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I cannot believe a raw link to Wikipedia made it to the top stories.

by atan2 4y ago

detaro 4y ago
not unusual at all
- warinukraine 4y ago
  [dead]
srvmshr 4y ago
A while ago, I submitted a raw Wiki link to "Ligne Claire", a drawing style adopted by Hergé of "Adventures of Tintin" fame. That made it to #1 and remained for a few hours. It is not very unusual.
speedylight 4y ago
I’ve seen it happen quite a bit!
melling 4y ago
Some people on HN farm for karma points. They frequently post Wikipedia articles. It seems somewhat effective. There are certain topics that attract a bit of quick attention.
- dcminter 4y ago
  I'm sure that's true, but also there's a lot of very interesting HN-relevant stuff on Wikipedia, and it's perfectly reasonable to share it when you find something pithy. I've certainly done it and contrariwise have often enjoyed Wikipedia articles (including this one) from other users. Apropos of which I wish I'd had Wikipedia when I was a kid - I recall being utterly baffled by Brittanica's "explanation" of the term "parsec" and only much later reading a definition that put it in the context of how stellar distances were actually resolved. Edit: Looking at swibbler's submission history, they're clearly not a karma farmer btw.
- psd1 4y ago
  A high-karma Reddit account has monetary value, you can sell it to a bot operator. Does an HN account have any value, or do you think karma farmers are just in it for the ego boost?
dang 4y ago
Edit: as if to illustrate the below, someone found a more specific third-party article so we've since switched the URL. More at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32890671 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32890671. ------ Happens all the time! https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=wikipedia.org%20comments%3E10&sort=byDate&type=story&storyText=none https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... It's a good practice not to link to wikipedia.org when a more in-depth or specific third-party source is available, or if the topic is a well known one (too generic). But that leaves a lot of Wikipedia pages on more obscure topics, and those make fine HN submissions, as long as the topic is of intellectual interest and not particularly correlated with other things. And as long as we don't overdo it. Past explanations about this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20wikipedia%20submission&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30307077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30307077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23249978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23249978
yesco 4y ago
Wikipedia posts are my favorite kind of submission
blooalien 4y ago
If it's properly fascinating, well written, and informative, why not?

I cannot believe a raw link to Wikipedia made it to the top stories.

by atan2 4y ago

I cannot believe a raw link to Wikipedia made it to the top stories.

detaro 4y ago

not unusual at all

warinukraine 4y ago
[dead]

srvmshr 4y ago

A while ago, I submitted a raw Wiki link to "Ligne Claire", a drawing style adopted by Hergé of "Adventures of Tintin" fame. That made it to #1 and remained for a few hours. It is not very unusual.

speedylight 4y ago

I’ve seen it happen quite a bit!

melling 4y ago

Some people on HN farm for karma points. They frequently post Wikipedia articles. It seems somewhat effective. There are certain topics that attract a bit of quick attention.

dcminter 4y ago
I'm sure that's true, but also there's a lot of very interesting HN-relevant stuff on Wikipedia, and it's perfectly reasonable to share it when you find something pithy. I've certainly done it and contrariwise have often enjoyed Wikipedia articles (including this one) from other users. Apropos of which I wish I'd had Wikipedia when I was a kid - I recall being utterly baffled by Brittanica's "explanation" of the term "parsec" and only much later reading a definition that put it in the context of how stellar distances were actually resolved. Edit: Looking at swibbler's submission history, they're clearly not a karma farmer btw.
psd1 4y ago
A high-karma Reddit account has monetary value, you can sell it to a bot operator. Does an HN account have any value, or do you think karma farmers are just in it for the ego boost?

dang 4y ago

Edit: as if to illustrate the below, someone found a more specific third-party article so we've since switched the URL. More at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32890671 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32890671. ------ Happens all the time! https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=wikipedia.org%20comments%3E10&sort=byDate&type=story&storyText=none https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... It's a good practice not to link to wikipedia.org when a more in-depth or specific third-party source is available, or if the topic is a well known one (too generic). But that leaves a lot of Wikipedia pages on more obscure topics, and those make fine HN submissions, as long as the topic is of intellectual interest and not particularly correlated with other things. And as long as we don't overdo it. Past explanations about this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20wikipedia%20submission&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30307077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30307077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23249978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23249978

yesco 4y ago

Wikipedia posts are my favorite kind of submission

blooalien 4y ago

If it's properly fascinating, well written, and informative, why not?