Wiki-Fail

Have you noticed the new layout of Wikipedia lately?! A fund rasing effort has been underway and I'm completely behind the idea of supporting this effort, but do you think this layout leaves something to be desired? Or is it COMEDY GOLD!

I started a Tumblr account a few days ago and sumbissions are coming in for peoples favorite wiki-fails. Please send me your screen grabs at Wiki-fail.tumblr.com! 

BoneRemake says...

I myself do not mind the PBS style telethon, It after all is just a Header, the information I seek is below that point, so I usually ignore what is above it.


I have never seen a picture like the one in this post so I have nothing to add to that concept. A fund raising effort goes on every couple months for that site does it not ? I have seen plea's from the owner/programmer for years now.

youdiejoe says...

>> ^BoneRemake:

I myself do not mind the PBS style telethon, It after all is just a Header, the information I seek is below that point, so I usually ignore what is above it.

I have never seen a picture like the one in this post so I have nothing to add to that concept. A fund raising effort goes on every couple months for that site does it not ? I have seen plea's from the owner/programmer for years now.


As I said I'm behind the fund raising, 100%. It's the web page layout that is a bit off, I have more often than not been jolted by the search term and then a photo just above it that was incongruous. Most of the time found them quite humorous and hence the creation of the page.

BoneRemake says...

well as for layout, it looks the same as it always has, to me. I never go to the front page so I guess I do not understand where you are coming from. The layout is the same to me as the pbs style is the same. Nothing has changed in my eyes.

Boise_Lib says...

Thanks youdiejoe, I got some good laughs out of this blog--and the whole idea.

The woman whose picture is above Priapism sure has a big smile on her face.

And I learned something: Scopophobia--an anxiety disorder characterized by a morbid fear of being seen or stared at by others.

direpickle says...

>> ^BoneRemake:

So this was a joke that was completely lost on me ??
Whatever, glad someone got a rise out of it.
( I am irked because I am still oblivious )


For the fund-raising thing, they add a header to every page that includes a photo of a contributor/user/whatever and a quote by them begging for money. The layout of the page sometimes makes it look like the photo of this person is in some way related to the content of the page. Sometimes that makes for humorous juxtapositions, such as when you imagine that the editor at the top of the page is really into auto-erotic asphyxiation.

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