Odd and unusual articles on Wikipedia
Una vaca con astas sobre un poste de electricidad. Wikipedia contiene otras imágenes y artículos que son igualmente impactantes o escalofriantes . De los más de seis millones de artículos de la Wikipedia en inglés, hay algunos que los wikipedistas han identificado como algo inusual. Estos artículos son contribuciones verificables y valiosas a la enciclopedia, pero son un poco extraños, extravagantes o algo que uno no esperaría encontrar en la Encyclopædia Britannica . Debemos tener especial cuidado de cumplir con los estándares más altos de una enciclopedia con estos artículos para que no hagan que Wikipedia parezca idiosincrásica . Si desea agregar un artículo a esta lista, el artículo en cuestión debe cumplir preferiblemente con uno o más de estos criterios:
El artículo es algo que una persona razonable no esperaría encontrar en una enciclopedia estándar. El tema es una combinación de conceptos altamente inusual o irónica, como el café con leche cósmico , la muerte por risa , etc. El tema es una clara anomalía, algo que desafía el sentido común, las expectativas comunes o el conocimiento común, como Bir Tawil , Märket , Phineas Gage , Nieve en Florida , etc. El tema está bien documentado por su notoriedad inesperada o por un culto no planificado a niveles extremos, como Ampelmännchen o All your base are belong to us . El tema es un engaño notorio , como el caso Sokal o el de Mary Toft . El tema puede resultar divertido, aunque también serio. El tema es distinto a otros similares. El artículo es una lista o colección de artículos o temas que cumplen los criterios anteriores. Esta definición no es precisa ni absoluta; algunos artículos podrían considerarse inusuales incluso si no se ajustan a estas pautas.
Cada entrada de esta lista debería ser un artículo en sí mismo (no simplemente una sección de un artículo menos inusual) y de calidad decente, y en general cumplir con el manual de estilo de Wikipedia . Para contribuciones inusuales que sean de mayor ligereza, consulte Wikipedia:Cosas tontas .
En esta lista, una estrella ( ) indica un artículo destacado . Un signo más ( ) indica un buen artículo .
Lugares e infraestructura La desnudez artística de Afrodita se muestra no lejos del monte Olimpo. ¡Dios mío, señorita Molly! ¡Me encanta tu locura ! Se planeó que este viaje de 1909 incluyera cuatro escalas separadas en islas fantasma .
África Tigre agazapado... eh, lago... escondido... no exactamente dragón, pero tal vez CO2 ... Los edificios están en España. El suelo de abajo está en Marruecos. ¿Ya estás confundido?
Antártida Cataratas de Sangre , con su característico hielo "sangrante".
Asia Un rascacielos con autopista en suite .¿Cómo pudieron los Jumbo Jets aterrizar aquí y no estrellarse? Un pueblo con el asta de bandera (anteriormente) más alta del mundo... población: 0.Allí vivían aproximadamente 50.000 personas . El techo es el suelo es el techo es el suelo... AAAAAAAAAAA... Oh.
Europa ¡Trabajadores de la galaxia, uníos! El trabajo de amor de un cartero . Asegúrese de estar cubierto .Ten cuidado donde pones ese faro , Eugene... Fronteras , cortesía de Pablo Picasso .Bienvenido al Principado de Sealand . Una lámpara de araña que decora el Osario de Sedlec , hecha con huesos humanos. Un mosaico de 4,6 millones de conchas marinas . ¿Quién lo construyó? ¿Cuándo? ¿Con qué propósito? El nombre Shitterton , orgullosamente mostrado en piedra. La parada de autobús más septentrional y mejor decorada del Reino Unido .
América Latina y el Caribe Un desierto con agua. ¿O es una laguna con un desierto dentro? Mmm...Americana, São Paulo .Capitalidad + ninguna población = ¡Plymouth, Montserrat !
