Coding with Jesse

Wikipedia Discussions

I'm sure you all use Wikipedia on a regular basis. But what you may not be aware of are the millions of hours of hilarity, entertainment, and often revealing information waiting for you on every page of Wikipedia. At the top of the page is a link to the "Discussion" of that page, where the authors talk about what they want to add or remove, and often get into great, long debates (read: flamewars) about the contents of that page.

Some notable examples I've uncovered:

Just a small preview of the 1,797,673 "Talk" pages waiting to be discovered. If you find any other gems, please let us all know in the comments!

Published on May 23rd, 2007. © Jesse Skinner

About the author

Jesse Skinner

Hi, I'm Jesse Skinner. I'm a web development coach & consultant. I teach web development teams how to scale up their server infrastructure, improve automated testing and monitoring, reduce costs, and modernize their legacy systems. I focus on empowering teams through customized training and coaching.

Feel free to email me. I'm eager to hear about your challenges and see how I can make your life easier.