Yes you read that correct! An Australian kid Orley Fenelon who is rather brilliant became at the age of 12 was the Australian President for two days! Well at least on Wikipedia
And we all know Wikipedia has all the facts. So according to those facts Fenelon was Australia’s 30th Prime Minister for two days.
Wikipedia allows any user to amend entries, though its army of volunteer editors works to weed out any factual errors. But they forgot to go through this important news. Or maybe they wanted a change in presidency.
Congratulations Orley Fenelon, Australia's 30th prime minister since the weekend. https://t.co/J5wiHvZ3re pic.twitter.com/LFOtAaSIWv
— Tom McIlroy (@TomMcIlroy) April 12, 2024
a 12yo called Orley Fenelon changed "Australian Prime Minister" Wiki page to install himself as PM
via @TomMcIlroy pic.twitter.com/vLLgdDxj1M
— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) April 12, 2024
The young genius verified his identity, and said that he didn’t actually expect his Wikipedia joke with friends to turn into global news.
has orley fenelon overthrown the prime minister
— Aus Gov Just Googled (@GovGoogles) April 12, 2024
Orley has done similar pranks before but without the same level of interest.
“I was just bored and it was a running joke among friends. We came up with the joke of fooling around with the prime minister. Me and a couple of friends were editing Wikipedia pages and it kinda went from there,” he said.
“I thought it was just a stupid Internet thing that I would make a joke about, get above average amount of likes on Instagram and just totally forget about forever.” The Internet, as we know, does not forget. Fenelon has made his place in the history books, forever.
wtf is my life #OrleyForPM2017
— orley (@lordoftheQs) April 12, 2024
guys like wtf im in the huffington post
— orley (@lordoftheQs) April 12, 2024
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