This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

"Buddy Holly is gay"

But he has also "resigned as an operations manager at a Nashville delivery company as a result of the debacle".

OVERREACT MUCH? WTF am I missing something here?

ha ha I love cranks with an axe to grind.

Ha, the guy who tracked him down is a notorious crank... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Brandt

Wikipedia Watch is a website critical of Wikipedia. It is owned by Daniel Brandt, the leader of the Southwestern chapter of Aryan Nations and an Internet activist.

The first such article I read was published by Salon.com and can be found here (http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/29/google_watch/print.html). This article isn't so bad as the others, the author does expose Brandt's motives:

Brandt is not a disinterested party; the dispute between Daniel Brandt and Google is personal. He has spent thousands of hours building a Web site that he believes is both useful and important, and Google, in its algorithmic blindness, has given Brandt a lower page rank than he thinks he's entitled to. Brandt finds it genuinely hard to believe -- and even personally insulting -- that Google won't give him more credit.

However the article does paint Mr. Brandt in a friendly light, and so it lends credibility to his cause - a cause which most if not all search engine professionals would regard as absurd.

The crux of Brandt's argument can be summed up with these paragraphs from the Salon.com article.

When you type "NameBase" into Google, Brandt's site comes up first, but Brandt is not satisfied with that. "My problem has been to get Google to go deep enough into my site," he says. In other words, Brandt wants Google to index the 100,000 names he has in his database, so that a Google search for "Donald Rumsfeld" will bring up NameBase's page for the secretary of defense. For some reason, though, all of NameBase's deep pages -- its pages with specific names and citations -- have a low Google page rank, which causes them to show up low in the search results. Search for "Donald Rumsfeld" in Google and in the first five pages you get a lot of .mil and .gov sites, some news stories, and some activist sites. Namebase's entry on Rumsfeld doesn't come up. (It is in Google's database, but to find it somebody would have to first wade through hundreds of results.)

Why is a Nazi collecting people's names and citations?

One criticism of the Tribune Company is that they are responsible for the Cubs' perpetual losing. The Tribune Company discovered that the Cubs are more profitable fielding a poor team, rather than spending big on free agents. The Chicago Cubs are located in a trendy area of Chicago, causing them to have great attendance at home games, even when the team is doing poorly.

If the Tribune Company is so unhappy about this, why don't they just edit it?

ROFFLE

Plus, all the slang...

Track listing

1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain/Grohl/Novoselic) - 5:02
2. "In Bloom" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 4:15
3. "Come As You Are" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 3:39
4. "Breed" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 3:04
5. "Lithium" (Cobain) - 4:17
6. "Polly" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 2:56
7. "Territorial Pissings" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 2:23
8. "Drain You" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 3:44
9. "Lounge Act" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 2:37
10. "Stay Away" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 3:33
11. "On a Plain" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 3:17
12. "Something In The Way" (Cobain/Nirvana) - 3:51
13. "Endless, Nameless" (Hidden track) (Cobain/Hongro/Nirvana)

it appears to have been edited again, not by me:

"Endless, Nameless" (Hidden track) (Cobain/Hongro/Cuomo/Urkel/Nirvana)

Portions of the name sound like vulgarities in English and Spanish, leading to its use in various jokes. Titicaca is the lake that Cornholio, alter-ego of Beavis of MTV's animated series Beavis and Butt-head, claims to come from although he believes the lake is located in Nicaragua.

The word 'Trekdom' is used interchangeably with 'Fandom' when referring to Star Trek Fandom or their fans and has been in use by fans of Star Trek fans for several decades.

After the recent cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise, the future of Trekdom is still uncertain, though it has been scaled back to its own core. Some may believe that Trekdom might die off, or it might be extinct at the onset of such conflicts such as World War III.

"Plus, all the slang..."
But shouldn't the 81 be called a 010?

Was what I found at the top of the page when I checked wikipedia a few weeks before starting a class on the Reformation.

First go here:

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

Go to the Probe / Men in Video Awards section.

Click on the 1995 recipient of the "Best Bottom" award.

Note the expression on his face.

LOL

Cultural imperialism at its WTF-est:

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão GCL (born José Alexandre Gusmão, on June 20, 1946) is a former freedom fighter who became the first President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia.
(...)
His nickname, "Xanana", is taken from the name of the 1970's rock and roll/comedy group Sha Na Na.

