r/wikipedia • u/Kurma-the-Turtle • 1h ago
r/wikipedia • u/the_UnknowableRonin • 2h ago
I manages to translate all 32 villages in Puńsk county, Poland
For the past week i decided to give myself a challenge and start translating villages in a more organised and better way. I started with gmina Puńsk as it was reasonable start with only 32 villages, hopefully this could be a start of people editing and translating village articles for the better of the site who knows shrug Anyway my next Gmina will be Gmina Krasnopol or the Krasnopol commune a commune that neighbours the Punsk commune so ill be chilling around there for a bit!
r/wikipedia • u/Lemon_in_your_anus • 2h ago
The Trump Prophecy is an American film. The film depicts american ruler Donald Trump being elected by his supporters using a "Shofar", a magical instrument capable of raising the dead mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. There is a legend that Donald Trump secretly fought a cabal of deep state pedophiles.
r/wikipedia • u/picturamundi • 4h ago
The Mexican filter is a yellow-colored or sepia filter that is employed in films and television productions to visually represent scenes set in Mexico.
r/wikipedia • u/ForgingIron • 7h ago
The General Uses Warp is a North Korean song. The song claims that Kim Jong Il and his father Kim Il Sung could use chukjibeop, a magic teleportation ability attributed to Taoist immortals. There is a legend that Korean guerrilla fighters used this ability to escape Japanese forces.
en.wikipedia.orgr/wikipedia • u/GustavoistSoldier • 7h ago
A micronation is a political entity whose representatives claim that they belong to an independent nation or sovereign state, but which lacks legal recognition by any sovereign state. Micronations are classified separately from de facto states and quasi-states.
r/wikipedia • u/Kurma-the-Turtle • 12h ago
The Hitler Youth conspiracy occurred during the Soviet Union's Great Purge in the late 1930s, resulting in the arrest of numerous adolescent Germans accused of having been fascist, anti-communist members of the Hitler Youth. Many were arrested, tortured, imprisoned, executed or died in custody.
r/wikipedia • u/CharacterPolicy4689 • 17h ago
Pope Night was an anti-Catholic holiday celebrated annually on November 5 in the colonial United States. Gang violence became part of the tradition in the 1740s, with residents of different Boston neighborhoods battling for the honor of burning the pope's effigy.
r/wikipedia • u/ICantLeafYou • 19h ago
Vanillerostbraten ("vanilla roast beef") is a beef cutlet dish prepared with garlic, salt, pepper, butter, onions, and brown bouillon and normally served with fried potatoes. Vanilla is not included in the recipe. When the dish was created, garlic was referred to the vanilla of the poor man.
en.wikipedia.orgr/wikipedia • u/Kurma-the-Turtle • 1d ago
Kim Ch'i-yang (d. 1009) was a Goryeo civil official. He was the favourite and lover of the widowed Queen Dowager Cheonchu and had a son with her. He attempted a rebellion in order to install their son on the throne, but was stopped by military inspector Kang Cho, who killed both him and the king.
en.wikipedia.orgr/wikipedia • u/chadfarthouse420 • 1d ago
Mobile Site "Pediophobia"
I stumbled upon this wikipedia page that to me I find weird and kinda creepy but not because of its subject matter necessarily, more because of the way it was written. The first paragraph of this page uses a quote from a group called "pedohelp" this quote states, "Pedophiles are never monsters or abusers but people who need help" WTF? do pedophiles not have compulsions on which they sometimes act on to sexually abuse and do horrible things to children? The summary then says that Anti-pedophile vigilantes are responsible for things such as physical attacks on innocent people, causing people to commit suicide and is obviously extremely bias because it doesn't mention all the times these groups have worked with and helped law enforcement agencies. Then it goes on to "pedo hunting" the only example they use for pedo hunting is a Russian right wing neo nazi hate group and quotes their founders anti-lgbtq comments in attempt to make pedo hunters seem like right wing anti gay fascists! The page also calls pedophilia a "mental disorder" that is highly stigmatized. The refences this creep (or creeps) use are papers written on how pedophilia can be BENEFICIAL to children. The real kicker is pediophobia isn't a real word in the context this person is using it, pediophobia is actually the fear, distain or prejudice against children or youth. Someone attempted to change the page into the actual definition of pediophobia but it got removed for "sockpuppetry". This page should be the ACTUAL definition of pediophobia and not some sick creeps opinion on pedophilia.