América del norte Este puente es un poco bajo ¿no?¡Oh, no! ¡Este rascacielos sin ventanas definitivamente no es un centro de vigilancia masivo! "Eso dice "CENTRO COMERCIAL"... ¿no?" Cuando California aún no se había unido del todo a los Estados Unidos . "¿Estás seguro que quieres construir aquí?" Espera un momento...Este no es el río Támesis... Mill Ends Park , el parque más pequeño del mundo.Este lago esconde muchas islas. Y lagos en esas islas. Y islas en esos lagos.Se trata de tender la mano, de cerrar la distancia .Un laboratorio bajo las olas.
Oceanía Calle Baldwin, Dunedin .Tenga cuidado por donde pisa en Coober Pedy .
Historia
Premoderno "0/10, no volvería a comprar." "¿Eso es un escudo de armas real? ¡Qué tontería! "
Edad moderna temprana Perfección genética .¡Todavía!
Siglo XIX Las deficiencias de infraestructura de la época de Faraday resultaron especialmente abrumadoras en el verano de 1858.
Siglo XX ¡Eso es totalmente israelí ! ¡Mirenlo!
Siglo XXI No os asustéis, pero... ¡ se ha acabado la mantequilla !
Matemáticas y números ¿ Es esto idéntico a uno ? Ten miedo. Ten mucho miedo. Esto no es un círculo ."BEGhIL0S", "hELL0", "B00BLESS", etc. – hay muchas palabras que se pueden escribir en una calculadora . ¿Ves la espiral interior?
Fechas y horario Un pastel Pi que pronto será un adiós .No te asustes: es el día de la toalla .
Idioma Un volcán en erupción en la isla Herbert ¿Cuál de estos tipos de letra crees que prefería Hitler ? "¿Qué canciones hay para esta música plástica tan pesada?" El disco de Festos . Azulejos Toynbee encontrados en el centro de Washington, DCEl manuscrito Voynich está escrito en una escritura no descifrada.
Specific languages, dialects, and pidgins The same diversity that created Norsk kebab created Kebabnorsk . A whole tenth of a language . Yes, really.
Unusual names Shaped like a (Public Universal) friend . It takes less time to cook and eat this prime beef than to say the name of the law about it . See Nominative determinism for the idea that people gravitate toward careers that fit their names, e.g. urologists named Splat and Weedon.
Science The sound of ancient pottery .Not dead, just resting .
Physics This blue-looking noise is actually pink . "It's Professor Pauli! Quick, pack that stuff away !"
Earth sciences "It's flat and that's all there is to it." "No, this definitely isn't flat, but it's the other way !"
Chemistry and material science Warning: It's LETHAL . At last – the look of BO. Sounds fishy?
Space and astronomy Elon Musk did it again.All watched over by machines of loving grace .That's no moon... Oh wait. "Of course, it never reached the Moon ..." Inevitable?
Medicine and health Suckling on a tasty goat .Well, stone me... Quick – grab a tissue ! Got one of those headaches that just won't go away? The pharmacy called; your maggot prescription is ready for pick-up Man, just brush your teeth! Put them where the sun doesn't shine.
Human sexuality and reproduction"Fresh-baked dildos for sale!" Biscuits, before being made soggy .
Individual patients and staffThis skull's owner didn't even get a headache – but he was a changed man .
Nervous system and behaviourCan you get high on this ? Ever woken up thinking this has just happened? It's... beautiful... Just... beautiful!
Phobias
Animals To boldly go where no monkey has gone before. Well, where a few monkeys have gone before .Jenny Haniver .A major in Antelopology Can only wear mittens, not gloves The Far Side of a stegosaurus .
CatsFlash photograph of an odd-eyed cat .
Cattle
ChickensCan you tell the boys and girls apart ?
SquirrelsI think I have a nibble...
MammalsDried deer penis . This goat has fainted. It has ceased to stand .
Individual animalsHer face told you exactly where you stood with her.
Individual elephantsThe movie event of 1903... we'll zap this elephant !
