Wikipedia:Talk page highlights/151–200

See Help_talk:Special_page/Archive_1#Random_Page for this still unresolved request. -- OlEnglish ^(Talk) 21:41, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

You can do this now using my randomlink.js script. I added a link to it in the See also section. —GregU (talk) 09:27, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Excellent! Thank you. -- œ^™ 20:34, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU UWU 174.20.139.77 (talk) 00:30, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Sounds like a great place to spend my second day! I'll take a look. jp×g🗯️ 08:08, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Never mind. jp×g🗯️ 08:09, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Don't worry. Nobody has died! 2A00:23C5:6600:9800:74AF:66C4:6B37:AEB4 (talk) 21:49, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

LOL Larry Sanger (talk) 06:28, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

It's bizarre that you came here to troll. You of all people would know that the talk page is designed to discuss improving the article. WP:NOTHERE? Zenomonoz (talk) 07:00, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Mr Sanger, I am suprised that you have decided to grace us with your presence. I assume you would have had some obscure podcasts to rant about Wikipedia being biased to attend to? How's Justapedia going? Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:50, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Is that really what passed for discourse in early wikipedia? Good grief. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 22:08, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Scientists believe that there no substance in the universe lamer than the set of dunks which appears beneath a Larry Sanger talk page comment about a politics thing in 2023. jp×g🗯️ 23:32, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Dunked in the Deep Horse Eye's Back (talk) 23:36, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

So Larry is Larry, that's easy -- and Jimbo is obviously Moe -- which leaves the WMF to be Curley, but then who's Shemp? jp×g🗯️ 23:54, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

...I might be stupid. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 04:57, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

I had been thinking about this and it sounded like a fun thing to do. What do you think? Frittle (talk) 14:33, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Are you inviting me to your Christmas party? Gosh. Remsense留 14:34, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

...that human beings cared about in the first quarter of the twenty first century... é_è --Abolibibelot (talk) 00:58, 25 August 2119 (UTC)

brr skibidi dop dop dop yes yes Skyshiftertalk 17:28, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

This was so cringe, I'm sorry. Guess I don't have the rizz. Skyshiftertalk 16:19, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

this is already the worst GAN review on the site, as a result i will be fanum taxing you NegativeMP1 23:37, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

You're so skibidi Skyshiftertalk 02:05, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

I hate how we can't AFD this article. Sussy gyatt! TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 02:17, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

ad hominem, ad hominem NegativeMP1 02:20, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

i hate this website — Hilst [talk] 02:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Blame Gen Alpha TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 02:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

you are NOT a sigma, you do NOT have rizz, and you are being BANNED from ohio NegativeMP1 02:33, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

L chat not bubblegum pink level zero gyatt nothing for the rizzlers TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 04:32, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

on god bro fr —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 02:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

You, ma'am, are not a rizzed up skibidi gyatt. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 02:41, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

GANs in Ohio LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 02:45, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

L + Ratio + Cringe + Didn't ask Skyshiftertalk 15:55, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

your sigma level is NOT maxed... don't make me MOG you... λ NegativeMP1 00:16, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

based and gen sigma-pilled. ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 00:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

• Gyattless behavior... Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 00:24, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

why are you being so uncanny, livvy... come on, gyatt yourself together... λ NegativeMP1 00:27, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

i still hate this website – Hilst [talk] 00:29, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

when the AGF is sus(sy baka)  Frzzl  talk; contribs  00:30, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

im gonna MOG you while LOOKSMAXXING kid, it's something a beta like you wouldn't understand... #alphamale #sigmanation λ NegativeMP1 00:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

(vine boom) - Oh wait that isn't funny anymore uh.... Andrew Tate... uhh.... SUS.... I give up TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 00:36, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Another G victory against the MATRIX... don't rizz me ever again... your skibidi privileges are REVOKED... λ NegativeMP1 00:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

"Mods, ban that guy and blow up his house!" TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 00:42, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

If any admins were here, they would staunchly disapprove and maybe block us all. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 00:48, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Damn, what was in that patience sandwich? El_C 07:03, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Thyme? Dennis Brown 2¢ 07:14, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

It was certainly sage advice. Bon courage (talk) 07:19, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

With a hint of spicy.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  07:47, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

I fuck with spicy mayo. El_C 08:09, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

egg mayo? – robertsky (talk) 10:23, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

You are all being quite disrespectful now. A serious matter is being raised and this tangent is showing a deep lack of consideration and inclusiveness. Tupui (talk) 10:25, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes, come on everyone, let's keep the humour at bay. Bon courage (talk) 10:39, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

"Famous people from Abergele include Lisa Scott-Lee of Steps who went to school at Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan, and Geraint Archer, member of the REME in the army, who also attended Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan. Approximately 29% of Abergele has a significant knowledge of Welsh, but the town has a large population of people from England, namely Manchester and Liverpool. Famous DJ, Daniel Jones , who came to fame on Denbigh Radio, attended local school Emrys ap Iwan. He was diagnosed with depression in late 2006 when his girlfriend, local stripper from denbigh had been caught with local playboy, Simon Jones-"

Is all of this relevant? Surely the local language situation belongs elsewhere in the article. I can possibly see why Lisa Scott Lee is mentioned, but who are the others? Why should anyone care? I live in the town and I have never heard of them.

YES THIS IS RELEVANT!!! I MAY NOT BE FAMOUS TO YOU BUT I AM TO OTHER PEOPLE, I AM WELL KNOWN IN THE DENBIGH AREA, AND RECENTLY BEEN IN THE LOCAL PAPERS, SO IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU! BY DANIEL JONES! PEACE OUT!

Regarding the above: By no means! I am afraid that you will have to do better than that.

Where did all of the molasses go? 99.64.105.156 (talk) 22:07, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

if one out of 10 articles on gay porn bio are not notable (10% is a lot but if I assume less my argument is even stronger). u said that out of 4 nomination 3 were good and 1 was bad (u r counting as bad also the not consensus but still). this rate with a random nomination has a probability of 4!/3!1! (1/10)^3(9/10) = 0.36%, now I did this 10 times in a raw, so the probability that i nominated randomly is of 0.0036^10 (this is an approssimation correct calculus is 40!/30!10! 0.1^30 0.9^10 ... so, math says: no, I didn't nominate randomly. --AlejandroLeloirRey (talk) 20:58, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

This is interesting, here you are displaying advanced mathematical equations and Carlo Masi—the article that seems to be the heart of all this—is a mathematician. Gleeanon409 (talk) 03:56, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

ah, ah, ha advanced mathematics? this is something that any Italian would do in high school. it is called a binomial distribution and it gives u the probability of having m-good results out of n proves when the probability of one good result is P... no, this is not advanced math. at least in italy this is average education in math (liceo scientifico=scientific high school) --AlejandroLeloirRey (talk) 05:58, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

LOL, no one mentioned that the sundial is made out of 3 lamp posts welded together and the sundial itself being talked about being the bigest in europe is best not said outside of sutton as its embarassingly small and cheap/crap looking. The Ashfield Show is worth mentioning.

3 lamp posts? Sounds funny, I'll check it out tomorrow. And about the Ashfield show? Worth menioning? It's got steadily worse over the years, they don't even have ferrets there anymore. :( - Ferret 03:13, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

• Oppose: sorry, but no. YorkshireExpat (talk) 21:44, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

  @YorkshireExpat I would rather you explain why you oppose rather than apologize… DS537(WIR) 21:53, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

  Per Egsan Bacon. YorkshireExpat (talk) 17:54, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

  Their opposition isn’t clear either. DS537(WIR) 18:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

  Per anyone else that Opposed this. Take your pick. YorkshireExpat (talk) 18:07, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

  Voting isn’t part of the RM process, please see WP:PERX. DS537(WIR) 19:06, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

