I haven't checked out all the articles but I feel I must praise this one for being especially intriguing and informative. posted by aldurtregi at 7:12 AM on November 23, 2009 [12 favorites]
Deep in the bowels of the internet, I came across an exhaustive list of interesting Wikipedia articles by Ray Cadaster.
Ray Cadaster is the goatse guy?!
Joking aside, theres some interesting stuff here...thanks. posted by i_cola at 7:20 AM on November 23, 2009
Deep in the bowels of the internet, I came across an exhaustive list of interesting Wikipedia articles by Ray Cadaster
I happened to click on #9 (the Back To the Future timeline) first, and I'm struggling to find it interesting in any way. Can someone explain? posted by TG_Plackenfatz at 7:37 AM on November 23, 2009
The list in the first link was put together back in april, so I guess some of the articles have been edited or changed since then. The Back to the future one seems to link to a non-existent section on the page. posted by aldurtregi at 7:41 AM on November 23, 2009
The Taman Shud Case
Oh come on, this is easier than Kaycee Nicole or Givewell. Let's crack this before noon. posted by shakespeherian at 7:41 AM on November 23, 2009
Oh come on, this is easier than Kaycee Nicole or Givewell. Let's crack this before noon.
"If you killed somebody, how would you dispose of the body without getting caught and you had access to a Time Machine?" posted by The Whelk at 7:45 AM on November 23, 2009 [3 favorites]
I'm kind of surprised that using people as live targets for stage shows has not been outlawed by now. posted by Burhanistan at 7:47 AM on November 23, 2009
The list in the first link was put together back in april, so I guess some of the articles have been edited or changed since then. The Back to the future one seems to link to a non-existent section on the page.
Uh yeah, but even at the April 6th, 2009 archived version there's no Time Travel Theory section for the anchor link. Leading me to believe this blogger didn't look at half the list that was posted. Boo urns.
Wikipedia lists should always, always use archive links. posted by tybeet at 7:48 AM on November 23, 2009 [2 favorites]
If wouldn't be wikipedia if some of the articles hadn't been deleted for being too interesting. posted by Artw at 7:48 AM on November 23, 2009 [9 favorites]
self-link warning: another best of wikipedia blog. I'm unmotivated to update it, but I have a bookmark folder of like 200 awesome wikipedia pages waiting to go in there.
For anyone actually interested in the Time Travel Theory section, I did find it in this February 14th archive version. (again: a serious wag of the finger to this blogger). posted by tybeet at 7:50 AM on November 23, 2009 [2 favorites]
>I feel I must praise this one for being especially intriguing and informative.
Wow, thanks very much for that. One of the most fascinating things I've ever seen on Wikipedia — if it didn't have all those references, I'd suspect it of being an elaborate hoax! posted by languagehat at 7:51 AM on November 23, 2009
I'd include the entry for Emmett Till, murdered at 19 for being black. Warning: includes a disturbing black and white photo of his corpse (a few screens down, under "funeral"). posted by Jaltcoh at 7:55 AM on November 23, 2009
Now somebody cross-link all of the relevant metafilter posts...
K Foundation burn a million quid - 64941
Traumatic insemination - 81300 posted by mrgrimm at 8:03 AM on November 23, 2009
The Taman Shud Case
Judging from the picture, I've solved it. It's Harvey Keitel. posted by haveanicesummer at 8:08 AM on November 23, 2009
Wow, those actually were pretty interesting. posted by delmoi at 8:13 AM on November 23, 2009
Ah, thanks for the pointer. I originally read the Emmett Till entry because John McWhorter used it as a reference point in his book Winning the Race. posted by Jaltcoh at 8:16 AM on November 23, 2009
Bill Loney? Sal Lommi? Pepe Rhoni? Al Kaseltzer? (noisily drops phone on the bar counter) posted by porn in the woods at 8:16 AM on November 23, 2009
Pretty neat, but I wish he had included a short blurb about each one. Fun nonetheless. posted by caddis at 8:16 AM on November 23, 2009
I, uh... made that list. (the person who blogged it was a real stand-up guy/gal... asked permission [which I freely gave, of course] and everything. I wouldn't have cared, honestly, if s/he hadn't asked for permission and just gone ahead and did it, but still, credit where it's due, it was a classy thing to do, and I remember thinking "good on you, for that".)
