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Earlier this year, we learned that men greatly outnumbered women among Wikipedia editors. But now the site's article on men's rights has been through a controversial edit, and some men are calling Wikipedia "feminist propaganda." More »
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We knew Wikipedia had a lady problem. But now it's proven by science. More »
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Just 15% of Wikipedia contributors are women — and while this may be why Sex and the City gets a shorter entry than The Sopranos (not that we object to that), it has more important implications too. More »
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It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. More »
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Someone has made some unflattering edits to Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak's Wikipedia page, among them, the new version claims Kim's occupation is "gold digger" and "professional mistress," and that she was born in Trailer Park, Whitetrashville. More »
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Last night on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert demonstrated his ability to alter reality via Wikipedia, revealing a nasty incident in Conan's Wikipedia past involving a canoe paddle. Then Conan complained that he wasn't asked to be on A Colbert Christmas and an impromptu Christmas special broke out, complete with fake snow, a duet, and a Rockettes-style kickline. Clip above. More »
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To heck with Descartes: nowadays, it's more like, "I am on Wikipedia, therefore I am." So how is it then that the most topical and relevant of all neologisms, "Recessionista," does not have its own Wikipedia entry? In our estimation, the omission of this handy "Recession-Fashionista" hybrid from our virtual Herodotus is glaring indeed. More to the point, does something officially exist before Wikipedia? After all, you generally already know about something's existence before you look it up, just not the details of its history. Like, when is something truly in the lexicon? And by placing something on Wikipedia, is one simply following a natural rhythm of cultural evolution, or manipulating the public knowledge base? Big Questions, kids. More »
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Congrats to ANTM Cycle 10 winner Whitney Thompson! She's the first plus-size woman to win the the grand prize in Top. Model. History. But our girl is going to need a skin thicker than her (normal-sized) waistline, especially after one observant reader pointed out that her Wikipedia page was hacked last night by someone taking cheap shots at her body. (Click image to see screen grab.) More »
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Yesterday's post about our friend Chris Nieratko's adventures in wife-impregnation drew some unexpected comments: some of you think we should de-friend him! On the basis that he mentions he used to employ "pulling out" as a method of contraception! To which we immediately wondered: wait, there's something wrong with using pulling out as a method of contraception? Other than, you know, the chance it gets in your eye? To be sure, "coitus interruptus" is not probably the zygote avoidance technique you use on a guy like Nieratko, or most anyone else with tattoos, but we remember getting really paranoid one day about our infertility and Wikipedia explaining to us that we maybe hadn't gotten pregnant yet because there isn't actually viable sperm in "pre-come." Which, by the way, is also called Cowper's fluid and also um "dogwater." So we polled all our friends about how much they use the pullout method and immediately felt like self-destructive skanks until Slut Machine, the only other Catholic schoolgirl on our buddy list, came online and confessed she uses withdrawal "all the time." And if it's good enough for Slut Machine... More »
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