Wikipedia talk:Unusual articles/Archive 5

Archive 1

←

Archive 3

Archive 4

Archive 5

Archive 6

Mosquito laser

Suggestion for the list:

• Mosquito laser - Another WMD, Weapon of Mosquito Destruction.

Quite unusual but a bit on the short side. Are short stubs like this allowed? -- œ^™ 23:00, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

It's an unusual juxtaposition, but there's not enough in the article to make it really interesting. I'd say it's not yet ready for this list. YMMV, --Stepheng3 (talk) 23:54, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Cello scrotum

Found another one: Cello scrotum! -- œ^™ 22:46, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Cello scrotum looks like a contender. --Stepheng3 (talk) 23:09, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Do you have a recommendation for a witty tagline? -- œ^™ 23:42, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

"Don't worry, boys, it's a hoax." --Stepheng3 (talk) 17:31, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Haha! I like it. :) -- œ^™ 01:41, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Capgras delusion

I propose changing the tag line to something of the form "Who are you, and what have you done with X?" 81.111.114.131 (talk) 10:45, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

LOL, agree, I'll change it. -- œ^™ 22:29, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Aesthetics

This page.. just doesn't look very good. It looks cluttered. It's hard to tell at a glance where each new entry starts, because many of the article titles span multiple lines, blurring visually with the next entry on the list. What do you all think of making the table borders at least a little visible? I was in the middle of a conversion like that for WP:UA in mid-2006, but I got distracted. -Silence (talk) 03:55, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Personally I don't have any problem using it, but if you could provide an example of what it would look like that would be helpful. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:36, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

What about something more like this? -Silence (talk) 05:08, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Places (sample)

Camp Bonifas golf course

Aerican Empire	A micronation with bizarre land claims, such as a mysterious cow pasture and the entire northern hemisphere of Pluto.
Baarle-Nassau	A municipality of the Netherlands, containing small exclaves of Belgium, which in turn contain even smaller exclaves of the Netherlands. (The borders mean that there are houses and companies which are in both Belgium and the Netherlands.)
Badlands Guardian	A natural topographic feature in Canada which, when viewed from above, looks remarkably like a human wearing a Native American headdress and earphones.
Baldwin Street	A short suburban road in Dunedin, New Zealand, reputedly the world's steepest street.
Barcelona Supercomputing Center	A supercomputer in a medieval chapel.

I like it. --Stepheng3 (talk) 05:16, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Me too, though a bit of a lighter color would probably work better. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 06:07, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Sampled a different possible color in the bottom 3 rows. Any better? -Silence (talk) 06:12, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

No, the bottom three hurt my eyes. The gray would be good if it were just a bit lighter. --CliffC (talk) 12:47, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Third try. A little bluer too? -Silence (talk) 15:18, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Looks good. --Beeblebrox (talk) 16:51, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

I think it looks excellent. This undoubtedly one of the more popular Wikipedia pages and is definitely my favorite. Looks much neater now. -- œ^™ 18:35, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Cool. I'm going quite a few further edits now to try and streamline things a bit, avoid unnecessary 'hang-on' sections and miscellanea while preserving content. Maybe sharpen some of the humor too, who knows. :P If you disagree with any change, feel free to bring 'er up here. -Silence (talk) 18:52, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

I just wanted to say that YOU, Silence, are awesome! :) Draconiator (talk) 03:31, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Robert Smith? and zombies

No WP article (yet?), but there's a Canadian prof, Robert Smith? (yes, "Smith?", with a question mark), who's done mathematical modeling of zombies.[1] That's gotta be worth something. kwami (talk) 08:47, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

It does sound unusual, why don't you go ahead and write the article? Then add it to this list. --Jleon (talk) 15:35, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't know if either the professor or the paper he was a coauthor of deserves an article by itself (I'd say no), but see zombie apocalypse. Remember WP:UNDUE, though. YLee (talk) 16:02, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Nicholas Barbon

I'm missing the point in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PizzaMan (talk • contribs) 14:01, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. I've removed it from the list. --Stepheng3 (talk) 00:09, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Elmer McCurdy

Outlaw's corpse is used commercially and then found during shooting of a Six Million Dollar Man episode...I think that constitutes as strange, don't you? Fruckert (talk) 16:41, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

There once was a man from Nantucket

I'm just suprised it has an article. Solar Flute (talk) 19:01, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

A moron in a hurry

Please keep this here. It is a real legal doctrine used in passing off law. The title is funny, but the cases and briefs cited are even funnier. Bearian (talk) 19:27, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Submitted for your approval

I created Ugandan booby trap as part of the WP:NEWTREAT effort, and couldn't find enough material to make it a real DYK candidate. Thought you all might be interested. John Carter (talk) 01:16, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

I think this qualifies as unusual. It's not much of an article yet; hope there's some follow-up. --Stepheng3 (talk) 21:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

List of cats with fraudulent diplomas

I wasn't sure whether the page was sufficiently detailed enough to be properly considered (or indeed if it had already been considered, though I did run through the archives), but I'm fairly sure it would be considered 'unusual,' no? 58.178.130.83 (talk) 11:09, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Y Added. -- œ^™ 10:44, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Add Richard Chase?

While all serial killers are "unusual" this one takes the cake for bizarre behavior. Nazi-controlled UFOs poisoning the macaroni and cheese are the problem, drinking and even injecting himself with the blood of animals and eating human brains are the solution. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:22, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Not a slam-dunk, but I think this is unusual enough to qualify for this list. I'd love to read other people's opinions. --Stepheng3 (talk) 02:10, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Suggestions

Cock Lane ghost, currently on its way toward WP:FAC, Wife selling (English custom), also soon to be at FAC, and Tobacco smoke enema. Parrot of Doom 15:01, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I'd support Tobacco smoke enema but not Cock Lane ghost. FWIW, I'm unsure about Wife selling (English custom). --Stepheng3 (talk) 03:09, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

suggested addition

Lingerie Football League Opinions? --Stepheng3 (talk) 01:25, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Adding it now would be quite inappropriate. :P —Tamfang (talk) 20:10, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see--it's already there. Sorry for missing that! --Stepheng3 (talk) 03:19, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Amber lights

Amber lights are usual and not odd. They are in the UK. Remove them. 78.150.183.177 (talk) 16:55, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Edible Computer?

Anyone know what (if anything) the 'edible computers' phrase in the introduction refers to? Seems - well - somewhat intriguing.. Martinor (talk) 06:41, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Since it isn't wikilinked, I suspect it was an illustrative fabrication, perhaps partly inspired by Gummi. --Stepheng3 (talk) 22:49, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Mine?

I've written a few articles (all related to dying one way or another) that may be considered silly:

• List of expressions related to death - what do 'go home in a box', 'go bung' and 'hop the stick' mean?
• Kick the bucket - the heated argument of this very funny idiom about death.
• John Smith (housebreaker), who was pardonned after hanging in 1705, then was arrested again but was set free due to complications of the case, then his prosecutor died before his third trial, and was transported the last time... for stealing a padlock.

Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse BACK FROM EXAMS 09:43, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

If no-one opposes, I'll add them. Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse 10:34, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Proposal: Marree Man

Curious article: Marree Man. emijrp (talk) 21:20, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Cross Cafe

Why is there a [sic] on Cross Cafe (as opposed to the [sic] on Hitlers' Cross, which is understandable)? EAE (Holla!) 21:18, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Windsor Swastikas

As well as Fernie Swastikas. Scary at first sight but curious. Now at WP:TDYK. NVO (talk) 08:22, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Blue ice (aircraft)

Pretty much changes the way you think about airplane bathrooms. Edit: Also, I don't think Parasitic twin is really that unusual. Can someone remove that from the list? Thanks. --vgmddg (look | talk | do) 23:59, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Remove the sexual terminology

Is "autofellatio" and other sexual terms really appropriate here.... I'm 13 and I was very offended! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.127.89.24 (talk) 01:29, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

See WP:CENSOR. NotAnonymous0 did I err?|Contribs 01:30, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Huh. When I was your age ... —Tamfang (talk) 04:06, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I agree with Tamfang. Most 13 olds think about little else and talk about it to (although it's a few years before any of them do much about it)

One thing I would agree with though... is the removal of any sexual images from this page.--MacRusgail (talk) 17:22, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Remove the boarders

No offense to the editor who made the boarders, but I think they, in the end, do more harm than good. My big concern is a lot of editors who have unusual articles to share right now won't, simply because they don't know how to add their article within the boarder boxes boundrys. What do you all think of taking them down? --Deathawk (talk) 01:21, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I like the tabular format, and there seems to be no shortage of articles in the list. Editors needing help can ask for it on this talkpage.--Stepheng3 (talk) 01:37, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

"anatomy" – oh how coy

Penis Plant — A plant shaped like the aforementioned part of the male anatomy.

There may have been a time when the use of anatomy to mean penis was funny, but that time was at least thirty years ago. Accordingly I changed the description to "It's named for its shape." Evidently there are some juveniles who still find it funny; I was reverted with the comment "Previous was much better."

