Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Wikipedia pokes fun at itself

If you get a chance, you should check out Wikipedia:Silly things. If you think the behind the scenes work at Wikipedia is boring or irrelevant, think again. This page highlights minutiae like "bad jokes and other deleted nonsense," which displays the heights of (non-offensive) vandalism; "April Fools," which is the best humor posted April 1, and a "List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create."

My favorite is probably Wikipedia: Deleted articles with freaky titles. Since I love lists, I always scroll right to the "list" section under the letter L and look at what gems this article features. Among them:
List of convicted drunk drivers who have become president of the United States 
List of Dads Who Make Other Dads Eat Bugs
The article itself was completely blank, but the talk page just read "my dad".
List of movie posters with lamps in them
          The list contained one item – Mission: Impossible – with a footnote saying "NB: does not contain lamps."
 And my favorite:
List of people who are alive or are dead

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