My Wikipedia Contrail: Tox
[wikipedia] My Wikipedia Contrail: Tox … ‘Tox is a prolific and widely known graffiti tagger on the London Underground, active since 2000. His simple tags TOX 02, TOX 03, TOX 04 etc., in the style of...
View ArticleThe 8 Most Needlessly Detailed Wikipedia Entries
[wikipedia] The 8 Most Needlessly Detailed Wikipedia Entries … On the Wikipedia entry for the Universe of the Metroid Series: ‘…if you searched for “Metroid” because you needed some codes or hints,...
View ArticleNicholson Baker on Wikipedia
[wikipedia] Nicholson Baker on The Charms of Wikipedia … ‘Without the kooks and the insulters and the spray-can taggers, Wikipedia would just be the most useful encyclopedia ever made. Instead it’s a...
View ArticleThe 50 Most Interesting Articles On Wikipedia
[interesting] The 50 Most Interesting Articles On Wikipedia … including… ETAOIN SHRDLU: ‘The letters on Linotype keyboards were arranged by letter frequency, so ETAOIN SHRDLU were the first two...
View ArticleI Am Locking the Wikipedia Article On Our Sex Life
[funny] I Am Locking the Wikipedia Article On Our Sex Life … ‘Locking the article has also become necessary to prevent the constant reinsertion of a section with the heading “Like a Cowardly Slug...
View ArticleTetrapharmakos – The Four-Part Cure
[life] Tetrapharmakos … Epicurus’ four-part cure for leading a happy life … “The fundamental obstacle to happiness, says Epicurus, is anxiety,” writes D. S. Hutchinson.
View ArticleWikipedia’s List Of Unusual Deaths
[death] Wikipedia’s list of unusual deaths … ‘1959: In the Dyatlov Pass incident, nine ski hikers in the Ural Mountains abandoned their camp in the middle of the night, some clad only in their...
View ArticleWikipedia and Revenge Edits
[wikipedia] Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia … a fascinating look at the detection of a rogue Wikipedia editor … ‘Some parts of the exchange struck me as odd, particularly his declaration...
View ArticleWikipedia’s Terminal Event Management Policy
[wikipedia] Wikipedia:Terminal Event Management Policy … Wikipedia’s amusing protocol for saving the encyclopedia’s data in the event of an apocalypse … ‘Following the implementation of the level 2...
View ArticleOn Printing Wikipedia
[wikipedia] Updating a Printed Wikipedia … How many printers would you need to print out the English version of Wikipedia? … ‘Six printers isn’t that many, but they’d be running all the time. And that...
View Article12 Spectacular Acts Of Wikipedia Vandalism
[wikipedia] 12 Spectacular Acts Of Wikipedia Vandalism … More from Buzzfeed but the vandalism of Spot the Dog’s wikipedia entry is worth a look … ‘Where’s Spot? Is he under the stairs? Is he in the...
View ArticleTL;DR Wikipedia
[wikipedia] TL;DR Wikipedia … condensed Wikipedia … ‘Ayn Rand was American novelist, best known for developing the philosophy of Objectivism, which apparently states that every college freshmen must...
View ArticleFirst Drafts of Wikipedia
[wikipedia] First Drafts of History … a tumblr looking at the first draft of Wikipedia articles … The first draft of the iPhone: ‘The iPhone is born from Apple and Motorola’s Alliance. He’s simply a...
View ArticleWikipedia’s List of Lists of Lists
[wikipedia] Wikipedia’s List of lists of lists… includes many useful lists of lists such as Lists of Emmerdale characters and Lists of golfers. ‘This article is a list of articles that are themselves...
View ArticleThe Bureaucracy Of Death On Wikipedia
[wikipedia] Death means a lot of bureaucracy on Wikipedia … ‘When someone dies, on their Wikipedia article a diligent editor is supposed to update the following things…’
View ArticleHow Wikipedia Deals with Mental Health Issues Within It’s Online Community
[wikipedia] Wikipedia Is Not Therapy! … behind-the-scenes look at how Wikipedia deals with mental health issues within it’s online community of volunteers … ‘A ‘recent changes’ feed tracks every edit...
View Article19 Wikiholes to Waste Your Time On…
[wikipedia] 19 Wikipedia Pages That’ll Send You Into A Week-Long Wikihole … a great time wasting list … List of common misconceptions: ‘This list is basically what it says on the tin: a bunch of facts...
View ArticleGeorge Galloway vs. Philip Cross
[wiki] Galloway’s war of words with a mystery Wikipedia editor … A look at George Galloway’s feud with a supposedly bias pseudonymous Wikipedia editor… ‘He’s recently caught the attention of bloggers...
View ArticleThe Best Unusual Articles on Wikipedia
[lists] The Best Unusual Articles on Wikipedia … List of amusing time-wasting articles on Wikipedia. Check out Jesus H. Christ, Calculator Spelling and the Cadaver Synod.
View ArticleThe Woman Who Rewrote Nazi History on Wikipedia
[wikipedia] One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia … A fascinating look at how lots of Nazi history on Wikipedia is essentially fanfiction and the difficulties in clearing it up. ‘In...
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