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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by MERYL STREEP'S SECOND SEAGULL. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | {{w|Meryl Streep}} is a famous and widely acclaimed American | + | {{w|Meryl Streep}} is a famous and widely acclaimed American actress. [[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 the {{w|Gull}} article, because "seagull" is a common colloquial synonym. We don't know how many articles appear in the depicted range of his interest levels in Wikipedia links he encounters. |
− | + | 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] Two more units down from "seagull", Randall suggests that a hypothetical Wikipedia link to "Meryl Streep (seagull)", which according to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles#Precision 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 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 reported in reliable secondary sources indicating that there is, 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons Biographies of living persons policy.] | |
− | + | Alternatively, such an article could be about 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|Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation page}} of this, which is a further four units more likely to be clicked upon quicker. 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 | + | The title text suggests that Randall is a Wikipedia {{w|Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia|inclusionist}} and is not above 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 positions 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 checkmark:] Meryl Streep |
− | :7th | + | :[Alongside 2nd checkmark:] Seagull |
− | :11th | + | :[Alongside 4th checkmark:] Meryl Streep (seagull) |
+ | :[Alongside 7th checkmark:] Meryl Streep seagull incident | ||
+ | :[Alongside 11th, and final visible, checkmark:] Meryl Streep seagull incident (disambiguation) | ||
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