Post interesting wikipedia articles here

[b0und]

I am addicted to wikipedia, it's the site I spend/waste most of my time on. I like to read, even about stuff I have never heard of before.

So post some links to cool wikipedia articles here.

The articles must be in English (I can read German, too), interesting enough to hold the readers attention.

The best articles will cause the reader to find out more about the subject and click on related links.

They don't need to be 'featured' articles, obscure topics can often be interesting.

They don't need to be 'science' articles.

I will hand out karma for articles that I find interesting.




b0und (yours in the pursuit of knowledge)

 

[nodiggitydave]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag

 

[_n8o_]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manowar

 

[b0und]

^^^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Maiden

Is a better example of how such an article should be written.




b0und (keep it up bros)

 

[nodiggitydave]

I agree academically it may not be facinating, but aspects of it, especially the 'pretexts for war' hold incredible relevance to what the ministry of defence is experiencing currently.

 

[b0und]

To keep the ball rolling:


20th century history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_Uprising


Mathmatics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio


Egyptology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_pyramids


Science/Astronomy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetar




b0und ( )

 

[Donnie Darko]

My college advisor discovered this and he was also Hans Krebs' lab assistant too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_transport_chain

 

[christopher2100]

I learned in grad school that everything on that website is not 100% true, any ordinary joe can submit info on there and be at your finger tips thinking it is true.

 

[OXANDRIN]

most people copy and paste on there... most information on AAS is old and from the same sources you have been reading online for the last decade

 

[beefybull]

Technological singularity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Singularity Is Near - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raymond Kurzweil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugo de Garis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugo de Garis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[beefybull]

I learned in grad school that everything on that website is not 100% true, any ordinary joe can submit info on there and be at your finger tips thinking it is true.

While anyone can submit info and edit articles, there are STRICT wikipedia guidelines that must be met. Bibliography and sources are required (often they are links to newspapers/news sites). Articles that dont meet the guidelines are deleted or edited. Controversial articles require special privleges to edit.

Wikipedia is one of the greatest sites on the internet.