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# wikipedia - Saturday 12 January, 2019

These are the most visited pages on Wikipedia in 2018
# Whatcha Reading?
# Whatcha Reading?

These are the most visited pages on Wikipedia in 2018

Jan 12th 2019, 10:00 PM 31,202 Views 15 Comments

Royals, football and films. Some things don’t change.

# wikipedia - Saturday 6 January, 2018

These were the top 50 most visited pages on Wikipedia in 2017
# In The News
# In The News

These were the top 50 most visited pages on Wikipedia in 2017

Jan 6th 2018, 9:15 AM 23,762 Views 15 Comments

An Irish Wikipedian was among those who compiled a detailed list.

# wikipedia - Sunday 29 October, 2017

Wikipedia's community is 85% male, and founder Jimmy Wales isn't sure how to fix it
# Interview
# Interview

Wikipedia's community is 85% male, and founder Jimmy Wales isn't sure how to fix it

Oct 29th 2017, 7:00 AM 10,567 Views 75 Comments

The Wikipedia team has tried to bring that ratio down since 2014 – but to no avail.

# wikipedia - Saturday 28 October, 2017

Wikipedia got a huge bump in donations after Donald Trump's election win
# Trump Bump
# Trump Bump

Wikipedia got a huge bump in donations after Donald Trump's election win

Oct 28th 2017, 7:15 AM 10,880 Views 25 Comments

TheJournal.ie sat down with Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, who was in Dublin this week for Internet Day.

# wikipedia - Thursday 19 October, 2017

11 super creepy Wikipedia pages that will keep you up tonight
# Team No Sleep
From The Daily Edge
# Team No Sleep

11 super creepy Wikipedia pages that will keep you up tonight

Oct 19th 2017, 9:00 PM 52,724 Views 3 Comments

Night night now.

# wikipedia - Tuesday 29 August, 2017

All the photos on the Wikipedia page for 'Irish cuisine' are beyond grim
# No Filter
From The Daily Edge
# No Filter

All the photos on the Wikipedia page for 'Irish cuisine' are beyond grim

Aug 29th 2017, 10:32 AM 21,163 Views 8 Comments

We, as a nation, can do better.

# wikipedia - Friday 28 July, 2017

Man executed in Texas despite last-ditch claims lawyer defended him using Wikipedia for research
# Credible Source
# Credible Source

Man executed in Texas despite last-ditch claims lawyer defended him using Wikipedia for research

Jul 28th 2017, 7:21 AM 20,759 Views 20 Comments

A last minute appeal claimed that TaiChin Preyor’s trial lawyer had insufficient familiarity with Texan law in order to defend him adequately.

# wikipedia - Saturday 29 April, 2017

Turkey has blocked access to Wikipedia
# Clamp Down
# Clamp Down

Turkey has blocked access to Wikipedia

Apr 29th 2017, 1:16 PM 16,922 Views 32 Comments

No reason was given for the order to block the online encyclopedia, but the politically unstable state has temporarily blocked access to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in the past.

# wikipedia - Thursday 13 April, 2017

Burger King advert tricked into telling customers the food contains 'cyanide' and 'rat meat'
# Whopper Mistake
# Whopper Mistake

Burger King advert tricked into telling customers the food contains 'cyanide' and 'rat meat'

Apr 13th 2017, 8:43 AM 33,269 Views 7 Comments

The interactive ad voice-activates the google search on a phone but pranksters edited the Whopper’s wikipedia entry.

# wikipedia - Thursday 9 February, 2017

Wikipedia bans Daily Mail links as references
# Infowars
# Infowars

Wikipedia bans Daily Mail links as references

Feb 9th 2017, 10:25 PM 15,616 Views 32 Comments

A spokesperson for the Daily Mail said it had “banned all its journalists from using Wikipedia as a sole source in 2014 because of its unreliability”.

# wikipedia - Saturday 7 January, 2017

13 weird and wonderful things on Wikipedia
# Wikipedia
From The Daily Edge
# Wikipedia

13 weird and wonderful things on Wikipedia

Jan 7th 2017, 9:30 AM 7,376 Views 0 Comments

A neverending treasure trove.

# wikipedia - Wednesday 14 December, 2016

There was a hilarious caption war on this Wikipedia photo of an 'indifferent penguin'
# Indifferent Penguin
From The Daily Edge
# Indifferent Penguin

There was a hilarious caption war on this Wikipedia photo of an 'indifferent penguin'

Dec 14th 2016, 7:57 AM 6,688 Views 0 Comments

“We cannot reliably verify the mind of the penguin as indifferent.”

# wikipedia - Tuesday 15 November, 2016

13 of the greatest edits in the history of Irish Wikipedia
# My Right Foot
From The Daily Edge
# My Right Foot

13 of the greatest edits in the history of Irish Wikipedia

Nov 15th 2016, 9:30 PM 9,343 Views 0 Comments

Gags, real stories… Irish Wiki has it all.