Please, show me that someone has a bit more creativity than that. —Tamfang (talk) 00:53, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

• The description is a parody of the late night ads for ExtenZe, which uses a similar slogan. I woried that it might be too Americanized for wikipedia, but other descriptions use the phrase UK slogan Does exactly what it says on the tin, so I went ahead and used it anyway. Also note I am not the one who changed it back. --Deathawk (talk) 05:53, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Huh. Can you quote the similar slogan more exactly? —Tamfang (talk) 06:55, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Why don't I just show you the commercial instead? Note: The actual commercial uses the word "body" instead of anatomy, still I think people get the joke. --Deathawk (talk) 23:43, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

And that certain instead of the aforementioned. —Tamfang (talk) 02:03, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, I got bold about it. Did it Work? PhGustaf (talk) 02:42, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I think so, but only because you did what I was about to try. —Tamfang (talk) 16:44, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

articles titled "unusual"

well i found a few articles here that were with the title "unusual" and i was wanting to know if they were already on the unusual articles page? haha im probably so late: Redvans (talk) 15:31, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

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

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

If your browser can search for text on the page, that's one way to find out. —Tamfang (talk) 22:47, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Septic Equation

Although Septic equation is a notable subject, the article does have an unusual name to those unaware of how polynomial equations are named based on their degree (this one is 7th). Anyways, I thought that since it sounds like an equation that is soiled or has something to do with a sewer, it therefore belongs in this list. --WikiDonn (talk) 00:37, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

If the only unusual thing about the article is its title, it probably won't stay on this list very long. --Stepheng3 (talk) 00:52, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Suggestion - Matshishkapeu, The Fart Man

From Matshishkapeu:

In Innu mythology, Matshishkapeu (literally the "Fart Man") is the most powerful spirit—even more powerful than the Caribou Master, Kanipinikassikueu. He proved himself when the Kanipinikassikueu refused to give the Innu any caribou to eat. Matshishkapeu was so angry that he cursed the Caribou Master with a painful case of constipation. Finally, the Kanipinikassikueu relented, and Matshishkapeu then cured him of his ailment.

Just stumble cross this strange but funny article. I'll leave it up to someone here to decide whether to add this one. -- œ^™ 00:04, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

I think this would fit with the spirit of the UA page. --Stepheng3 (talk) 02:36, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

I agree, and just added it. :) -- Bobyllib (talk) 13:05, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Duclod Man

Would Duclod Man belong here? Certainly an unusual article... -- Bobyllib (talk) 00:27, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Responses to sneezing

Responses to sneezing WTF? -- 194.203.71.61 (talk) 13:23, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

That would be a good candidate for this list if it were a better article. Note that most or all of the article is unsourced. --Stepheng3 (talk) 19:52, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Add Death of Kenneth Pinyan

Death of Kenneth Pinyan should be added in the Death section. This man died when he was having sex with a horse and the horse's penis punctured his colon. It was quite famous for a while. Definetely seems unusual enough to me. Matthew Fennell (talk) 09:31, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

I think this qualifies for the list. I invite you to add it yourself. --Stepheng3 (talk) 18:30, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Nice blog entry

Thought you people may like this. :) J Milburn (talk) 18:44, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Eul yong ta

Eul yong ta is very famous Korea internet in-word. And i think it is special to this which just word is updated in WIPI. Korean wipi also write it is Unusual articles.--Saehayae (talk) 16:52, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Ferdinand Cheval

A possibly silly point but:- Poor chap - "Uneducated"! - Left school at 13yrs. It wasn't until 1870 - (http://www.politics.co.uk/briefings-guides/issue-briefs/education/education-leaving-age-$474737.htm) - That we had to stay in school until 13 yrs old! Anyone know France's school age law for that time!JACKINABOX 10 (talk) 22:19, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Articles that no longer are

• spider webs in space
• Rasputin's penis

These are not actually articles, now. Uncle G (talk) 20:20, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Removed articles

"These pages were... just too crappy to be listed"

What do you mean and could it be worded better?

Simply south (talk) 20:48, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

What does who mean? I don't see any recent edits on this page that does this. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 22:06, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Go to Wikipedia talk:Unusual articles/Removed. Simply south (talk) 12:37, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Anti-racist mathematics?

I think that Anti-racist mathematics belongs here. --75.176.70.242 (talk) 17:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I agree. It is an unusual juxtaposition. What do other people think? Matthew Fennell (talk) 03:03, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

That is.... unusual... I suppose that is one word for it anyway. I never realized my math teachers were indoctrinating me with racist ideology, they completely fooled me into thinking we were discussing numbers and not people. Beeblebrox (talk) 06:11, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

New ones?

What about rapeseed and high five (the too slow photos)? Frefdsds (talk) 13:18, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Nothing unusual about rapeseed (other than the name). High five does seem a bit unusual for an encyclopedia. --Stepheng3 (talk) 16:42, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Eh I dunno, it's a pretty common activity, so compared to the majority of things on the page, it's not too unusual. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 20:09, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Featured pics only?

Wait, what is it we aren't going to be warned about?

So only featured-quality pictures should be added? Putting aside that one of the pictures is a seagull taking a crap, I don't think this one will ever qualify, there was no way for me to shoot it without the shadow on it, but it is a bit unusual. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:54, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

List of Ig Nobel Prize winners

Nobel Prize meets Weird Science. Result: Award-winning papers like "Injuries Due to Falling Coconuts" and "Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans."

It's weird and it's science, but not much connexion to Weird Science (TV series). How about "...meets Mythbusters"? —Tamfang (talk) 02:33, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Question re: Table of Contents for this page

The Table of Contents for this page seems less than ideal to me. I understand there is no perfect system for categorization, but has anyone considered re-designing the TOC to match that of certain other Wikipedia pages a little more closely? For example:

• Wikipedia Main topic classifications
  • Agriculture · Applied sciences · Arts · Belief · Business · Chronology · Computers · Culture · Education · Environment · Geography · Health · History · Humanities · Language · Law · Life · Mathematics · Nature · People · Politics · Science · Society · Technology ·

• Wikipedia:Featured articles
  • Art, architecture and archaeology · Awards, decorations and vexillology · Biology · Business, economics and finance · Chemistry and mineralogy · Computing · Culture and society · Education · Engineering and technology · Food and drink · Geography and places · Geology and geophysics · Health and medicine · History · Language and linguistics · Law · Literature and theatre · Mathematics · Media · Meteorology · Music · Philosophy and psychology · Physics and astronomy · Politics and government · Religion, mysticism and mythology · Royalty, nobility and heraldry · Sport and recreation · Transport · Video gaming · Warfare

• Wikipedia:Featured lists
  • Art and architecture · Awards, decorations and vexillology · Biology · Business, economics and finance · Chemistry and mineralogy · Culture and society · Education · Engineering and technology · Food and drink · Geography and places · Geology and geophysics · Health and medicine · History · Language and linguistics · Law · Literature and theatre · Mathematics · Media · Meteorology · Military and military history · Music · Philosophy and psychology · Physics and astronomy · Politics and government · Religion, mysticism and mythology · Royalty, nobility and heraldry · Sports and recreation · Video gaming · Transport

• Wikipedia:Featured portals
  • Arts • Geography • Health • History • Mathematics • Nature • People • Philosophy • Reference • Religion • Society • Technology

• Wikipedia:Featured topics
  • Art, architecture and archaeology · Awards, decorations and vexillology · Biology · Chemistry and mineralogy · Culture and society · Education · Food and drink · Geography and places · Geology, geophysics and meteorology · History · Law · Literature and theatre · Media · Music · Physics and astronomy · Politics and government · Religion, mysticism and mythology · Sports and recreation · Transport · Video gaming · Warfare

As users are likely to be familiar with these other pages, perhaps conforming more closely to one of these pages would make it easier for the user to navigate through this very interesting page. Respectfully, DiverDave (talk) 00:23, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Antiqua vs Fraktur

File:Schriftzug Antiqua+Fraktur.jpg is rather bad. I'd replace it but I don't think I have a Fraktur font handy. —Tamfang (talk) 08:38, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

A whole bunch of suggestions

http://brix.wikispot.org --Phil1988 (talk) 00:21, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Two more ideas

I didn't make it all the way through this article before I had to stop. Here's a couple of ideas.

• Under "Television and film," how about Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story?

• The article on Fucking, Austria led me to remember something: has anyone possibly ever heard of Mother Fukker's Cookies? I remember reading about this in National Lampoon (in the "True Facts" section, so it must have been true, eh?) back in the 1980s. Supposedly, it was a real product, possibly manufactured in Pennsylvania Dutch country. That's all I remember about it.RadioKAOS (talk) 16:14, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Classical music riots

I believe you have a contender here. classical music riots —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.232.109.204 (talk) 16:49, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Self reference

This article/list itself is pretty unusual. Can't it be added to its own list? --Steven Weston (talk) 01:13, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Well no, as it's not an article. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 02:05, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Include the article 'I am lonely will anyone speak to me'

How about including the article I am lonely will anyone speak to me? That seems pretty unusual to me, you wouldn't expect to find it in the Britannica. Matthew Fennell (talk) 00:36, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Roundabout Appreciation Society

and also Death by PowerPoint, Beard tax —Preceding unsigned comment added by Editor randy (talk • contribs) 19:47, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

more fodder

here. —Stepheng3 (talk) 18:08, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page not moved Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 01:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

---

Wikipedia:Unusual articles → Wikipedia:Unusual topics or Wikipedia:List of unusual topics – It's the articles' topics that are unusual, not the articles themselves. Also, the page is a list. Relisted. Proposer has corrected initial namespace mistake. Favonian (talk) 12:13, 21 July 2011 (UTC) 213.246.123.156 (talk) 02:58, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose this should not move out of project space. 65.93.15.213 (talk) 03:17, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose suggested titles, not suitable for mainspace; indifferent on moving to a list title in projectspace (like Wikipedia:List of unusual articles or topics with articles or whatever). Nikkimaria (talk) 03:31, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
• oppose this is certainly not article material.--76.66.188.209 (talk) 04:06, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose, shouldn't be moved out of project space, and current title is appropriate for project space. 117Avenue (talk) 04:14, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

---

• APOLOGY : I meant to include "Wikipedia:" in the new name. I've updated the above accordingly. 213.246.123.156 (talk) 07:27, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

---

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

List of predicted dates of the end of the world or similar events

Nominating the above article either in deaths or religion and spirituality.yorkshiresky (talk) 17:50, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Do it. Brightgalrs (/braɪtˈɡæl.ərˌɛs/)^[1] 18:25, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Nothing

I think this is a fairly unusual and ironic article but I don't really know where to put it. None of the categories seem especially appropriate. How about a nothing category with nothing in it?

The irony alone would be worth it. -- Sometimes Incoherent (talk) 12:01, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

A philosophy category would be appropriate. /Yvwv (talk) 01:06, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

List of lists of lists

List of lists of lists. For the obsessive-compulsive list maker.

I found the title amusing but the content is rather boring and it doesn't have a topic so maybe it doesn't fit here. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:40, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Inclusion criteria

Since the inclusion criteria are rather vague, I would like to see them sharpened. Articles could be include for any of these reasons:

• The subject is an anomaly: something that defies common sense, common expectations or common knowledge, such as Bir Tawil, Märket, Phineas Gage, List of snow events in Florida etc.
• The subject has gained unexpected notoriety or an unplanned cult following at extreme levels, such as Ampelmännchen or All your base are belong to us.
• The subject is a successful or revered hoax, such as Nacirema or Mary Toft.
• The subject might be found amusing, though serious.

What do you think? /Yvwv (talk) 04:23, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I support those criteria and would like to add a few more:

• • The subject is anomalous, abnormal, counter-intuitive, or illustrates an absurdity

Smallman12q (talk) 13:34, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I would also like to add the necessary criteria that articles should be of decent quality; better than stubs, and that subjects should be of clear notability. /Yvwv (talk) 19:02, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

User Pages?

Can user pages be put on here? I was going to add User:Example with a description saying something like "the user who sets an example for all Wikipedians," but I saw that there weren't any other user pages on the list. Is there a different page where this could be put, or can user pages not be included in any of the "unusual" sections? Alphius (talk) 03:54, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

I would say it's a pretty conclusive no. The page is clearly intended to showcase articles on unusual subjects, not to make WP in-jokes. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:56, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I concur. Start a new page called Wikipedia:Unusual user pages instead. /Yvwv (talk) 20:50, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Gender of connectors and fasteners

Not sure if this is included already or has been proposed before but just a small suggestion. FM [ talk to me | show contributions ]  21:57, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Maybe, but I don't think that article would be deemed unusual by anyone who has worked in electronics, mechanics or any of the numerous industries where these connectors are used (eg. computers, recording, broadcast TV, video editing, etc, etc). Manning (talk) 22:13, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, it's more of an unusual naming scheme, but there's nothing unusual about the topic itself. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 23:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Raising of Chicago

Another suggestion: Raising of Chicago. emijrp (talk) 12:40, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

A good one. I concur. /Yvwv (talk) 13:25, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Fucking, Austria

I think that the Fucking article is a good option to be introduced here, it's brilliantly written an it's an unusual name for a place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.147.203.122 (talk) 15:42, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

It's not unusual. It's an unusal place name. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 17:49, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Kanamara Matsuri

Do you think a penis festival fits in here? 70.173.129.34 (talk) 18:22, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Go for it. /Yvwv (talk) 01:38, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Internet memes

The collection of unusual articles in "Internet memes and online culture" is arbitrary. Is the List of Internet phenomena a better compilation? Should Internet memes be removed from this list altogether? /Yvwv (talk) 15:49, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Suggestion

List of submerged places in Spain. emijrp (talk) 21:06, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Chicken_eyeglasses?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Editor randy (talk • contribs) 19:32, 21 April 2012‎ (UTC)

Was already included, twice (duplicate removed.) --hydrox (talk) 20:37, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Jumping Frenchmen of Maine

It's more serious than it sounds.

I noticed this courtesy of a sufferer, and I thought it would be a good article to list here. --JB Adder | Talk 23:24, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Australia's big things

A suggestion that speaks for itself. /Yvwv (talk) 01:32, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_fandom

Well? Average fan of a Flash series about unicorns meant for little girls turns out to be 21 and in college? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.127.115.209 (talk) 19:55, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Bald–hairy

At least, I think it's rather odd. 172.218.93.102 (talk) 21:20, 17 August 2012 (UTC) ( User:Zazaban )

A good one. /Yvwv (talk) 13:23, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Rosenhan experiment

An article about sane people in a psychiatric hospital. /Yvwv (talk) 13:23, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Entering heaven alive

Could the article 'Entering heaven alive' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entering_heaven_alive) qualify to be listed as an unusual article? Matthew Fennell (talk) 00:03, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Engastration

Is engastration a possibility? Kinda like Turducken's entry, stuffing something into something into something. NFLisAwesome ^{(ZappaOMati's alternate account)} 05:05, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Some Ideas

I found some ideas for this page: Anti-Barney humor. The place for Barney Haters.

My Little Pony: Fighting Is Magic. An Upcoming fan-made fighting video game based on My Little Pony

Howard Hallis. A guy who attempted to draw a Picture of Everything.

That's all I could think of. Horai 551 (talk) 12:01, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

The second one isn't any more unusual than any other fan game. The other two sound like they have potential, though. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 14:38, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Nittel Nacht

Nittel Nacht is a Jewish "holiday" on the night of 24 December. Really. -- YPNYPN ✡ 19:00, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Moving Names section to a separate article

The list is overly long, and the Names section does not really fit, since only the names themselves are unusual. Suggesting to move them to Wikipedia:Subjects with unusual names. /Yvwv (talk) 14:16, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Parking chair

Eh? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Editor randy (talk • contribs) 21:41, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

I've removed the parking chair entry since the article's pov isn't globalized and the topic of the article could be done as a usual thing in other places besides Upper Midwest/Great Lakes region, where it is also usual. 68.105.192.216 (talk) 00:37, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Oscar Wilde's tomb

Just appeared on the wiki recently, it's pulling point is the fact it has both daring and testicles...or if you prefer double entendres, balls. --JB Adder | Talk 10:59, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Bus factor

The article which can be added to the list—Bus factor. dariusz woźniak (talk) 21:39, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Holes in cheese

I came across Eyes (cheese), IMO meets criterion one perfectly ~~Xil (talk) 23:38, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Balls, you say!

Sweet Baby Jesus, some how I am reminded of the scientist that evaluated endless series of men's scrotums, recording the crinkles, bumps, and ridges digitally in three dimensions and then developing procedures and software that said scientist claimed could be used to positively identify people by utilizing said records.

I doubt there is a Wiki page covering that, but it was covered in the Journal of Irreproducible Results [2] and I always thought it exceedingly funny as well as unworkable and stupid. It's what happens when a scientist has extra money and no serious project to work on. Damotclese (talk) 22:13, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Does Merkel-Raute qualify for this list?

I think one could well call Merkel-Raute "an unusual article", but as the creator, I guess it would be too bold to add it offhandedly. What are your thoughts?--FoxyOrange (talk) 14:00, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Looks unusual to me. /Yvwv (talk) 20:18, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Shoe-fitting fluoroscope

Could this article be considered unusual? /Yvwv (talk) 20:18, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Toyota War

Would you consider this article unusual? /Yvwv (talk) 19:10, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Ceratiidae - unusual sexual reproduction

Do you think this one qualifies for inclusion? OnesimusUnbound (talk) 14:40, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Benford's Law

"Most numbers begin with 1." Seems ripe for inclusion in the Mathematics section to me. Ω (talk) 21:32, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Should Wikipedia Records be added to external links?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_records It's an unusual aspect of Wikipedia, should it be added to external links? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vulpecular (talk • contribs) 16:11, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Proposition for Simo Häyhä

Do you think that Simo Häyhä should be added? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

505 sniper kills in <100 days and not a single death (apart from age). Vulpecular (talk) 07:16, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Russell's Teapot

Should Russell's Teapot be added? And should it be under religion, philosophy or astronomy? Nyanyanyanyan (talk) 15:27, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

request

I think that Agloe, New York should be added. Nyanyanyanyan (talk) 17:48, 5 August 2014 (UTC)Nyanyanyanyan (talk) 17:48, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes, add it. Sturmovik (talk) 19:24, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Bar Nunn, Wyoming

Bar Nunn, Wyoming is a town built around the runways of an abandoned airport. Thoughts on adding it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.76.154.140 (talk) 02:20, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Killington Vermont Secession?

