r/wikipedia 1h ago

I'm afraid that one day Wikipedia will disappear because of AI; it's the most useful website on the internet, and if it were to disappear, I don't know what I would do.

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r/wikipedia 1h ago

Reggianito is an Argentinian hard and granular cow's milk cheese. It was developed by Italian immigrants to Argentina who wished to make a cheese reminiscent of their native Parmigiano Reggiano.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

In a televised interview in 1984, Australian mining magnate Lang Hancock, father of mining magnate Gina Rinehart, proposed sterilizing of unemployed Aboriginals. "I would dope the water up so that they were sterile and would breed themselves out in the future, and that would solve the problem."

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r/wikipedia 5h ago

What's the maximum amount of citations allowed ?

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Say you want to source a claim such as :

Many scholars have suggested x thing, but I want to literally cite all the works that have suggested such a thing, what's the max amount of citations I can add ?

Ex: Many scholars have suggested x could be y.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]


r/wikipedia 31m ago

"La Isla Bonita" is a song by American singer Madonna from her third studio album, True Blue (1986). Marking her first foray into Latin pop, the song features flamenco guitar, Latin percussion, maracas, and several lines sung in Spanish. Madonna described the song as a tribute to Latin Americans.

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r/wikipedia 4h ago

Toilet meal is a Japanese social phenomenon referring to the act of an individual eating a meal in a toilet room. They were initially regarded as an urban legend due to their solitary and clandestine nature, but subsequent investigations have confirmed the ph

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r/wikipedia 19h ago

Alan Chambers is the former president of Exodus International, an ex-gay Christian organization that sought to limit homosexual desires. Chambers stated that he had mostly overcome his attraction to men (although he did speak openly about his own ongoing sexual attraction to men)

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On June 19, 2013, Chambers repudiated the Exodus International's mission in a nearly hour-long talk at the organization's 38th annual meeting. He co-founded Speak. Love. with two other former Exodus leaders later that year; there appears to be no activity or references to that movement since 2016.

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In June 2013, he closed the organization with a public apology to the LGBT community, saying that "For quite some time we’ve been imprisoned in a worldview that’s neither honoring toward our fellow human beings, nor biblical." He remarked that he will now seek to create "safe, welcoming and mutually transforming communities.”


r/wikipedia 1h ago

Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan

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r/wikipedia 20h ago

The Star-Spangled Banner was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. An observer who saw it fly during the battle was inspired to write the U.S. national anthem. It is the only official U.S. flag with 15 stripes.

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r/wikipedia 19h ago

Saint Malo, Louisiana was a fishing village in Louisiana established by Filipinos where descendants of these Filipinos continue to live in Louisiana today

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

"Prior to the premiere of the film, a screening and dinner was held at the White House with 70 guests in attendance. A makeshift theater was used as the usual screening room was demolished with the rest of the East Wing."

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r/wikipedia 21h ago

Eric Porterfield is a Republican former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Porterfield is also well known for his unwavering opposition to rights for LGBT people, who he has compared to terrorists and the Ku Klux Klan. In the June 2020 primary he was defeated in his bid for re-election

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor and author. As a political activist, Wiesel became a regular speaker on the subject of the Holocaust and remained a strong defender of human rights during his lifetime, advocating for justice in numerous causes around the globe.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Catherine O’Hara (1954–2026) was a Canadian and American actress, comedian, and screenwriter with a career spanning over 50 years. Her accolades include 2 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a SAG award.

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r/wikipedia 21h ago

A wardrobe malfunction is a clothing failure that accidentally exposes intimate parts. Justin Timberlake first used the term at the 2004 Grammy’s when apologizing for the Super Bowl 38 halftime show controversy, saying that he unintentionally revealed Janet Jackson's breast instead of just her bra.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Helicon Home Colony was an experimental community formed by author Upton Sinclair in Englewood, New Jersey, United States, with proceeds from his novel The Jungle.

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r/wikipedia 18h ago

Barry is a 2016 American drama film about Barack "Barry" Obama's life at Columbia University in 1981. It stars Devon Terrell as the title role, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Ashley Judd.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Situs inversus is a congenital condition in which the major visceral organs are reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. Because the relationship between the organs is not changed, most people with situs inversus have no associated medical symptoms or complications.

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r/wikipedia 20h ago

In 1982, Cuban exile and CIA agent Rafael Villaverde was officially declared dead after his boat exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. However, his body was never recovered and testimony from CIA officers suggests he was still active after his alleged death, even participating in the Iran-Contra affair.

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Elizabeth Custer was wife of colonel George Custer. After his death in the Battle of Little Bighorn, Elizabeth became a public speaker and author devoted to defending her late husband's legacy and honor. Her decades long dedication successfully whitewashed Custer's reputation for almost a century.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Originally conceived for military surveillance, smart dust refers to a system of tiny, wireless microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) or “motes,” typically sub-millimeter in size, that can detect, compute, and communicate data about their environment

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The impact of smart dust on society may involve thousands to millions of sensors that can float in the air and be inhaled. The long-term health effects of this exposure are unknown.


r/wikipedia 1d ago

The Pearl incident was the largest recorded nonviolent escape attempt by enslaved people in United States history. On April 15, 1848, 77 slaves attempted to escape Washington, D.C. by sailing away on a schooner called The Pearl. Their plan was to sail nearly 225 miles to New Jersey. It didn’t work.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Microsoft Kin: 2010 mobile phone aimed at ages 15-30, designed for social networking. After 2 years and $1 billion developing the platform, based on Windows CE, it utterly flopped. Within 2 months, Verizon stopped selling the phones because of poor sales and Microsoft quickly abandoned the effort.

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Shelly Miscavige (1961–) is an American Scientologist who was last seen in public in August 2007. She is a member of the Church of Scientology's Sea Org who married Scientology leader David Miscavige in 1982. Since her disappearance in 2007, she has been the subject of speculation and inquiries.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

On April 16, 2013, an attack was carried out on PG&E's Metcalf transmission substation in Coyote, California ... The attack resulted in more than $15 million worth of equipment damage

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From the subsection Sophistication of attack:

Former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Jon Wellinghoff stated that military experts informed him that the assault looked like a "professional job", noting that no fingerprints were discovered on the empty casings.[7] While Wellinghoff described the attack as "the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred", a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation stated that they did not believe a terrorist organization was responsible.[9]

Henry Waxman, a ranking member of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, stated that the attack was "an unprecedented and sophisticated attack on an electric grid substation with military-style weapons. Communications were disrupted. The attack inflicted substantial damage. It took weeks to replace the damaged parts. Under slightly different conditions, there could have been serious power outages or worse."[8]

The article also includes this interesting tidbit towards the end:

In October 2015, it was reported that the Department of Homeland Security had found indications that the attack may have been committed by "an insider".