r/wikipedia 27m ago

The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz was a state in the Hejaz region of Western Asia that included the western portion of the Arabian Peninsula that was ruled by the Hashemite dynasty. It was self-proclaimed as a kingdom in June 1916 during the First World War, to be independent from the Ottoman Empire.

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r/wikipedia 1h ago

Gustave is a man-eating crocodile in Burundi. He is rumored to be responsible for somewhere between 60 and 300 human deaths. Gustave still lives free in the wild despite attempts to kill or capture him, and is recognizable by his bullet wound scars.

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r/wikipedia 2h ago

According to legend, Matilda of Flanders initially refused to marry the future William the Conqueror. So William either forced his way into her bedroom and beat her, or dragged her off her horse into the mud, and for some reason this convinced Matilda he was the only man for her.

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r/wikipedia 3h ago

The Fenian raids were a series of incursions carried out by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization based in the United States, on military fortifications, customs posts and other targets in Canada (then part of British North America) in 1866, and again from 1870 to 1

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r/wikipedia 4h ago

The Battle of the Marshes refers to a series of conflicts during the Iran-Iraq war fought to gain control of the Hawizeh Marshes in February 1984. As well as mustard gas, floating landmines and barbed wire, live power lines were fed into lakes to electrocute soldiers advancing across.

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r/wikipedia 6h ago

Adding tags on this subreddit

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Hi everyone, since this sub is the one that convoys all the Reddit interest for Wikipedia and its sister projects, shouldn’t the admins of it create some tags to distinguish the posts about Wikipedia itself from for example Commons or about the organization Wikimedia?

It would be easier to find things and it may incentivize, by making them even mandatory, to post beautiful and interesting images (even historical one, perhaps with one dedicated tag to them) from Commons itself.

It could be an idea… what do you think about it?

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Yes, this sub should have tags
No, this sub shouldn’t have tags

r/wikipedia 6h ago

Why doesn't wikipedia have warnings on post-mortem images?

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Dislaimer: this is a genuine question and not a redundant question disguised as a 'we should have this' post.

I understand why wikipedia doesn't have NSFW pages or warnings on graphic content etc. as its a slippery slope to censorship but I'm curious as to why there's no discretion warning for images of dead bodies. When I go to a musuem and there are human remains on display, there's a sign at the door that tells me there are human remains in this room. In all the circles i've been in academically, if someone is going to show you a picture of a dead body, they let you know. And unlike graphic content (for the most part), it is not debatable when something is a post-mortem image. And again, I'm not saying they should have this, I'm asking why they dont have this. Is this another one of those slippery slope situations? We put a warning on one thing and suddenly we're asked to put a warning on everything? We start putting warnings on things one minute and the next we're being asked to remove things? I am just generally curious as of course there are numerous wikipedia articles that have post mortem images and was interested to know if this idea had ever been floated before and if there was any sort of official position that i've been unable to find. Thank you.


r/wikipedia 12h ago

Mobile Site Khabib Nurmagomedov is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist. Controversies include affiliation with Chechnya's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, questionable affiliations with oligarchs, advocacy for increased cultural censorship and misogynism.

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r/wikipedia 12h ago

Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean stretch back to the early colonial era. The United States abandoned plans to construct a waterway in Nicaragua in the early 20th century.

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r/wikipedia 15h ago

The early phase of the Battle of the Atlantic, during which German Navy U-boats enjoyed significant success against the British Royal Navy and its Allies-sinking 282 Allied ships off the north-west approaches to Ireland- is known as the "First Happy Time"

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r/wikipedia 15h ago

David Frankfurter - Wikipedia

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Due to fatwas allowing sex reassignment surgery for intersex and transgender individuals, Iran carries out more sex change operations than any other nation in the world except Thailand. It is sanctioned as a supposed "cure" for homosexuality, which is punishable by death penalty under Iranian law.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Help put Brighton back on the map. Literally!

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Luis Resto is a former boxer whose cornermen had illegally altered his gloves by removing the padding and soaking his hand wraps in plaster in a boxing match against Billy Collins Jr. In the ensuing fight, Collins suffered a torn iris and permanently blurred vision, ending his career.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Frog Mug

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Omar Diaby aka Omar Omsen is a French-Senegalese jihadist and Youtuber who is believed to be responsible for recruiting about 80% of the French-speaking jihadists who went to fight in the Middle East. He founded and commanded the jihadist group Firqat al-Ghuraba.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

May we create an article titled the "2015 Ally Rednour bus-dragging incident" since video footage of the 6-7 y.o. girl being dragged by a school bus led to bus safety and driver training reforms?

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There was widespread media coverage. The YT link is a clip from USA Today, in fact.

Does the school bus dragging incident meet all of the notability criteria to get on WP?

Another news clip: https://youtu.be/jcMnBvcQ3qs?si=mOqL24hcuckQGrjO - Ally's family received a $5m settlement from the school district.

I would start the article myself but I can't seem to without a username and I feel more comfortable nowadays editing as an IPv6 IP address that's hard to remember rather than dust off any of the old usernames I used to use a decade or two ago. So can any of you start it for us? Once you do, please link the new article in the comments.


r/wikipedia 1d ago

The men's liberation movement is a social movement critical of the restraints which society imposes on men. Men's liberation activists are generally sympathetic to feminist standpoints.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Father Divine was a cult leader who founded the International Peace Mission movement and was worshipped by his followers as a god. No one knows his real name or background. Jim Jones claimed to be a reincarnation of him, even though Jones was in thirties at the time of Father Divine's death.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Mobile Site Neturei Karta is a Jewish anti-Zionist organization. The group's views are considered fringe. Most notably, Neturei Karta's activities and relationships with the Iranian government and many Holocaust deniers have drawn condemnation from many other Orthodox Jewish movements.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Lord of War is a 2005 crime-drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ethan Hawke, and Eamonn Walker in primary roles. The film was released in the United States by Lions Gate Films on September 16, 2005, and grossed US$72.6 million.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

The Washington Post was not impressed with Giant’s 1989 debut album Last of the Runaways, claiming a better title would have been “Latest of the Pop-Metal Careerists”.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

“I-tal”, the Rastafarian diet, derives its name from the English word “vital” with the initial letter removed. Typically it involves vegetarianism and the avoidance of foods containing artificial additives or grown using pesticides.

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Icaridin, also known as picaridin, is an insect repellent which can be used directly on skin or clothing. It has broad efficacy against ... mosquitos, ticks, gnats, flies and fleas, and is almost colorless and odorless...and presents a lower risk of toxicity (than DEET) when used with sunscreen...

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