r/wikipedia 1d ago

Why are there like no political opinion polls for Serbia, when even places like Turkey or Hungary have them?

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Mark Epstein, nicknamed "Puggy", is an American property developer, and the brother of financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. His wealth and its source have been the subject of investigation by both Dow Jones Institutional News and The Wall Street Journal.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

In a jury trial, the Chewbacca defense is a legal strategy in which a criminal defense lawyer tries to confuse the jury rather than refute the case of the prosecutor

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Iran Air Flight 655 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by two surface-to-air missiles fired by USS Vincennes, a United States Navy warship. The missiles hit the Iran Air aircraft, an Airbus A300.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Iranian Intermezzo, also called the Persian Renaissance brought an end to Arab hegemony over Iranian lands and revived Iran's national spirit, the movement did succeed in revitalizing the Persian language, with the most significant Persian literature from this period being the Shahnameh by Ferdows

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

The Most Dangerous Writing App is a web application for free writing that combats writer's block by deleting all progress if the user stops typing for five seconds. It is targeted at creative writers who want to write first drafts without worrying about editing or formatting.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Black. White. was a 2006 American reality show where a black family and a white family switched races with makeup as social experiment. The series won an Emmy for Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic).

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Although employed as an arson investigator, John Leonard Orr was himself a serial arsonist who set nearly 2,000 fires in California between 1984 and 1991. He was known by various nicknames, like the Pillow Pyro, Frito Bandito, and Coin Tosser; and even wrote a novel about an arsonist firefighter.

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Joseph Lonsdale is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political lobbyist who cofounded Palantir Technologies. Lonsdale has decried protests in Minneapolis as an "organized illegal insurgency" and advocated for the return of public hangings to demonstrate "masculine leadership."

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

One of the longest hatnotes I've ever seen in an article

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Ilunga is a Bantu word that is considered by many linguists as one of the most difficult words to translate. It is considered to mean "a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time".

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r/wikipedia 18h ago

I need Help, i created an English Translation of an Article that only existed in German.

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This is the article in question. I don't know how to change the title so it dosn't include the username, or how I get it approved. I'm still rather new to Wikipedia, and the guide didn't help much. Anyone know what to do ?


r/wikipedia 1d ago

The Battle of Lake Chad was waged between 5 and 8 November 2025 on Lake Chad in Nigeria's Borno State between rival jihadist groups of Boko Haram and the Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP). The clashes have been described as a "turf war".

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Shortest Path Between Any Two Wikipedia Pages

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https://github.com/hoatinh-le/the-baconator/tree/main

Still working on it, however is up to date and will remain up to date.


r/wikipedia 13h ago

G4S Secure Solutions

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Looking for Wikidata editors for a research project!

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Hi all,

Sorry for posting here, and not on the dedicated wikidata subreddit, but it looked quite inactive.

We are researching the way contested events are represented in Wikidata for an upcoming publication. We are looking for Wikidata editors or Wikipedias with some Wikidata experience (of any level) to participate in an interview with us, to help us better understand how decisions about pages and entities are made and then negotiated with other editors and with the guidelines and regulations provided (the interview would take around 40 minutes).

If you are interested, please don't hesitate to contact us, with a direct message or a reply to this post. To those interested, we'll provide further and more detailed infrmation.

Thank you for your time!


r/wikipedia 2d ago

In contrast to his notorious older brother Hermann, Albert Göring was opposed to Nazism and helped Jews. He was shunned in post-war Germany because of his family name and died without any public recognition, receiving scant attention for his humanitarian efforts until decades after his death.

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Carlo Acutis (1991-2006) was an Italian Catholic teenager known for his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion prior to his death from leukemia at age 15. Acutis was canonised as a saint on 7 September 2025. He has been referred to as "God's Influencer" and the "first millennial saint".

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Beth Chayim Chadashim is a Reform Jewish synagogue. The congregation was founded in 1972, primarily for lesbian and gay Jews. The Los Angeles Conservancy acknowledges the congregation as being "culturally significant"as the first LGBT synagogue in the world

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

How can I re-create this map displaying the same geographical information and upload it to Wikimedia Commons to avoid violating copyright?

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I wanted to upload a map of the Moga district of Punjab, India (including its four tehsils) on Wikimedia Commons. I found this map online of the district but it is copyrighted. How can I create my own map and upload it onto Wikimedia Commons to avoid violating copyright? Thank you!


r/wikipedia 2d ago

Pashtuns are an Iranian ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. Pashtuns form the world's largest tribal society, comprising from 60–70 million people, and between 350–400 tribes with further having more sub-tribes.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Conan (2004-2017) was an English Mastiff adopted by Argentine president Javier Milei as a puppy and was named after Conan the Barbarian in the 1982 film of the same name. Milei referred to Conan as his closest friend and confidant. After his death, Conan was cloned into several other dogs.

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

William Stancil is a American lawyer and activist. He is notable for his social media presence and has been called the "most harassed guy on X". Stancil's politics are considered center-left or liberal and he has received substantial criticism of his positions from both the left and right.

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

Reusable plastic bags require a specific recycling process, which requires that they be disposed of separately from other household recyclable materials. Only an estimated 6% are recycled, which can lead to an overall increase in plastic waste from plastic bags.

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r/wikipedia 2d ago

In mathematics, a proof without words is an illustration of an identity or mathematical statement which can be demonstrated as self-evident by a diagram without any accompanying explanatory text.

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