# wikipedia - Thursday 1 September, 2016

Someone has made a cheeky Irish edit to the Wikipedia page for fanny packs
# Bum Bags
From The Daily Edge
# Bum Bags

Someone has made a cheeky Irish edit to the Wikipedia page for fanny packs

Sep 1st 2016, 10:08 AM 7,582 Views 3 Comments

Irish people call them WHAT?

# wikipedia - Tuesday 7 June, 2016

12 celebrities with absolutely preposterous 'personal life' Wikipedia sections
# Personal Life
From The Daily Edge
# Personal Life

12 celebrities with absolutely preposterous 'personal life' Wikipedia sections

Jun 7th 2016, 6:37 PM 13,502 Views 3 Comments

The *best* part of a celebrity’s Wikipedia.

# wikipedia - Friday 15 January, 2016

11 reasons to be thankful that Wikipedia exists
# Wikipedia
From The Daily Edge
# Wikipedia

11 reasons to be thankful that Wikipedia exists

Jan 15th 2016, 4:54 PM 7,388 Views 0 Comments

It’s the website’s fifteenth birthday today.

You might not think it but Wikipedia is 15 years old now
# From A To Z
# From A To Z

You might not think it but Wikipedia is 15 years old now

Jan 15th 2016, 8:24 AM 6,734 Views 6 Comments

The online encyclopedia first arrived in 2001 and is now one of the visited sites in the world.

# wikipedia - Wednesday 2 December, 2015

Wikipedia's newest editors aren't even human
# Spot The Difference
# Spot The Difference

Wikipedia's newest editors aren't even human

Dec 2nd 2015, 4:05 PM 6,806 Views 17 Comments

The new AI system will spot errors to help reduce the workload for its human editors.

# wikipedia - Saturday 7 November, 2015

Check out these stunning images of Ireland's monuments
# Photography
# Photography

Check out these stunning images of Ireland's monuments

Nov 7th 2015, 7:00 PM 18,235 Views 17 Comments

These 10 images won the Wiki Loves Monuments competition.

# wikipedia - Thursday 24 September, 2015

You can create a special ebook based on your favourite Wikipedia articles
# Q-tip
# Q-tip

You can create a special ebook based on your favourite Wikipedia articles

Sep 24th 2015, 7:00 PM 4,526 Views 0 Comments

Should you have a long journey ahead and need to pass the time.

# wikipedia - Thursday 3 September, 2015

Remember Ja Rule? He got into a cringey beef with Wikipedia over his height last night
# Size Matters
From The Daily Edge
# Size Matters

Remember Ja Rule? He got into a cringey beef with Wikipedia over his height last night

Sep 3rd 2015, 1:49 PM 4,389 Views 2 Comments

“I’m 5’9 not 5’6.”

# wikipedia - Sunday 30 August, 2015

The world's biggest photo competition is returning to Ireland
# National Monuments
# National Monuments

The world's biggest photo competition is returning to Ireland

Aug 30th 2015, 10:15 AM 23,259 Views 9 Comments

And it wants your images.

# wikipedia - Sunday 23 August, 2015

9 of the best excerpts from Irish celebrities' Wikipedia pages
# Insanity
From The Daily Edge
# Insanity

9 of the best excerpts from Irish celebrities' Wikipedia pages

Aug 23rd 2015, 6:00 PM 10,244 Views 1 Comment

A lot of gems in here.

# wikipedia - Monday 23 March, 2015

Wikipedia's longest-lived hoax has finally been outed
# Gotcha
# Gotcha

Wikipedia's longest-lived hoax has finally been outed

Mar 23rd 2015, 10:46 AM 42,004 Views 13 Comments

You just can’t believe anyone these days.

# wikipedia - Tuesday 18 November, 2014

NFL player denies Wikipedia's claims he's dead
# He's Alive
From The42
# He's Alive

NFL player denies Wikipedia's claims he's dead

Nov 18th 2014, 12:05 AM 4,205 Views 2 Comments

Emmanuel Sanders is alive and getting kicked.

# wikipedia - Monday 17 November, 2014

Nadia Forde's brand new Wikipedia page has already been tampered with
# Citation Needed
From The Daily Edge
# Citation Needed

Nadia Forde's brand new Wikipedia page has already been tampered with

Nov 17th 2014, 4:13 PM 6,217 Views 1 Comment

She’s a snake charmer, you say?

# wikipedia - Saturday 15 November, 2014

13 creepy Wikipedia pages that'll keep you awake tonight
# I Want To Believe
From The Daily Edge
# I Want To Believe

13 creepy Wikipedia pages that'll keep you awake tonight

Nov 15th 2014, 8:15 PM 75,949 Views 33 Comments

It takes all sorts to make a world. All sorts.

