2782: Wikipedia Article Titles

2023-05-29T17:34:59Z

172.69.23.123: /* Explanation */ copyedit

{{comic
| number = 2782
| date = May 29, 2023
| title = Wikipedia Article Titles
| image = wikipedia_article_titles_2x.png
| imagesize = 402x439px
| noexpand = true
| titletext = I would never stoop to vandalism, but I'm not above discreetly deleting the occasional 'this article contains excessive amounts of detail' tag.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Created by MERYL STREEP'S SECOND SEAGULL. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}

Meryl Streep is a famous and often acclaimed actor, for whom there is definitely {{w|Meryl Streep|a Wikipedia article}} covering her biographic details. [[Randall]] apparently has little interest in reading about her. He appears to have slightly more interest in reading about seagulls, which on Wikipedia redirect to the {{w|Gull}} article, because "seagull" is a common colloquial synonym. We don't know how many articles appear in the depicted range of his interest levels in Wikipedia links he encounters.

Streep was a lead actress in a 2001 {{w|Delacorte Theatre}} production of {{w|Anton Chekhov}}'s play, ''{{w|The Seagull}}''.[https://playbill.com/article/the-seagull-opens-its-wings-in-central-park-aug-12-com-98105] Two more units down from "seagull", Randall suggests that a hypothetical Wikipedia link to "Meryl Streep (seagull)", which according to Wikipedia naming conventions would indicate a seagull named Meryl Streep, would be more interesting to him. A further three units beyond is a hypothetical link to an article about a "Meryl Streep Seagull incident", which while probably not conforming to Wikipedia's requirements for sufficiently descriptive article titles,{{acn}} might refer to a notable event which occurred during the production of the 2001 play. According to an [https://www.salon.com/2001/08/27/seagull/ August 27, 2001 article in ''Salon''], "a 40-ish man was found dead in the bushes from a single gunshot wound near the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, just yards away from where Philip Seymour Hoffman offs himself with a single gunshot wound every night as Konstantin Gavrilovich in Anton Chekhov's ''The Seagull.''" However, there is no hint of any direct connection between Streep and the deceased, and absent any clear evidence reported in reliable secondary sources indicating that there is, it is extremely unlikely that Wikipedia editors would create or allow an article with a title suggesting there may be, as that would violate their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons Biographies of living persons policy.]

Alternatively, such an article could be about an incident in which a seagull notably caused Meryl Streep problems, or a time when Meryl Streep notably caused problems for a seagull. Or perhaps both of these, or other variations, in multiple incidents as the ''final'' imagined wikipedia page is a {{w|Disambiguation (disambiguation)|'disambiguation page'}} of this, which is a further four units more likely to be clicked upon quicker. Disambiguation pages are only necessary when there are multiple notable articles of sufficiently similar names which must be listed with clarifying details to avoid confusion. However, the titles of disambiguation pages rarely appear in links, as you usually reach them as a result of a search for an ambiguous term such as "{{w|go}}".

The title text suggests that Randall is a Wikipedia {{w|Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia|inclusionist}}, and is not above deleting editorial message boxes claiming that their article contains too much detail.

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
:[Chart title:] Hypothetical Wikipedia article titles
:[Chart subtitle:] Ranked by how quickly I would click on them

:[A vertical axis with eleven evenly spaced positions marked along it, without units or magnitudes]
:[An abbreviated arrow to the left of the axis indicates that downwards is:] More quickly
:[Alongside the topmost checkmark:] Meryl Streep
:[Alongside 2nd checkmark:] Seagull
:[Alongside 4th checkmark:] Meryl Streep (seagull)
:[Alongside 7th checkmark:] Meryl Streep seagull incident
:[Alongside 11th, and final visible, checkmark:] Meryl Streep seagull incident (disambiguation)

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Talk:119: Worst Band Name Ever

2023-05-11T02:03:14Z

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What about hitchslapper? '''[[User:Davidy22|{{Color|purple|David}}y²²]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 11:01, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

What indicates there is no audience? "...the name 'Hedgeclipper' as the reason why the band has no audience..." I read it as the other members or a promoter/manager decided on a band name for a battle-of-the-bands, open mic, or other venue with multiple acts, and told the announcer, but an audience might still be there. [[User:Tryc|Tryc]] ([[User talk:Tryc|talk]]) 13:04, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

The thing is that, if they end up being any good, then whatever their name it'll be forever associated with a successful band. I mean ''The B''ea''tles'' is such a kitsh name, right? What on Earth is ''U2'' supposed to mean (to anyone not familiar with the plane type, or the various other vehicles and objects given that name), and what made it "the name that they disliked the least"? ''Arctic Monkeys''? Silly name. ''The Who''? Who? (And surely more grammatically ''The Whom''!) Are ''The Beach Boys'' lifeguards? Isn't ''Blondie'' just what we call that fair-haired lass in the office? And you can forget right now about ''The Buzzcocks'' and ''The Sex Pistols'', I think you just wandered into the wrong store... [[Special:Contributions/178.98.31.27|178.98.31.27]] 05:06, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Do you not realise that "U2" sounds like "you too" or maybe "you two"? XD{{unsigned ip|172.69.79.171|12:00, 2 August 2022}}

I'm disappointed to see that no one has a decent explanation of this strip. If the implication is that electric hedgeclippers make bad sounds, why is there a pair of manual hedgeclippers on the bass drum? Why is the name '''singular'''? I'm forced to conclude that this is Randall’s equivalent of The Far Side's "Cow Tools" but not as funny. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.118.8|172.68.118.8]] 18:48, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Hedgeclippers are not only noisy, but also probably smelly. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.23.123|172.69.23.123]] 02:03, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

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