Stevie,
Anything truly quirky should make it to the mainpage on April Fools day,
check out this page for the history of what has been there for the last ten
years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:April_Fool%27s_Main_Page
My own favourite is Heavy Metal Ulmlaut, but the museum of bad Art is also
quite quirky.
Regards
Jonathan Cardy
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On 9 October 2014 15:05, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
Hello everyone.
As a part of a project that we're developing to participate in the Science
Museum Lates event in November, I'm looking for a selection of quirky
Wikipedia articles - think Buffalo buffalo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo>
(etc)
and Toilet paper orientation
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation>, those that are
odd but still have some academic or scientific merit. Participants in the
session will be selecting some of their favourite lines from unusual
Wikipedia articles and putting them together to create found poetry. I'm
looking for some of the quirkier articles that might be fun for this, so if
you have any suggestions please do let me know!
Thank you,
Stevie
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Head of External Relations
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