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| − | This comic is a chart reflecting where various Wikipedia articles (real or imagined) might rank in how effectively they would act as {{w|clickbait}} for [[Randall]].
| + | {{incomplete|Created by MERYL STREEP'S SECOND SEAGULL. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
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| − | {{w|Meryl Streep}} is a famous and widely acclaimed American actor. Randall apparently has little interest in reading about her, comparatively speaking, placing her article on the first tick of eleven, with more interest indicated further down the chart. Randall appears to have slightly more interest in reading about seagulls, on the next tick, which on Wikipedia redirect to the {{w|Gull}} article, because "seagull" is a common colloquial synonym. Two more ticks down from "seagull" on the 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}} could likely refer to a notable seagull also named Meryl Streep, would be more interesting to him. | + | Meryl Streep is a famous and often acclaimed actor, for whom there is definitely {{w|Meryl Streep|a Wikipedia page}} covering her various biographic details. [[Randall]] apparently has little interest in reading about her. He appears to have slightly more interest in reading about seagulls, which on Wikipedia redirect to {{w|Gull}}, because "seagull" is a common colloquial synonym. We don't know how many articles appear in the range of his interest levels depicted for the Wikipedia links he encounters. Streep was, however, 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] |
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| − | A further three ticks 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 {{w|Wikipedia:Article titles#Descriptive title|Wikipedia's current requirements for sufficiently descriptive article titles}}, might refer to a notable event that occurred during the 2001 production of {{w|Anton Chekhov}}'s play, ''{{w|The Seagull}}'', at the {{w|Delacorte Theatre}} in which Streep was a lead actor (see "[https://playbill.com/article/the-seagull-opens-its-wings-in-central-park-aug-12-com-98105 The Seagull Opens its Wings in Central Park].") 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.''" It is more likely that such an article would be about an incident in which a seagull notably caused Meryl Streep problems, or vice-versa, as in the {{w|Jimmy Carter rabbit incident}}, the subject of [[204: America]], and also referenced in [[1688: Map Age Guide]] and [[2086: History Department]]. | + | Two more units down from the seagull, he suggests that a Wikipedia link to "Meryl Streep (seagull)", which according to Wikipedia naming conventions would indicate a seagull named Meryl Streep, would be more interesting to him. A further three units beyond is a hypothetical link to an article about a "Meryl Streep Seagull incident", which while probably not conforming to Wikipedia's requirements for sufficiently descriptive article titles,{{acn}} but which might indicate a sufficiently notable event which occurred during the production of the 2001 play. |
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| − | The final imagined Wikipedia page is a {{w|Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation page}}, depicted as four ticks further down and thus even more likely to be 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. In this case, it may indicate that other variations of the aforementioned situations occurred in multiple incidents. A disambiguation page might also be needed to distinguish such an incident from one or more (possibly unrelated) films, books, rock bands, notable pets, or other entities which happen to be named Meryl Streep Seagull Incident. A musical group of that name could conceivably produce a self-titled album and song, further expanding the list of items on the disambiguation page. (The consequences of such a group having some unfortunate run-in with Meryl Streep and/or a seagull are left as an exercise for the reader.) Note, however, that the titles of disambiguation pages (i.e. with the "(disambiguation)" portion visible as it is in the comic) rarely appear in links, as you usually reach them as a result of a search for an ambiguous term such as "{{w|go}}". Note also that disambiguation pages are not articles. The disambiguation page title is depicted as the greatest interest to Randall on the chart; presumably he would wonder how there can be more than one incident in which Meryl Streep and a seagull had some kind of noteworthy interaction.
| + | Perhaps this is an incident in which a seagull notably caused Meryl Streep problems. ''Or'' a time when Meryl Streep notably caused problems for a seagull. Or perhaps both of these, or other variations, in multiple incidents as the ''final'' imagined wikipedia page is a {{w|Disambiguation (disambiguation)|'disambiguation page'}}<!-- intentional double-reference, BTW --> of this, which is a further four units 'quicker' to be clicked upon. Such a page is only necessary when there are multiple possible articles of sufficiently similar name that may need to be documented seperately to avoid confusion. However, the titles of disambiguation pages rarely appear in links -- you generally only reach them as a result of a search for an ambiguous term (as you would if you searched for "seagull"<!-- except you don't, that's a Redirect, just to mention; there *is* a disambiguation page, but you need to find it/go to it by a link - ~original editor~ -->). So the notion of clicking on this is paradoxical. |
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| − | 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== |
| | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
| | + | :[Chart title:] Hypothetical Wikipedia article titles |
| | + | :[Chart subtitle:] Ranked by how quickly I would click on them |
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| − | ==Transcript==
| + | :[A vertical axis with eleven evenly spaced positions marked along it, without units or magnitudes] |
| − | :[A chart is shown with a vertical axis with eleven evenly spaced ticks. There is no arrow on the line but a divided arrow is to the left of the axis pointing down. In the division there is a label. There are five ticks that have labels. Above the chart there is a title in two lines with the top line in larger font:] | + | :[An abbreviated arrow to the left of the axis indicates that downwards is:] More quickly |
| − | :<big>Hypothetical Wikipedia Article Titles</big>
| + | :[Alongside the topmost checkmark:] Meryl Streep |
| − | :Ranked by how quickly I would click on them
| + | :[Alongside 2nd checkmark:] Seagull |
| − | :Arrow label: More quickly
| + | :[Alongside 4th checkmark:] Meryl Streep (seagull) |
| − | :1st tick: Meryl Streep | + | :[Alongside 7th checkmark:] Meryl Streep seagull incident |
| − | :2nd tick: Seagull | + | :[Alongside 11th, and final visible, checkmark:] Meryl Streep seagull incident (disambiguation) |
| − | :4th tick: Meryl Streep (seagull) | |
| − | :7th tick: Meryl Streep seagull incident | |
| − | :11th tick: Meryl Streep seagull incident (disambiguation) | |
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