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Wikipedia articles used as evidence in arguments

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551
Sturgeon%27s law
90 percent of everything is crap
en.wikipedia.org2008–202613 submissionsHN thread
156 pts
66 cmts
128 people
552
Man or boy test
en.wikipedia.org2008–20254 submissionsHN thread
156 pts
61 cmts
7 people
553
Elbe Tunnel (1911)
Old Elbe Tunnel
en.wikipedia.org2018–20227 submissionsHN thread
156 pts
54 cmts
1 person
554
Surveillance capitalism
Surveillance Capitalism
en.wikipedia.org2017–20257 submissionsHN thread
156 pts
42 cmts
29 people
555
Katapayadi system
Katapayadi System
en.wikipedia.org2013–20221 submissionHN thread
156 pts
36 cmts
3 people
556
Coulomb explosion
en.wikipedia.org2015–20242 submissionsHN thread
156 pts
23 cmts
3 people
557
HTTP 451
HTTP 451 Unavailable for Legal Reasons
en.wikipedia.org2015–202615 submissionsHN thread
156 pts
22 cmts
19 people
558
Nomogram
en.wikipedia.org2012–20246 submissionsHN thread
156 pts
15 cmts
7 people
559
Kessler syndrome
Kessler Syndrome
en.wikipedia.org2011–202616 submissionsHN thread
155 pts
122 cmts
154 people
560
Xsnow
en.wikipedia.org2021–20231 submissionHN thread
155 pts
97 cmts
1 person
561
Peto%27s paradox
Peto’s Paradox
en.wikipedia.org2014–20257 submissionsHN thread
155 pts
68 cmts
12 people
562
Basque–Icelandic pidgin
The Basque-Icelandic Pidgin
en.wikipedia.org20202 submissionsHN thread
155 pts
48 cmts
563
Negative temperature
en.wikipedia.org2007–20264 submissionsHN thread
154 pts
86 cmts
32 people
564
Main Page
Wikipedia Is Black
en.wikipedia.org2010–202631 submissionsHN thread
154 pts
45 cmts
68 people
565
Seam carving
Seam Carving
en.wikipedia.org2011–20263 submissionsHN thread
154 pts
38 cmts
17 people
566
Fork bomb
Fork Bomb
en.wikipedia.org2010–20255 submissionsHN thread
153 pts
111 cmts
16 people
567
Hacker News
Wikipedia blackout notice now on all English Wiki articles.
en.wikipedia.org2009–20269 submissionsHN thread
153 pts
104 cmts
37 people
568
Minsky moment
en.wikipedia.org2014–20264 submissionsHN thread
153 pts
94 cmts
13 people
569
Xor linked list
XOR Linked List
en.wikipedia.org20121 submissionHN thread
153 pts
84 cmts
570
Door to Hell
en.wikipedia.org2013–20167 submissionsHN thread
153 pts
52 cmts
9 people
571
Mirror life
en.wikipedia.org2018–20256 submissionsHN thread
153 pts
35 cmts
4 people
572
Kuleshov effect
en.wikipedia.org2017–20263 submissionsHN thread
153 pts
31 cmts
9 people
573
Nowruz
en.wikipedia.org2016–20264 submissionsHN thread
153 pts
20 cmts
4 people
574
Chicken eyeglasses
Chicken Eyeglasses
en.wikipedia.org2013–20253 submissionsHN thread
152 pts
76 cmts
2 people
575
Finnair Flight 915
en.wikipedia.org20191 submissionHN thread
152 pts
41 cmts
576
Fan death
en.wikipedia.org2009–202519 submissionsHN thread
151 pts
67 cmts
28 people
577
Anton (computer)
Anton (Computer)
en.wikipedia.org2013–20254 submissionsHN thread
151 pts
55 cmts
11 people
578
Rocket mail
Rocket Mail
en.wikipedia.org2012–202610 submissionsHN thread
151 pts
43 cmts
4 people
579
Sussman anomaly
en.wikipedia.org2018–20231 submissionHN thread
151 pts
41 cmts
1 person
580
Milk watcher
en.wikipedia.org20241 submissionHN thread
150 pts
91 cmts
581
Wine dark sea %28Homer%29
Wine-dark sea
en.wikipedia.org20191 submissionHN thread
150 pts
82 cmts
582
Hallucinogenic fish
Hallucinogenic Fish
en.wikipedia.org20202 submissionsHN thread
150 pts
56 cmts
1 person
583
Namecoin
en.wikipedia.org2013–20261 submissionHN thread
150 pts
51 cmts
27 people
584
Holden%27s Lightning flight
Holden's Lightning Flight
en.wikipedia.org2021–20255 submissionsHN thread
150 pts
28 cmts
585
Operation Dark Winter
en.wikipedia.org20201 submissionHN thread
149 pts
104 cmts
1 person
586
SuperH
en.wikipedia.org2016–20252 submissionsHN thread
149 pts
68 cmts
6 people
587
Eazel
Eazel, ex-Apple led Linux startup
en.wikipedia.org2011–20242 submissionsHN thread
149 pts
65 cmts
9 people
588
Entropy and life
Entropy and Life
en.wikipedia.org2013–20264 submissionsHN thread
149 pts
63 cmts
13 people
589
The 480
en.wikipedia.org2017–20201 submissionHN thread
148 pts
70 cmts
1 person
590
Three sided football
Three-sided Football
en.wikipedia.org20182 submissionsHN thread
148 pts
59 cmts
591
The Nature of the Firm
The Nature of the Firm (1937)
en.wikipedia.org2008–20254 submissionsHN thread
148 pts
57 cmts
42 people
592
Microsoft Chrome
en.wikipedia.org20161 submissionHN thread
148 pts
50 cmts
593
COMEFROM
en.wikipedia.org2009–202514 submissionsHN thread
148 pts
46 cmts
35 people
594
Paternoster lift
Paternoster Lift
en.wikipedia.org2020–20264 submissionsHN thread
147 pts
112 cmts
13 people
595
Dunbar%27s number
Dunbar's Number
en.wikipedia.org2007–202619 submissionsHN thread
147 pts
70 cmts
123 people
596
Ephemeralization
en.wikipedia.org2010–20242 submissionsHN thread
147 pts
68 cmts
11 people
597
Self-tiling tile set
en.wikipedia.org2015–20213 submissionsHN thread
147 pts
21 cmts
598
Wisdom (albatross)
en.wikipedia.org2019–20231 submissionHN thread
147 pts
19 cmts
3 people
599
Do not track header
"Do Not Track" HTTP header supported by IE, Opera, FF, Safari but not Chrome
en.wikipedia.org2012–20201 submissionHN thread
146 pts
100 cmts
2 people
600
Emu War
The Emu War
en.wikipedia.org2014–202621 submissionsHN thread
146 pts
49 cmts
27 people