Possibly more amusing - and certainly more ironic - is on Byrne's own board where he solicits help in getting his edits made:
Does anyone know how to contact whatever Powers may Be at this online “encyclopedia”? For a couple of days now, between other, more important concerns, I have been trying to delete from the entry about me all the nonsense that goes beyond encyclopdic [sic] reference and enters the realms of opinion, rumor and borderline libel, and the result is that the page has been “locked” against my editing, on that grounds that my attempts to delete lies and troll-fodder constitute “vandalism”.
After mopping his fevered brow, the boards denizens then go on to deconstruct Wikipedia, using a combination of opinion, rumour and borderline libel to dismiss it:
Lots of people on here rely on that site when making statements. To me, wikipedia is just like a blog-- anybody can write whatever they want, & it becomes “fact.” No thanks.
Apparently, several Internet users can share a common IP address (wasn't aware of this; is this only on AOL?), so everyone linked to that address will receive emails and messages from Wikipedia re “vandalism” of an entry and threats of being barred. This occurred with me, and I have never created an entry or edited a page...yet “I” received hostile emails for doing so.
You wouldn't like it if someone made an entry that alleges you are a cannabilstic [sic] cross-dresser, would you? But the attitude of Wiki is such that if you can type it on a keyboard, then its perfectly fit to print.
One has to understand Wiki has their own definitions of “editing” and “vandalism”. The commonly accepted idea of editing includes the deletion of information. Wiki tends to see this as “vandalism”. If someone writes “SHIT” on their article, to delete it would be considered vandalism. If you replaced it with “FECES”, that would be considered “editing”.