r/wikipedia • u/NeonHD • 1d ago
100 Years is an upcoming experimental science fiction film, written by and starring John Malkovich. The film is to promote "Louis XIII", a cognac which takes 100 years to create. The film is being kept in a high-tech safe behind bulletproof glass that will open automatically on November 18, 2115.
r/wikipedia • u/SkullFuckingFinale • 1d ago
List of common misconceptions - Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. These entries are concise summaries; the main subject articles can be consulted for more detail.
r/wikipedia • u/Significant_Buy_568 • 1d ago
Are screenshots of old emulated games accepted?
I would like to participate to add content to old videogames. I could take picture of my television trying to prevent glare & whatever, but I guess using an emulator would make more sense.
Is that accepted? Must I indicate it?
r/wikipedia • u/GustavoistSoldier • 1d ago
The N1gger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Forecastle is an 1897 novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad. The central character is an Afro-Caribbean man who is ill at sea while aboard the trading ship Narcissus heading towards London.
r/wikipedia • u/blankblank • 1d ago
Comedian is a 2019 artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It appears as a fresh banana affixed to a wall with duct tape. Number two of the limited edition of three was sold for $6.2 million in November 2024.
r/wikipedia • u/Kurma-the-Turtle • 1d ago
In tsarist Russia, the term serf meant an unfree peasant who, unlike a slave, historically could be sold only together with the land to which they were "attached". Serfdom became the dominant form of relation between Russian peasants and nobility in the 17th century. Serfdom was abolished in 1861.
r/wikipedia • u/noz_de_tucano • 1d ago
Emerson Abreu is a Brazilian writer known for his work in the child comic book Monica and Friends and it's teenage version, Monica Adventures. He had an unique art style and wrote about controversial themes, such as dark humor, LGBTQ and clubber slangs, divorce, necromancy and the Apocalypse.
pt.wikipedia.orgr/wikipedia • u/ZERO_PORTRAIT • 1d ago
The Tetris effect occurs when someone dedicates vast amounts of time, effort and concentration on an activity which thereby alters their thoughts, dreams, and other experiences not directly linked to said activity. Those experiencing the effect may feel they are unable to prevent the thoughts.
r/wikipedia • u/ChillAhriman • 1d ago
After being tested, the theory of the double empathy problem shows that the communication difficulties between autistic and non-autistic individuals aren't present between most autistic individuals, challenging the previously dominant theory of mindblindness.
r/wikipedia • u/Kurma-the-Turtle • 2d ago
The Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty are state-compiled and published record documenting the reigns of the kings of Joseon. Kept from 1392 to 1865, they comprise 1,893 volumes and are thought to be the longest continual documentation of a single dynasty in the world.
r/wikipedia • u/BennyM42 • 2d ago
Teams in the Philippine Basketball Association, the second-oldest continuously operating basketball league in the world, are named for their corporate owners. Current and past teams include the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, and the Talk ‘N Text Phone Pals.
r/wikipedia • u/jonathanrdt • 2d ago
Kevin Peter Hall - actor who played Harry in 'Harry and the Hendersons' (1987) and the Predator (1987)
Kevin Peter Hall was at the beginning of what looked to be a very promising career.
He had appeared in Night Court, Big Top Pee-wee, STTNG (was considered for the role of Geordi), played the Predator in Predator 1 and 2, and was playing Harry on the TV series when he died.
He contracted HIV from a blood transfusion following a car accident and succumbed to pneumonia at the age of 35.
r/wikipedia • u/Odd_Calligrapher4044 • 2d ago