On a radio interview, Trina said that the relationship was more of a "brother-sister" relationship. Later, on Victoria's RapBasement, Lil Wayne said he knew nothing of the rumors. During Wayne's childhood, he mistakenly got thought of as a gay guy but late he dismissed all these claims by watching naked gun 33 and a third.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Wayne#Personal_life

And in the next chapter:

"Lil Wayne and Trina have recently ended their porno relationship, which was stated by Lil Wayne, himself, on BET's 106 and Park."

Did someone misspell "promo"?

On signals made in the South American card game Truco:

High score for envido - Shrink the middle of the face in such a way that the skin of the nose shrinks too.

The Cure were extremely displeased with the massive turnout; according to O'Donnell: "We had been at sea for five days. The stadium was too big for us to take it all in. We've decided that we don't like playing stadiums that large." Smith recalls that "it was never our intention to become as big as this".

Processed American cheese is variously packaged in individually wrapped slices, as unwrapped slices sold in stacks, or in unsliced blocks.[11] Any similar product found in the U.S. - including with the term "single" in its name, like Kraft Singles - that does not include the specific term "cheese" along with its description is not cheese, but "cheese food", meaning it has less than 51% cheese in its ingredients

"cheese food"

Corman's short-lived comic book publishing imprint, Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics, released a two-issue take on the film in 1995, written by Bob Fingerman with art by Shane Oakley and Jason Lutes. Unable to acquire likeness licenses for the Ramones, the comic instead featured the Melvins.

In 2022, (Heidi) Fleiss announced that she would be moving to Missouri after someone shot one of her parrots with a pellet gun.

Duets
1993 "Why Don't You Try Me (with Frankie Miller)
1996 "Not an Addict" (with Skunk Anansie)
2000 "I Alone" (with Anouk)
2016 "All I Want" (with Niels Geusebroek)
2017 "Mob Wife" (with a balladeer)
2020 "Hat in Hand" (with a balladeer)

Huh?

You know, one of those anonymous roving balladeers that come into town to serenade the young maidens.

A Balladeer (styled as a balladeer) is a Dutch band, originating from Amsterdam, founded by singer-songwriter Marinus de Goederen.

I’m imagining a medieval Provençal troubadour singing about his ideal chivalric “Mob Wife.”

According to Luhrssen and Larson, the Beatles affected every genre of rock music except jazz rock.[520]

'Michelle' is slightly jazzy

Sarge is known to frequently beat up Beetle for any excuse he can think of, leaving Beetle a shapeless pulp. Once, in the February 2, 1971 strip, he even shoved Beetle through a knothole in the floorboard. Sarge is too lovable to be a villain, however. (citation needed)

officially too spicy for the UK

Sarge does get pretty raunchy

The studio was allegedly located in Blackheath above a welder's shop.

Your assignment is to guess the "he" before looking it up:

He is one of a small number of performers whose names are listed as the copyright owner on their recordings. Most records list the recording company as the owner of the recording. Others include Mariah Carey, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd (from 1975's Wish You Were Here onward), Queen, Genesis (though under the members' individual names and/or the pseudonym Gelring Limited), and Neil Diamond. The practice began with the Bee Gees and their $200 million lawsuit against RSO Records, the largest successful lawsuit against a record company by an artist or group.

I guessed wrong. But that 1986 photo on the wiki page is gold.

In 1942, the building was sold by a person or company identified as "Irving".

Ringo Starr complained that the Beatles had declined offers from Rolls Royce and Pierre Cardin, "only to end up on a beer can," in Perry's words.[7] Starr said: "I personally don't want to be on a beer can, or any other can".[10]

a person or company

according to US courts, this statement is redundant.

When asked by Levy's attorney if he had cut his hair as to not resemble the cover photo of Roots, Lennon replied, "Rubbish! I cut it every 18 months." Later on in the trial, the same lawyer asked Lennon to autograph a copy of his Mind Games album "for my daughter, I can't account for her taste."[7]

The shorter tail gives the pygmy blue whale more of a tadpole-like shape, and reflects in differences in diving behavior: whereas in the "true" blues, there is a delay between the submergence of the dorsal fin and the caudal peduncle; in pygmy blue whales, the dorsal and peduncle submerge simultaneously. Pygmy blue whales also tend to be darker than the other subspecies of blue whales, and the shape of their blowhole is different.

