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Scottish Parliament computers might have been used to edit Wikipedia, report says[edit]

I feel like this story deserves a full "Disinformation report", because those IP users might have edited an even bigger amount of articles than the report suggested... Oltrepier (talk) 09:11, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Taylor Tomlinson hosts a wikirace on live TV[edit]

For what it's worth, Snoop Dogg → Cleveland → Great Depression is 3. — Qwerfjkl talk 12:28, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

... according to this script. Qwerfjkl talk 15:34, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's the same theme that I came here to comment. For any sufficiently famous American, one can expect with fair confidence that one can start from the portion of their Wikipedia article that discusses the places where they've grown up, lived, worked, or visited, then use that phenomenon to click through and scroll to the history of such a place, including the portion of that chronology that covers the 1930s era, and for any sufficiently famous city or state, a link to the Great Depression is likely to be discoverable. I had never consciously done that analysis before, but while I was skimming the news article the notion arose as one of the methods for solving that has the right combination of power and likelihood, across many instances of notable persons and notable places. Quercus solaris (talk) 16:23, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Qwerfjkl and Quercus solaris: Yes, obviously the show's staff went for a specific number of articles and a specific pattern, but the possibilities are almost infinite, really... Anyhow, shout-out to Taylor and the rest of the writing crew! : D Oltrepier (talk) 08:39, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed! Good fun, plus it encourages people to think while having fun. Quercus solaris (talk) 16:03, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect this varies greatly depending on whether navboxes (which are hidden on mobile) are allowed. Nardog (talk) 03:27, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In brief[edit]

A small correction: The court case was decided by a single judge on the Court of International Trade. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:16, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Voorts: Thank you, I'll add it to the entry! Oltrepier (talk) 08:42, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It kind of hurts when a Federal judge says WP is "unreliable evidence"; however, Judge Choe-Groves provides some good tips in the ruling on improving the article Drive shaft to include more details on "power take-off" shafts! ☆ Bri (talk) 16:55, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's funny yet annoying to see cringe people and organizations complain about Wikipedia yet again. Also based washington encyclopedia; I didn't know it existed lmao Firestar464 (talk) 02:01, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]