  WP:SATISFY YorkshireExpat (talk) 19:23, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

  WP:IDHT DS537(WIR) 20:36, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

  WP:TLW YorkshireExpat (talk) 21:07, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. 66.189.232.210 (talk) 04:37, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

  @66.189.232.210: Could you explain yourself please, thanks. Bloomdoom2 (talk) 04:56, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

  @Bloomdoom2: I am sorry for the inconvenience, but I am completely undefined to disclose my information to you. 66.189.232.210 (talk) 11:34, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Concerning Zvig47 and GLORIOUSEXISTENCE's point of contention over using the 'civil conflict' infobox for the article.

GLORIOUSEXISTENCE's original edit with the civil conflict

Version without the infobox Cadenrock1 (talk) 00:58, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

When I first saw the name of this article, I thought it was vandalism. This has to be one of the most poorly named minerals ever. - Lucky13pjn 02:29, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)

I have to disagree. Cummingtonite is surely one of the best-named minerals ever.

As of this moment, it's near the top of the Museum of Hoaxes' front page, albeit as a 'strange but true' story. -Ashley Pomeroy 13:37, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Here's a permalink for the Museum of Hoaxes' article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.226.132.69 (talk) 23:46, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

My mineralogy professor used to joke that if he ever discovered a new mineral he would name it nottonite :). That being said when I was browsing through here I found some vandalism on the page which I fixed. People need to grow up and get a life. -Amunchie I'll add some more info about the mineral soon.

I also thought this was a joke -- very bizarre, but funny! toki (talk) 09:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Could somebody add a section (or sentence or two) on the origin of the name, please.

Could someone please point out this is the ONLY mineralogy joke TrinityDejavu (talk) 23:46, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

"So named because it's found in Cummington, Massachusetts."

Perhaps an article is due for the metamorphosed variant, Nysundtite? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.183.201 (talk) 13:05, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Bravo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.102.69 (talk) 21:25, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Seconded 81.23.57.228 (talk) 21:04, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

I don't understand why the article doesn't mention the look-a-like innuendo "coming tonight". This matters. As long as the article doesn't mention this particular property of the name of this thing, a lot of people might believe the article is just a joke. 86.69.152.50 (talk) 04:08, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not --Bejnar (talk) 03:45, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

"Cummingtonite in popular culture" doesn't seem so far-fetched to me. There are T-shirts for this meme. - Soulkeeper (talk) 06:17, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

I would argue these "and it is from this town that the mineral takes its name.[1][2]" are redundant.Mantion (talk) 09:23, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Not necessarily redundant, but I'm changing the phrasing to be more concise. 8ty3hree (talk) 00:07, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

best name 💯 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.191.105.110 (talk) 07:54, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Dr Jason Lisle a scientist with a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Colorado Boulder, in his book, Fractals: The Secret Code of Creation writes that the Mandelbrot set provides proof of God's existence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.143.179.67 (talk) 21:50, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Even astrophysics Ph. D.s get carried away once in a while. As stated elsewhere, the Mandelbrot set actually proves that god does NOT exist. 2001:9E8:460D:E100:409A:7FD9:901B:FA86 (talk) 14:24, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Shouldn't it be Australaisian Math Cometition? It's been like that on the test papers since like 2003 or something. --antilived ^{T | C} 05:50, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

It was "Mathematics" when I took it... in 1998. — Kimchi.sg | Talk 07:03, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I think Australasian is what us Kiwis call it... I got a Distinction and now suck and hate maths. oh well. --Midnighttonight 08:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

that gameplay screenshot is old as fr*ck (sorry, my mom won't let me say fuck), down to having the old freshness meter

would replacing it with a newer one be worth it, or is it fine as is? cogsan _{(nag me) (stalk me)} 21:07, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

@Cogsan The current image is freely licensed, so if you get a newer image which is also freely licensed, I'm fine with it. TheWikiToby (talk) 21:28, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

The lead says the prawn cocktail "has spent most of [its life] see-sawing from the height of fashion to the laughably passé" and is now often served with a degree of irony. It's my understanding that people with anemia will often add additional irony as a dietary supplement. I think that should be recognized in the article. EEng (talk) 05:26, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Please provide a reliable sauce. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:00, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

I may be ignorant of modern art, but is there supposed to be an ejaculating penis on this page?