I'd like to propose the addition of the Killington, Vermont, secession movement to the list, on the grounds of criteria 3 and 6. A county in the center of Vermont made a motion to join New Hampshire, despite not sharing a border and only having economic incentive. Would it work on this list, or is it not strong enough to warrant this kind of notability? E4439Qv5 (talk) 07:27, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Folly

Does Folly really belong here (as the first item even!)? Those buildings are unusual, but the article is not. Bever (talk) 09:02, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Oh-My-God particle

I'm not sure how this wasn't listed already. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maltice (talk • contribs) 03:18, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Potoooooooo

Should Potoooooooo be included in this list? It seems to me that many racehorses end up with some pretty strange names, but still... CabbagePotato (talk) 05:57, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Immovable Ladder

Suggestion for the list:

Immovable Ladder - A ladder that has remained in the same location since the 18th century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trepur999 (talk • contribs) 03:51, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

A good one. /Yvwv (talk) 07:10, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

How about:

Metabolic supermice? Also, Christmas Price Index. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Editor randy (talk • contribs) 18:47, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Penis captivus

Sounds humorous... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.222.216.59 (talk) 16:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

John Outhouse

There's nothing all that odd about him, just his name is somewhat funny. Should he be included? Margalob (talk) 02:54, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Cyberpunk derivatives

Literature? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The0K0ser (talk • contribs) 20:45, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

You have two cows

Politics and government? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The0K0ser (talk • contribs) 20:45, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Stubbs (cat)

I see that Tama (cat) and Sergeant Stubby are already listed here. But I must declare that Stubbs (cat) is the most 'entertaining' of the bunch. -- œ^™ 06:29, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Potential Additions

Why don't we put in some unusual Olympic Sports? These could include:

- Plunge For Distance (a sport where you dive and then float for a minute. It was in the 1904 Olympics) - Men's sailors 100 metre freestyle (where only Greek sailors were allowed to compete) - Tug of War (This took place for 20 years) - Underwater Swimming (Only featured once because no one watched) - Basque Pelota (No one knows the score)

There are other sports that could be included such as Pigeon Shooting, Town Planning, Poetry and others, but I could not find pages specific to them. JoshMuirWikipedia (talk) 12:25, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Another potential addition, The Allahakbarries. They were a cricket team formed by JM Barrie (author of Peter Pan), starring Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book), H.G. Wells (War of the Worlds) and Author Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) to name a few. JM Barrie also wrote a book about it, which had a foreword by Donald Bradman.

Yet another potential one is Godwin's Law, which is "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1".

Another is monkey tree phenomenon, where people worshipped a callus on a tree. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoshMuirWikipedia (talk • contribs) 11:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Another possibility is the Old Man of the Lake, a piece of wood notable for floating in a lake for 120 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoshMuirWikipedia (talk • contribs) 12:08, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Haha! I like that one! Indeed unusual. Can anyone think of a witty tagline for Old Man of the Lake? -- œ^™ 06:32, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

A Modest Proposal

While only satirical, I think most people would find an essay about paying women to make children for the express purpose of human consumption interesting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:542:8102:1609:A41E:6899:47EB:4480 (talk) 19:48, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Discussion: New shortcut?

This list seems to have attracted the attention of growing youtube channel Wendover Productions. He has made a series of videos on article in this list, referring to the list as TWL, or That Wikipedia List. Googling "that wikipedia list" provides several links referring to this article, including the first link being this article itself. This list seems to be becoming known on the internet as TWL, so I think that a WP:TWL shortcut is in order. However, WP:TWL already redirects to the Wikipedia library. Should the shortcut redirect to this article instead? I think it should since TWL seems to more notably refer to Wikipedia:Unusual Articles and not Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library. pluma♫ ♯ 21:21, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Project-space dab page is another option. -- œ^™ 12:07, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Null Island

...a fictional island in the Gulf of Guinea located where the equator crosses the prime meridian, at coordinates 0°N 0°E. -- œ^™ 12:08, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Impossible color

This could be interesting. (Has anyone heard of reddish-green?) Mooseandbruce1 (talk) 06:38, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

I like this one, Mooseandbruce1. Made me think of The dress. jonkerz ♠talk 16:20, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Battle of Bicocca

A battle between France-Venetia and Spain-Papal States with more than 3.000 deaths on the first side and one in the second. -Theklan (talk) 15:05, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Not Cross buns

they aren't cross. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_cross_bun — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.69.81.95 (talk) 19:54, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Why is this page so hard to access?

Just searched for it using the search box. Nothing. Instead I had to go to the fox tossing article and find what linked to it.

It should be easier to search for since it is one of the best pages on Wikipedia. And no, I don't visit here often so can't remember the precise naming system. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.88.16.30 (talk) 22:59, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Garden hermits

They're weird! Sea Captain Cormac 17:28, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

They make follies look sensible!--Jack Upland (talk) 08:02, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Did you mean follies? Trivialist (talk) 10:36, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Some of the articles are redirects

Some of the articles are redirects, in which this list was outdated. Should I remove them?

I don't understand. Do the redirects point to the right place (the topic "advertised" here might not have an article of its own, but rather be a section of a larger article)? If not, can you figure out what article was intended? EEng 16:54, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Mount Typo

Does this really belong here? As it is, the article is only the stubbiest of stubs, naming the place and that's it. No history, no explanation of the name, nothing. It should suffice to have it in some "unusual place name" list, but since it even isn't a real article, I think it is wrong here. --Ulkomaalainen (talk) 22:50, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Squirrels

Squirrel attacks is a redirect and the "cyberterrorism" one also redirects to Electrical disruptions caused by squirrels. Shouldn't the redundant links be removed? 169.228.147.248 (talk) 21:11, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

My Immortal (fan fiction)

Is this article unusual enough to be featured here? Specifically in the Literature section? --2601:CE:C000:61D:399F:4DE3:960D:F81F (talk) 23:08, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Sophisticated Art

This Project page is a masterpiece. A prime example of modern art in its finest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DatGuyonYouTube (talk • contribs) 16:13, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Humor...

So, for those who don't know, the article used to have a lot more humorous descriptions (see here for such a point in time)....at some point this was toned down into more straightforward ones - and perhaps adding to the...more seriousness...of it now, a lot of articles added to it that aren't actually unusual articles but info within them is (2005 United States Grand Prix for instance). ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 23:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Those were good times. We should revive those times. And maybe we can stop the feud of whether or not to keep the humor tag. DatGuyonYouTube (talk) 16:41, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

I entirely disagree. I prefer the straightforward approach. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:21, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

• Well now there’s another tag on it, a big fat protection notice since there is continued edit warring involving multiple users. When you see an edit being repeatedly reverted, the corect thing to do is never to continue restoring it.Beeblebrox (talk) 17:31, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Pages with unusual titles?

@Not a very active user: added

• Talk:Talk Talk Talk, Talk:Talk Talk and Talk:Talk, three talk pages with very funny titles

I don't know if I would call them "very funny," but they are unusual and amusing. Should there be a Wikipedia:Pages with unusual titles? Trivialist (talk) 19:41, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Fine as is. EEng 23:26, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Tables too wide, first column unnecessarily stretched to 30% of the page

I made this exploratory / test edit a week ago: Why is forcing % width ever necessary? Think of the phone users! Especially in the →‎Africa: section with its very short article names; all I could see was the left column and a LOT of blank space (room enough for the right column to be put there if only it wasn't forced width) It has not been reverted since (over 1 week). May I proceed with fixing all the other sub-pages? •ː• 3ICE •ː• 15:31, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Be WP:BOLD! TompaDompa (talk) 16:04, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

National Socialist League (United States)

Don't you think that the Gay Nazi Party itself is worthy of a spot on this list, rather than just a mention on the description for Faggin-Nazzi alphabet? --2601:CE:C180:6B45:9440:6B3C:7182:4E7B (talk) 01:12, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Nup, the non-gay Nazis would be notable — if in fact they exist.--Jack Upland (talk) 10:30, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Where would "Mozart and scatology" fall under?

One Article that I would like to add to the list is Mozart and scatology(just go to the article, I'm not spoiling anything). I think this would be a great addition to the list, given the subject matter and the person, plus, it fits all the criteria for a unusual article. However, I'm conflicted on where does this belongs. I think it would either fall into the Science category under the Medicine and Health section or the Popular culture, entertainment and the arts category under the Music section. I know it would fall towards the latter, but I'm not sure. Where would it belong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EditorTheInvertedFan (talk • contribs) 05:24, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

EditorTheInvertedFan, I'd go with Music. EEng 05:42, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Yep, music. Scat singing and all that jazz.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:48, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

[[File:rimshot.gif]] But seriously, I'd go with Music also. Trivialist (talk) 12:23, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

What was this?