I see what's going on now. Thank you, Tybeet et al. posted by TG_Plackenfatz at 8:18 AM on November 23, 2009
It's interesting how many of the linked articles are gone from Wikipedia, or replaced with stubs with little information. Is there a published measure of the attrition rate of Wikipedia articles? posted by Nelson at 8:21 AM on November 23, 2009
The "Mojave phone booth phenomenon" would be a name for the feeling one gets on seeing content destroyed on Wikipedia. As in, "That article was cool, until it got Mojave'd". posted by stbalbach at 8:52 AM on November 23, 2009 [3 favorites]
Not to Treaty of Whestphalia the discussion in this thread... but just to reassert that I love MetaFilter above all other online communities, I'll post the full list here for y'all to pick over at your lesiure. Backstory to the creation of the list, and a description of methods, etc. can be found in the header of this Reddit thread. Hope you enjoy it.
(ah, the list above cut off mid-stream, that's only about a third of them. Probably for the best, anyway... it's rather long. Mods, please feel free to SMALL it or format it or abridge it or whatever you'd like to do... If the ones listed suit your tastes, you can find the full list in the reddit link..) posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj at 9:22 AM on November 23, 2009
Wikipedia maintains its own list of unusual articles. I just spent a half hour browsing it trying to find a couple of the best ones to post here, but was overwhelmed by the interestingness. posted by groar at 9:50 AM on November 23, 2009 [1 favorite]
Well, that's a bit of synchronicity. I was reading about the Kola Superdeep Borehole just last night on Wikipedia. posted by gimonca at 11:04 AM on November 23, 2009
I own a copy of the Atlas of Men, evidently a rather rare book which is the culmination of William H. Sheldon's Ivy League nude posture photo work. More generalized posts about those photos have appeared here on Metafilter before.
This is a great post! Thanks to jjjjjjjijjjjjjj for putting it together in the first place! posted by Tube at 11:11 AM on November 23, 2009
Seriously, I just lost about 30 minutes of my morning on the Taman Shud Case.
I'm guessing, yes. And sadly because I'm not about to do it (all the reading that is), I guess that makes me officially part of the problem. For this, I apologize. posted by philip-random at 11:46 AM on November 23, 2009
Some of those are not so interesting, depending on where you live, but there are also some great articles. I just learned about Stanislav Petrov the other day - I thought it was an amazing story and I'd never even heard of it before. Stories involving 'mysterious' or missing people always interest me...I think because we don't really expect to be surprised by people. It's comforting to know there are still mysteries in the world. Or maybe I watched too much Unsolved Mysteries as a kid. posted by ghost dance beat at 12:00 PM on November 23, 2009
I've been putting together a Wikipedia list of my own lately, a collection of the most unflattering and random public domain celebrity photos: Not My Best Side.
Feel free to MeMail any suggestions. posted by Ian A.T. at 12:25 PM on November 23, 2009
You could make at least a couple of new seasons of The X-Files out of this list. I hope you're reading, Chris Carter. Just try and leave the aliens out of this one. posted by hnnrs at 12:48 PM on November 23, 2009
I've not watched it myself, but I beleive that is called "Fringe". posted by Artw at 1:26 PM on November 23, 2009
It's interesting how many of the linked articles are gone from Wikipedia, or replaced with stubs with little information.
Alas, many really interesting little articles have no sources, or are impossible to source. I bet a lot of the Mojave phone booth article pointed to personal web pages, which aside from very limited circumstances are not considered kosher as references, as they fail verifiability.
Once upon a time when I had time to edit Wikipedia, I enjoyed sourcing articles like this as a challenge.
As for the BTTF timeline, a lot of that neat pop culture stuff has migrated to Wikia. It hasn't gone away, it's just found a more appropriate home. posted by dhartung at 3:15 PM on November 23, 2009
The Kafka Machine has been deleted. posted by ovvl at 4:03 PM on November 23, 2009 [1 favorite]
jjjjjjjijjjjjjj, you are a poet and a scholar, and I salute you. posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:37 PM on November 23, 2009
I love that "Person from Porlock" is one of the most interesting articles.
I was reading that one two days ago. posted by jayder at 4:46 PM on November 23, 2009
And by the way jjjjjjjijjjjjjj, thank you for compiling this awesome list. There's just so much stuff out there I've never heard about. posted by pravit at 8:50 PM on November 23, 2009
The Kafka Machine has been deleted
sounds like a song lyric circa 1971, Peter Hammill or someone else suitably disconnected posted by philip-random at 9:53 PM on November 23, 2009
The U.S. Color-Coded War Plan included contingencies to conduct war all over the globe. Except for the Middle-East, and Africa. posted by jabberjaw at 10:12 AM on November 25, 2009
I suspect the first comment might have the answer: I used to spend ages adding things to Wikipedia, but you can't do anything these days without someone just deleting what you do for spurious reasons. posted by Artw at 11:06 AM on November 25, 2009
The Taman Shud Case...
A case that is certainly far from being open and shud. posted by turgid dahlia at 9:41 PM on November 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
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