Wikipedia Update Corrects Zork Name Origin
Wikipedia has corrected the origin of the name 'Zork', a classic text-based adventure game. According to the updated article, 'zork' was used by the MIT Dynamic Modeling Group in the 1970s to refer to unfinished programs, not work in progress. The correction was made after a two-year investigation by a user, who used the Wikipedia API to analyze the edit history.
Key points
- The name 'Zork' originated from the MIT Dynamic Modeling Group's use of 'zork' to refer to unfinished programs in the 1970s, not work in progress.
- A user spent two years investigating the origin of the name using the Wikipedia API and edit history analysis.
- The correction was made after the user found that the original information was added in 2001 without a source and remained unchanged until 2014.
- The updated article now cites a 1985 article from The New Zork Times as the source of the information.
- The correction has been made after 41 edits to the article, with the most recent edit occurring in December 2016.
Wikipedia Update Corrects Zork Name Origin
A two-year investigation by a user has led to a correction in the Wikipedia article on the origin of the name 'Zork'. The classic text-based adventure game was first released in 1980, and its name has been a topic of discussion among fans and historians.
According to the updated article, the name 'zork' was used by the MIT Dynamic Modeling Group in the 1970s to refer to unfinished programs, not work in progress. This information was first added to Wikipedia in 2001 without a source and remained unchanged until 2014.
The user who investigated the origin of the name used the Wikipedia API to analyze the edit history and found that the original information was incorrect. The user cited a 1985 article from The New Zork Times as the source of the information, which states that the group used 'zork' to refer to unfinished programs until they were ready to be installed on the system.
The correction has been made after 41 edits to the article, with the most recent edit occurring in December 2016. The updated article now provides a clear and accurate account of the origin of the name 'Zork'.
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