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172.69.59.148: This is definitely a reference to the Jimmy Rabbit incident. Added text and pointer to the relevant xkcd(s).

2023-06-01T17:44:31Z

This is *definitely* a reference to the Jimmy Rabbit incident. Added text and pointer to the relevant xkcd(s).

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172.71.147.35: /* Explanation */ Is this too much detail yet? -- ~~~~~

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‎Explanation: Is this too much detail yet? -- ~~~~~

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N0lqu: Why disambiguation page the most intersting

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Why disambiguation page the most intersting

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−	~~{{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}} for [[Randall]].		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]].

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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.
-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.''" However, there is no hint of any direct connection between Streep and the deceased, so 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}}. 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, or both. It is also possible that the previously mentioned seagull named Meryl Streep was involved in some incident unrelated to the actor of the same name.
+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]].
 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.

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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]].
-{{w|Meryl Streep}} is a famous and widely acclaimed American actress. 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.
+{{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.
-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 actress (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.''" However, there is no hint of any direct connection between Streep and the deceased, so 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}}. 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, or both. It is also possible that the previously mentioned seagull named Meryl Streep was involved in some incident unrelated to the actress of the same name.
+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.''" However, there is no hint of any direct connection between Streep and the deceased, so 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}}. 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, or both. It is also possible that the previously mentioned seagull named Meryl Streep was involved in some incident unrelated to the actor of the same name.
-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 newsworthy interaction.
+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.
 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.

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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 actress (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.''" However, there is no hint of any direct connection between Streep and the deceased, so 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}}. 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, or both. It is also possible that the previously mentioned seagull named Meryl Streep was involved in some incident unrelated to the actress of the same name.
-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. 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}}". Note 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 newsworthy interaction.
+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 newsworthy interaction.
 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.

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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 actress (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.''" However, there is no hint of any direct connection between Streep and the deceased, so 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}}. 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, or both. It is also possible that the previously mentioned seagull named Meryl Streep was involved in some incident unrelated to the actress of the same name.
-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. 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}}". Note 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 newsworthy interaction.
+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. 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}}". Note 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 newsworthy interaction.
 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.