Names in biology 'SMAD, mad, mad, mad, mad name? Neopalpa donaldtrumpi : They say it's really small. See also
Plants The Queens Giant – the oldest living thing in the New York metropolitan area . See also
Technology, inventions and products It's hypnagogic hallucination heaven . Long-lost remnant of a cricket game? Made by ancient intelligent life? A mysterious natural phenomenon? World War I pigeon photography . Cower, you leeches, in the presence of the Tempest Prognosticator !
Hygiene and sanitation Toilets in Japan have some special features.
Clothing and accessories No need to train a gorilla to ride a unicycle; just use one of these .
Transport East German Ampelmännchen . The day Sweden turned to the right side.Not so snail-mail after all, eh?"Sinking? We're not sinking! " Don't reach for that sick bag 'til you're back on the floor . The train now approaching Suggestus II will leave at tertia hora .
Computing Could a unicycle balance itself? Vital programming equipment .
Popular culture, entertainment and the arts Offerings of coins and even estrogen for the rat hole . Ha ha ha... ha... gulp. Gurned .C'est Le Pétomane – who "performed" for royalty. How far would you go to save yourself?Allegedly, you can survive a conversation with Kuchisake-onna by saying the word "pomade" three times.
Art That's gotta hurt .La Princesse .New York is not the only Big Apple . "Surely you can see that THIS is art!" The Book of Miracles .One of many Hellmouths . Tipu's Tiger .Cerne Abbas Giant .
Comics and animation Jenny Everywhere – at your service and in your hands.Beware the truck that will send you to another world .
Literature Only 112? "Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī... help!! Was this man also William Shakespeare? "Beautiful railway bridge of the silv'ry Tay Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken away On the last sabbath day of 1879 Which will be remember'd for a very long time." T-rexes getting frisky, possibly with the help of dinosaur erotica 1885 medallion of the bogus Society of Science, Letters and Art
Music I got a fever...
InstrumentsLet your brain control the music . Make music, not war .
Genres"Guess the black metal bands are in town..."
"Nero fiddles while Gordon Burns , in my Joy Division oven gloves" . Just some typical stage attire.
Musical worksHave some time on your hands? Example of an instrument recently added to the inventory.
SongsAllegedly, the location of the other ball . A regular sight at Ram Ranch . All United Airlines' fault .
AlbumsLou Reed's Metal Machine Music – joke, grudge or conceptual art? All three, probably.
Film "[yawn] ... Yup, it's still there ." After Godzilla's done smashing one building, he tag teams Cthulhu for the next one This was made. Created. And somebody is responsible ...Look what the cat dragged in... From the earliest-known surviving motion picture . Don't blink – you'll miss half of it. AAAAH !
Television The end of you(r sitcom) looms . The spooky intrusion of someone disguised as Max Headroom on Chicago TV. Thousands from Switzerland are getting their spaghetti by doing this one simple trick !
Video games ET and Pac-Man's final resting-place ? "I hope Senpai notices me today..." Think you can do what he supposedly did? *slaps roof of bus* this bad boy can fit so many hours of driving into it The truth is out.... in Brazil.
Internet memes and online culture You can find this guy on talk pages filled with contentious discussions. Ждун. AlienStock .See also List of Internet memes .
Festivals
Stage shows Hatewatching is nothing new .See also
Food Think this Chinese character is threatening? You'll need to write it twice to describe your favorite Shaanxi noodles . Nom nom nom burp nom nom nom nom... No durians . (But no fine if you have some anyway?) Engastration – here in the form of turducken .Fried spiders on sale. (May include excrement.)Mmmm, roadkill .Did William here eat them all ?
Beverages Some coffee, sir? ...... Coming right up out , sir. Dispatch that unwanted soda in style .
Restaurants Meal time at a Modern Toilet Restaurant .
Sports You take my knight? I'll punch your face! Lawn mowers are go! Pillow Fight League .A briefs history of Olympic Flame running .An optional requirement?
Animals in sports Hamsters are go! PETA wouldn't like it .Jump rabbit, jump rabbit, jump jump jump ... Snails are go!
Athletes Beware the wrath !
Sport teams and associations Ironically, his team didn't finish as the best 1988 Winter Olympics bobsled team from the Caribbean. "Hey, how are we doing this season ?" This has a football team ? The Swastikas, eh?