It's vandalism; now repaired. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:53, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Is it just me, or was most of this article written by a 4channer or something? MisterHalt (talk) 05:43, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello! I'm Muhammad Peter H. (18M), from Indonesia. Obviously, my university's Wi-Fi bans porn sites. And they didn't manage to ban Wikipedia for obvious reasons. This seems like fine and all, but one thing: My friend (19M) decided to masturbate to the main picture. He says "it's a good pair of boobs" and all, but I was afraid if he could get in any trouble, and I am SUPER afraid if my university bans Wikipedia, given how reliable it is and how much dedicated editors are there.

This page has a lot of pictures of naked breasts. I get they can be for academic use, but more people find erotic value rather than scientific, like my friend who studies statistics and not biology. My friend masturbated to this page in the boy's bathroom, and I heard him moaning and whimpering femininely, much to my dismay, and I saw a puddle of his semen on the floor.

Regardless of whether this is his fault, if the editors have just removed the pictures of naked breasts here, he wouldn't have done this. There's still explicit media on a WIKIPEDIA page.

I have one small request: Can you remove the explicit contents of this page?

Thanks, Peter H. ~2025-35393-52 (talk) 11:38, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-35393-52 No, Wikipedia is not censored. – LuniZunie_(talk) 04:32, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Someone may want to go ahead and put something up against this -

Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

I can see someone trying to defend their insignificant article with that.Gomezbuster (talk) 21:51, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, but you have to remember...this is a UN declaration we are talking about. If Wikipedia doesn't follow it, the worst they will have to worry about is a strongly worded letter. J DIGGITY SPEAKS 00:33, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I've noticed for a while about the photo used as the lead picture for the article. It really bothers me. Not only is the primary example of a human being not good, it also is low quality and very context based. Fill me in. ~2025-38581-58 (talk) 00:44, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

See the FAQ at the top of this page. AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:23, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

I agree, there are some things not in the FAQ which remain unanswered. Humans don't naturally wear clothing for example, we wouldn't use a photo of a dog in clothes as an infobox image for a specific dog breed. The "use of cultural products such as clothing" clause in A7 does not explain how that is a) neccesary for an article which discussing the biology of humanity or b) how clothing (generally) is a cultural product that is worth noting. TansoShoshen (talk) 15:29, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Humans do naturally wear clothing though. Almost every single human civilization and culture on planet earth wear clothing all the time, except in specific, out-of-sight, situations such as cleaning oneself and sexual intercourse.

Besides, if someone wants to learn about true human anatomy, then they can see the unclothed male and female images that are already present on the page ~2026-26185-3 (talk) 07:51, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

You might be interested in / may want to add a see-also to: Prehistory of nakedness and clothing, and specifically #Origin of clothing part.

Current evidence indicates that anatomically-modern humans were naked in prehistory for at least 90,000 years before they invented clothing. Today, isolated Indigenous peoples in tropical climates continue to be without clothing in many everyday activities. [...] A 2010 study published in Molecular Biology and Evolution indicates that the habitual wearing of clothing began at some point in time between 83,000 years ago and 170,000 years ago based upon a genetic analysis indicating when clothing lice diverged from their head louse ancestors.

