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246k objects in the archive · 2,456 ranked picks

Wikipedia articles used as evidence in arguments

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1
Lynn Conway
Lynn Conway has died
en.wikipedia.org2015–20262 submissionsHN thread
1,670 pts
328 cmts
12 people
2
John McCarthy (computer scientist)
John McCarthy Has Died
en.wikipedia.org2011–20242 submissionsHN thread
1,621 pts
218 cmts
8 people
3
Timeline of the far future
en.wikipedia.org2012–202646 submissionsHN thread
1,302 pts
470 cmts
89 people
4
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-02-27/Op-ed
Wikimedia Foundation spending
en.wikipedia.org2017–20243 submissionsHN thread
1,059 pts
411 cmts
14 people
5
Illegal prime
en.wikipedia.org2010–202116 submissionsHN thread
949 pts
490 cmts
28 people
6
User talk:Jimbo Wales
RFC: Blanking all Wikipedia as SOPA protest
en.wikipedia.org2011–20262 submissionsHN thread
931 pts
209 cmts
6 people
7
Room 641A
en.wikipedia.org2010–20269 submissionsHN thread
872 pts
196 cmts
218 people
8
User:Guy Macon/Wikipedia has Cancer
Wikipedia Has Cancer (2017)
en.wikipedia.org2017–20265 submissionsHN thread
871 pts
504 cmts
56 people
9
Potato paradox
en.wikipedia.org2015–20228 submissionsHN thread
814 pts
210 cmts
10 people
10
Zero rupee note
Zero Rupee Note
en.wikipedia.org2015–20212 submissionsHN thread
774 pts
235 cmts
2 people
11
Cat gap
Cat Gap
en.wikipedia.org2020–20254 submissionsHN thread
715 pts
155 cmts
2 people
12
Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court
en.wikipedia.org2024–20251 submissionHN thread
712 pts
475 cmts
3 people
13
Angus Wallace
In-flight surgery with a coat-hanger and silverware
en.wikipedia.org20221 submissionHN thread
707 pts
209 cmts
14
Tarrare
en.wikipedia.org2017–20246 submissionsHN thread
703 pts
242 cmts
1 person
15
Bert Sutherland
Bert Sutherland Has Died
en.wikipedia.org20201 submissionHN thread
680 pts
33 cmts
16
Crown shyness
en.wikipedia.org2016–20266 submissionsHN thread
659 pts
85 cmts
4 people
17
The Thing (listening device)
The Thing
en.wikipedia.org2015–202620 submissionsHN thread
651 pts
109 cmts
103 people
18
Lenin was a mushroom
en.wikipedia.org2016–20255 submissionsHN thread
634 pts
184 cmts
7 people
19
Low-background steel
Low-Background Steel
en.wikipedia.org2012–202631 submissionsHN thread
624 pts
157 cmts
97 people
20
Run commands
Run Commands, the 'rc' in '.bashrc'
en.wikipedia.org2012–20201 submissionHN thread
620 pts
126 cmts
4 people
21
52-hertz whale
en.wikipedia.org2015–20268 submissionsHN thread
618 pts
135 cmts
3 people
22
Gimli Glider
en.wikipedia.org2008–202611 submissionsHN thread
613 pts
287 cmts
64 people
23
Ha-ha
Ha-ha wall
en.wikipedia.org2016–20266 submissionsHN thread
603 pts
110 cmts
5 people
24
List of inventors killed by their own inventions
Inventors killed by their own inventions
en.wikipedia.org2009–202117 submissionsHN thread
601 pts
264 cmts
11 people
25
Simpson%27s paradox
Simpson's paradox
en.wikipedia.org2009–202629 submissionsHN thread
601 pts
129 cmts
108 people
26
List of cognitive biases
List of Cognitive Biases
en.wikipedia.org2008–202637 submissionsHN thread
599 pts
153 cmts
161 people
27
White Coke
en.wikipedia.org2013–20248 submissionsHN thread
596 pts
262 cmts
2 people
28
Sweden Solar System
en.wikipedia.org2011–20269 submissionsHN thread
590 pts
112 cmts
15 people
29
1%25 rule (Internet culture)
1% rule
en.wikipedia.org2011–20256 submissionsHN thread
581 pts
212 cmts
54 people
30
List of lists of lists
Wikipedia's list of lists of lists
en.wikipedia.org2011–202634 submissionsHN thread
581 pts
114 cmts
36 people
31
Peter Naur
Peter Naur has died
en.wikipedia.org2016–20231 submissionHN thread
570 pts
96 cmts
1 person
32
Atlantropa
en.wikipedia.org2010–202615 submissionsHN thread
569 pts
247 cmts
23 people
33
Dry water
Dry Water
en.wikipedia.org2015–20263 submissionsHN thread
560 pts
181 cmts
4 people
34
Boltzmann brain
Boltzmann Brain
en.wikipedia.org2009–202617 submissionsHN thread
556 pts
335 cmts
67 people
35
Raising of Chicago
The Raising of Chicago
en.wikipedia.org2013–202615 submissionsHN thread
549 pts
249 cmts
40 people
36
Bouba/kiki effect
en.wikipedia.org2007–202621 submissionsHN thread
547 pts
267 cmts
41 people
37
6174
en.wikipedia.org2023–20253 submissionsHN thread
546 pts
105 cmts
38
One-electron universe
en.wikipedia.org2011–202613 submissionsHN thread
539 pts
274 cmts
61 people
39
Epiousios
en.wikipedia.org2020–20232 submissionsHN thread
539 pts
201 cmts
4 people
40
Jevons paradox
en.wikipedia.org2010–202636 submissionsHN thread
536 pts
330 cmts
378 people
41
A True Story
en.wikipedia.org2018–20255 submissionsHN thread
534 pts
72 cmts
5 people
42
Burned house horizon
Burned House Horizon
en.wikipedia.org2016–20247 submissionsHN thread
518 pts
208 cmts
5 people
43
Secretary problem
The Secretary Problem
en.wikipedia.org2008–202625 submissionsHN thread
511 pts
255 cmts
94 people
44
Moravec%27s paradox
Moravec's paradox
en.wikipedia.org2009–202634 submissionsHN thread
509 pts
142 cmts
81 people
45
Whale fall
en.wikipedia.org2013–20244 submissionsHN thread
502 pts
111 cmts
10 people
46
Dashrath Manjhi
The man who singlehandedly carved a road through a mountain
en.wikipedia.org2012–20266 submissionsHN thread
502 pts
100 cmts
10 people
47
Man of the Hole
en.wikipedia.org2016–202412 submissionsHN thread
499 pts
113 cmts
2 people
48
Beverly Clock
en.wikipedia.org2013–20245 submissionsHN thread
499 pts
109 cmts
3 people
49
Phoebus cartel
Phoebus Cartel
en.wikipedia.org2011–202616 submissionsHN thread
495 pts
250 cmts
77 people
50
Banana equivalent dose
en.wikipedia.org2010–20269 submissionsHN thread
493 pts
84 cmts
55 people