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Non-notable articles on Wikipedia

Things that are not notable aren't supposed to have Wikipedia articles. But people sometimes create them, and then they usually get deleted. I wonder if there are articles about things so unnotable that they don't get deleted because only their creators know about them.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 00:35, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Well, some hoax articles have gone overlooked for years, so clearly not every single article gets monitored for notability or veracity as it should. An article with few or no articles linking to it (an orphan) might go overlooked too. 75.4.17.61 (talk) 01:47, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

The Ne'er Do Wells still exist, for some reason. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:56, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Is it possible to run a script that would tell you which articles have had a notability template stuck on them for the longest? --Viennese Waltz 07:41, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Faeces

Which mammal produces the most faeces relative to its size? Mice? Cows? Or Elephants?

Likewise, which mammal produces the least? Constipated office worker, I would hap haphazardly guess. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.184.162.145 (talk) 09:22, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Shrews eat between most of and twice their body weight each day. Not sure how much crap results, but seems fair to assume a lot. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:55, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Some species have "regular defecation stations". Suggests a habit. And everyone's turds are corkscrew-shaped.

The kangaroo mouse never drinks, so its crap is very dry and concentrated. Not sure if you're counting water content in the dump mass. InedibleHulk (talk) 13:47, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Think you will find it is more down to the efficiency of their digestive system. Those that have kept meadow fed horses will recognize that like elephants, much of what they eat goes out the other end. Mice that eat a high protein diet and ruminants like cow and goats digest more efficiently - so less come out. Therefore, out of a choice of mice, cows, or elephants. Elephants win hands down. See also: Elephant dung paper. --Aspro (talk) 15:20, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

I don't know. Fifty kilograms is a lot of shit, but it sounds like less when its 7% of a 7,000 kg elephant. Geese apparently drop 11-16% percent, just in dry weight, and cows (the moo kind) about 11% InedibleHulk (talk) 18:42, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

I am not sure if arseholes are a recognised species of our genus but homo (sapiens or less so) are mammals. I would think that humankind has produced more crap than all other mammals. I hope that resident proctologists have access to relevant papers. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 19:35, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

This page touches on that (1.05 lb a day, average), but if you click "Read the study", you're shit out of luck. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:45, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

I (don't) know Jack shit about this issue. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:02, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Does 0.476271989 kilograms help? InedibleHulk (talk) 12:45, 8 June 2015 (UTC)