Whether this justifies using clothed individuals as lede picture is up to you. I personally find individuals with utilitarian, simple pre-industrial clothing to be more representative of humans, for such use of clothing was normalized long, long before recorded history started, (and a necessity for survival when we migrated north towards the Arctic). 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 08:11, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Do wiki editors really want uncalled for nudity in their articles? Ohnonono, not like this... ~2026-26748-2 (talk) 09:49, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Well, someone IS calling for it here, and Wikipedia is not censored.HiLo48 (talk) 10:04, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Humans typically wear clothing though. If most dogs were wearing clothing I'm pretty sure the picture would have clothing. A picture representing Humans is supposed to.... represent Humans! And almost all Humans, in almost all cultures, in every continents since thousands of years, wear clothes. Putting two naked Humans in the first picture of the article would, in fact, be pretty unrepresentative on how Humans look imho, this is not just an article about biology but also about culture, society, etc Cosmiaou (talk) 11:06, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Be the change you want to see in the world and upload a picture of yourself naked. KmartEmployeeTor (talk) 19:56, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

This page still bemuses me. What pray tell is inherently funny about the word "sock" without context? (I'm sure I'll regret asking this). Mintguy 17:31 21 May 2003 (UTC)

I asked this before, but noone said anything: Are you saying that if I ask my mother "Have you seen the other sock of this pair?", she will burst out laughing at my funny question? Also, the article says that badger is funny because it's an unusual word. This is an example of the POV - where I live badgers are fairly common. I maintain that no word is inherently funny. CGS 17:42 21 May 2003 (UTC).

Yes CGS I noted that you got no reply, which is why I repeated it. It the word 'Jam' inherently funny? I would say no. But then Eddie Izzard uses the word when he can't think of something to say. It's all to do with context. Mintguy

CGS, I just want to let you know that when I read in your comment above, "where I live badgers are fairly common", I burst out laughing. Guppy 15:20, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)

"Sock" is not supposed to be funny without context. Actually, I might not consider it inherently funny, unless said in a British accent with sharp emphasis. Few words are funny on their own (although there are many notable exceptions: rutabaga, belch, googol). The article says "to enhance the humor of their comic routines", which is entirely different. As I've noted already, this means that, for example, a joke about vegetables is inevitably going to be funnier when the teller says "rutabaga" instead of "celery". In a joke about mammals, "badger" will be funnier than "cat". "Millard Fillmore ate a rutabaga and badger muffaletta" vs. "James Madison ate a celery and fish sandwich"; you tell me which is funnier. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deltabeignet (talk • contribs) 23:15, 17 March 2005 (UTC)

It is one of the biggest video game companies in the world valued at $50 billion 2601:3C4:300:3290:796A:874D:D2C2:3199 (talk) 16:40, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Nubzor [T][C] 16:54, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

I see that while everyone has been posting loads of words here, OpalYosutebito has been working on the article. That's how things get done. Phil Bridger (talk) 10:41, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Don't they know that the purpose of editing Wikipedia is to have endless passive-aggressive discussions? Someone should tell them. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:14, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Buy my products 110.175.99.62 (talk) 01:15, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. TyphoonAmpil (💬 - 📝) 01:17, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

[editor's note: this was part of a discussion on which of the below images should be used in an essay.]

Discussed images

Original AI image

First real photograph

Second real photograph

HTGS's suggested image

I just looked at the project page and saw what I now know is the first real image. I assumed it was AI-generated because who on Earth would go to the trouble of creating a real can? I see that I was wrong now. Haven't you all got something better to do? Could I suggest watching paint dry? Phil Bridger (talk) 21:30, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

You think people who write an encyclopedia for fun wouldn't go to the trouble of mocking up a soup can? The entirety of this project depends upon people having downright strange ideas of how to have a good time. Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction (talk) 19:36, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

The result of the discussion was delete. Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 00:13, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure Ozzy Osbourne is not a religion. -- Tavix ^(talk) 20:02, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Not independently notable. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 20:30, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, If Ozzy Osbourne's a religion then I'm Jesus himself. –Davey2010^Talk 14:21, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
• Delete as confusing --Lenticel ^(talk) 00:08, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
• So, do they eat doves at worship services? delete Oiyarbepsy (talk) 03:21, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

[editor's note: read xkcd:739 first, and then quickly skim Talk:Malamanteau/Archive 1.]

