Kickass Wikipedia Articles

Ennui

Ennui

The Freeman
Joined
Dec 31, 2003
Messages
22,714
Reaction score
119
Most of you are probably familiar with Wikipedia's tendency to suck you into a crazy reading spree of related links and topics, often lasting hours. You'll get on to research Synesthesia or Katherine the Great and the next thing you know it's 4 hours later and you're reading about internet networking protocols or corruption in Ghana. Naturally we all have a few particular articles we're fond of for being particularly awesome, so this thread should be easy to contribute to: post 'em.

This thread is in memory of the most epic Wikipedia article ever to be, Lightsaber Combat, sadly annihilated by the aspergering control freaks that operate behind the scenes at Wikipedia a year or so ago.

I'll start it off with a few, but I have tons and tons in mind. These can be anything; you can link them because the article is funny, pathetic, ridiculously in-depth on something random as hell, of a particularly interesting topic, anything that makes the article stand out in your mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident (HOLY ****)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlov's_House (BADASS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_science_fiction (GOOD READING)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Magus (RANDOMLY INTERESTING)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_younger (RANDOMLY INTERESTING BALLER ROMAN DUDE)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_sun (HOLY **** WTF)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfluous_man (the concept that made me choose the name Ennui long before I had any idea what a 'superfluous man' was)
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa

Ennui said:
I see your Mad Jack and raise you the real-life equivalent of Vasili Zaitsev from Enemy at the Gates, a Finnish sniper called Simo Hayha:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Häyhä

There are Wiki articles on every Medal of Honor recipient too, some of which are truly badass.
Click to expand...
"However, on March 6, 1940, H?yh? was shot in the jaw during combat. The bullet tumbled upon impact and left his head. He picked up his rifle and fired a round, killing his attacker."

:O
 
Ennui said:
Most of you are probably familiar with Wikipedia's tendency to suck you into a crazy reading spree of related links and topics, often lasting hours. You'll get on to research Synesthesia or Katherine the Great and the next thing you know it's 4 hours later and you're reading about internet networking protocols or corruption in Ghana. Naturally we all have a few particular articles we're fond of for being particularly awesome, so this thread should be easy to contribute to: post 'em.

This thread is in memory of the most epic Wikipedia article ever to be, Lightsaber Combat, sadly annihilated by the aspergering control freaks that operate behind the scenes at Wikipedia a year or so ago.

I'll start it off with a few, but I have tons and tons in mind. These can be anything; you can link them because the article is funny, pathetic, ridiculously in-depth on something random as hell, of a particularly interesting topic, anything that makes the article stand out in your mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident (HOLY ****)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlov's_House (BADASS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_science_fiction (GOOD READING)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Magus (RANDOMLY INTERESTING)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_younger (RANDOMLY INTERESTING BALLER ROMAN DUDE)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_sun (HOLY **** WTF)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfluous_man (the concept that made me choose the name Ennui long before I had any idea what a 'superfluous man' was)
Click to expand...

I see what your trying to do and I wont fall for it you hear!?.


I have been wiki-clean since tuesday this week and I aint going back!.



...












..........





*click*
 
i remember when some guy changed the 'Charles Dickens' page to 'Charles Dickend'

i loled.

you've probably heard bout it too. still lol
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath
A ****in awesome page. The list at the bottom will get you reading about all sorts of fascinating people throughout history such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geber
"born in Tus in Persia a Persian (or Arab) Muslim chemist, alchemist, astrologer, astronomer, engineer, pharmacist, physician, philosopher, physicist and scientist; "Jābir was a polymath who wrote 300 books on philosophy, 1,300 books on mechanical devices and military machinery, and hundreds of books on alchemy."
:eek: Yea I know alchemy is bullshit..but still..thats a lot of books!
 
When faced with the same request from Caesar, Cato used the device of filibuster, speaking continuously until nightfall, to prevent the Senate from voting on the issue of whether or not Caesar would be allowed to stand for consul in absentia. Thus Caesar was forced to choose between a Triumph or a run for the consulship. Caesar chose to forgo the Triumph and entered Rome in time to register as a candidate in the 59 BC election (which he won). Caesar's consular colleague was Marcus Bibulus, the husband of Cato's daughter Porcia.
Click to expand...
****ing awesome
 
Haha Solaris, Cato the Younger is surely your type of dude. I was reading a bunch of wikipedia articles about famous Romans after watching Gladiator a couple days ago and stumbled across him. Cato the Elder is quite a bit less interesting than his great grandson though.

Harij: The Dyatlov Pass incident is one of the most interesting finds I've ever made on the internet. I've read tons of conspiracy and UFO stuff, trying to wade through all of the paranoid and/or kooky bullshit to see if I can find anything to satisfy my own interest in extraterrestrials, and this is one of the few gems of information I've found. I'm not saying it's a compelling reason to believe in aliens or paranormal forces of some kind, but it sure is weird.
 
Add this to end "(", and it'll work.
 
Evo said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khalkhin_Gol

Interesting to think what would have happened if the Japanese won this battle.
Click to expand...

What would have happened is that the Soviet-Japanese border would have been 16 km further West. Neither side wanted a full scale war with a major military power over the huge tracts of useless wasteland that is Siberia and Northern Asia. There is simply nothing of any value in Siberia.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

B
Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Cyril, Fred, and friends
Replies
0
Views
5K
Barnz
B
B
Community Interviews: Tony Newton, co-creator of Redemption
Replies
0
Views
5K
Barnz
B
The Monkey
Operation Mincemeat
Replies
15
Views
996
Druckles
Druckles
Laivasse
UK Internet users can't edit Wikipedia because SOMEBODY-THINK-OF-THE-CHILDREN
Replies
16
Views
904
highlander
highlander
VirusType2
Sharks Endangered
Replies
19
Views
1K
<RJMC>
<RJMC>
Back
Top