Games and strategy contests Careful where you place that stone – your innards may not approve . Sloane Square... Bond Street... Mornington Crescent !
Folklore A trap for something with large paws . I'm beautiful, no matter what they say !Wood you like dinner? Headless men Spring Heeled Jack .This Mule is on fireeeeeee .
Mystery animals and animal folkloreLooks a load of Bonnacon to me... Pieter Dirkx's imagining of the Mongolian death worm . That's either one fast-growing plant, or...
Society, economy and law Eating chocolate cake in a bag .Comrade! Your hair is not trimmed in accordance with the socialist lifestyle ! At the heart of an international incident .
Politics and government He missed, darn it! Who knew legislation could be so sweet ? The confusingly hirsute Charles the Bald . All hail the Conch Republic ! I am a jelly donut ?Not a killer rabbit after all. A senator uses an old debating trick . Leftist love .There's no-one as Irish as this guy .A work by the "Kowloon emperor ".
Business and economics Orion in the sky, EURion on your money. ...we're going to need a bigger wallet . Gamestonks .
Law, law enforcement and crime An acoustic kitty . Well, almost. "Says in the Mail that these'll have to be straight now! Bloody Eurocrats ..." Not my first thought when you said "armored personnel carrier ".
Legal casesA fruit or a vegetable? A vegetable or a fruit?A vegetable .
Taxation They've just heard you talk about getting rid of them to cut your tax bill .
Punishments "Had a little too much to drink , have we, sir?" See also
Religion and spirituality "Ahhh..." A John Frum cargo cult ceremonial flag raising. Nearly a depiction of the Invisible Pink Unicorn . Can be a hare-y matter in Wicca. Sometimes Jerusalem can be too much . I'm sure she knows more than she's letting on .An artist's impression of one of Xenu's space planes.
Christianity The rear of a bona fide Catalan decoration . A representation of Kolob (reference numeral 1). "Thou shalt commit adultery." So says the Bible . See also
Military Sometimes , the best fighting men are women ."Join the MILF Squad , they said..." The wooden broomstick on which the Night Witches worked their magic. Now you see it...
Animals in the military For Gallantry – if you're an animal ... ...such as Sergeant Stubby here, World War I's most decorated war dog.
Wars, operations and battles An entire war in one diagram (and less than one hour).Should the United States ever want to go to war against the British Empire ...
Weapons and military equipment The Antonov A-40 flying tank. The Bazooka Vespa – the ultimate in Mod(ern) warfare. No pilot required?"Who's a good bomb? " See also
Death Execution by elephant .All aboard the Necropolis line – at least, those that can.Don't panic – you're in a safety coffin . Vultures enjoying a sky burial . One moment he was here, the next... See also
Questions "Get thee onto that pin! " Wikipedia is not afraid to tackle the tough questions:
Lists
Other pages
Unusual featured pictures Wikipedia:Featured pictures contains some unusual images.
See also
External links Funcyclopedia Regan, Jim (February 11, 2005). "Remarkable Wikipedia has "unusual" corners". CSMonitor.com . Halifax, Nova Scotia: USA Today . Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011 . Miller, Andrew (January 25, 2011). "The Least Essential Wikipedia Pages". Something Awful . Retrieved 28 March 2011 . Frater, Jamie (March 21, 2011). "10 Interesting And Unusual Wikipedia Articles". Jamie Frater. Retrieved 28 March 2011 . Lih, Andrew (May–June 2006). "Wikipedia Unusual Articles". andrewlih.com . Retrieved 28 March 2011 . "Interesting and unusual Wikipedia articles". The Straight Dope . June 2009. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2011 . A. Kleinman, M. Strachan: "Las 49 entradas más entretenidas de Wikipedia jamás creadas" 14 de enero de 2015 (actualizado el 6 de diciembre de 2017) Huffington Post ; Consultado el 15 de septiembre de 2019 Archivo de una colección aleatoria de artículos inusuales sobre el juego Wikipedia en The Nethernet