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19 votes
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The Abilene Paradox
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Psychohistory
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UK academic’s Wikipedia project raises profile of women around the world
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Active US Air Force serviceman self-immolates himself in front of the Embassy of Israel
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Weird Wings: The Boeing YC-14 and the McDonnell Douglas YC-15
15 votes -
An archive of Wikipedia from Thursday, December 20, 2001
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List of unusual units of measurement
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The Curse on Showtime/Paramount+ (Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone, Bennie Safdie)
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The Hofmann Wobble - Wikipedia and the problem of historical memory
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What's your favorite Wikipedia page and why?
Personally, I like to check the South Park Controversies Page every now and then. The page on Quantum Entanglement is fascinating and has so many rabbit hole links that lead to other rabbit holes...
Personally, I like to check the South Park Controversies Page every now and then.
The page on Quantum Entanglement is fascinating and has so many rabbit hole links that lead to other rabbit holes themselves. I still go back and re-read them here and there to improve my understanding and check for laymen's updates without all pop-science nonsense you encounter elsewhere.
I'll come back and post a few more when I can think of them!
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Opinions on stand up meetings
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Vavilovian mimicry
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How one man rewrote one thousand years of history
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Wikipedia’s king who doesn’t exist
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Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him
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If Books Could Kill [a podcast reviewing nonfiction books which posit ludicrous theories]
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Fun fact: Taiwan claims exclusive sovereignty over mainland China and Mongolia as well as parts of Russia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Japan
Decided not to post a single link as there are tons of different articles about different aspects of it on Wikipedia. It's a whole thing! Exclusive mandate - Republic of China (Taiwan) and...
Decided not to post a single link as there are tons of different articles about different aspects of it on Wikipedia. It's a whole thing!
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Exclusive mandate - Republic of China (Taiwan) and People's Republic of China
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1992 consensus which established semi-official dialogue between ROC and PRC
It seems like this is a leftover from the Chinese civil war and/or Chiang Kai-shek's authoritarian and murderous rule because one of the above articles does mention that these territorial hopes haven't been worked towards for many years:
Originally placing high priority on reclaiming the Chinese mainland through Project National Glory, the KMT now favors a closer relation with the PRC and seeks to maintain Taiwan's status quo under the Constitution of the Republic of China. The party also accepts the 1992 Consensus, which defines both sides of the Taiwan Strait as "one China" but maintains its ambiguity to different interpretations.
It goes further back than that though, probably to 1966 when Project National Glory was abandoned:
[invasion of mainland China] as the initial stage of reunification was effectively abandoned after 1966, although the Guoguang planning organization was not abolished until 1972. The ROC did not abandon the policy of using force for reunification until 1990.
Thought this was all quite interesting, so I wanted to share! It is not exactly light reading though so I also wanted to ask for documentary recommendations about this, and of the Chinese civil war in general, if anybody knows of any good ones?
Don't mind me, just finding myself going into a lot of Wikipedia rabbit holes lately 😊
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Energy efficiency of different land transport means
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Wikipedia:Dark mode
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Hurricane Hilary is expected to bring significant flooding to Baja California, southern California, and the southwest US
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Too much ecological fallacy with health studies
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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There’s a new Studio Ghibli Miyazaki film coming out this week, and it’s intentionally launching with zero trailers/screencap
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Is there a children's TV show in your country that is universally loved and became part of your country's culture?
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Jugger is a team sport played with varied foam weapons
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The famous Nuclear Gandhi glitch in Civilization is a hoax
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Timeline of the far future
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The Barbegal Aqueduct included a watermill complex with water cascading through a total of sixteen wheels. It may have been "the greatest known concentration of mechanical power in the ancient world"
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The Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA)
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Making Reddit remove content with EU law vs using a script
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Design notes on the 2023 Wikipedia redesign
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US Supreme Court declines to hear Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to NSA mass surveillance
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Pakistan blocks Wikipedia for 'blasphemous content'
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Unpopular opinion: Wikipedia's old look was much better than the new one
I say that after throwing some caution to air because I understand that every new thing has some initial resistance or pushback due to the "past comfort zone" effect. But having said that, I feel...
I say that after throwing some caution to air because I understand that every new thing has some initial resistance or pushback due to the "past comfort zone" effect.
But having said that, I feel the aesthetics of the old site was much better than the new one. But then again, I'm from the old-school world who also prefers old reddit to the new one in browsing experience, so my opinion could be biased! But even considering the modern web design, don't you think the black icons on the top right have a somewhat odd look? And the "21 languages" feels a bit verbose, the I10N icon already conveys what that dropdown is about? And finally, that scrollable sidebar on the left looks a tad ugly?
I just hope this is just a beta stage or something of Wikipedia's new version and a better one will evolve soon! But that's just one humble unpopular opinion, me thinks!
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Wikipedia has spent years on a barely noticeable redesign
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Kiwixotherapy: A weird but working therapy for introverts suffering from sleeplessness
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RIP Gallagher, 1946-2022
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This 33-year-old made more than 1,000 Wikipedia bios for unknown women scientists
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A ragtag community is keeping this aughts Wikipedia gadget alive
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The Gombe Chimpanzee War (1974-1978)
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Wikipedia Speedruns
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Evidence suggests Wikipedia is accurate and reliable. When are we going to start taking it seriously?
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Adam Curtis documentaries
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She spent a decade writing fake Russian history. Wikipedia just noticed.
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Mike the headless chicken
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San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin gets removed in a recall election
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Physiocracy
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The Council on National Policy - a shadowy but powerful ultra-right leadership institute
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Wikipedia is declining: In defense of inclusionism (2018)
11 votes