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Wikipedia articles used as evidence in arguments

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1451
Aviation safety
Aviation safety: Transport comparisons
en.wikipedia.org2013–20251 submissionHN thread
45 pts
62 cmts
42 people
1452
75%C2%BD Bedford Street
75½ Bedford Street
en.wikipedia.org20201 submissionHN thread
45 pts
52 cmts
1453
Visiting card
Calling card
en.wikipedia.org2017–20221 submissionHN thread
45 pts
44 cmts
3 people
1454
Segal%27s law
Segal's Law
en.wikipedia.org2014–20262 submissionsHN thread
45 pts
41 cmts
8 people
1455
Pit of despair
en.wikipedia.org2010–202210 submissionsHN thread
45 pts
40 cmts
6 people
1456
IBM Common User Access
en.wikipedia.org2013–20265 submissionsHN thread
45 pts
23 cmts
45 people
1457
Dead Internet theory
Dead Internet Theory
en.wikipedia.org2023–20266 submissionsHN thread
45 pts
15 cmts
56 people
1458
Northeast blackout of 2003
en.wikipedia.org2012–20266 submissionsHN thread
45 pts
15 cmts
65 people
1459
Nobel disease
Nobel Disease
en.wikipedia.org2021–20266 submissionsHN thread
45 pts
8 cmts
41 people
1460
Tulip mania
Tulip Mania
en.wikipedia.org2007–202618 submissionsHN thread
45 pts
5 cmts
169 people
1461
Corporate Memphis
en.wikipedia.org2021–20268 submissionsHN thread
45 pts
4 cmts
41 people
1462
Parkinson%27s law
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion
en.wikipedia.org2008–202610 submissionsHN thread
45 pts
1 cmts
80 people
1463
Teletransportation paradox
Teletransportation Paradox
wikipedia.org2015–20263 submissionsHN thread
44 pts
118 cmts
8 people
1464
Degrowth
en.wikipedia.org2012–20262 submissionsHN thread
44 pts
56 cmts
13 people
1465
Freedom to roam
Freedom to Roam
en.wikipedia.org2013–20244 submissionsHN thread
44 pts
43 cmts
67 people
1466
List of formerly open-source or free software
en.wikipedia.org20241 submissionHN thread
44 pts
38 cmts
1467
One Laptop per Child
en.wikipedia.org2011–20254 submissionsHN thread
44 pts
33 cmts
15 people
1468
Useful idiot
en.wikipedia.org2010–20266 submissionsHN thread
44 pts
0 cmts
63 people
1469
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Yegge
Steve Yegge is a "non-notable programmer"
en.wikipedia.org20101 submissionHN thread
43 pts
79 cmts
1470
The No Asshole Rule
en.wikipedia.org2010–20245 submissionsHN thread
43 pts
56 cmts
17 people
1471
Linguistic purism in English
en.wikipedia.org2014–20251 submissionHN thread
43 pts
55 cmts
4 people
1472
Vulcan salute
Vulcan Salute (Handshake Alternative, U+1F596)
en.wikipedia.org2020–20211 submissionHN thread
43 pts
39 cmts
1 person
1473
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
CALEA requires telecoms to install surveillance equipment in their datacenters
en.wikipedia.org2009–20263 submissionsHN thread
43 pts
7 cmts
58 people
1474
Great Britain road numbering scheme
en.wikipedia.org2016–20251 submissionHN thread
42 pts
59 cmts
2 people
1475
Polyphasic sleep
Polyphasic Sleep
en.wikipedia.org2007–20264 submissionsHN thread
42 pts
46 cmts
25 people
1476
PhotoDNA
en.wikipedia.org2014–20242 submissionsHN thread
42 pts
37 cmts
32 people
1477
Fruit machine (homosexuality test)
en.wikipedia.org2019–20263 submissionsHN thread
42 pts
35 cmts
5 people
1478
An Instinct for Dragons
en.wikipedia.org2021–20242 submissionsHN thread
42 pts
32 cmts
1 person
1479
Sealioning
en.wikipedia.org2018–20264 submissionsHN thread
42 pts
28 cmts
104 people
1480
Project 2025
en.wikipedia.org2023–20264 submissionsHN thread
42 pts
4 cmts
44 people
1481
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray
en.wikipedia.org2019–20241 submissionHN thread
41 pts
65 cmts
3 people
1482
Eulers identity
(e^(i * pi)) + 1 = 0
en.wikipedia.org20101 submissionHN thread
41 pts
48 cmts
1 person
1483
Shaken, not stirred
Why shaken, not stirred?
en.wikipedia.org2010–20232 submissionsHN thread
41 pts
35 cmts
3 people
1484
Flynn effect
Flynn Effect
en.wikipedia.org2007–202616 submissionsHN thread
41 pts
13 cmts
150 people
1485
Perverse incentive
Perverse Incentive
en.wikipedia.org2008–202612 submissionsHN thread
41 pts
5 cmts
140 people
1486
100 Year Starship
The 100 Year Starship
en.wikipedia.org2013–20242 submissionsHN thread
40 pts
58 cmts
4 people
1487
Ahmed Mohamed clock incident
Ahmed Mohamed Clock Incident
en.wikipedia.org2017–20261 submissionHN thread
40 pts
46 cmts
8 people
1488
Car and cdr
CAR and CDR
en.wikipedia.org2013–20151 submissionHN thread
40 pts
46 cmts
2 people
1489
ECMAScript for XML
ECMAScript for XML - Direct XML Syntax in ECMAScript
en.wikipedia.org2014–20252 submissionsHN thread
40 pts
41 cmts
15 people
1490
Doomsday Clock
Doomsday Clock at the shortest distance to midnight ever
en.wikipedia.org2013–20259 submissionsHN thread
40 pts
36 cmts
29 people
1491
John von Neumann
en.wikipedia.org2009–20267 submissionsHN thread
40 pts
6 cmts
49 people
1492
How to Solve It
George Pólya: How to Solve It (1945)
en.wikipedia.org2009–202610 submissionsHN thread
40 pts
3 cmts
41 people
1493
Induced demand
Induced Demand Is Real
en.wikipedia.org2008–20266 submissionsHN thread
39 pts
60 cmts
117 people
1494
Basic income
en.wikipedia.org2008–20212 submissionsHN thread
39 pts
56 cmts
71 people
1495
Why the lucky stiff
Why the lucky stiff Wikipedia entry page to be deleted
en.wikipedia.org2008–20261 submissionHN thread
39 pts
50 cmts
32 people
1496
Object Linking and Embedding
en.wikipedia.org2011–20261 submissionHN thread
39 pts
37 cmts
27 people
1497
Hard problem of consciousness
The Hard Problem of Consciousness
en.wikipedia.org2010–20266 submissionsHN thread
39 pts
18 cmts
78 people
1498
AARD code
AARD Code
en.wikipedia.org2009–20268 submissionsHN thread
39 pts
7 cmts
51 people
1499
Zipf%27s law
Zipf's Law
en.wikipedia.org2010–202613 submissionsHN thread
39 pts
1 cmts
44 people
1500
Principal%E2%80%93agent problem
Principal-Agent Problem
en.wikipedia.org2012–202611 submissionsHN thread
39 pts
0 cmts
92 people