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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by MERYL STREEP'S SECOND SEAGULL. This article does not yet have too much detail. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | This comic is a chart reflecting where various Wikipedia articles (real or imagined) might rank in how effectively they would act as {{w|clickbait}} to [[Randall]]. | |
− | + | {{w|Meryl Streep}} is a famous and widely acclaimed American actress. Randall apparently has little interest in reading about her, comparatively speaking. He appears to have slightly more interest in reading about seagulls, which on Wikipedia redirect to the {{w|Gull}} article, because "seagull" is a common colloquial {{w|Hyponymy and hypernymy|hypernym}}. Two more units down from "seagull" on Randall's scale indicating his increasing interest level, he suggests that a hypothetical Wikipedia link to "Meryl Streep (seagull)", which according to {{w|Wikipedia:Article titles#Precision|Wikipedia article title conventions}} would refer to a notable seagull named Meryl Streep, would be more interesting to him. | |
− | The final imagined Wikipedia page is a {{w|Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation page}}, depicted as four | + | Streep was a lead actress in a 2001 {{w|Delacorte Theatre}} production of {{w|Anton Chekhov}}'s play, ''{{w|The Seagull}}''.[https://playbill.com/article/the-seagull-opens-its-wings-in-central-park-aug-12-com-98105] A further three units beyond on Randall's interestingness scale is a hypothetical link to an article about a "Meryl Streep Seagull incident", which while possibly not conforming to current {{w|Wikipedia:Article titles#Descriptive title|Wikipedia's requirements for sufficiently descriptive article titles}}, might refer to a notable event which occurred during the production of the 2001 play. According to an [https://www.salon.com/2001/08/27/seagull/ August 27, 2001 article in ''Salon''], "a 40-ish man was found dead in the bushes from a single gunshot wound near the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, just yards away from where [Streep's co-star] {{w|Philip Seymour Hoffman}} offs himself with a single gunshot wound every night as Konstantin Gavrilovich in Anton Chekhov's ''The Seagull.''" However, there is no hint of any direct connection between Streep and the deceased and, absent any clear evidence of such reported in {{w|Wikipedia:Reliable sources#News organizations|reliable news sources}}, it is extremely unlikely that Wikipedia editors would create or allow an article with a title suggesting there may be, as that would violate their {{w|Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|Biographies of Living Persons policy}}. |
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+ | Alternatively, such an article could be about an incident in which a seagull notably caused Meryl Streep problems, a time when Meryl Streep notably caused problems for a seagull, both, or other variations occurring in multiple incidents, as the final imagined Wikipedia page is a {{w|Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation page}} on such topics, depicted as four units even more likely to be more quickly clicked. Disambiguation pages are only necessary when there are multiple notable articles of sufficiently similar names which must be listed with clarifying details to avoid confusion. However, the titles of disambiguation pages rarely appear in links, as you usually reach them as a result of a search for an ambiguous term such as "{{w|go}}". | ||
The title text suggests that Randall is an {{w|Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia|inclusionist wikipedian}}, and as such is not above occasionally deleting editorial message boxes claiming that their article contains too much detail. | The title text suggests that Randall is an {{w|Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia|inclusionist wikipedian}}, and as such is not above occasionally deleting editorial message boxes claiming that their article contains too much detail. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | + | :[Chart title:] Hypothetical Wikipedia article titles | |
− | :Ranked by how quickly I would click on them | + | :[Chart subtitle:] Ranked by how quickly I would click on them |
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− | : | + | :[A vertical axis with eleven evenly spaced graduations marked along it, without units or magnitudes] |
− | :2nd | + | :[An abbreviated arrow to the left of the axis indicates that downwards is:] More quickly |
− | :4th | + | :[Alongside the topmost graduation:] Meryl Streep |
− | :7th | + | :[Alongside 2nd graduation:] Seagull |
− | :11th | + | :[Alongside 4th graduation:] Meryl Streep (seagull) |
+ | :[Alongside 7th graduation:] Meryl Streep seagull incident | ||
+ | :[Alongside 11th, and final visible, graduation:] Meryl Streep seagull incident (disambiguation) | ||
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