We would appreciate it if you put a stop to this nonsense. I love your comic, Randall, but you're basically commanding an army of fans akin to 4chan. The article didn't exist when you made the comic, and now your fans are flooding in to try and get it created and re-created. ALI ^{nom nom} 13:58, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Eh... I'm not sure we can really compare those disparate groups of fans. Jclemens (talk) 16:45, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Right. One group consists of socially-stunted children who get excited about hearing words and memes that they can use to garner attention and praise from their peers, and act as a nuisance to Wikipedia in general. The other is 4chan. 90.219.166.214 (talk) 17:16, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

(Heh.) I don't mean in terms of content. Of the two, at least xkcd fans are more civil and speak common English. Thank the gods for that. ALI ^{nom nom} 17:20, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

And some of the fans are prolific and useful contributors to Wikipedia. *cough, cough*. I for one cannot believe the situation actually led to that enormous talk page. It is both funny and disturbing; but so the internet is. かんぱい！ Scapler (talk) 17:37, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

xk/b/d is a malamanteau of xkcd and 4chan's /b/ "random" board. See also xk/b/tard, /b/tard-sniping etc... --Surturz (talk) 03:35, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

The difference is that Anonymous does whatever it feels like, while xkcd fans are more like a missile system guided by the button presses of the seeing-eye dog of a whimsical fisherman. --74.72.121.211 (talk) 03:45, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

How is it his fault? He didn't tell people to vandalize Wikipedia. He just wrote the comic. It's not his fault that a bunch of people are idiots. What is he supposed to do, never mention Wikipedia on his site? That would deprive him of half his material. 129.97.34.69 (talk) 15:51, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Man, if I'd known my deleting and protecting the non-article would have generated so much fuss, I would have hacked the whitepages and called you to get your ass out of bed and watch the fun. :D Maybe next time give us a head's up when you're gonna poke fun at us. ;) - Writing on behalf of the non-existant Wikigods... UtherSRG (talk) 04:24, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, this is sorta like Stephanie Meyer destroying /b/ by featuring it in her books and thus filling it with her goth fans - except instead it's you destroying Wikipedia by featuring it in a cartoon and thus filling it full of xk/b/tards. And we didn't even ask you to show us your tits. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 18:31, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Show us your tits! - UtherSRG (talk) 05:33, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I'd appreciate it you would stop trying to take credit for a word I invented on July 17, 2007: http://ask.metafilter.com/67192/How-to-define-this-language-mistake#1006932 If you do not immediately cease and desist, you will be hearing from my legal team! 76.99.24.196 (talk) 15:12, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

1) Ideas and words that people come up with are rarely original, there's always a chance someone has thought of it before them. 2) You did not pursue copyright of the word. 3) You are not losing anything because Munroe used it in his comic. 4) Any legal action would be ridiculous. 5) Wikipedia:No legal threats means exactly how it reads, and the consequence for violating it is an instant block until the threat is withdrawn. ALI ^{nom nom} 15:49, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

