This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

rip wikipedia

If you hit "escape" before the blat screen comes up, page is yours.

^ scab

They made it like that for a reason, I'm sure.

whatever helps you sleep at night

what's the cheat code to bring back the picture of that contributor girl with 18000 edits?

+ phone number plz

Nick Drake is the featured article on blackout day. Still being snubbed after all these years.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxzcrtxnzC1qzs5cqo1_1280.png

black day / black dog

That 'Esc' trick doesn't work on IE, which is what I'm stuck with at work. What browser are you using?

i was going to say it's bad move on wikipedia really now everybody realises the world goes on perfectly fine without it

xxpost

jon: just click on "Stop" instead?

works on IE8 and chrome

Hmmm, isn't working on IE9.

If you disable styling in your browser (Yay, Opera!!) you can still see Wikipedia. Woulda thought they would have taken down the content or severed a link to the database, or something..

you have to do it reallyquick!

when the page content appears, click on the "X", before the dark bit appears.

or just use the google's cached versions if that exist?

Or disable javascript

if i knew this earlier could have spent some effort making a "wikipediareader" site as well that can just strip out the codes from wikipedia pages and then churns out the contents.

IT WOULD BE IRONIC

Google cache works

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

Is it still possible to access Wikipedia in any way?
Yes. During the blackout, Wikipedia is accessible on mobile devices and smart phones. You can also view Wikipedia normally by disabling JavaScript in your browser, as explained on this Technical FAQ page. Our purpose here isn't to make it completely impossible for people to read Wikipedia, and it's okay for you to circumvent the blackout. We just want to make sure you see our message.

so not too difficult to get around. I don't get why they don't just put a "click here to go to your article" link after their anti-SOPA message.

I was so into Susanna Hoffs as a teenager that it might have killed me to know that at the time.

― ERIC CANONTA FOR PRESIDETN! (onimo), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 13:06 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Its killing me to know that now!

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 14:24 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^

― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:20 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I mean, have you seen her lately? She still looks fantastic, especially with being 52!

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:22 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/301365_10150375349393781_39393223780_9143351_1287032696_n.jpg

What a wily old dog Mr Sigerttson was to use that line.

During the time of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the couple took part of a union and had the unborn child blessed in a Zulu ceremony, which took place in the Illovo suburb of South Africa.[32] Keys and Swizz Beatz held a wedding celebration on the French island of Corsica on July 31, 2010. Most attendees agreed that Beatz did very well for himself.[33]

the Illovo suburb of South Africa

wat

Most attendees agreed that Beatz did very well for himself.

lmao

Fireman Sam lives in a two-story house with several windows, a red door and the small bell at outside. It is at 3 Vale Road and contains seldom seen rooms:

Hall: The hall has a big shelf, a very large hanger, and a big mirror on the wall. The walls are yellow. There are also the stairs, which connect the ground floor with first floor...

(goes on to detail each room in the cartoon series...)

Connie Nielsen
File:ConnieNielsen09TIFF.jpg erection
Nielsen at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

Other ex-boxers have been said to have had dementia pugilistica when in fact they suffer from nothing worse than a working-class accent and a gruff demeanor, e.g. Rocky Graziano, Tony Zale.

Title is a British slang phrase gleaned by Dolenz from television, likely the UK sitcom Til Death Us Do Part; it roughly translates as "lustful fool from Liverpool" (Wiktionary: randy, Scouse, git) (though in fact, to call someone a "git" in Britain is the equivalent of "jerk" or "prat"). In the series the word was aimed by Alf Garnett at his son-in-law, played by *Tony Booth, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's father-in-law.*

They were decades ahead of their time in making their players train to improve not only their footballing skills, but also their stamina and strength - which in the harsh Scottish winters gave them often the edge against their opponents. The mastermind was Peter 'Big Pate' Campbell, who also insisted on his players drinking “chicken bree”, the ingredients believed to be a disgusting combination of port wine mixed in with eggs!

Big Pate

In the summer of 2008 Pirner, in one of his last pubic appearances, was spotted outside a club in Kansas City being mobbed by fans who could still recognize his handsome good-looks. He gave autographs and sang "Runaway Train" A cappella.

that reads as if he's now dead

Might as well be.

now now

pubic

During 2011, Jentina was the judging panel for "Travellers Got Talent"[8], she also appeared in the 8 part documentary "A Gypsy's Life For Me" which aired on Bio in November 2011[9].

Currently Jentina is keeping a low profile, and raising a family.

Fair use rationale for inclusion in Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell

• Low resolution copy of the album cover.
• Does not limit the value of the text.
• No free alternative available or could be created.
• The cover is critically discussed in the article: Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell#Cover
• Words cannot fully express the complexity and symbolism of the image.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McCall

Personal life

McCall was married with a son until his wife left him due to lesbianism. McCall is currently writing an autobiography titled "Water way to live"

oh, that lesbianism

presumably this one will get corrected by an editor as some point, but it gave me a lol when I ran across it

When the Savoy Ballroom opened in November 2,000 B.C, one of the worst attractions was the Savoy Big Five, a basketball team that played exhibitions before dances.

ok i just thought of a thread i am too bored to start.. pages on wikipedia that are unexpectedly (unusually) short

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wyatt

i really expected a prog marathon of words there

Apparently there's no thread for absurdly over-detailed wiki pages either. That amazing page about toilet paper orientation would be on it. I also like the entries on the different seasons of Top Chef, each with a color-coded chart indicating "contestant progress" and descriptions of every single dish prepared in each round.

xpost it's not that short...

hmm looked shorter yesterday

j/k (you're right)

i dunno, i expected someone to have put in a LOT of work in that page, some Wyatt-uberfan, while this looks like a lot of 'recent activities' stuff and a copy and paste list from collabs and so on

Apparently there's no thread for absurdly over-detailed wiki pages either. That amazing page about toilet paper orientation would be on it. I also like the entries on the different seasons of Top Chef, each with a color-coded chart indicating "contestant progress" and descriptions of every single dish prepared in each round.

fwiw, I think all contestant elimination driven reality show wiki pages are like this now

You'd be surprised how many people still don't get where the content of Wikipedia comes from. One of my friends runs a very good fan site for a famous illustrator he's close to and several people told *him* that the Wikipedia article should link to his site or use some of its material, then he asked someone he knew who works at Wikimedia if they could get it onto the page.

Slutsky's playing career was ended at just 19. He retired due to a knee injury, an injury sustained after falling out of a tree to rescue a neighbour's cat, Fluffy.[1]