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[redlion]

You heard it here first. Nevermind that it's been on urbandictionary since 2009. It only has 9 up/down votes anyway.

I'm definitely a wikiphile. Right now I've got 8 wiki articles open, but that is neither a high nor a low. More of an average.

The wiki pages I currently have open include:
Parametric determinism - the finer points of marxism
Orpheus - Greek mythological poet
Wittgenstein - Austrian philosopher
Stochastics - analysis of non-deterministic systems (commonly used in stock and commodities trading Technical Analysis)
Von Neumann architecture - haven't started this article, something to do with early digital computer design
the Collatz conjecture - Take any natural number n. If n is even, divide it by 2 to get n / 2. If n is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1 to obtain 3n + 1. The issue here is whether or not a number exists that will not eventually compute to one using this method.
Tier 1 networks - internet backbone networks, the ISP for your ISP.
and finally, The internets!!!!!1 - because it really is a fascinating technology.

I tend to keep at least one wiki article open at any time, usually many more, for light reading in between other tasks. Also so I'll have instant access should I need to have an encyclopedic summary of something.

Just to be clear, I read at least five wiki articles a day. But the ones I've listed, with the exception of Collatz and Tier 1 networks, I have not read. Yet!

In this thread: Discuss the awesome power that is wikipedia, i.e. the world at your fingertips. Also, post your own recent wikipedia sojourns!

[Russell]

My mother views Wikipedia as 'a friend'.

It's too padded up for me to be honest. It's really useful without all the Latin and slight references that don't even matter.

[Turnip]

I don't really go on Wikipedia that much, to be honest~
Most of the time I'm preoccupied with reading threads on here/neoboards/other forums and /jp/, or video games

And if I do go on there, I mostly just look up things about space! Can't help that space is interesting!!!

Edited by Turnip, 29 December 2011 - 05:32 AM.

[Russell]

Turnip, on 29 December 2011 - 05:31 AM, said:

And if I do go on there, I mostly just look up things about space! Can't help that space is interesting!!!

And big.

[nymh]

I agree, there is almost always one or more Wikipedia articles open on my computer. My list of most recents are not very enlightening:

The Cask of Amontillado
The Gettysburg Address
List of Department Stores By Country
Vietnamese Language
American Romanticism
Ephebophilia
Buddhism
P System

I have a habit of clicking on links within articles, taking me on an chain of article-reading that can last for hours and result with having dozens of Wikipedia tabs open.

[Bone]

You guys have this problem too!? I thought I was a deviant.
Here are some of my more recent pages visited:

Robert Hanssen

Tilde

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

Torsten Wiesel

Plebs

The Rugrats Movie

Heterochromatin protein 1

[Sweeney]

nymh, on 29 December 2011 - 06:53 AM, said:

Ephebophilia

A curious choice of reading material... for why?

[Faerhii]

I only Wiki about twice a month, but when I do it sucks me in.
Like Nymh said, I look up one thing, click something, click something... Blah blah blah.. next thing you know I've got 30 tabs open with Wiki shit.

I tend to look up weird things that fascinate me, so I won't list most of them.. But here are some less-weird stuff I've looked at this week, I guess.. I watch weird shit on TV and then Wiki stuff about it. XD

Conjoined Twins
Parasitic Twins
Whole Body Transplant
Humanzee
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov

It really saddens me though at the most interesting I find a topic, the less people want to write about it. Oh well.

[nymh]

Sweeney, on 29 December 2011 - 09:27 AM, said:

A curious choice of reading material... for why?

So many reasons. Mostly personal interest and my delight in the taboo.

[Philomene]

Your nickname fits with what you read.

[Sweeney]

nymh, on 29 December 2011 - 01:14 PM, said:

So many reasons. Mostly personal interest and my delight in the taboo.

Taboo in general, or that particular one?

[nymh]

Philomene, on 29 December 2011 - 01:17 PM, said:

Your nickname fits with what you read.

Whose?

Sweeney, on 29 December 2011 - 01:23 PM, said:

Taboo in general, or that particular one?

In general.

[Sweeney]

nymh, on 29 December 2011 - 01:27 PM, said:

In general.

*long stare*

[Philomene]

Nymph -> nymphet -> Nabokov (Ephebophilia)
Maybe I just have a twisted mind.

[nymh]

Sweeney, on 29 December 2011 - 01:28 PM, said:

*long stare*

*kissy faces*

[Sweeney]

nymh, on 29 December 2011 - 01:29 PM, said:

*kissy faces*

Interesting.

Philomene, on 29 December 2011 - 01:29 PM, said:

Nymph -> nymphet -> Nabokov (Ephebophilia)
Maybe I just have a twisted mind.

Twisted in the sense of being illiterate? There's no p in nymh

[nymh]

Sweeney, on 29 December 2011 - 01:31 PM, said:

Twisted in the sense of being illiterate? There's no p in nymh

It's a disappointingly common mistake.

[Philomene]

Oh, I didn't notice that there wasn't any p. But I've got an excuse : I'm not a native English speaker.
I understand how irritating it is to see everybody doing mistakes while calling you by your nickname.

Edited by Philomene, 29 December 2011 - 01:35 PM.

[Sweeney]

nymh, on 29 December 2011 - 01:33 PM, said:

It's a disappointingly common mistake.

Suspiciously few people manage to put all three e's in Sweeney, either.

Philomene, on 29 December 2011 - 01:34 PM, said:

Oh, I didn't notice that there wasn't any p. But I've got an excuse : I'm not a native English speaker.

That's only valid if your language doesn't use the Roman alphabet

[Philomene]

I have two native languages ... one of them doesn't use the Roman alphabet.

[Sweeney]

Philomene, on 29 December 2011 - 01:39 PM, said:

I have two native languages ... one of them doesn't use the Roman alphabet.

Alright, then. You get half a black mark

[Frizzle]

Everyone loves little girls.

[Sweeney]

Nice to see you Lee ^^

[redlion]

nymh, on 29 December 2011 - 06:53 AM, said:

I have a habit of clicking on links within articles, taking me on an chain of article-reading that can last for hours and result with having dozens of Wikipedia tabs open.

I think everyone falls into this cycle.

Frizzle, on 29 December 2011 - 06:04 PM, said:

Everyone loves little girls.

Just for once, could you not try to bait idiots? Thanks to you an automated computer censor somewhere in china has classified codex as a CP factory.

Anyway, I think I'm going to keep updating this thread with more and more wiki articles as I read them. Still haven't read wittgenstein (massive article) but the others tabs have morphed into yet more articles.

I'll just leave these links here...

Internet addiction disorder - came across this and thought 'closed shell syndrome!' +10 internets if you get the reference.
I am so lonely... - found this and the previous article while perusing the internet article from OP. Very interesting stuff.
the public sphere - Increasingly (IMO) for many people the public sphere is composed solely of the internet.
Digital Native - A term used to describe those born after the advent of the internet. Good read.
Zero-point energy - This article is very technical, I'm struggling with it. It references a lot of terms that I'm not already familiar with. I fear I'm falling into the trap nymh codified above.
MUD - a text based game played over the internet. Acronym is virtually meaningless, but used to stand for Multi User Dungeon, meaning more than one person can play at a time (how novel!)

[Turnip]

Frizzle, on 29 December 2011 - 06:04 PM, said:

Everyone loves little girls.

Yaaaaayyy little girls!~ Little girls are best either sleeping or wearing cute frilly dresses c: