This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

It is conceivably possible that Richard Herring has vandalised "Andrew Gonk Collins" wikipedia entry:

In the podcast he often makes reference to Herring's collection of 80s toys and in particular to his massive lifesized pork cutlass of which he is particularly envious.

and i'd say the entire life story of Dieter Meier is unusual. ("one time member of the Swiss golf team" "industrialist keeping himself busy with art exhibitions" like a plaque saying:

On March 23 1994, from 3 to 4 pm, Dieter Meier will stand on this plaque". He honored the promise 22 years later

All this is pretty much consistent with what Dieter Meier has told of himself in all the interviews I've read. Of course it could all be an elaborate hoax perpetrated by him (this would actually fit his character), but I wouldn't imagine some random Wikipedia contributor doing independent research on Meier's life.

The performance piece where he placed a plaque at a railway station in 1972 saying that he would stand there in 1994, and then kept his promise in 1994, has been documented though, I've seen pictures of it.

That same year, whilst covering the war in Bosnia Bell was seriously wounded by shrapnel while recording a report. The grenade was fired by Serbian forces. He is often noted for wearing a white suit.

The performance piece where he placed a plaque at a railway station in 1972 saying that he would stand there in 1994, and then kept his promise in 1994, has been documented though, I've seen pictures of it.

Yeah, I heard about the Kassell plaque on Norwegian radio in 1986, so it's def not invented later than that at least.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlito%27s_Way

To achieve the rough and choppy nature of the East River a WOW Wave Ball (a sophisticated Belgian device, which churns up controlled waves) was used.[12] The ZOW Wave Sphere from Portugal was originally considered, as it is a far more sophisticated device and can shape waves based on the target water temperature, salinity and ocean floor depth. However, the CEO of ZOW Waves, Fernando Trerrero, was indicted on (what some considered trumped-up) conspiracy charges just before principal shooting of the Rikers Island escape scene was to begin, and as such the ZOW Sphere was unable to be delivered on time. Belgian's WOW team was ready to take over, and eventually became the de facto wave generating spherical device supplier to the film industry.[11]

Band members have stated that their first shows after the release of Shape of Punk to Come were devastating to them emotionally and that their final tour was not a good time at all, but awful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocker_(film)
The movie's "title song" was recorded by The Dudes Of Wrath, which was composed of KISS' Paul Stanley and producer Desmond Child both on vocals, Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell and Guy Mann-Dude on guitars, Whitesnake's Rudy Sarzo on bass guitar, and Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee on drums. Also backing vocals by Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony & Kane Roberts.

References to Guy Mann-Dude always make me happy - I keep forgetting about that... fellow.

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Moond is a clan of Jats found in Rajasthan, India. Ramesh Chandra Gunarthi in his book “Rajasthani Jatiyon ki khoj” (1977) has mentioned about the origin of this gotra. One of the sons of Raja Mangal Rao Bhojsi of Bhati clan was Moonda who joined Jats. The descendants of Moonda are known as Moond. The capital of Moond Kings was at village Mandore in Jodhpur district. Other places connected with the history of Moonds are villages Munda (Churu district), Mundsar (Bikaner district), Mundara (Pali district), Mandawa (Jhunjhunu district), Mundwa (Nagaur district) etc. in Rajasthan, India.

Moond Jats are presently found in district Sikar, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Barmer and Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan. SURENDER MOOND BUSINESSMAN SRI GANGANAGAR

Note that the title incorporates an intentional misspelling (contéee instead of contée). It may or may not incorporate an intentional dropping of acute accents in Sibérie/Siberie and m'était/m'etait.

The grammatically correct title would be Sibérie m'était contée. The title as written in capital letters on the album cover is SIBERIE M'ETAIT CONTÉEE. To interpret this, it is necessary to understand that the French language usually drops accents (diacritics) on capital letters, but nevertheless very often retains the accent for capital É (E with acute accent) when it occurs in a word-final or near word-final position, because in this position it could be mistaken for silent "e" and the word could be mistaken for another word: eg, conté (told [masculine]), conte (tale).

Thus, nearly all French language references interpret the title as Sibérie m'était contéee (Amazon.fr, album reviews, etc). However the official Manu Chao website manuchao.net gives the title as Siberie m'etait contéee (without accents on Sibérie or m'était) even though Sibérie appears elsewhere on the same webpage with the accent. It is not known if this dropping of accents in Sibérie and m'était actually reflects the singer's intentions or was merely done by the site's webmaster.

