This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

Whitlock was Moroder's mechanic, fixing his Ferraris, before turning into a lyricist.

i guess that's more just "cool details" w/e

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Gregoire.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregoire_%28chimpanzee%29

that's an old chimp.

Hidden political message[edit]
According to Dave Mackey's Batfink site, there's a two-part political message hidden in two episodes, disguised as sped-up gibberish. He translates the message as follows:

Part 1 (in "Spin the Batfink"): "The most dangerous force in America today is Walter Reuther and his political machine. It’s time we realized that they intend to run this country. When the smut publishers put a..."[4]
Part 2 (in "Bride and Doom"): "...dirty cover on a clean book, let’s take it at face value and call it trash and dump it in the river."[5]

According to Andie MacDowell, the director was stoned throughout filming.[4]

In 1979 he got devoriced from the then wife Jane Tucker, who later married their life long Friend Freddy Marks, during this period Rod penned the songs, "Janes got a new Sausage", "I'm a wolf, Freddy's a Tiger, Janes a Cow and always will be" and "It's good to share second hand goods".

Rod currently lives London and is semi retired, although still writes material mainly for his own amusement. Rod is also a naturist, after being introduced to the lifestyle by friend and colleague Freddy Marks in the late 1980s. The pair regularly holiday with their families at popular nudist spots across Europe. Burton himself has appeared in a charity calendar, completely naked, except for a tambourine covering his modesty.[citation needed]

also People who have obviously written their own Wikipedia entry, S/D C/D

In England

After Martin V was elected as the new pope in November 1417, Poggio, although not holding any office, accompanied his court to Mantua in late 1418, but, once there, decided to accept the invitation of Henry, Cardinal Beaufort, bishop of Winchester, to go to England. His five years spent in England, until returning to Rome in 1423, were the least productive and satisfactory of his life.[4]

During the band's performance of "Rocket Queen", the 15th song in the set (counting drum & guitar solos),

Kahoano later stated that he "did not respect the other members on a musical or personal level" and described the experience as "Wack".

Do we have a thread for "unusual diction in wikipedia articles"?

Self Portrait was Dylan's second double album, and features a lot of cover versions of well-known pop and folk songs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Ajayi#Style_of_play

Hamlet is the most skilled of all at rhetoric.

okay the wikipedia article on Hamlet is a goldmine*

The Ghost demands that Hamlet avenge him. "Well said, old mole!" replies the prince, and he tells Horatio and the rest of his crew that he is going to "put on an antic disposition" from this point on and that if they run into him around the castle they should not say such things as "Well, we know," or "We could, an if we would," Or "If we list to speak," or "There be, an if they might,"[7] that would give him away. He is, however, uncertain of the Ghost's reliability.

*that potentially opens onto a secondary branch of comedy platinum via the talkpage which I have not yet dared click on

^lol

From "Tantrums"

Notable people

Tennis player Ilie Năstase is best remembered for being one of the best players never to win the singles title at Wimbledon, for his tantrums, and his good looks.[21]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281880%E2%80%931901%29.svg

Brand was also an insatiable reader, who amassed a collection of 30,000 books over the years, many of which were destroyed in a 1978 fire at his Malibu home.

Pollution of the Hudson River is water pollution of the Hudson River and pollution of the parts of the Hudson River Valley affected by this water pollution.

apparently in the span of thirteen episodes:

Due to the negative critical and public reaction to the show, the producers made changes to Mrs. Columbo almost immediately. The spin-off was renamed Kate Columbo, followed by Kate the Detective, and finally Kate Loves a Mystery. The main character was likewise renamed "Kate Callahan"; all references to and ties with the original Columbo show were dropped. After this, a reference was made in the show to Kate's divorce: the character was no longer Mrs. Columbo nor was she meant to have any connection with him at all.

And that's how "Kate & Allie" became a staple of the CBS Monday lineup.

The picture looks terrible, but in a really strange way. Why do the 'RZ-1' and the screen look very sharp compared to everything else?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_RZ-1

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Casio_RZ-1_Digital_Sampling_Rhythm_Composer_%28lowreso%29.jpg

In the file history and rights information for that image it says it is a derivative work of this:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stolmen%26samplers_@_bdu%27s_studio.jpg

In that photo, the RZ-1 is the lower of two machines to the left of the main rig. The photo is shot from a completely different angle and you cannot see the RZ-1's screen (it appears to be turned off) or the Casio logo (it is partially obscured by something). If that file information is correct, some incredibly heavy image manipulation must have been done to make it appear that it was photographed from directly overhead. In addition, the illuminated screen and Casio logo must surely be separate elements pasted in from another source image. Either that or the image of the keyboard rig is not the source for the RZ-1 image, contrary to what is stated.

Incidentally I used to have an RZ-1. I bought it new in 1987 and was excited by the idea you could sample sounds into it, but one problem I found was that the sampled sounds wouldn't line up with the onboard sounds. The sampler recorded a few milliseconds of noise or space at the front before the (for example) snare hit, making the sampled snare sound late compared to the onboard sounds when combined in a sequence. The Wikipedia page mentions this (with no citation). I had forgotten that I edited it about five years ago to add that information.

apparently in the span of thirteen episodes:

_Due to the negative critical and public reaction to the show, the producers made changes to Mrs. Columbo almost immediately. The spin-off was renamed Kate Columbo, followed by Kate the Detective, and finally Kate Loves a Mystery. The main character was likewise renamed "Kate Callahan"; all references to and ties with the original Columbo show were dropped. After this, a reference was made in the show to Kate's divorce: the character was no longer Mrs. Columbo nor was she meant to have any connection with him at all._

I can remember c&p-ing this exact paragraph somewhere a few years ago

some incredibly heavy image manipulation must have been done to make it appear that it was photographed from directly overhead

in photoshop an image can be stretched like this fairly easily. then, yes, they've pasted on the logos and screen, and touched up the edges and added fake depth.