Three albums were made between 2019 and 2023 but also removed from distribution and outlets because of lack of recognition, interest or support in the United kingdom in terms of live agents, labels and publishers. This was the sole reason for the removal of the material.[citation needed]

This reminds me of Jeopardy when you google the source.

I cant believe the Alex Trebek wikipedia entry does not contain any Longmount Potion Castle notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HRCpLupVjw

During a long-running dispute with the local council over a building permit, Paul Delprat seceded from Mosman, a suburb of Sydney.[9] He did not claim to have seceded from New South Wales or Australia, however.[10] Wy is a supporter of art.

Bob Dylan painted Beany in his 2017 Beaten Path painting Hamburger Stand, Long Beach, based on a home movie of Beany's Drive-in Restaurant in 1952.[5]

In June 2024, The Guardian reported that McDonald had been featured in an advertisement to promote the planned UK government sale of shares in NatWest to the public (which had been announced in the March budget).[95] Because one of McDonald's conditions was that he did not want to directly tell people to buy shares, the strapline for the advert was "Are you in?".[95] The campaign had to be suspended after the announcement of the 2024 general election.[95]

Wakeman had wanted to make the album as early as 1971, but shelved it until he had completed his first album, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973), and had written some music for it.

I too have en entire projected album in my head I haven't written a note of

At one point in the call, de Falco grew so angry at Schettino's stalling that he raised his voice and told Schettino, "Vada a bordo, cazzo!" (variously translated as "Get the fuck (back) on board!", "Get (back) on board, for fuck's sake!" or "Get on board, damn it!", depending on the source).[61][62][63][64]

Can’t remember if it was Procol Harum or Moody Blues who planned on doing a concept album on the Canterbury Tales but gave up when they learned how long it was

they could have cut it down to Sketches of Canterbury

Other artists who expressed condolences following Fletcher's death included OMD, Alison Moyet, New Order, Gary Numan, Limmy and Erasure

did he have the pleasure of meeting him at a charity do

He wants his freeeee ride

In 2008, former BBC television personality Noel Edmonds stated that he had stopped paying his television licence in a protest at the tone of BBC adverts aimed at television licence evaders.[247]

An entire B roll was shot using Peter Weller as the titular cop. It was scrapped when Weller was found to be taking the film too seriously.

RoboCop and a Half

Box Office Poison may refer to:

Box Office Poison (series), a comic book series
Box Office Poison (magazine article), a magazine article
Chairman of the Board, a 1998 film starring Carrot Top as described by comedian Norm MacDonald

Lol

Maybe a different thing but why does Wikipedia always say things like this

Although Sharkey officially remained a fugitive, he was born in 1847 (178 years ago), so it is essentially certain that he is dead

oh god i love that style of writing

here's another example, from the article on nin's "broken" video:

The middle of the music video for "Wish" is again interrupted by amateur footage, showing the victim chained to a table with a large wad of a dark substance on his face. As the killer is then seen putting his pants on, it is usually assumed that the substance is feces.

i took the rest to the "what u learn abt on wikipedia today" thread

In December 2021, the band released a version of their hit "Man Don't Cry", renaming it "Naz Don't Cry" in reference to the plight of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British dual citizen who was detained in Iran from 3 April 2016 to 16 March 2022 on charges of espionage for the British government. The song had absolutely no impact on the Zaghari-Ratcliffe detention.

Krieger and Manzarek claim that Morrison was inspired to wear leather pants by Marlon Brando from his role in The Fugitive Kind.[51] No One Here Gets Out Alive repeatedly mentions that Morrison was especially drawn to the look and posture of the ancient Greek king Alexander the Great.[25]

I'm sorry, was Alexander the Great particularly known for wearing leather trousers?

Also Alexander the Great was Macedonian

Also Alexander the Great was Macedonian

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe)

yeah curse ov dialect told me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pubNkuVxbgY

calling him a "greek king" might not be technically wrong, he wasn't greek but maybe he was a greek king? it's certainly misleading and perpetuates a historical myth, tho. much love to macedonia and macedonians everywhere.

(Peter Wolf) moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to attend the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts on scholarship, where he studied painting. His first roommate was film director David Lynch.

That's a pretty cool detail, actually.

In March 2006, he started writing a French-language blog; it was active for a month and contains four entries.

Garland began to drink heavily in the late 1950s.[3] He died in May 1969 of alcoholism in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 41.[7] His body was used in a medical school as a laboratory specimen.[7]