Uno H2O Splash - Features a special "whirlpool" device that has you shake the Magic 8 ball type of thingy to reveal what you must do such as Wave Left or Wave Right

from the entry for the Belushi/policedog buddy movie K-9:

The German Shepherd Dog "Jerry Lee" was played by Koton, a real-life police dog from the Kansas City, Missouri police department. In 1991, Koton was shot and killed while trying to apprehend a suspect in the murder of a police officer.

That is the saddest thing.

But it will also make me watch K-9 in a whole new light: Koton didn't just play a police dog, Koton died in the line of duty

Here's to you, Koton -- actor, police officer, role model, and friend

ya what they don't mention is that he was working undercover at the time

that just gave me an awesome idea for a kid's movie named doggie brasco

That's right up there with this from imdb:

In the middle of the film, Dolly Parton and her colleagues send a nosy secretary to the Aspen Language Center in Colorado to learn French. The particular TWA 747 shown in the film later was used in reality on the ill-fated flight of TWA 800, which exploded off of Long Island, NY.

later was used in reality

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

Kattan married model Sunshine Tutt on June 28, 2008, in California after proposing to her at her grandparents' home in Gainesville, Texas on Christmas Eve 2006.[2] Kattan's publicist told E! News on August 19, 2008 that the couple had separated but had no plans for divorce.[3] However, on August 22, 2008, Kattan filed for legal separation from his wife, claiming that the couple separated on August 10.[4]

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

Eurosport offers viewers varied sports such as UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup football, the Paris Dakar Rally, Monte Carlo Rally, the Olympics, cycling events such as Le Tour de France and Britain's Premier Calendar road racing series, tennis events including the French Open and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, World Championship Snooker, Australian Football League, wintersports, (although biathlon is usually cancelled to extend coverage of other sports) and youth sports like skating and surfing.

a frustrated biathlon-fan?

I don't know which part of this story is the least plausible.

The idea of Chris Kattan being attractive to a woman in the first place, obv.

Sveinung (born Frunz Dønezal, 1976 in Levanger, Norway) is a singer, songwriter and piano player. A 6 ft 5 in, 350 lb. gentle giant with a habit of pinching people's behinds (as a greeting),

From Talk: Steve Perry (musician) -
I've removed "Steve Perry is the best singer in the world.". -Nick
― J0hn D., Thursday, 22 May 2008 23:48 (1 year ago)

Still on Steve's wiki:

Steve Perry is eligible for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, both as a solo artist (since 2009) and as a member of Journey (since 2000).

In the IBM entry:

Intelligent dance music, or Internet Dork Music(commonly IDM) is a popular name for an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s at the end of the British rave era.

Er...that would be the IDM entry. godammit.

put a dork on it

Delta Burke has compulsive hoarding syndrome. "At one time I had 27 storage units. I don't have a big enough house!" she said. "My mom had it, it's my mother's fault. She saved the diaper I came home from the hospital in!"[6]

In an episode of The Golden Girls, Sophia complained about the high price of Pepperidge Farm cookies and said not to buy them with her money.

hahaha

Hurricane #1 were a UK indie/Britpop band, formed in 1996 by former Ride guitarist Andy Bell, along with vocalist / guitarist Alex Lowe, bassist Will Pepper and drummer Gareth Farmer. Signed to Creation Records (along with fellow bands such as Oasis, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream) they released their debut album in 1997, entitled Hurricane #1. This included their first single, "Step Into My World", which reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart (and a remix of which reached number 19 in 1997),[1] and other less successful singles "Just Another Illusion" and "Chain Reaction". Their other biggest hit single was "Only The Strongest Will Survive", which also reached number 19 in 1998,[1] and which featured on their second album, Only The Strongest Will Survive.

Bell quit the band in 1999 to become the new guitar player for Gay Dad.

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

what's unusual about a wiki entry for a band noting the year and reason that they split up?

Audition also found its place at the number 11 spot in Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments for its infamous torture scene. It is here that Rob Zombie and John Landis claim that the film is extremely disturbing.