I once saw a sea monster called Jenny that was made from a ray's corpse. It has a last name, but the look creeps me out too much for me to find it. I'm curious, also why is it called that? ^いくらBraden1127 _イクラꅇ 04:49, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Jenny's surname is too horrible to repeat. Man Ray's last name is post-humorous. The corpus delicti has not yet been written. It's not over till the fat mermaid sings.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:50, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

The heck, Jack? You didn't read it. The description was along the lines of "A grotesque sea monster made from the corpse of a ray". ^いくらBraden1127 _イクラꅇ 14:29, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Oh, I thought you were just talking nonsense. I think you're after Jenny Haniver. WARNING: DO NOT LOOK AT THIS PAGE!--Jack Upland (talk) 21:14, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

How nice of you! And I won't click the link. Now remember to double check. I hope you find the joke in this. Very clever it will be. Every letter at the start of each sentence. Read those. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Braden1127 (talk • contribs) 16:25, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Wait, she would rather play Bohemian Rhapsody by rubbing lemons! ^いくらBraden1127 _イクラꅇ 00:45, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

I think I would rather listen to an Abbyssinian maid than listen to Olivia Neutron Bomb on roller skates. Cue the banjos.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:42, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Cue Jenny Haniver rubbing lemons in a flawed attempt to play Bohemian Rhapsody, and you didn't see my response to you mentioning her surname. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Braden1127 (talk • contribs) 03:27, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

And the lemons are powering a Raspberry Pi running Baldi's Basics, but the music is composed by Jenny Haniver with the lemon rubbing, and it was run through an equivalent to a ROM corruptor, and Reshiram is eating his cookies and the crumbs are in the circuits of the Raspberry Pi, and I am wondering what is going on now as the skate corpse that knows how to rub lemons to make music, the teacher with the electric ruler, the DIY computer, the cookie loving dragon, and the et ceteras try to figure why you thought I was talking nonsense. ^いくらBraden1127 _イクラꅇ 03:36, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Jenny plays the lemons by rubbing 'em! ^いくらBraden1127 _イクラꅇ 01:16, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Steve (atmospheric phenomenon)

"Steve appears as a very narrow arc extending for hundreds or thousands of miles, aligned east-west. Steve generally lasts for 20 minutes to an hour. As of March 2018, Steve has only been spotted in the presence of an aurora. Steve was not observed from October 2016 to February 2017, or from October 2017 to February 2018, leading NASA to believe that Steve may only appear in certain seasons."

This one can go right under "Project Steve" in the Science section. ;) -- œ^™ 08:00, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Time to split out the non-unusual ARTICLES?

So, someone recenty added Mighty No. 9 because it has one notible factoid of unusualness....but in and of itself it doesn't belong on the page any more than almost any other notable video game. I've mentioned this before but I do find it odd that there's a number of entries on the list like that (a lot of them on the border), especially stuff like Interstate 19 and stuff like 2005 United States Grand Prix (and all other similarly run of the mill sporting events that WP would cover regardess of weirdness in them). I dunno what the article could be called but they don't fit the theme of 'unusual to cover but since WP is digital we can' sort of thing. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 04:11, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Oh gosh yeah. Yeah those three articles you named don't belong anywhere near this page. You should just delete them. If somebody puts them back then we can have a discussion. Herostratus (talk) 05:34, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Proposal for adding and removing articles

Does Batman really need to be on this list? It's only weird if you really think about it. Also, I think Roman von Ungern-Sternberg and Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln are articles that defiantly need to be on this list (in the history section, of course). --2601:CE:C180:6B45:5907:5E3A:3C1D:4E6A (talk) 17:41, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

I did remove Batman the comic figure. (Added another Batman tho.) ;) St.nerol (talk) 17:43, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Dennis Hof

I think that Dennis Hof, a pimp who won an election to the Nevada Assembly almost a month after his death, should be featured on this page. --2601:CE:C180:6B45:68E7:726F:56C:ADC1 (talk) 06:49, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Remove duplicate entires

For example, the Sacred Band of Thebes is listed twice, under two different categories. Can we try to remove duplicated entries and replace them with new ones, now that anonymous editors are banned for 2019? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.116.136.28 (talk) 17:52, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2019

I want to submit one fun fact, please. TimberlandSock (talk) 12:56, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. DannyS712 (talk) 13:25, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Shooting Parachutists is a War Crime

This should be a fun fact. The topic is war. Someone should add it, I think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TimberlandSock (talk • contribs) 19:35, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I agree Musicguy9211 (talk) 00:50, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Addition of Multiocular O (ꙮ) to the language section

Multiocular O. It is a stub, yes, but it's definitely a topic I think most would find unusual due to it's bizarre appearance. Maybe a caption like "it's watching you." 209.52.88.115 (talk) 22:28, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Proposal of adding a new article to the list

Hello, I have created a new article for Wikipedia. The article is Marcelo de Jesus Silva, and I suggest that he should be added to the death section. The background on why I want to add him is why:

He was a dwarf serial killer. He and with his death squad, killed more than 20 people in Pirajá, Bahia, Brazil. He was murdered in 2010. While he was in action, a tall friend would often carry him on the shoulder so Jesus Silva could fire a sub-machine gun. And, the more unusual, on one occasion, during a police investigaion in a morro in Salvador, several teams were attempting to capture a bandit. By radio, police officers communicated about the operation and the warning that the bandit walked off the morro. Jesus Silva had dribbled the police: When the police officers were discussing if the criminal had escaped, one of the officers said: "Only a dwarf has walked", one police officers responded: "The dwarf was the man!", but Jesus Silva had already escaped. Best regards.--Cientific124 (talk) 05:26, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

New article

Should we add https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodbath_of_B-R5RB, possibly the largest PVP event in history? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 3thanguy7 (talk • contribs) 21:43, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

Spam

Today I removed links to a website that was spammed to the following pages:

• Talk:List of methods of torture[3]
• Talk:List of people who disappeared mysteriously: post-1970[4]
• Talk:Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp[5]
• Talk:Star jelly[6]
• Talk:Gef[7]
• Talk:List of unsolved deaths[8]
• Talk:List of people who died climbing Mount Everest[9]
• Talk:Albert Fish[10]
• Talk:Skinwalker Ranch[11]
• User talk:Jimbo Wales[12]
• Wikipedia talk:Unusual articles[13]

I did not remove it from Wikipedia:Press coverage 2019,[14] where in my opinion it is appropriate.

Chris troutman disagreed with one of my removals:[15]

Template:Press says

"Do not use this template to highlight poor quality sources that would not normally be sufficient to support article content."

That describes this source perfectly. In my opinion, all of the material linking to [ https://theoutline.com/post/7749/creepy-wikipedia-explainer ] is spam, essentially promoting [ https://www.reddit.com/r/CreepyWikipedia/ ]. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:08, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

@Guy Macon: Proof that a better edit summary would have explained your edit. This is a collaborative project. To editor Gråbergs Gråa Sång: You added this press from The Outline (website) to several articles today. In light of what Guy Macon points out, aren't you in contravention? Chris Troutman (talk) 17:21, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

I was just writing an answer at my talkpage, but I'll make it here instead. I found this article today, put it and two others at Wikipedia:Press coverage 2019. I often put articles like these on talkpages too, but in the case of "Please use..." there were unusually many (I actually skipped a few). I also put it on Jimbotalk and a related Wikiprojecttalk[16], and put a quote I liked on my userpage. Possibly overdoing it, sure, but I hope you'll take my word that I am not adding it for the purpose of promoting a website or a product (WP:LINKSPAM). I've I had never heard of r/CreepyWikipedia either, but I think the statement that the article is essentially promoting it is a long stretch. I also got into a not-quite-EW at Talk:Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp, but I didn't think the stated reasons good enough.

Per The Outline (website) and [17], it is not obvious to me that the site falls under "poor quality sources that would not normally be sufficient to support article content" per the guidance at Template:Press in this context. It may not be the first choice for a BLP, but not glaringly awful. And no BLP:s were involved, unless you count the Lizard man.

So all in all, I disagree with Guy's actions, including the warning at my talkpage and the removal of the thread from Jimbotalk. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:01, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Pinging Chris troutman. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:03, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

I believe that you have misunderstood the purpose of the press template. Sometimes the topic of a Wikipedia article gets discussed extensively (not just mentioned in passing) on a widely-viewed website. In such cases we often get a flood of editors at that page. The press template is to notify the regulars of this.

Re "I've never heard of r/CreepyWikipedia either", did you not read the website before spamming it to so many talk pages? --Guy Macon (talk) 18:16, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Misspelling, please read that "I had never heard of r/CreepyWikipedia either".

That is a purpose of the presstemplate, and maybe what will cause you to use it if you do, but not the only one. Neither "Template:Press" or "This article has been mentioned by a media organization:" says anything of purpose, that or any other. As I see it, there is no problem with adding articles that doesn't flood editors (and this one may, who knows). They can inspire (cool, someone noticed the article I edited!), provide sources and perspectives, or just add a little levity, depending on reader. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:40, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

And if the alert function is the relevant one, "Do not use this template to highlight poor quality sources that would not normally be sufficient to support article content." would seem to cripple that intent. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:44, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Does this belong here?

Sorry if I make any mistakes regarding formatting or such, as this is one of my first edits to Wikipedia. Anyway, today I found this article with an extremely long name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon Does this belong on the "Unusual Articles", or no? LunalaMoon (talk) 13:03, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

I think it is, and I would like to thank you for noticing it and posting here. Please keep editing Wikipedia. You are the kind of person who we need.