I don't know why they bothered when the finished image looks like absolute shit. Admittedly the other RZ-1 images on Flickr are set to 'All Rights Reserved' but the owners might be willing to waive that if you bothered to ask them nicely for permission to use the image on Wikipedia. There are loads more on Google Images, as well.

i see a lot of weird image manipulation on wikipedia. for example, the current main photo for clint eastwood where the background has been removed for no good reason.

If you look at the original Clint Eastwood source image -- https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdcgraphics/5553144396/ -- you can see why they edited it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Anderson

In 2003, Anderson became NASA's first artist-in-residence

(not sure if that's unusual but it's new to me that such a thing existed)

This election is ceremonial, as the monarch (following the advice of the prime minister) also tells the members of the greater chapter whom they are to elect. If any members of the chapter fail to attend, they are declared to be "contumacious".

unusual details which make you a) google a word and b) search for ILX mentions

Contuomasious

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Max

He is also well known for having Narcissistic Personality Disorder.[18][19]

Knickerbocker Village was home to a very diverse group of tenants that included civil servants, small business owners with stores on nearby Orchard or Hester Streets, and other notable residents including members of organized crime. Albert Embarrato Caporegime Bonanno Crime Family, Richard Cantarella Capo Bonanno Crime Family, Joseph D'Amico Street Soldier Bonanno Crime Family, Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero Street Soldier Bonanno Crime Family, Anthony "Tony" Mirra Caporegime Bonanno Crime Family, Nicholas Marangello Underboss Bonanno Crime Family, Robert Perrino Associate Bonanno Crime Family,

Other notable residents included (...)

Melissa became a popular name in the DEUTSCHLAND during the 1950s.

In the 2013 American League Divisional Series against the Detroit Tigers, his walk-up music was Comatose by Skillet.

Bob Marley and associated Jamaican reggae acts The Wailers, and Peter Tosh feature prominently in Sublime's songs, as do other Jamaican reggae and dancehall acts such as Born Jamericans, Toots & the Maytals, The Melodians, Wayne Smith, Tenor Saw, Frankie Paul, The Wailing Souls, Barrington Levy, Half Pint and Yellowman. The band additionally covered "Smoke Two Joints" originally by Oregon-based reggae group The Toyes.[19]

Sublime was also heavily influenced by the 1980s and 1990s hip-hop and rap scene of Los Angeles and New York City, alluding to or borrowing from such acts as N.W.A and Eazy-E (who died 14 months before Nowell), the Beastie Boys, Just-Ice, Public Enemy and Flavor Flav, KRS-One, Doug E. Fresh, Too $hort, Mobb Deep, as well as the Philadelphia-based rapper Steady B and Texas hip-hop The Geto Boys.[19]

The southern California metal, surf rock and punk scene influencing Sublime includes Big Drill Car (who were thanked in the first two albums), The Ziggens, Minutemen, The Descendents, Bad Religion, The Bel-Airs, Butthole Surfers, Secret Hate, as well as fellow fusion band Fishbone. Sublime was also influenced by Washington, DC hardcore acts such as Minor Threat, Fugazi (who were also thanked in the first album) and Bad Brains. The band also referenced popular California bands like Grateful Dead, The Doors, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, the famous British rock band The Beatles as well as Swedish pop band ABBA. They also referenced local LA composer Frank Zappa. [19]

A few references are made to funk, R&B, and soul bands such as James Brown, the Ohio Players, Jimi Hendrix, Aswad, as well as a smattering of Irish, Scottish and English bands like Boomtown Rats, The Specials, and Primal Scream.

The earliest evidence of wearing socks in sandals is documented at the archaeological site between Dishforth and Leeming in North Yorkshire, England. The discovery suggests that old Romans wore socks with sandals at least 2000 years ago.[3]

File:Hiking in Knee Socks, Sandals, and Cut-offs.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Hiking_in_Knee_Socks%2C_Sandals%2C_and_Cut-offs.jpg/675px-Hiking_in_Knee_Socks%2C_Sandals%2C_and_Cut-offs.jpg

Description: A man is hiking wearing knee socks, sandals, and cut-off shorts.
Date: 18 December 2011
Source: Own work
Author: Oddman47

The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Socks in sandals

The following other wikis use this file:

Usage on da.wikipedia.org: Sokker i sandaler
Usage on de.wiktionary.org: Kniestrumpf
Usage on es.wikibooks.org: Curso de alemán para principiantes con audio/Lección 122

thought that was John McAfee on the lam for a sec there

The return of tracksuits can largely be credited to music, most notably Rapper Jay Z and fellow Spice Girl Sporty Spice.

While some people find not wearing underwear to be sexually exciting, and some people regard knowing that their sex partner is not wearing underwear to be erotic, most that go commando do so for their own comfort, or other reasons such as a medical condition or how they were raised.

and yet, some, like Lady Gaga, were born that way.

very few of us were born wearing underwear tbf

ttj

Actinoform clouds seen as from Space photo caption totally slaying me by making outer space a proper noun

I worry my ugly formatting choices dilute the impact so maybe just check out the page for yourself before it gets merged into "marine stratocumulus"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinoform_cloud

they look pretty cool too
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Actinoform_cloud.jpg/696px-Actinoform_cloud.jpg

remind me too much of xrays tbfh