# wikipedia - Thursday 7 August, 2014

Google has removed links to this criminal's Wikipedia page
# Vow Of Privacy
# Vow Of Privacy

Google has removed links to this criminal's Wikipedia page

Aug 7th 2014, 7:58 AM 18,066 Views 19 Comments

Google removed links to the page of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch.

# wikipedia - Wednesday 6 August, 2014

Photographer loses battle with Wikipedia over this amazing monkey selfie
# War Has Begun
# War Has Begun

Photographer loses battle with Wikipedia over this amazing monkey selfie

Aug 6th 2014, 9:55 PM 43,613 Views 36 Comments

It was “the work of a non-human animal”, apparently…

# wikipedia - Friday 25 April, 2014

Insults on Hillsborough Wikipedia page 'traced to British government computers'
# JFT96
From The42
# JFT96

Insults on Hillsborough Wikipedia page 'traced to British government computers'

Apr 25th 2014, 2:42 PM 8,108 Views 24 Comments

Anonymous alterations were made from computers on a secure intranet, the Liverpool Echo reported.

# wikipedia - Wednesday 9 April, 2014

15 heroic acts of Wikipedia vandalism
# Chancers
From The Daily Edge
# Chancers

15 heroic acts of Wikipedia vandalism

Apr 9th 2014, 1:09 PM 46,761 Views 20 Comments

Distorting reality, one edit at a time.

This Cork village has the best Wikipedia entry in Ireland
# Wiki
From The Daily Edge
# Wiki

This Cork village has the best Wikipedia entry in Ireland

Apr 9th 2014, 9:12 AM 13,178 Views 1 Comment

Yes, Ballindangan is a pretty special place.

# wikipedia - Wednesday 11 December, 2013

Jesus Christ named the number one "historical meme"
# One Popular Guy
From The Daily Edge
# One Popular Guy

Jesus Christ named the number one "historical meme"

Dec 11th 2013, 10:57 AM 3,353 Views 3 Comments

Justin Bieber is all the way down at number 8,633. Thank GOD.

# wikipedia - Saturday 19 October, 2013

Wikipedia 'edit-a-thon' tries to increase representation of women there
# Edit
# Edit

Wikipedia 'edit-a-thon' tries to increase representation of women there

Oct 19th 2013, 5:30 PM 5,653 Views 7 Comments

Many high-profile women from the science, tech, engineering and maths fields have little or no profile on the contributor-generated online encyclopaedia.

# wikipedia - Friday 6 September, 2013

There's something not quite right about this Irish football team Wikipedia entry
# Joke
From The42
# Joke

There's something not quite right about this Irish football team Wikipedia entry

Sep 6th 2013, 3:05 PM 5,135 Views 7 Comments

Is this an attempt to psych out the Swedes tonight?

# wikipedia - Wednesday 10 July, 2013

Is this the best opening paragraph of an Irishman's* Wikipedia entry, ever?
# Paragraph
From The Daily Edge
# Paragraph

Is this the best opening paragraph of an Irishman's* Wikipedia entry, ever?

Jul 10th 2013, 12:06 PM 4,251 Views 4 Comments

*Ok, Adrian Carton de Wiart is not exactly Irish, but he’s got our blood in him. And he sounds like quite a guy.

# wikipedia - Friday 14 June, 2013

The top 5 creepiest articles on Wikipedia
# Bizarropedia
From The Daily Edge
# Bizarropedia

The top 5 creepiest articles on Wikipedia

Jun 14th 2013, 5:30 PM 3,738 Views 1 Comment

Penis panic anyone?

# wikipedia - Saturday 26 January, 2013

Céard? 17 words from modern Ireland, in Irish
# Gaeilge
# Gaeilge

Céard? 17 words from modern Ireland, in Irish

Jan 26th 2013, 3:38 PM 27,448 Views 50 Comments

Have you ever sent a ‘tvuít’ about the ‘tarrtháil’?

# wikipedia - Saturday 5 January, 2013

Trouble ahead for Wikipedia over loss of editors - study
# Uh Oh
# Uh Oh

Trouble ahead for Wikipedia over loss of editors - study

Jan 5th 2013, 7:45 AM 7,408 Views 4 Comments

Authors of the study believe it is the site’s own rules that is impacting contributor numbers.

# wikipedia - Friday 28 December, 2012

The 10 most-read Wikipedia entries of 2012
# Wikipedia
# Wikipedia

The 10 most-read Wikipedia entries of 2012

Dec 28th 2012, 6:00 PM 22,065 Views 9 Comments

A social media site was the topic most people wanted to look up. But which one was it?

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