If you look at Wikipedia:Wikipedia records#Articles with longest titles it appears that it isn't just long, but is the longest article title on Wikipedia! --Guy Macon (talk) 16:08, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

Another one?

Mojave Phone Booth, an award-winning feature film based on an actual phone booth in the middle of the Mohave desert (already on the list). 107.15.157.44 (talk) 05:32, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

I would like to nominate article about Emperor Norton, a citizen of San Fransisco who declare himself as Emperor of United States and Protector of Mexico — Preceding unsigned comment added by PrasetioW (talk • contribs) 02:15, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Looking at removing Squirrel attacks

It looks like that entry on Animal attacks got removed. I'll do some more digging.

lomrjyo(About)

16:19, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Proposing removal of the Brabham BT46(B) from this page

I propose that we remove the Brabham BT46(B) since it doesn't fulfil any of the criteria required for it to be included on this page. The only criteria that it (kind of) fulfils is the *The subject is a clear anomaly—something that defies common sense, common expectations or common knowledge, such as Bir Tawil, Märket, Phineas Gage, Snow in Florida, etc.* criteria, but F1 cars generally defy common sense, expectations, and knowledge. 95.205.57.47 (talk) 15:08, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

There is for sure quite a few articles in here that don't fufil the requirement. I say be bold and go for it. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 06:11, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Nuke it from orbit. Then find a few others we can do without. The list gets too big as time goes by and needs occasional pruning. --Guy Macon (talk) 08:04, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 November 2019

Remove the Brabham BT46 from the Technology, inventions and products section since it doesn't fulfil any of the criteria to be on this page. 95.205.57.47 (talk) 08:02, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done Sceptre (talk) 12:48, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Please add Paternosters

They are fascinating, and definitely belong on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.118.241.67 (talk) 02:28, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

I'd support that. YttriumShrew 04:30, 11 December 2019

Gum Wall

The Gum Wall shows a California flag, but it is in Washington. Please fix this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.118.241.67 (talk) 23:34, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Done. Ionmars10 (talk) 01:29, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Squirrel Girl

I would like to nominate Squirrel Girl to the Wikipedia:Unusual articles#Squirrels section. "Her ability to communicate with squirrels is surprisingly effective and has allowed her to defeat major supervillains." --Guy Macon (talk) 02:46, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Nobody has responded, so let me explain why I believe Squirrel Girl belongs on this page.

I added it here:[18]

Per the inclusion criteria on the page:

"The subject is a clear anomaly—something that defies common sense, common expectations or common knowledge"

What makes Squirrel Girl unusual is her ability to defeat far more powerful adversaries -- both supeheroes and supervillians -- using the power of squirrels. That is an anomaly that defies common sense and common expectations.

• "For years, supervillains have tried to take over the world and defeat every single superhero in the Marvel comic book universe, whether it's Doctor Doom, the Red Skull or Ultron. In a new graphic novel released this week, one character finally manages to make that dream come true — but it's not who fans might expect. Well, unless they've read the title The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe!, of course. The stand-alone graphic novel sees one of Marvel's biggest breakout stars of recent years take on everyone from Iron Man and the Avengers to Doctor Strange, Spider-Man and Magneto and (spoiler!) win."[19]

• " ...'Squirrel Girl Goes to College: A Squirrel Girl Play,' by Karen Zacarías[...], who chose to write for Squirrel Girl from a selection of offered Marvel characters. 'This girl kicks butts and eats nuts! And she’s never been defeated — even Dr. Doom cannot withstand her charm and intelligence and can-do attitude,' the 'Native Gardens' playwright told The Times on Monday.,"[20]
• " 'Get in the purse, Tippy-Toe,' Doreen exclaims, as she rushes off to change into costume. 'I guess I’m not joining anime club after all… I’m just gonna have to go kick Galactus’ butt instead!' And that—in the next three issues—is what she does..."[21]
• "Now, if you’ve read any Squirrel Girl comics, you know she has a penchant for trumping even the most powerful opponents pretty easily, so taking on the entire Marvel universe shouldn’t pose too much of a problem for her."[22]
• "...there's a lasting consequence to it that winds up shaping how the character would be treated for the next 25 years. And that consequence, one more time, is that Squirrel Girl beat Doctor Doom. Like, in a fight. Canonically."[23]
• "One of the running jokes that’s followed Squirrel Girl has been her string of victories over heroes and villains who’ve long been established as some of Marvel’s most fearsome personages. Used to be that these feats got referred to in an offhanded way—”yeah, I heard she spanked Ultron”—but readers have gotten up close looks at some of these encounters in her ongoing series The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl."[24]
• "Squirrel Girl is redefining what it means to be a superhero in this series. As the title says, Doreen 'Squirrel Girl' Green is unbeatable, which means she doesn’t have to resort to force to solve her problems. "[25]
• "Created in 1992, Squirrel Girl is a bit of an anomaly in the Marvel Universe as easily one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel canon who happens to have one of the silliest gimmicks. This is the heroine who can take down a powerhouse villain like Thanos … with her squirrelly squirrel powers. And she’s a bit of a goofball."[26]
• "I can tell you the exact moment I knew The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl was something special. It was in the fourth issue of the title’s first volume, as Squirrel Girl and her trusty sidekick/best friend Tippy-Toe (who is a squirrel, of course) face off with Galactus on the moon. We’ve been building to it, and predictably, it’s a one-sided affair… Favoring Squirrel Girl, of course. The first page of the issue doubles as its last, with Squirrel Girl and Tippy-Toe triumphantly taking a selfie above the defeated body of Galactus. Roll credits – literally, as it jumps into the letters column on the second page – and have a nice day."[27]
• "Doctor Doom, Thanos, Wolverine and Deadpool are some of the most dangerous characters in the Marvel Universe, but there's one hero that's beaten them all -- and it's not Thor, Hulk or any of the usual suspects. No, [Squirrel Girl] Doreen Green has taken on and defeated the biggest and baddest the Marvel U has to offer"[28]
• "Squirrel Girl was specifically written as a response to the Darker and Edgier comics of the '90s. She basically serves as a litmus test for those who take comics too seriously, specifically those who think darker and edgier is automatically better. If you're the kind of fan who gets upset when a happy-go-lucky girl with the powers of a squirrel defeats god-level threats, you're exactly the kind of fan Squirrel Girl was written to address. In her first appearance, she took down Doctor Doom without the help of a nearby Iron Man, who refused her request to become his new sidekick earlier that day."[29]

In my opinion, Squirrel Girl is unusual enough to belong on this page. --Guy Macon (talk) 16:05, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

After looking at the other Comics and animation entries, I don't think this is unusual enough for the general audience, and some of the entries already listed wouldn't make the cut, either. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:12, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

I will be fine with whatever the consensus is on this one. Does anyone else want to weigh in? --Guy Macon (talk) 16:44, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm with Chris troutman on this. Would certainly be unusual if she weren't a fictional character though. WMSR (talk) 17:14, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

That's the thing: with fiction, anything odd can be created. The best articles on the list are real things, places, and events that are unexpected. For me, the existence, not the nature of the fiction, would have to be counter-intuitive. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

[30] --Guy Macon (talk) 19:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Concurring with Chris troutman. In a fantastical universe, violation of common sense is the expectation, so unless Squirrel Girl is notable for subverting some common expectation in the real world, she's really no more unusual than any other fictional character with a niche ability. Ionmars10 (talk) 20:05, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

See here's the thing. The unusual articles page was originally created with the intention of including articles which because of Wikipedia's digital nature could be included -- I would say that, despite her being unusual in the context of superhero media -- and here's the important bit -- /the act of having an article about the character/ isn't unusual in the context of everything else. This is true for a LOT of articles which have landed on the page (I mean, people have put routine sporting events that would pretty much get covered no matter what but happened to have something unusual happen in them).

The difference is, perhaps, a bit subtle and I gave up caqring too much when I stopped editing regularly on WP, but still it does bother me that so many people can't understand this difference. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 06:11, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫, Please see the "Pre-RfC discussion: Inclusion criteria" section below. --Guy Macon (talk) 10:45, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Pre-RfC discussion: Inclusion criteria

I would like to have an informal discussion about our criteria for inclusion (CFI), with a possible followup RfC if we don't reach a consensus in this discussion. To prepare, I would ask everyone who wishes to participate to review the inclusion criteria at the top of the article as of

• December 2019[31]
• December 2014[32]
• December 2009[33]
• December 2004[34]

--Guy Macon (talk)

Guy Macon's suggested criteria for inclusion

I am going to start off with

• Not something that you would expect an encyclopedia to cover. This would exclude "things that are unusual, but including them in an encyclopedia is pretty normal".
• Has existed as an article for at least 90 days. There are a bunch of unusual articles that are quickly deleted.

I am open to consider adding "Must have an external reference from a reliable source that specifically classifies the page as unusual", but be aware that if we enforce this we would have to delete a bunch of entries, including some that really do belong on the list but no RS has bothered to talk about them and call them unusual.

