Someone wrote 2 pages of praise on S'porean singer Tabitha Nauser's wiki page & it got cleaned up by Wikimedia

Hmmm.

Mandy How | December 10, 2019, 04:42 PM

Tabitha Nauser is a singer, songwriter, and some say Singapore's Beyoncé.

She also came in third for Season 3 of "Singapore Idol".

More recently, Nauser was in the spotlight for her role in "Singapore Social", a Netflix reality TV show which launched on Nov. 22.

Singing praises

Around that period, someone edited Nauser's Wikipedia page to an essay of praises.

This was first spotted by one Timothy Bon, who screenshot the page and shared it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/Timothy_Bon/status/1203963760840282114

Here is the page, which Wikipedia flagged as an advertisement.

It chronicles, very closely, Nauser's achievements without citing sources.

At one point, the writer called Nauser's performance in a musical an "astounding feat for someone without any musical theatre education".

There's even a critical analysis of her music and how it reflects a certain stage of her life.

Significantly improved page

In response to Bon's tweet, Wikimedia said that this sort of promotion happens frequently, and added that they have cleaned up the page to "significantly" improve it.

According to their site, Wikimedia is a registered charity that works on projects like Wikipedia to ensure distribution and consumption of knowledge.

Bon later updated with the "improved" page.

https://twitter.com/timothy_bon/status/1204005140342042624?s=21

Here's the new introduction.

And the rest of the page.

Ah well.

Top image via Tabitha Nauser's Instagram, Wikipedia