Wikicruft
From enfascination
Wikipedia has a problem with (e.g.) listing 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:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fancruft
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GAMECRUFT
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cruftcruft
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games/Deletion
This is for the encyclopedia's passionate defenders of useless pop subculture references:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Fancruft
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Fancruft_(second_nomination)
This was fun and funny stuff I stumbled on:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Discussing_cruft
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2007_April_21
- 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