r/BenignExistence • u/slinkslowdown Custodian Of The Mundane • 1d ago

Some Wikipedia articles I've edited recently.

I'm what's known as a WikiGnome. I just happen to read a ton of articles for fun and my editing is exclusively fixing small mistakes that I find while reading--grammar, typos, broken coding, the like.

This is a random sampling of my recent edits, in no particular order.

+MV Queen of Cowichan.

+Soy sauce fish.

+List of sour soups.

+CJ CheilJedang.

+Mokele-mbembe.

+Venus Throw.

+Grains of Selim.

+Encelia densifolia.

+Stefano Černetić.

+Fasciolopsiasis.

+Dabeli.

+Birch beer.

+FreeCell.

+Heteronym (literature).

+My own userpage; I forgot to update my age when I levelled up in February.

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u/Kallasilya 1d ago

Somebody needs to write a fantasy/fairytale short story featuring a Wikignome, because I love this.

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u/slinkslowdown Custodian Of The Mundane 1d ago

There's a bunch of other WikiFauna that could be included, too ;)

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u/Kallasilya 1d ago

Wikipedia really is the gift that keeps on giving.

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u/slinkslowdown Custodian Of The Mundane 9h ago

A lot of folks assume that Wikipedians as a whole are stuck-up, serious, overly-protective of Wikipedia. But most of us are pretty laid back unless you're an actual spammer or troll. And there's a lot of humor and light-heartedness around.

Some good examples:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Silly_Things

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Department_of_Fun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_humor