Thanks everyone, very helpful! On 9 October 2014 17:10, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Stevie, > > If you haven’t yet seen: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles > then that would be a good place for participants to start from. > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 9 Oct 2014, at 15:05, Stevie Benton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > As a part of a project that we're developing to participate in the Science > Museum Lates event in November, I'm looking for a selection of quirky > Wikipedia articles - think Buffalo buffalo > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo> > (etc) > and Toilet paper orientation > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation>, those that are > odd but still have some academic or scientific merit. Participants in the > session will be selecting some of their favourite lines from unusual > Wikipedia articles and putting them together to create found poetry. I'm > looking for some of the quirkier articles that might be fun for this, so if > you have any suggestions please do let me know! > > Thank you, > > Stevie > > -- > > Stevie Benton > Head of External Relations > Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 > @StevieBenton > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over > Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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