If you don't believe that I am the true creator of "malamanteau," kindly provide a citation for "malamanteau" that predates July 17, 2007. If you cannot do so, then it is clear that "malamanteau" is my intellectual property. Randall's dishonest claims about its origins are harming the prospects of my upcoming "malamanteau" business ventures, including a planned TV series and a line of women's fragrances. If you have never invented a popular new word, you can't understand the craftsmanship and labor that it involves and should reserve comment. 76.99.24.196 (talk) 20:27, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll happily grant you possession of the word and the accompanying Talk page clusterfuck. As I said in a couple places, there was one hit for the word when I did the comic (yours), which I found after posting and which didn't define it the same way. But I'd be happy to give you credit for coming up with the word before I did (I didn't even mean to invent a word), especially if it means you have to argue about the word's inclusion in Wikipedia. Let's work out an agreement. Can we have your people meet with my people, and then get them to fight to the death in some kind of a cage? I think that would be awesome, as my people are pretty scrappy and I assume yours have been training since at least July 2007.--xkcd (talk) 20:40, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I would gladly accept your challenge Mr. Munroe, but you must realize that it is a foolhardy one, as your leopard style will surely be no match for my crane style. However, I am feeling charitable today -- if you'd like a legitimate piece of the burgeoning "malamanteau" industry rather than the misbegotten share you currently hold, I might be persuaded to offer you an executive producer credit on the "malamanteau" feature film currently in pre-production. I received word this morning that Ridley Scott has committed to the project. That, however, is the limit of my generosity, and I would advise you not to test me further. 76.99.24.196 (talk) 20:54, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Um, there's a Mallory Ann LaManteau on the phone and she doesn't sound happy. Who wants to handle the call? - Dravecky (talk) 21:07, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

To the anon claiming that a single word is his intellectual property: I suggest you learn a little something about United States copyright law. It is true that one does not have to apply for copyright in order to obtain it; however, it is also true that single words or short phrases are rarely eligible for copyright protection. Slogans and words used by companies are covered by trademark law, which is rather different from copyright law, as it DOES have to be applied for. In short, your use of a single word is ineligible for copyright, sorry. But don't take my word for it: the United States Copyright Office itself says it all here: title 17 of the US Code defines what is copyrightable, and single words fall decidedly outside of the criteria. かんぱい！ Scapler (talk) 04:32, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I honestly can't tell if the anon is joking or not. ALI ^{nom nom} 15:22, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm tempted to nominate this article for deletion on the basis of the implicit claim that everything is notable. Jack N. Stock (talk) 03:34, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Oppose. Humans are, on average, very interested in the human penis, whether they are fans, detractors, or have a more complex opinion. Regardless of whether it "should" be its own Wikipedia article or not, as long as Wikipedia is written primarily by and for humans, it is likely to have an article on the human penis. The lack of a distinct article on "Human vagina" almost certainly reflects the cultural impact of sexism -- why else would the human penis stick out further in the body of secondary references Wikipedia uses? -- but Wikipedia reflects the society we have erected, for better or for worse; Wikipedia explicitly does not help WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. Kistaro Windrider (talk) 05:17, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

• If someone publicly refers to gay people as "sodomites", there is a 100% probability that they have publicly said other offensive things elsewhere. Nobody starts with "sodomite", and nobody stops after one "sodomite" ... Levivich ^{[dubious – discuss]} 18:20, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
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• As Levivich says, nobody stops after one "sodomite". I know I certainly didn't. EEng 19:56, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

ONCE YOU TRY A SODOMITE YOU'LL NEVER SAY "NO, NOT TONIGHT" Burma-shave Levivich ^{[dubious – discuss]} 20:08, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

help me find old data ~2026-24097-15 (talk) 21:48, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Old data on what? AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:04, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

PrimeHunter (talk) 23:43, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Clearly a Romulan tactic. A Vulcan would have just written hello, world in binary and be done with it. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 02:44, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter I have not laughed this hard in many months! David10244 (talk) 14:14, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

PrimeHunter won Wikipedia. :)Naraht (talk) 00:31, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Editor's note: see the article Brent Spiner. Graham87 (talk) 02:49, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia isn't supposed to be fun. It's supposed to aggravating and stressful. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:06, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

