LovettMolly White @molly.wiki · 02/01/2025The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?citationneeded.newsElon Musk and the right’s war on WikipediaThe world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. 32051331616
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 05/01/2025I published something on substack for the first time. It's about the Wikipedia article for "Search engine optimization": open.substack.com/pub/edithist...open.substack.comWhy is the Wikipedia page for “Search engine optimization” so bad?And what I intend to do about it. 000
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Still very curious about who Jed Wallace, the "hired gun" who manipulated social on behalf of Baldon, really is. This locked and deleted reddit post only makes me wonder more: www.reddit.com/r/blakelivel...reddit.comJed Avery Wallace of Street Relations is running the campaign on Reddit 020
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I suspect that it's also harder to get that TikTok data than it is for the other channels. 000
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 18/12/2024My suspicion, especially seeing that @sparktoro.bsky.social doesn't have a TikTok link in their footer, is they are waiting for it to get banned and not investing time until then. 100
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Anyone else stumped by @sparktoro.bsky.social 's absence of TikTok data? Is it because they're waiting for TikTok to be banned and ignoring it until then? 120
D. F. Lovett @dflovett.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Is there anything like the euphoria that comes from capturing a seasonal PAA? 000