The network has long become for us either a parallel world, or a huge plugin for our real life. One of these "extensions", which has become a real support for many of us - Wikipedia. A unique phenomenon, knowledge accumulated earlier and created here and now daily pour in here the hidden struggle for influence on the minds of the masses by means of changing and sometimes even falsifying articles, from here get information about all scientific and applied disciplines. Wikipedia is used by everyone, from children to presidents. Today is Wikipedia’s birthday, and we want to congratulate everyone who has ever used it.

To tell you about Wikipedia is the same as tearing covers about Santa Claus. Wishing the project information health and long years will also be superfluous, Wikipedia and so everything will be fine in the foreseeable future. Therefore, today let us recall the curious, funny and curious cases associated with the use of the online world encyclopedia.

Ten Commandments

As you know, the vast majority of Wikipedia content can be created and edited without even registering with the system. Naturally, the Wikipedia community as a result has developed its own etiquette, a kind of set of rules: The Ten Commandments of Wikipedia .

1. I am Jimbo , your magnanimous dictator who brought you out of the desert of Nupedia , from the house of doctors of philosophical sciences.
2. May you not be generous dictators of the Inia, except Mene. Do not make yourself an idol from the administrator.
3. Do not listen to your neighbor's evidence is false either in the arbitration application or on the forum .
4. Remember Wikipedia Day and honor it holy.
5. Do not block anyone outside the blocking policy .
6. Do not roll back the article more than 3 times per day .
7. Do not steal wikidengi .
8. Do not covet the status of the administrator of your neighbor, do not covet the page of his participant , nor his beautiful star , nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor any of his cattle, or everything, great is the essence of your neighbor.
9. Do not envy Wikipedia your neighbor, neither Britannica, nor any other encyclopedia sincere of yours.
10. Honor Angela and Eloquens - may there be good, and yes you will live on wikis and on meteras .

Mayonnaise jar

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Probably one of the most comical stories in Russian Wikipedia. In 2006, the article “Mayonnaise Bank” was created, which immediately found itself at the center of the scandal: some users demanded to remove the article as obviously useless and provocative, and some stubbornly defended it, enthusiastically nostalgic for one of the symbols of our Soviet past. Mizgol, well-known to the whole of the RuNet, added fuel to the fire, which in itself is almost a mythical character akin to a unicorn. He supplemented the article with a photo of a jar of urine, which caused another wave of hysteria, and the meme “jar of urine” received a start in life. Three years later, a fairly overgrown article was still deleted, in 2010 it was restored and deleted again in 2013. Anyone can read a copy of the article on an alternative resource .

Fight for a place in the ranking

It is very important for some people in this world to measure ... at least something. A vivid example was the story of five years ago, when the Russian-language section of Wikipedia, by the number of articles, came very close to the Portuguese. Some Portuguese users found this a cause for serious concern, and with the help of bots began to create many stub articles, the so-called nedabov . At first, ours did not succumb to temptation and did not use the same method. After some time, the Portuguese section took the 8th place in the ranking, after which the users calmed down. However, the example turned out to be contagious and the Spaniards picked up the banner. In February 2011, someone's nerves could not stand, and they began to create massively lack of resources in the Russian-language section of Wikipedia.

In general, over time, bots managed to rein in, and the mind prevailed. Our section in a natural way, not due to cheating, took the 8th place in the rating, which it now occupies. At the same time, in 2014, the Russian-language section became the second in attendance after the English-speaking. A very graphic illustration of our fellow countrymen’s knowledge.

That word

Surprisingly, an article about the word of three letters survives exists on Wikipedia for about 12 years. It is also surprising that it was already created two years after the opening of the Russian-language section. Striking patience and endurance. The article was and remains one of the most scandalous, they tried to remove it six times, but still did not reach it. Its popularity for its entire progressive humanity, its hunger for knowledge, is evidenced by its popularity: it is one of the most frequently requested articles - in this parameter it is now in 1346 place among all Russian-language articles (there are 1,179,084).

Congratulations to all on the birthday of this mastodon project, “Wikipedia to help you”!