NinjaRobotPirate, So I’ve been doing it all wrong for these past 8 years? Damn. --Cyberpower | My Talk 20:45, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Nice, and timely. But don't we need a metal for the medal? If so may I suggest lead-210 as from what I can see it has the closest link to 25 years. ϢereSpielChequers 11:37, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I suggested bombastium as the element it comes from Disney and one atom of it turns a rarely of water into a barrel of ice cream Tren2 (talk) 12:30, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Lead 210 is dangerous poisonous and not valuable which is the exact opposite of what a service award this high should be made of Tren2 (talk) 12:35, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

also I suggested Bombastium 11 hours before you did no one wants to win a lead award cooking mama proves why carykh gives lead metals to last place that's why bombastium should be the 25 year service award not lead Tren2 (talk) 12:40, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I responded to van isaacs post by suggesting bombastium as the element for the 25 year service award it is very valuable because it can make unlimited food due to the fact that one atom plus one barrel of water equals one barrel of ice cream unlimited food is very valueable on the other hand lead has poisoned the world and caused trillions in damage cooking mama gives it if you are terrible and Carykh gives it to last place along with jelles marbles runs Tren2 (talk) 12:44, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Talking of dangerous, your description of bombastium reminds of Ice-9, because if an atom in a barrel of water turns the water into ice cream then it's just a matter of time, and someone with a few handfuls of bombastium, until Earth's oceans are turned into Chunky Monkey. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:53, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I did not know that Disney element could cause the destruction present in aumsum Tren2 (talk) 13:00, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Bombastium is a very important future source of food because one atom plus one barrel of water is one barrel of ice cream unlimited food is very important to the future of civilization of course lead is the opposite no one like lead it is the cheapest and most poisonous element recalls of toys around the world happen due to lead lead poisoning is very serious issue the lead cube is jelles marble runs Version of a wooden spoon because lead is poisoning the world and making it go mad with anger why would people think that lead is good it is not it is bad and tortuous and toxic Tren2 (talk) 12:53, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Ok I suggested To Change My Award to netherite a powerful metal first refined from bricks of ancient debris in the nether to obtain nether scraps which are usually combined with gold to make ingots and then these ingots can improve the most powerful diamond to create netherite equipment the best equipment in the world increasing power and preventing them from being destroyed in any fire no matter how hot it gets Tren2 (talk) 13:08, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Netherite Is Metal from the Netherlands A place of intense heat and where powerful beings lives netherite is durable to resist all those being this comes from Minecraft universe a game with 300 million downloads netherite can resist endless temptaures and survive in the nether which has soul fire which burns blue hot at over 50,000 degrees so netherite is resistant to tempatures less than and a little bit over 50,000 degrees which is very impressive also it is stronger than diamond which is well known as mohs hardness 10 and thus netherite has mohs hardness of 11 which breaks the scale and it incredibly powerful Tren2 (talk) 13:59, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

In Minecraft diamond armor has a toughness of 8 but netherite has a toughness of 12 and thus it is tougher than diamond and has a mosh toughness of 11 Tren2 (talk) 15:01, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Netherites mohs toughness is 11 it can resist endless 50,000 degree tempatures and it is resistant to knockback and protects people from being blasted back Tren2 (talk) 15:05, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Also lead is a dangerous poisonous and toxic substance that jelles marble runs and Carykh gives to last place also lead paint was banned in the 1970s so i want to ban lead awards Tren2 (talk) 15:31, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Netherite Is also very enchantable with powerful magic to allow the person who has the metal to control the world with its offense Tren2 (talk) 20:08, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I suggest that netherite is a good solution to the element for. 25 year service award because it is extremely durable more durable than diamond extremely fire resistant survives in nether which has tempatures of hotter than 50,000 degrees and also knockback resistant as it prevent people from being knockback and is said to be tougher than diamond with a hardness rating of 11 Tren2 (talk) 00:58, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

I suspect Netherite and Bombastium are both under copyright, and that could cause complications for the WMF, especially if they start to make the physical medals. There's also the non trivial matter that fictional elements don't actually exist. Lead is indeed a toxic element, and lead shouldn't be used for drinking vessels, cosmetics or anything that children will chew on. But a medal given to adults is less likely to be chewed. Also for this particular isotope, Lead 210, toxicity is unlikely to be most people's biggest concern. ϢereSpielChequers 17:30, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Why would wmf start to make the physical medal ~2026-90468-6 (talk) 09:32, 10 February 2026 (UTC)