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The Sorrow of Wikipedia

post #1 of 16
6/19/06 at 7:33pm
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Brad directed me to this ridiculously long Wikipedia entry on Big Bad Beetleborgs. It prompted me to wonder just how long this article is in comparison to objects of (much) greater significance than Big Bad Beetleborgs. Results:

Big Bad Beetleborgs - 4,569 words

Great Barrier Reef - 1,596 words

Edith Wharton - 815 words

Hamlet - 3,857 words

Spanish-American War - 4,577 words (8 more than Big Bad Beetleborgs)

Battle of Hastings - 2,368 words

Grand Canyon - 2,050 words

Stonewall Jackson - 4,500 words

Statue of Liberty - 3.393 words

Citizen Kane - 3,854 words


Survey Results= ;_;
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post #2 of 16
6/19/06 at 7:36pm
Yeah, it is a bit ridiculous that some topics get so much attention... but then there are moments when you are wanting to "geek-out" and you discover and appreciate all of the effort put forth on some topics in particular.
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post #3 of 16
6/19/06 at 7:45pm
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I had to call poison control after reading that article, Jason.
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post #4 of 16
6/19/06 at 7:50pm
Yeah, realize I had my last sentence worded a little wonky.

I'm in agreement with you on this one. There's plenty of topics whose content sadly doesn't see the light of day but something like Big Bad Beetleborgs gets a huge "wealth" of information.

There are a lot of articles that need some fat trimmed from them. That's why I love the editing aspect of Wikipedia. As long as it's seen as something productive for the topic, you can cut or remove things accordingly. But then again, there are people who get pissed off when you change something and demand their content be placed back on the site.
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post #5 of 16
6/19/06 at 7:51pm
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Originally Posted by Jason P. Thompson
Yeah, it is a bit ridiculous that some topics get so much attention... but then there are moments when you are wanting to "geek-out" and you discover and appreciate all of the effort put forth on some of these topics.
Agreed. I'm currently going through DC Comics' quite crap Infinite Crisis series after nearly a decade away from comics. I've had to check pretty much every other character on Wikipedia to understand what the hell is going on.
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post #6 of 16
6/19/06 at 7:53pm
Wikipedia is a great and sad place.
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post #7 of 16
6/19/06 at 8:08pm
This reminds me of how angry some people were about the Supergirl special edition DVD.
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post #8 of 16
6/19/06 at 8:13pm
Knowing someone spent the time to write a 4,569 word article on Beetleborgs: Priceless
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post #9 of 16
6/19/06 at 9:13pm
There was (is, I guess) an article all about Bowser from the Super Mario Bros., his offspring, and the 'controversy' over his 'real name.'

I had to turn off my computer for a while after that.
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post #10 of 16
6/19/06 at 10:04pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
Knowing someone spent the time to write a 4,569 word article on Beetleborgs: Priceless
Maybe it was a group effort.
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post #11 of 16
6/19/06 at 10:12pm
Were you in that group?
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post #12 of 16
6/19/06 at 10:26pm
This thread killed Old Dirty Bastard.
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post #13 of 16
6/19/06 at 10:44pm
There's no way the Spanish-American War is 8 words more important than the Beetleborgs.
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post #14 of 16
6/19/06 at 10:57pm
Well, the S-A War did have some pretty big ramifications we're still dealing with today. It is, after all, how we got places like Guantanamo Bay.
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post #15 of 16
6/20/06 at 12:48am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AlmightyShmun
Well, the S-A War did have some pretty big ramifications we're still dealing with today.
The Something Awful War is indeed a crucial event in our nation's history. It was one of the first salvos launched against eBaum's World and set the stage for the coming YTMND/eBaum's clash which would shake the very foundations of the Internets.
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post #16 of 16
6/20/06 at 2:47am
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Originally Posted by Werbal_Kint
The Something Awful War is indeed a crucial event in our nation's history. It was one of the first salvos launched against eBaum's World and set the stage for the coming YTMND/eBaum's clash which would shake the very foundations of the Internets.
*a-hem.* I believe you mean TEH Internets.
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