Wikipedia talk:Unusual articles/Archive 1

message: Is Ben Kerr sufficiently unusual? I'm inclined to remove it. There are plenty of regular joke candidates in elections all over the world - Screaming Lord Sutch comes to mind. --ALargeElk | Talk 10:00, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: THe guy's a little strange, but in my opinion is not really strange enough to put on a list of the most unusual articles we have. -- Cyrius|✎ 13:06, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)

text: Well, the article title is unusual and the topic matter certainly strikes *me* as being unusual. I'd have thought it was a joke if someone else had brought it up. Elf | Talk 00:54, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: I'm a bit cheezed off that someone put the "Allbeefpaties..." article on the list because I didn't think it qualifies as an unusual article according to my own vague definition. So I think this discussion is valuable. Maybe we need a page for each of the 3 areas mentioned above. But again we probably need some form of strict definition. One Salient Oversight 23:42, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: Since the current page is (IMO) intended more as a whimsical amusement for Wikipedia junkies than as a rigorous catalogue I think it's no biggie if we scatter a few strange images throughout this list as eyecandy. Perhaps a separate article or section would be in order if so many images get added that they're starting to crowd the list? Not that I feel particularly strongly one way or the other... :) Bryan 07:33, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

text: Oh, one objection I do have which I feel a little more strongly about: :Image:Hairless boy 02.jpg appears to be linked to solely from this page. I don't think an image should count unless it's actually used in a Wikipedia article for some actual valid reason. Bryan 07:37, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: What qualifies as "unusual"?

message: I'm removing the link to Octopus card since it seems out of place on a list of "Unusual articles". Afterall, most of us probably have a debit/check card or if not, we've probably seen several throughout the day thereby not making it all that unusual. Just thought I'd throw out my reasoning behind this. Dismas 14:00, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Octopus card 

message: I much dislike the addition of vast heards of images. I think the page now has far too many unnecessary images, making it very slow loading, cluttered, and bloated. Perhaps we could have a seperate image gallery page, if people think having such illustrations in one place is necessary? -- Infrogmation 06:15, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I was the one who put all the images there in the first place. I felt that it really added to the page's look and "vibe". I think the unusual articles page is one of Wikipedia's flagships and a great entry point for interested people. I have, however, been on broadband for about 3 months and have forgotten how long dial-up services can take downloading pictures, so your complaint certainly is a valid one. Why not select about half the pictures - the ones that take the longest to load (I think the trepanation and the Ulam Spiral ones are quite big) - and remove them while leaving the other half behind? --One Salient Oversight 06:22, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for going to the effort of selecting the images, and thanks as well for being so gracious about my criticism of the page size. I cut down to 3 images max per section, and shrunk the thumbnail sizes of some others. If I cut any of your favorite images, I won't be offended if you substitute them. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 06:37, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm pretty happy with the changes that've been done. Thanks for your input. --One Salient Oversight 01:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image overload 

message: someone please do something about it. SYSS Mouse 02:01, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm one of those who have made it larger. The fact is that as Wikipedia grows this page will grow larger as more and more unusual articles are made and discovered. I like the idea of a large page - there are many pages larger than this one. What is your proposal? --One Salient Oversight 04:10, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The only one that comes to mind is to split this into more specialized articles - "Wikipedia:Unusual pop culture articles", for example. But I don't think it's really long enough to worry about that yet, IMO for articles that are just lists like this it's better to have everything on one page for as long as possible. Perhaps once it passes 100KB or so it'd become a more pressing concern. Bryan 06:12, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  This page is getting very large 

message: Is Marijuana Party of Canada really an unusual article? There are similar parties in many countries. And marijuana is enough of an issue that having a single-issue party on the subject doesn't appear to be that strange to me. I don't really care that much about the issue, but I don't think it's that unusual. Mwalcoff 08:44, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I was just thinking that, and I've removed it. -- Scott eiπ 04:34, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marijuana Party of Canada 

message: Is that a joke, or real? Numbers station - I never heard of those, but if they are real, i would say this one really is a great addition to the unusual articles --Abdull 18:16, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's real, and it now has Numbers station as one of its members, under the Culture, general section. Thanks, Luc "Somethingorother" French 22:44, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbers station 

message: I was going to add Size queen, but was not sure if I should wait and see if it survives VfD. Is there a guideline for this? I think the subject itself would survive the VfD for sure if it were not for the .... unfortunate content in the article so its a toss up. Dalf | Talk 06:59, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  pages on VfD 

message: I think it's probably worth having an 'Unusual article' catergory. Jooler 01:21, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Catergory

message: That is scurrile: fainting goat. Especially look at the videos provided. --Abdull 03:11, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Fainting goats

message: Does the article on Berwick really belong here? It's simply a standard article about a town, with one or two oddities. I'd suggest deleting the reference. Does anyone else agree? Jon Rob 09:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The only thing unusual is the story about the war, and that doesn't take up as much space as the town's history. I've removed it. Graham/pianoman87 talk 12:19, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Berwick-upon-Tweed 

message: I have just deleted the reference to the article on David Rice Atchison. It is not well written, and its only "unusual" aspect may be a misunderstanding. I will post a message on its talk page to this effect. Wulfilia 15:20, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent deletion: [[David Rice Atchison]]