Harold's best friend & roommate, free spirit Kumar, is not afraid to let go of his inhibitions, making Harold the symbolic personification of the suppressed Asian-American employee and student in the United States. Harold, at times, lets go of his inhibitions, but only during moments of extreme duress, to the point where he amazes even the free-spirited Kumar. Harold is the yin to Kumar's yang, with the both of them being united through their enjoyment of cannabis smoking after a long day's work and or leisurely fun (such as aboard an airplane in the sequel, and an after work "Friday night special" in the first film).

A bit of Punky Brewster o_0:

After suffering from gigantomastia as a teen, Frye underwent a breast reduction three months before her 16th birthday

what's unusual about a wiki entry for a band noting the year and reason that they split up?

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Apart from that 10 minutes after accepting the Gay Dad job, he got offered Oasis instead?

So they should leave it out?! I don't get it.

probably echoes of Why do people who hate music write about music?

The cover photo was taken by Robert Mapplethorpe using natural light in a penthouse in Greenwich Village. The triangle of light on the wall was the product of the afternoon sun. The record company wanted to make various changes to the photo including airbrushing out Patti Smith's moustache but Smith overruled such attempts.

Accidentally read that last line as including airbrushing out Patti Smith's moustache but Smith overruled such armpits.

Albums by Black Lace

1984 Black Lace
1984 Party Party
1985 Party Party 2
1986 Party Crazy
1987 16 Greatest Party Hits
1990 20 All Time Party Favourites
1991 Black Lace Bukkake Party Album
1993 Action Party
1995 Saturday Night
1997 Greatest Hits
1998 What a Party

I thought the lol about the Hurricaine entry was the whole "became X for Gay Dad" meme.

yes

but it's not unusual. he did leave My Singer's A Boxer So Don't Mess to join Gay Dad. this is like linking Gay Dad's wiki and going "lol it mentions Gay Dad!"

Apparently this is true. General Santa Ana played a key role in inventing chewing gum.

In 1869, exiled former Mexican president and general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (infamous for his victory over the Alamo defenders) was living in New Jersey. He brought a ton of Mexican chicle with him, in hopes of selling it to raise funds to help him return to power in his own country. He persuaded Thomas Adams of Staten Island, New York to buy it. Adams, a photographer and inventor, intended to vulcanize the chicle for use as a rubber substitute. Adams' efforts at vulcanization failed, but he noticed that Santa Anna liked to chew the chicle, which the ancient Mayans had done. Disappointed with the rubber experiments, Adams boiled a small batch of chicle in his kitchen to create a chewing gum. He gave some to a local store to see if people would buy it; they did and he began production.

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" is one of Robert Frost's most famous poems. Written in 1923 , this poem was published in The Yale Review in October of that year. It was later published in a collection called 'New Hampshire' (1923), which featured other notable poems of Frost such as Two Look at Two and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Some say the poem helped Frost to win a Pulitzer Prize. Only eight lines long, this poem is still considered one of Frost's best. "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is also featured in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and its film adaptation.

Stylistic devices

The relatively simple rhyme scheme is as follows:
AABBCCDD

The poem's meter is Iambic Trimeter.

nothing lasts forever and ever!!!!!

Delmore Schwartz had the rock star, Lou Reed, as one of his students at Syracuse University and reportedly told Reed at one point, "You can write—and if you ever sell out and there's a Heaven from which you can be haunted, I'll haunt you," and Reed never forgot..[citation needed]

In November 2006, Furtado revealed that she once turned down US$ 500,000 to pose fully-clothed in Playboy.[35]

from the reference:

And although the singer turned it down - she says she still wouldn't rule it out.

"I (was) offered half a million dollars to pose fully clothed," she said. "(To do it would be a) vanity thing, an egotistical thing Its not to say that I would never do it. Its intriguing, its very tempting. Its got to be under the right terms. We will see what happens."

Nelly Retardo never more aptly mocked

Gay Dad were one of the last UK Britpop bands to be launched in the late 1990s. They generated massive news media interest and had moderate chart success, but they failed to sustain their popularity and broke up in 2002. The best-known line-up of the band (during their most successful period) was Cliff Jones (guitarist/vocalist), James Riseboro (keyboardist), Nigel Hoyle (bassist), Charley Stone (guitarist) and Nicholas "Baz" Crowe (drummer).

lol!