Wikipedia’s Unusual Article #1
While writing my book about Wikipedia, I’m often asked to name some of the more interesting articles in the online encyclopedia. So here’s the first of a series of occasional posts highlighting the quirky and interesting.
First up: [[Let us trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle]]
The article says it:
“was part of a government campaign promulgating grooming and dress standards. North Korea broadcast it on state-run television in the capital of Pyongyang. The television program claimed that hair length can affect human intelligence in part because of the deprivation to the rest of the body of nutrients required for hair to grow.”
Needless to say, this has become an amusing meme in the Wikipedia community, even inspiring a page titled, “Let’s edit our Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense in accordance with the Wikipedian lifestyle .”
January 6th, 2009 09:58
Weird. I was so sure that I had created this article, yet I’ve never edited. False editing memories, apparently.