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Interesting, frogs boiling etc, but... What is up with all of these wikipedia entries making the front page of hacker news? Has it always been so and I’m mis re

by Torkel 7y ago

Interesting, frogs boiling etc, but... What is up with all of these wikipedia entries making the front page of hacker news? Has it always been so and I’m mis remembering thinking this is something new?

akhilcacharya 7y ago
I’ve seen it for a while. My 2c. They’re usually off beat enough to be interesting.
gpvos 7y ago
They have always been there, but in recent months the frequency has increased a little, and a lot in the last two weeks or so.
- Torkel 7y ago
  I guess I should mostly attribute it to the Baader-Meinhof effect [0] then. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader-Meinhof_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader-Meinhof_effect
abathur 7y ago
I suspect their record is incomplete since I don't see some pretty hot threads from the past few weeks, but https://hntrending.com/domains/all/index.html https://hntrending.com/domains/all/index.html does purport to accumulate domains/listings/score. Full English Wikipedia is 15 over both the past year and all-time, 6 over the last month, but back down to 12 over the past week.
- abathur 7y ago
  (This rank is just based on points, but it lists total points. I don't see a way to force it to re-sort, but it wouldn't be too hard to re-compare them by volume.)
lrsjng 7y ago
..creeping normality
f2f 7y ago
> What is up with all of these wikipedia entries making the front page of hacker news? Has it always been so and I’m mis remembering thinking this is something new? Hehe, there's another name for what you're describing: baader-meinhof effect... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader%E2%80%93Meinhof_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader%E2%80%93Meinhof_effect Everything has a name nowadays. Taxonomies are almost complete :)
- twic 7y ago
  I swear i'm seeing the Baader-Meinhof effect come up more and more frequently recently.
  - taneq 7y ago
    I thought the current rate of references to it was normal? :P
abalaji 7y ago
At least since I've been browsing HN, it's been this way and I quite enjoy it. Lot's of Wikipedia pages I would otherwise not stumble upon. Usually, they are quite relevant to something happening in current events.
- pweezy 7y ago
  Same for me. I've been conditioned in a way to expect Wikipedia posts on HN to be interesting, and I'm rarely let down. Probably my all time favorite: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

by Torkel 7y ago

akhilcacharya 7y ago

I’ve seen it for a while. My 2c. They’re usually off beat enough to be interesting.

gpvos 7y ago

They have always been there, but in recent months the frequency has increased a little, and a lot in the last two weeks or so.

Torkel 7y ago
I guess I should mostly attribute it to the Baader-Meinhof effect [0] then. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader-Meinhof_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader-Meinhof_effect

abathur 7y ago

I suspect their record is incomplete since I don't see some pretty hot threads from the past few weeks, but https://hntrending.com/domains/all/index.html https://hntrending.com/domains/all/index.html does purport to accumulate domains/listings/score. Full English Wikipedia is 15 over both the past year and all-time, 6 over the last month, but back down to 12 over the past week.

abathur 7y ago
(This rank is just based on points, but it lists total points. I don't see a way to force it to re-sort, but it wouldn't be too hard to re-compare them by volume.)

lrsjng 7y ago

..creeping normality

f2f 7y ago

> What is up with all of these wikipedia entries making the front page of hacker news? Has it always been so and I’m mis remembering thinking this is something new? Hehe, there's another name for what you're describing: baader-meinhof effect... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader%E2%80%93Meinhof_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader%E2%80%93Meinhof_effect Everything has a name nowadays. Taxonomies are almost complete :)

twic 7y ago
I swear i'm seeing the Baader-Meinhof effect come up more and more frequently recently.
- taneq 7y ago
  I thought the current rate of references to it was normal? :P

abalaji 7y ago

At least since I've been browsing HN, it's been this way and I quite enjoy it. Lot's of Wikipedia pages I would otherwise not stumble upon. Usually, they are quite relevant to something happening in current events.

pweezy 7y ago
Same for me. I've been conditioned in a way to expect Wikipedia posts on HN to be interesting, and I'm rarely let down. Probably my all time favorite: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider