Wikipedia

What topic areas did you turn to #Wikipedia to learn about this week?

What's the most interesting thing you learned? What's your favorite article out of what you read?

#WikiPoll

space: JUICE, Starship, solar eclipse
24.8%
Earth Day: environment, climate, energy
17%
Sports, pop culture: IPL, Beef, 420
13.8%
Something else; leave a reply
44.4%
Poll ended at .
Apr 23, 2023 at 5:01pmWeb
Show threadhacknorrisApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia this week i didnt used cause was busy enough on other things :)
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 23, 2023
@wikipedia i just looked up the line of succession to the French throne. The Orleanist line which dates from 1830 has been united with the legalist line that dates back to before the Revolution! And the current pretender was born in 1965.
Show threadsoaprootApr 24, 2023
@Loukas @wikipedia Oh I would have forgotten had you not said that. I used wikipedia to learn about the French revolutionary calendar (how it worked, how long it was in effect, etc). This was all so that I could understand the posts from the @sansculotides account.
Show threadezra ​Apr 23, 2023
@wikipedia this last week i recall reading the pages on bayes theorem and the 21 grams theory
Show threadLVEApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia
The word macadamia
Show threadMa:rta (OLD ACCOUNT)Apr 23, 2023
@wikipedia The kaki/persimmon fruits
Show threadUmm Ismael MuslimahApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Almost always history.
Show threadGrinch-stanApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia History of Pickles, Sugar, and Gin, respectively.
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Apr 23, 2023
@wikipedia While reading Susan Sontag's historical (and meticulously researched) novel "The Volcano Lover," I repeatedly researched the players and events around history's most famous thruple (Emma and Lord Hamilton & Horatio Nelson), the collapse of the Neapolitan Republic, etc.
Show threadSunandaApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia saw the movie "the report" and read about war crimes of the CIA. It was sad and infuriating.
Show threadBill, organizer of stuffApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia My usual wiki-holing expeditions...
Show threadMJApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia I looked up your page on the SS Regina (1907) after watching a documentary that discussed it's 1913 sinking.
Show threadDavid States, MD PhDApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia
- History of academic tenure
- 20th C wars in South America
- Structure and chemistry of oleic acid
- Lots of other stuff, that's just the past day
Show threadOllieApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia proteasome
Show threadLeonardo Ferreira FontenelleApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia paleolithic (in Portuguese)
Show threadSebastian TobieApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia red-black binary tree
Show threadKevin Teljeur ❄️Apr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Jeanne Calment. That was the notable highlight. Graeme Obree and ‘The A-Team’ were also notable.
Show threadjaymerryfield Apr 23, 2023
@wikipedia I watched All Quiet on the Western Front and then did a deep dive into WW1 history.
Show threadMx. Aria StewartApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Leadership within the GDPR and attitudes toward those people afterward
Show threadJavier IbáñezApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Chinese Civil War, mostly to double-check some dates and places.
Show threadGaunt RelationApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Anabaptist revolts (reading Q)
Show threadMorgan PeyreApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Distributed File Systems and Diophantine Equations
Show threadRalf StubnerApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia I read about **Cain's Jawbone. **
Show threadMamalafafalaApr 26, 2023
@rstub @wikipedia And off I went to look this up.
Show threadProf Stephen SerjeantApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia I learned who wrote the music for the #BBC’s coverage of the #LondonMarathon - it’s so perfectly fitting I was amazed it wasn’t commissioned for it https://youtu.be/HyjlrcunygU https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Marathon
The Trap (London Marathon Theme)

YouTube
Show threadCyber YukiApr 23, 2023

@wikipedia Jet black 😅

Curiosity because I saw a thread in here.

Show threadWTLApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Went down the rabbit hole of proton decay : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_decay
Proton decay - Wikipedia

Show threadL A Stinnett ~ SFF WriterApr 23, 2023

@wikipedia

Wolf hunting behavior.

Show threadWim PelgrimApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia finding out stuff my children want to know. Famous quote in our household: "Dad doesn't know anything, he has to look up everything!" (mostly on Wikipedia).
Show threadCragsand Apr 23, 2023

@wikipedia Glad to see so many dedicated science editors on Wikipedia. It's a delight when looking up information about NASA / ESA missions.

Just a while ago I reflected over seeing many include such lovely details like photos from engineering specifications and parts manufacturers.

Seeing how components come from all over the world is a great reminder that space science truly is an international effort!

Show threadserklarvelApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia about artists biography
Show threadJeff BronksApr 23, 2023

@wikipedia

I read about the Tragedy of the Commons, thinking that it was centuries old. In fact, the version quoted nowadays is from the 1960s and has been largely retracted by its author. #tragedyofthecommons #wikipedia

Show threadChris KoernerApr 28, 2023
@jeffbronks I read this interesting essay recently related to this! https://aeon.co/essays/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-is-a-false-and-dangerous-myth
The tragedy of the commons is a false and dangerous myth | Aeon Essays

Far from being profoundly destructive, we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight

Show threadJeff BronksApr 28, 2023
@ckoerner
Thanks, that was useful. TOTC seems to be receiving a well-deserved thrashing recently. I hope this leads more people to question it.
Show threadZZ BottomApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Mostly to check biographies.
Show threadJason RodgersApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia silent era movies from Japan
Show threadKristinMuHApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia I looked up the plot of the new Ant Man movie because I found it too boring to finish watching but still wanted to know what happened
Show threadMonica RooneyApr 23, 2023
@KristinMuH @wikipedia mine was a movie one too! We were watching Big and I looked up Playland where one of the final scenes was shot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playland_(New_York)
Playland (New York) - Wikipedia

Show threadwakest likes your bugs ⁂Apr 23, 2023
@wikipedia reading about the entomology of the word "television" last night. glad it was there
Show threadMaxim LoickApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia
- History of Hamburg
- Bio of Amy Winehouse
- Bio of Heinrich Heine (amazing!)
Show threadGunChleocApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia I needed to decode a TLA (Three Letter Acronym)
Show threadTorbjörn BjörkmanApr 23, 2023

@wikipedia Statistical physics!

I'm currently teaching a university course on the topic, and while it's sometimes a pain in the neck, Wikipedia is the de facto standard for notation and nomenclature, and so I try to bridge any gaps between the course literature and Wikipedia.

Show threadVirginicusApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Emperor Vitellius
Show threadPatApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia the something else is usually some background info on some asshole politician
Show threadLisa MauleApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia historical figure Te Rauparaha and the mythical chimera
Show threadSusan MageeApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia researching events and historical precedents
Show threadChris NeklasonApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia The wiki about the ActivityPub protocol.
Show threadRobertJacksonApr 23, 2023

@wikipedia Pseudoscience topics.

In particular the significance of 2nd A above middle C.

Show threadBruce SpencerApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia
Europa! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)
Europa (moon) - Wikipedia

Show threadSteven LiptonApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia @CultureDesk it is effectively the 60th anniversary of the UPC barcode, though it was first used 59 years ago.
Show threadMoriApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Do The Bartman, about who wrote it, after my son heard it from a friend’s recommendation.
Show threadLukApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia tin cans 😬
Show threadM. LeeApr 23, 2023
@wikipedia Electric car brands
Show threadFelipe L. Sologuren G.Apr 24, 2023
@wikipedia
Mathematics, Quadratic regiprocity theorem, and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_of_quadratic_reciprocity
Proofs of quadratic reciprocity - Wikipedia

Show threadFelipe L. Sologuren G.Apr 24, 2023
@wikipedia
Mathematics, Quadratic reciprocity theorem, and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_of_quadratic_reciprocity
Proofs of quadratic reciprocity - Wikipedia

Show threadmalenaApr 24, 2023
@wikipedia Einstein’s wives tbh
Show threadChristine MalecApr 24, 2023
@wikipedia I learned about the ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuen. One of his phrases gave its name to part of their space program, Heavenly Questions.