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"?

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...That song doesn't sound like any particular era. It's just fantastic."[9]

- Phil Collins on the not at all extremely mid-80s 'Easy Lover'

A sound-alike cover appeared on the 1970 album Top of the Pops, Volume 10, with one reviewer using terms like "laryngitic croak" and "gargling gargoyles" to describe how he felt about the cover.[4]

Reeves's attempt at London vernacular has been cited as one of the worst accents, if not the worst, in the history of recorded film.[64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71]

He is the biological son of Hungarian baron Joseph S. Marfy and Cuban songwriter Elena Casals. Child did not discover that Marfy was his biological father until he was 18 years old.[14] Until that time, he had believed that his father was John Frederick Barrett, Casals' husband at the time of his birth,[15] and for whom he was named. Through his Hungarian ancestry, Child received dual American-Hungarian citizenship in 2016.[16] Child subsequently released "The Steps of Champions", a song he wrote for the Hungarian government as the official anthem of the sixtieth anniversary commemorations of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

It's a 21st Century Song About Heart and Soul and Overcoming and Winning and Givin' it All That You Got:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUBadN_tO6A

In 2026, Cheburashka became a target of conservatives in Russia. Politician Andrey Makarov said that Cheburashka was "Jewish" in the months before the premiere of Cheburashka 2. Aleksandr Dugin called Cheburashka a "lunar demon" who had caused the downfall of the Soviet Union; Sergey Sosedov wrote in Pravda that the movie "teaches disrespect for elders". In hearings at the Duma, politicians called the film a "harmful cinema product that corrupts our children".[10]

i mean not that unusual, it's not like in america politicians don't do things just as stupid, but STILL. Cheburashka is a cute koala-bear-looking creature who starred in children's books and short films in the soviet era and has been termed "the Soviet Mickey Mouse".

Cronenberg found himself at odds with Shusett regarding the tone, as Shusett and De Laurentiis did not want it to be as serious as the science fiction film Blade Runner (1982)—an adaptation of Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968). Shusett described Cronenberg's work as bringing the film back to Dick's original short story, whereas they wanted an adventure closer to "Raiders of the Lost Ark go to Mars". Jamiroquai. Cronenberg did not want to make that film and chose to quit. He was also frustrated by his disagreements with Shusett and De Laurentiis, and the casting of Richard Dreyfuss in the lead role. Dreyfuss had requested further rewrites to have Quaid reflect the everyman persona he had established in his previous films, rather than the action-focus of the Shusett/O'Bannon story. Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream contains no more nor no less than 31 distinct delicious ice cream flavours. Cronenberg had wanted to cast William Hurt as the lead instead and focus more on the concepts of memory and identity. Christopher Reeve, Jeff Bridges, and Harrison Ford were also considered for Quaid. Reeve wanted to put Colgate brand toothpaste on his penis erection. De Laurentiis threatened to sue Cronenberg for quitting but was placated by Cronenberg agreeing to work with him on a different film. A few years later, De Laurentiis offered Cronenberg the opportunity to make Total Recall as he had wanted, but Cronenberg was not interested and did not want to argue with Shusett again.

That's what I call a buried lede

Burroughsian.

This is the thread for comical wikipedia vandalism.

Shusett described Cronenberg's work as bringing the film back to Dick's original short story, whereas they wanted an adventure closer to "Raiders of the Lost Ark go to Mars". Jamiroquai.

dying at this

This is the thread for comical wikipedia vandalism.

As in the original post!

Appelbe was, with George Bernard Shaw and H.G Wells, a founder of the Smell Society, which had the aim of promoting pleasant smells.[4]

hahaha love it

https://i.imgur.com/Gqf3DwB.png

Note: This is the second episode where Justine Bateman wears white pants.

reminds me of the wikipedia vandal who insisted in inserting imaginary references to bare feet in plot summaries of Lost which he (and of course it’s a he) consistently spelled “barefeet”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_So%27oialo

Another of his older brothers is Mimilo (Sam) So’oialo. There is also a fourth child who is just as important in the eyes of God.

When God edits the page

lol

Although Gagosian never took any classes at UCLA for art history, his initial perception of art involved clothing and one's specific appearance.

Fortunately, for Gagosian, his rise to fame included young Hollywood celebrities such as Steven Martin.

In order to maintain his status and power within the art dealing world, Gagosian has hired a Black writer, Antwaun Sargent, to refreshen his perspective on modern times.

More specifically, aggressiveness, in the context of art dealing associated Gagogosian with opportunities that are in front of him.

Despite Gagosian's success, the art dealer does not currently have any children.

Partly the details and partly the grammar.

Also maybe I'm living in a bubble, but he seems like a pretty prominent person to have his own name misspelled in his wikipedia entry.