I also think that "Not something that you would expect a dead tree encyclopedia like Britannica to cover" would let in far too many articles. Britannica has many reasons for not having an article on a topic. We shouldn't assume that anything they don't include is unusual. --Guy Macon (talk) 10:44, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Melodia's suggested criteria for inclusion

• I would note that this is NOT an article and it's in WP space, so references shouldn't be required for sure. There's plenty of articles are are pretty obvious they should be here. As for length.....eh I disagree there as relinks can be trimmed if seen (though obviously the bigger issue is redirects). Otherwise, yes emphatically the page has ALWAYS been about Guy Macon's first point -- "Not something that you would expect an encyclopedia to cover. This would exclude "things that are unusual, but including them in an encyclopedia is pretty normal"." ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 13:35, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

User:Example's criteria for inclusion

• Please make a copy of this example section for the next person.
• As the discussion progresses and people change their minds, please try to edit your suggested criteria for inclusion to be as close as possible to at least one of the others -- possibly replacing it with "I agree with User:Example" -- to make it easier to determine the consensus.

Potoooooooo

I propose that we add the racehorse Potoooooooo to the list (in the Mammals section) due to its unusual name. Plenty of other articles on the list are only there due to unusual names, so this fits as well. ~~ NineFiveSeven 18:40, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

NineFiveSeven, I just added him to the "Individual animals" section. By the way, if you find any other articles that you're pretty sure meet the criteria, feel free to add them yourself. Ionmars10 (talk) 20:37, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Removed Julie D'Aubigny

The main reason this article was in WP:UA was because "She burnt down a convent to free her girlfriend". However, that is only one sentence of the article, which is a very usual article. It didn't even say she had a girlfriend in the first place. 🌺Kori🌺 - (@) 16:06, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Nonexistent page

I noticed that the list contains a link to a page that doesn't exist, namely "list of unnamed fictional presidents of the united states". Is there a reason for this, or should it be removed? I'm new at this, so I don't want to be removing things that I shouldn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iwasateenagecannibalwerewolffrombeyondplanetx (talk • contribs) 03:19, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Iwasateenagecannibalwerewolffrombeyondplanetx, I've just removed it, seeing as it's an article which previously existed but was recently deleted per consensus. Ionmars10 (talk) 03:29, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Magdeburg Water Bridge

I think that the article Magdeburg Water Bridge should be included here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.82.167.45 (talk) 03:59, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

I don't see anything unusual about it. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 04:06, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

It's a river over a river. --73.82.167.45 (talk) 17:20, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Yang Kyoungjong

Why was the article Yang Kyoungjong removed from this page? Is it because it might be a hoax? --73.82.167.45 (talk) 04:35, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes, that may be so. Wikipedia is strictly against hoaxes, and it's best to unlink them. Koridas ^talk? 05:12, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

I don't see why it's a hoax though Koridas ^talk? 05:13, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

There's nothing wrong with articles ABOUT hoaxes. The issue is if the article ITSELF is a hoax. Looking at the article it's possible that no such person existed, but that doesn't make it a hoax article; as long as there's an article that hasn't been deleted there's no reason it couldn't be on the page. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 13:40, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Battle of Suiyang

How could I add the Battle of Suiyang to this page? "20,000-30,000 Tang civilians were eaten", yet the battle was a "decisive Tang strategic victory" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.58.216.130 (talk) 14:22, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Koro. And also, Koro

The page lists Koro and also Penis panic, but they both point to the same article. Consensus in which link to delete (and mention in the other's description)? IAmNitpicking (talk) 11:41, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Unusual YouTube channels

I think that HowToBasic and SiIvaGunner are articles worthy of being included here. --2600:6C5A:657F:E837:95A6:E07B:4D50:1494 (talk) 23:40, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Firefighting in Antarctica

The irony of Firefighting in Antarctica may be worth listing. Ypna (talk) 05:21, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Seconded. Trivialist (talk) 11:25, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

On second thought, I just noticed that there are already two "_____ in Antarctica" articles listed, so three may be too many. Trivialist (talk) 23:16, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

I don't see anything wrong with this. Should be added. Eridian314 (talk) 17:42, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Jervis Bay

Briefly ceded to the ACT to give it access to the sea despite not bordering the ACT.

"Briefly ceded to the ACT" doesn't seem to be true. The issue of it not bordering the ACT seems fairly irrelevant...--Jack Upland (talk) 21:51, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Rob Ford

Mayor with many addiction issues, eventually leading to a leaked video of him smoking crack cocaine. Not sure if it's worthy, though. Lucksash (talk) 13:27, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Added it because I didn't see any issues. If the mention of Doug is irrelevant feel free to remove it. Lucksash (talk) 22:38, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Inconsistent English variety

The article uses both "meter" and "metre." Also "color" and "colour," and there are probably others. Can someone less lazy than me please consistentize it? 89.168.84.22 (talk) 23:32, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Isis Chan

My Suggestion for an addition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISIS-chan I would consider it worthy. PT489 (talk) 04:52, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Jack Lang

Can someone change the description in the Jack Lang bit under the history section from WW2 to WW1. He was premier in the 1930s so WW2 hadn't even happened.

I took the liberty of removing that entry entirely since Jack Lang's own article barely mentions it and it's not that unusual anyway. Rublov (talk) 17:16, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Honoré de Balzac

he was a French novelist, playwright; with an interesting name. i think this could be put in the Unusual names section, but I'd like some consensus before i put the article there. Realmaxxver (talk) 14:43, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Articles about famous authors are not unusual, and the name isn't even all that unusual (for a French person). IAmNitpicking (talk) 17:56, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Thoughts on the Tide Pod Consumption article

Any thoughts on adding the Consumption of Tide Pods article? It seems like it fits the criteria perfectly to me.

The article is something a reasonable person would not expect to find in a standard encyclopedia. 	✓
The subject is a clear anomaly—something that defies common sense, common expectations or common knowledge, such as Bir Tawil, Märket, Phineas Gage, Snow in Florida, etc. 	✓ 
The subject is well-documented for unexpected notoriety or an unplanned cult following at extreme levels, such as Ampelmännchen or All your base are belong to us. 	✓
The subject is a notorious hoax, such as the Sokal affair or Mary Toft.  ✓

DeVos Max (talk) 23:01, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Support. It seems to fit the criteria. Probably fits best in the Internet memes and online culture section, although Hygiene and Sanitation could also work. YttriumShrew (talk)

Cross Florida Barge Canal

You can't navigate it by barge, because much of it is dry land. Might be worthy of inclusion? 79.64.186.132 (talk) 04:33, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Not really - this looks like an article on a cancelled project. Nick-D (talk) 05:13, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Nothing unusual about an article on a canal. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 12:30, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

William Utermohlen

An American artist who drew self portraits while suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Realmaxxver (talk) 09:56, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

The Wizard of New Zealand comments

I noticed that the said person is in the "Other pages" section of the page, which mentions non-articles. I suggest that any of you would move to an appropriate area. I would likely put it to the "Politics and government" section since he gained the title from the Prime Minister serving at the time. CrisBalboa1 (talk) 01:10, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Dick Warlock

I think the American actor Dick Warlock deserves a spot on the unusual names section of this list. TheBigDog909 (talk) 01:49, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

@TheBigDog909: I think the list will quickly become too long unless we restrict it to names that are truly unusual. "Dick" was formerly a fairly common male first name in the English-speaking world, and "Warlock" isn't that unusual of a last name, so I would oppose this addition. Rublov (talk) 11:47, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

About a third of Serbian Wikipedia's articles are about mexican towns

An erroneous mexican town name in Google Maps brang me to the Serbian Wikipedia. I noticed that there are a lot, A LOT of very basic articles about mexican towns, most of the articles don't even exist in Spanish Wikipedia. I, being a spanish speaking mexican, find this very amusing. Aparently in the Serbian Wikipedia most of the articles about Mexico were created vía automation of some kind: the timestaps of most articles are inhumanely close to each other and they take reference to the GeoNames database. If you search for the words "Мексику" (which is a cyrillization of "Mexico") and "GeoNames" you get about 205,893 articles in result . The Serbian Wikipedia has 650,828 articles at the moment , so about 31.63% of the SR wiki is dedicated to my dear country, technically speaking. I think someone messed up spectacularly over there, or maybe this is evidence of vandalism.

