“un_wiki” by Wayne Clements received an Award of Distinction in the Net Based Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2006.
un_wiki is a Perl program. It finds the most recent entries in a Log of deleted pages kept by Wikipedia The Free Encylopedia. Alternatively, un_wiki will, if asked, select a page at random from the 780 or so past pages preserved in the Log. These are all entries that have offended against Wikipedia’s democratic remit.
About Wayne Clements
Wayne Clements (UK) is a visual artist and writer living in London. He recently completed a PhD in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design. His research is into rules and instructions when applied to text.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.