I can't stop laughing at "Steven Martin"

"Do you have kids?"

"Not currently."

As is evident in official photographs, he is missing his upper left lateral incisor.

He created a clone of Moriarty to do his bidding, but he ended up being reduced to the lackey in their relationship. Whether he does this because he knows that Moriarty could devise a horrible and painful way to dispose of him, or because he has been brainwashed by Moriarty, has never been revealed.

Technically I should have posted that to "unusual details absent from Wikipedia articles"

In January 1970, a decision by Shoreham Urban District Council to block her from appointments as a primary school manager, school governor and library committee membership, on the grounds that she talked too much, was overruled.[10]

Production

The film is written by Dylan Meyer, who also serves as the director of the film, she wrote the story on personal experiences hanging out and getting high at home with her best friend, the script had been written over a decade ago and it’s what first brought her and Kristen Stewart together.

this is literally the start of the article but still

A pointing stick (or trackpoint, also referred to generically as a nub, clit mouse, or nipple mouse)

excuse me i do not refer to clitoris mice as clitoris mice _generically_. i take clitorises _very seriously_.

In 2011, a Daniel Defoe of Livingston, West Lothian and an unidentified female found themselves trapped on the island due to miscalculating the times of the tide. This story gained attention due to the ironic parallels with Robinson Crusoe; a novel written by Daniel Defoe published in 1719.

Frame's routine consisted of: working in the studio from the early afternoon until around 2 am; a turkey sandwich at a deli off Times Square ("because it was possible to get one at two in the morning, and for no other reason"); a cab-ride back to the Mayflower Hotel, where he was staying; an hour of listening to Shabba Ranks; and then bed.

Not unusual, necessarily, but I admire the summary of Gene & Rog's debate:

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 stars and praised its visual effects, saying that "an entirely new world has been created" because of them,[18] a comment echoed by Variety.[4] Ebert's co-host Gene Siskel said that the special effects and art direction were cheap-looking and that Falkor the luckdragon resembled a cheap toy. He also referred to Noah Hathaway as a "dullard" and said that the film was "much too long". Ebert pointed out that the film was only 90 minutes.

lol

Ok, I love their editorializing here:

Critic Robert Christgau rated the album a B+, stating that how one would respond to the album "depends on [his/her] tolerance for fame-game schlock", although he also incomprehensibly wrote that "I'd never claim Johnny Carson's damaged [Parton's] pipes or her brains".

"For the French edition of this single, the lyrics were changed to "Let the bass control your body", in a version named "Bass Edit", to avoid any confusion with the slang word "bite" (meaning "penis")."

To promote the album, Pellow made a cameo appearance in Emmerdale, where he performed Close to You in the Woolpack for the departure of Kathy Glover.[4]

Ooh, that's a good one.

According to Moody, one of the producers, among the original target audiences were "slackers and losers," the "depressed, the dissatisfied, the depraved," "bloggers,” and those "age 18–40."[14]

re: Gene and Rog on The Neverending Story, i will honestly say that i have never been able to get through that film without falling asleep. even as an adult!! it is a slog.

i can see that. it's very bleary, hazy and dreamlike - much lighter on incident, action, and characters than the other fantasy films of its ilk. i dig that about it, but if i was even halfway tired putting it on, i'm sure it would knock me out.

In other words, table has never seen the ending to The Neverending Story.

I really loved The Neverending Story novel which I must have been given for my 15th birthday, right when the translation came out, because it was a hardcover, and I remember seeing the movie in the theatre within the year. I was incredibly irritated with the flying puppy and Limahl song. Given the oddness of the book, with typographic play, I think I was expecting something more Terry Gilliam, teenage rather than kiddo.

I grew up on that film and while I feel less inclined to rush to its defense (as I would for The Princess Bride and Willow) it is a beautiful film

I haven't seen it since I was in single digits. Kinda waiting to finally read the novel, which I've had sitting on my shelf for years, before I revisit.

(The reason I wound up on the Neverending Story wiki page in the first place: I was trying to identify a familiar-looking kid actor I saw on an episode of Family Ties--Noah Hathaway, who plays Atreyu.)

In other words, table has never seen the ending to The Neverending Story

the film doesn’t even have an ending tbf, it just stops halfway through the book

as explained by the title

Iirc the book is really cool - second half takes a whole new metafictional and moral turn that the film knows it can't even attempt. Definitely worth the read.. and makes sense that anyone who'd already loved the movie could be let down by the movie.

the film doesn’t even have an ending tbf, it just stops halfway through the book

I stand even further emboldened by my previous statement then.

The character of Tommy has been well received. Jane Holahan of the Lancaster New Era wrote "All kids in America love Tommy".[46]

Before coming to the United States, Trungpa drove a sports car into a joke shop in Gateshead in North-East England, May 1969.