It seems that Italy has a similar treatment with 57.833 articles, searching only for "GeoNames" results in 273,779 articles, so the majority are about Mexico. I am quite interested in knowing the history behind all of this. I don't know if this fits the Unusual Articles criteria, or maybe this can have a place in Wikipedia:Silly Things, anyway I just wanted to share this bit of odd knowledge Osvoldon (talk) 03:52, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

This doesn't really belong here, but it certainly is interesting. It would probably be better put on project pages of those Wikipedias. YttriumShrew (talk) 04:30, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Beverages issue

I edited the "Beverages" section yesterday, but a user reverted the changes because they do not "appear constructive." What I actually did is that I removed the link to "Beer goggles" as it now redirects to a section on the article "Alcohol and sex." I also changed some titles because they are also redirects, whether it is a minor capitalisation or better wording, and I used the current names to fix some of them. These redirect titles include "Kopi Luwak" (as "Civet coffee"; now "Luwak" uses small letter "l"), Grapefruit juice effect, and Soda and candy eruption. This also applies to other sections where I noticed no users changed the links and I am usually the one who changes them. I was wondering if anyone else could update and change the redirected links in the entire "Unusual Articles" page. CrisBalboa1 (talk) 16:58, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

@CrisBalboa1: I restored your version, and Wtmitchell mentioned on my talk page that the revert was a misclick. Vahurzpu (talk) 18:04, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. CrisBalboa1 (talk) 18:36, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Dispute on Wikipedia:Unusual articles/Mathematics and numbers

Crossover1370 and I have come into dispute over this edit on Wikipedia:Unusual articles/Mathematics and numbers. I'll ask some recently active editors for a second opinion. CrisBalboa1, Artem.G, what do you think? Rublov (talk) 13:50, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

I think the current edit makes more sense if a person who does not know any maths would understand. I also like the first part if it suggests that the equation would equal to infinity. CrisBalboa1 (talk) 13:59, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

I think it's better without Numberphile and Parker square... Artem.G (talk) 14:01, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Okay, I'm fine with Crossover1370's edits in that case. Rublov (talk) 16:19, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Feast of the Ass

A medieval feast day, I think the name makes this fairly self-explanatory. jonas (talk) 23:55, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Fantasy coffin

I think the fantasy coffin article is interesting enough to be included in this list, don't you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Silvanus Aikaterine (talk • contribs) 01:38, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Should 'speedrun' be removed from the list?

I'm not removing this myself due to a WP:COI (I am a speedrunner myself), but personally I don't think speedrunning is an 'unusual' topic. It doesn't seem that unusual compared to some of the other 'sports' on the list. (like Lawn mower racing) Many games somewhat incorporate speedrunning into the actual game themselves, by setting a goal time for a level, and with the popularity of events such as Games Done Quick, speedrunning seems more on the public consciousness than it used to. As well, there doesnt seem to be anything especially unusual about trying to beat video games as fast as possible, given that people have tried to do a whole load of things as fast as possible (Speed Climbing, Speedcubing, Competitive programming, Speed typing contest, to name a few), none of which would be normally considered unusual, except if the subject matter is unusual (Competitive eating) DNVIC (talk) 13:37, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

I think years ago when it was added, it was a good addiion, but yeah these days it's far far more mainstream, getting tons of overage on gaming sites. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 05:04, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I think "speedrun" should be removed. Competitive programming? Now that's an unusual topic! Minkai (boop that talk button!-contribs-ANI Hall of Fame) 18:08, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Agree. Not that unusual these days. Huggums537 (talk) 01:20, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Oddly satisfying videos and Society for Preventing Parents from Naming Their Children Jennifer

Oddly satisfying videos (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google)

Society for Preventing Parents from Naming Their Children Jennifer (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|google)

I think these two articles certainly deserve a place in the list, but they are a bit stubby. Any opinions on their inclusion? Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 17:22, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

The second one should definitely be included in the article. 70.124.147.243 (talk) 00:05, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Second one yes, first one why not? Huggums537 (talk) 01:24, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Project Graham

I've seen this page get a massive surge in popularity ovenight, likely due to a YouTuber called "VaazkLShorts" which released a short video about this article, and got ~147,000 views. QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 20:39, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Sure. It has my vote. Huggums537 (talk) 01:28, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

austalia dosent exist

Facebook user Shelley Floryd has written a pretty epic and quite lengthy status as to why she believes Australia simply isn’t a thing.

Shelley wrote, "Australia is not real. It’s a hoax, made for us to believe that Britain moved over their criminals to someplace. In reality, all these criminals were loaded off the ships into the waters, drowning before they could see land ever again. It’s a coverup for one of the greatest mass murders in history, made by one of the most prominent empires.

Australia does not exist. All things you call “proof” are actually well fabricated lies and documents made by the leading governments of the world. Your Australian friends? They’re all actors and computer generated personas, part of the plot to trick the world.

If you think you’ve ever been to Australia, you’re terribly wrong. The plane pilots are all in on this, and have in all actuality only flown you to islands close nearby – or in some cases, parts of South America, where they have cleared space and hired actors to act out as real Australians."

┗|｀O′|┛

yeah Australia doesn't exist obviously not like ive lived here for 40 years — Preceding unsigned comment added by Why meo (talk • contribs) 01:06, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

You simply aren't real. You''re nothing but an actor, hired to portray the fictional country "Australia" created to hide the fact that the British government has been loading their criminals into the great blue. And I know this to be true- Facebook user Shelley Floryd said so, and NOBODY on Facebook has ever been false. You will be exposed- soon, EVERYONE will know the truth. SpiderBreadIRL (talk) 15:29, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Blah. This isn't unusual. It's just conspiracy nut junk. Huggums537 (talk) 01:29, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Donda 2

I think this might be a good candidate since Ye has only released it on his Stem Player device, available for the reasonable price of $200 --FactMaster007 (talk) 13:45, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Nah. "Exclusive" doesn't really equate to unusual. Huggums537 (talk) 01:31, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Tiger vs Lion and the 27th amendment

I added Tiger versus lion to the list as it's definitely not a type of article you'd see in a typical encyclopedia. I was considering adding the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution considering that it was submitted for ratification in 1789 and wasn't ratified till 1992. Any thoughts? Scaramouche33 (talk) 18:33, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Curtis Hidden Page

I just think his name is really unusual, because it's like the concept of a "hidden page" on the Internet. Lizardcreator (talk) 23:39, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Edit: I added his entry in manually. Lizardcreator (talk) 04:08, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Why is a type of cardiomyophathy in the "Phobias" section?

In the "Phobias" section, there's an entry for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. I don't know where to put it, but it is most certainly in the wrong section. QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 19:29, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

​Good catch, this article was there since February 2013! I moved it to the more general section "Medicine and health". Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 20:07, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Suggested additions

Should Wagatha Christie, Emmanuel Macron (for his personal life), and Laser Kiwi flag be added to this list? StellarHalo (talk) 22:44, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

My thoughts:

• The first: weak no. Other than the name, there is nothing unusual in this case;
• The second: definitely no. It's not obvious to anyone looking from this list what is unusual in him. Lots of people marry to others much younger or older than them. This is not "unusual";
• The third: perhaps, especially because of the design.

Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 00:17, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 December 2022

I request the permission of editing this Wikipedia page. To be more specific, the part of "Society, Economic and Law". O recomeço (talk) 01:11, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

@O recomeço: I won't formally respond to your request, but you need to specify which change you intend to propose to that section, if you don't want for your request to be declined. Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 01:24, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: requests for decreases to the page protection level should be directed to the protecting admin or to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection if the protecting admin is not active or has declined the request. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:25, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

I have the intention of incluing the article " I love Bees" into the videogame section of Unusual articles. O recomeço (talk) 18:48, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

@O recomeço: Go ahead, only the main page is semi-protected, the subpage is not. But please have in mind WP:BRD, if your edit ends up being reverted. Best, Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 00:27, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Thank you O recomeço (talk) 14:41, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Suggested addition: American Hippo bill

I saw the article American Hippo bill in the Did You Know section of the main page recently. I think it may be unusual enough to merit inclusion in WP:UA, but I'm not sure what section it would belong in. 68.43.231.28 (talk) 14:04, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Proposed addition: Nun's farts/puffs

Nun's Farts is a really funny name for an article so we should add it in the food section. However, the article has been moved to Nun's Puffs. I don't know what name we should put it under but it should definitely be added. 209.237.105.194 (talk) 20:05, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Fixing "Death" section

I looked at the source code, and compared it to the other sections with normal tables, but couldn't find a difference. Does anyone know whats wrong with it, and could someone fix it?

Thanks! ¿V0!d? {Have a great day!} 19:46, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

The table should be fixed now. 205.213.208.210 (talk) 14:35, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Does Talk:Talk Talk Talk count?

Since it's a talk page and only the name is unusual, I have a feeling it doesn't, but it would be really funny to add if it did! 209.237.105.194 (talk) 14:50, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

It's already listed at the "Other pages" section. Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 14:55, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Oh. 209.237.105.194 (talk) 14:03, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Tone issues

This page sounds more journalistic or humorous than encyclopaedic: e.g. "Genius businessman or loony?"; "Perhaps, one of the motives that started the fragmentation of Yugoslavia. We are serious." 2A00:23C5:FE18:2701:F0F8:DB57:B640:F8BC (talk) 18:33, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Because it is intended to be.:) Template:Humor is at the top the page; as well as Template:WikiProject Department of Fun at the top of this talk page:) --DB1729^talk 19:10, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Generally, any page whose title begins "Wikipedia:" is not part of the encyclopedia proper. —Tamfang (talk) 23:26, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Proposed addition: Hairy Ball Theorem

A topological theorem with a very unfortunate name. We should add Hairy ball theorem under "mathematics and numbers. 209.237.105.194 (talk) 16:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Nevermind i added this (was not logged in at the time of creating this topic) TypoEater (talk) 18:40, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Proposed addition: List of potato museums

Museums dedicated to potatoes are already unusual, but the fact that there are enough to warrant a list of them is very weird and deserving of a place in this article. 209.237.105.194 (talk) 21:18, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Nevermind i added this (was not logged in at the time of creating this topic) TypoEater (talk) 18:40, 25 April 2023 (UTC)