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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Siegenthaler John Siegenthaler], a very respected journalist who signed onto [[That Other Wiki]] with the greatest of intentions, but singlehandedly ended up [[Ruined FOREVER|ruining it FOREVER]]. In May of 2005, some anonymous loser added some false information to his page that said that he was a suspect in [[John F Kennedy]]'s assassination. This error went unnoticed for five months. Then, someone informed Siegenthaler of the error. He created an account on Wikipedia to correct it, but the administrators didn't realize his intentions and kept reverting his corrections; they eventually blocked him. Also, by editing the article, he was in violation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:COI the Wiki's Conflict of Interest guidelines], which specifically prohibit people from editing articles about themselves or people close to themselves. Eventually, a shitstorm went down that led to the creation of several controversial Wiki policies, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BLP Biographies of Living Persons], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Oversight the Oversight feature] (and its very first use was on the Siegenthaler article!), and registration being required to start new articles. Most haters of Wikipedia say this was when the wiki [[Jumped the Shark]]. And all John Siegenthaler wanted to do was correct an error. Nice job breaking it, hero!
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Siegenthaler John Siegenthaler], a very respected journalist who signed onto [[That Other Wiki]] with the greatest of intentions, but singlehandedly ended up [[Ruined FOREVER|ruining it FOREVER]]. In May of 2005, some anonymous loser added some false information to his page that said that he was a suspect in [[John F Kennedy]]'s assassination. This error went unnoticed for five months. Then, someone informed Siegenthaler of the error. He created an account on Wikipedia to correct it, but the administrators didn't realize his intentions and kept reverting his corrections; they eventually blocked him. Also, by editing the article, he was in violation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:COI the Wiki's Conflict of Interest guidelines], which specifically prohibit people from editing articles about themselves or people close to themselves. Eventually, a shitstorm went down that led to the creation of several controversial Wiki policies, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BLP Biographies of Living Persons], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Oversight the Oversight feature] (and its very first use was on the Siegenthaler article!), and registration being required to start new articles. Most haters of Wikipedia say this was when the wiki [[Jumped the Shark]]. And all John Siegenthaler wanted to do was correct an error. Nice job breaking it, hero!
** Ironically, Wikipedia Watch, a site that Wikipedia is at war with due to its webmaster posting personally identifying information about its editors, ended up being the hero in this controversy by giving Siegenthaler personally identifying information about the guy who added the false information in. So, this controversy is also an example of [[Nice Job Fixing It Villain]]!
** Ironically, Wikipedia Watch, a site that Wikipedia is at war with due to its webmaster posting personally identifying information about its editors, ended up being the hero in this controversy by giving Siegenthaler personally identifying information about the guy who added the false information in. So, this controversy is also an example of [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]!
** Such things were bound to happen from the very premise of the game. It's like spilling heaps of oiled sawdust all around the shop: one can always blame a smoker who walked by at night and didn't read the sign in big letters on the other side of the building, but dismissing any thoughts about fire safety made the result simply a matter of time.
** Such things were bound to happen from the very premise of the game. It's like spilling heaps of oiled sawdust all around the shop: one can always blame a smoker who walked by at night and didn't read the sign in big letters on the other side of the building, but dismissing any thoughts about fire safety made the result simply a matter of time.
* In ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'', Splendid appears to be incapable of ''not'' doing this.
* In ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'', Splendid appears to be incapable of ''not'' doing this.
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** In the same vein, ''[http://www.cracked.com/article_18658_6-movie-plots-that-could-have-been-solved-in-minutes.html 6 Movie Plots That Could Have Been Solved In Minutes]'' has example of heroes making too much troubles for themselves and/or their allies when doing nothing at all (''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter]] and the Goblet of Fire'') or the most mundane and trivial thing imaginable (''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', ''[[I Robot (Film)|I Robot]]'', ''[[Saw]]'', ''Film//[[Twilight]] Saga: New Moon'', ''[[Return of the Jedi (Film)|Return of the Jedi]]'') would ''obviously'' work better.
** In the same vein, ''[http://www.cracked.com/article_18658_6-movie-plots-that-could-have-been-solved-in-minutes.html 6 Movie Plots That Could Have Been Solved In Minutes]'' has example of heroes making too much troubles for themselves and/or their allies when doing nothing at all (''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter]] and the Goblet of Fire'') or the most mundane and trivial thing imaginable (''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', ''[[I Robot (Film)|I Robot]]'', ''[[Saw]]'', ''Film//[[Twilight]] Saga: New Moon'', ''[[Return of the Jedi (Film)|Return of the Jedi]]'') would ''obviously'' work better.
* [[Dead Ends|Eddie]] accidentally {{spoiler|shooting Ephram's two remaining son's while in a daze which in turn causes his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].}}
* [[Dead Ends|Eddie]] accidentally {{spoiler|shooting Ephram's two remaining son's while in a daze which in turn causes his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].}}
* ''[[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'' features this trope writ large. Dr. Horrible is an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] who is unable to follow through on any of his grandiose plans for world domination and is repeatedly humiliated by his [[Arch Enemy]], [[Jerk Jock]] Captain Hammer. But when Hammer goes to far as to steal his would-be girlfriend, he makes [[Its Personal|it personal]] and gives Horrible a reason to get serious. When Hammer tries to kill Dr. Horrible with his own damaged [[Death Ray]], it explodes, injuring the hero and revealing his [[True Colors]] as a [[Miles Gloriosus]], and {{spoiler|killing Penny}}, breaking Horrible's [[Morality Chain]] and making him a true supervillain.
* ''[[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'' features this trope writ large. Dr. Horrible is an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] who is unable to follow through on any of his grandiose plans for world domination and is repeatedly humiliated by his [[Arch Enemy]], [[Jerk Jock]] Captain Hammer. But when Hammer goes to far as to steal his would-be girlfriend, he makes [[It's Personal|it personal]] and gives Horrible a reason to get serious. When Hammer tries to kill Dr. Horrible with his own damaged [[Death Ray]], it explodes, injuring the hero and revealing his [[True Colors]] as a [[Miles Gloriosus]], and {{spoiler|killing Penny}}, breaking Horrible's [[Morality Chain]] and making him a true supervillain.
** It's also shown in the prequel comics that the anti-intellectual insults Justice Joe flings at the [[Mad Scientist]] villain he's fighting are why Dr. Horrible decided to switch from admiring the heroes to becoming a villain in the first place.
** It's also shown in the prequel comics that the anti-intellectual insults Justice Joe flings at the [[Mad Scientist]] villain he's fighting are why Dr. Horrible decided to switch from admiring the heroes to becoming a villain in the first place.
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara's]] "Lord Vyce" story arc ended with this. Long story short, the Earth is being threatened by the feared intergalactic conqueror [[Big Bad|Lord Vyce]], who claims he conquers worlds to "protect" them from being invaded by [[Eldritch Abomination|a much greater threat]]. Linkara and his nakama defeat Vyce, strip him of his weapons and leave him stranded on a desolate planet. At the episode's end, we see that the evil entity Vyce spoke of is ''very'' real--and now that Vyce is out of the picture, it's free to roam in our reality.
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara's]] "Lord Vyce" story arc ended with this. Long story short, the Earth is being threatened by the feared intergalactic conqueror [[Big Bad|Lord Vyce]], who claims he conquers worlds to "protect" them from being invaded by [[Eldritch Abomination|a much greater threat]]. Linkara and his nakama defeat Vyce, strip him of his weapons and leave him stranded on a desolate planet. At the episode's end, we see that the evil entity Vyce spoke of is ''very'' real--and now that Vyce is out of the picture, it's free to roam in our reality.
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