Wikicruft

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Here are the policies:
 
Here are the policies:
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fancruft
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fancruft]
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GAMECRUFT
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GAMECRUFT]
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cruftcruft
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cruftcruft]
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games/Deletion
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games/Deletion]
  
 
This is for the encyclopedia's passionate defenders of useless pop subculture references:
 
This is for the encyclopedia's passionate defenders of useless pop subculture references:
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Fancruft
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Fancruft]
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Fancruft_(second_nomination)
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Fancruft_(second_nomination)]
  
 
This was fun and funny stuff I stumbled on:
 
This was fun and funny stuff I stumbled on:
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars ]
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Discussing_cruft
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Discussing_cruft]
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2007_April_21
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2007_April_21]
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy/Middle-earth_items
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy/Middle-earth_items]
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_projects_whose_name_is_a_term_offensive_to_many_people_with_disabilities
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_projects_whose_name_is_a_term_offensive_to_many_people_with_disabilities]

Revision as of 18:05, 22 June 2010

Wikipedia has a problem with listing (e.g.) all the Jills that have appeared in every video game and cartoon episode that has every aired.

Wikipedia also has a solution. Apparently the phenomenon is called fancruft and gamecruft and I found a ton of great stuff under the hood while digging around to see what they do about it:

Here are the policies:

This is for the encyclopedia's passionate defenders of useless pop subculture references:

This was fun and funny stuff I stumbled on: