A 12-year-old Topples Malcolm Turnbull To Become Australian PM

By R. Siva Kumar - 15 Apr '16 13:40PM
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There are all kinds of selfies, and some are quite amazing. Orley Fenelon, one Australian 12-year-old boy, not only dreamt of becoming the Australian Prime Minister one day but actually added  his name as the 30th prime minister of Australia on the public site, Wikipedia.

Orley Fenelon from Brisbane actually managed to realise his dream for two days, when he inserted his name in the list discovered at the crowd-sourced encyclopaedia. The entry said that Fenelon is the youngest to become the PM after he replaced Malcolm Turnbull on April 9.

Wikipedia has been called a "free-access, free-content Internet encyclopaedia," in which the entries can get edited by others who have access. However, it is called an unreliable site, even though it is very popular among browsers.

Fenelon remained a paper PM for a couple of days, but then the evidence of his appointment was removed. Reading the edited list made the Canberra Times reporter Tom McIlroy to share the Wikipedia entry on Twitter. He put up a screenshot and tweeted: "Congratulations Orley Fenelon, Australia's 30th prime minister since the weekend."

His user names too suggest his dreams. He has used "Orleyfpm" and "Orleyforprimeminister2017." Now these names are blocked due to his "stated intention to vandalise Wikipedia." But that was another piece of news that Fenelon shared on Twitter, with the remark: "[S]omebody isn't too keen on Prime Minister Orley..."

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