In the last weeks, Wikipedia articles about this Yuri Gilibloie have popped up on various language versions, and his name + claimed info have been added to various articles at least on en-Wiki and de-Wiki. The photo used in Wikipedia articles is a painting, where the original photo of the painting clearly states that the person depicted is unknown.
There’s also recent Reddit posts about this person, and I have found the same photo uploaded to Imgur claiming it to be Yuri Gilibloie, as well as some social media content. It is however impossible to find anything published about this person that’s older than a couple of weeks / a month old. I find that very hard to believe, for a French philosopher that is said to have been born in 1708 with unknown date of death.
The Wikipedia articles even claim that George Orwell and Louis Armstrong were influenced by this Gilibloie!
This is most likely an organized hoax! For what purpose, I have absolutely NO idea, but I really think the quotes should be deletd from Goodreads. Some of the Wikipedia content have tried using the Goodread quotes as a source.
In the last weeks, Wikipedia articles about this Yuri Gilibloie have popped up on various language versions, and his name + claimed info have been added to various articles at least on en-Wiki and de-Wiki. The photo used in Wikipedia articles is a painting, where the original photo of the painting clearly states that the person depicted is unknown.
There’s also recent Reddit posts about this person, and I have found the same photo uploaded to Imgur claiming it to be Yuri Gilibloie, as well as some social media content. It is however impossible to find anything published about this person that’s older than a couple of weeks / a month old. I find that very hard to believe, for a French philosopher that is said to have been born in 1708 with unknown date of death.
The Wikipedia articles even claim that George Orwell and Louis Armstrong were influenced by this Gilibloie!
This is most likely an organized hoax! For what purpose, I have absolutely NO idea, but I really think the quotes should be deletd from Goodreads. Some of the Wikipedia content have tried using the Goodread quotes as a source.
Best regards, no-Wiki sysop "1000mm"