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Of the over six million articles in the English Wikipedia there are some articles that Wikipedians have identified as being somewhat unusual. These articles are verifiable, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, but are a bit odd, whimsical, or something one would not expect to find in Encyclopædia Britannica. We should take special care to meet the highest standards of an encyclopedia with these articles lest they make Wikipedia appear idiosyncratic. If you wish to add an article to this list, the article in question should preferably meet one or more of these criteria:

  • The article is something a reasonable person would not expect to find in a standard encyclopedia.
  • The subject is a highly unusual or ironic combination of concepts, such as cosmic latte, death from laughter, etc.
  • The subject is a clear anomaly—something that defies common sense, common expectations or common knowledge, such as Bir Tawil, Märket, Phineas Gage, Snow in Florida, etc.
  • The subject is well-documented for unexpected notoriety or an unplanned cult following at extreme levels, such as Ampelmännchen or All your base are belong to us.
  • The subject is a notorious hoax, such as the Sokal affair or Mary Toft.
  • The subject might be found amusing, though serious.
  • The subject is distinct amongst other similar ones.
  • The article is a list or collection of articles or subjects meeting the criteria above.

This definition is not precise or absolute; some articles could still be considered unusual even if they do not fit these guidelines.

Each entry on this list should be an article on its own (not merely a section in a less unusual article) and of decent quality, and in large meeting Wikipedia's manual of style. For unusual contributions that are of greater levity, see Wikipedia:Silly Things.

In this list, a star ({{classicon|FA}}) indicates a featured article. A plus ({{classicon|GA}}) indicates a good article.

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Unusual featured pictures

Wikipedia:Featured pictures contains some unusual images.

Image:2007 swifts creek lawnmower races04 edit.jpg|Lawn mower racing

Image:Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895.jpg|Train wreck at Montparnasse

Image:Agassiz statue Mwc00715.jpg|The Agassiz statue, Stanford University, California. April 1906

Image:Peter Treveris - engraving of Trepanation for Handywarke of surgeri 1525.png|Medieval trepanation

Image:Polydactyly 01 Lhand AP.jpg|Polydactyly

Image:IsometricFlaw 2.svg|Isometric projection flaw

Image:Tacoma Narrows Bridge destruction.ogv|Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Image:DefecatingSeagull.jpg|Defecating seagull

File:Indecency2.jpg|Indecency

File:Aerial house3.jpg|Aerial turning house

Image:B-36 tracked gear edit.jpg|Tank treads on an airplane

File:Salvador Dali A (Dali Atomicus) 09633u.jpg|Salvador Dalí

File:Mount Rushmore2.jpg|Maintenance of Mount Rushmore

File:1Mcolors.png|One million colors

File:Rice & Barton's Big Gaiety Spectacular Extravaganza Co. - Gaiety Dancers.png|Keep your hands to yourself!

File:Ch.megacephala wiki.jpg|Like a fly on...

File:Orlando-Ferguson-flat-earth-map edit.jpg|An elaborate flat Earth map drawn in 1893

File:Vegetable lamb (Lee, 1887).jpg|Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

File:Carrots of many colors.jpg|Carrots of many colors

File:Hadji Ali demonstrating controlled regurgitation Crisco edit.jpg|Professional regurgitator Hadji Ali at work

File:Cartesian_Theater.svg|Illustration of a Cartesian theatre

File:Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.jpg|Sir Nils Olav, colonel-in-chief of the His Majesty the King's Guard, inspects his troops in 2008.

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See also

External links

  • [https://funcyclopedia.blogspot.com/ Funcyclopedia]
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0211/p25s01-stin.html|title=Remarkable Wikipedia has "unusual" corners|last=Regan|first=Jim|date=February 11, 2005|work=CSMonitor.com|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=28 March 2011|location=Halifax, Nova Scotia|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524104903/http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0211/p25s01-stin.html|archivedate=May 24, 2011}}
  • {{ cite web|url=https://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/worthless-wikipedia-pages.php?page=1|title=The Least Essential Wikipedia Pages|last=Miller|first=Andrew|date=January 25, 2011|publisher=Something Awful|accessdate=28 March 2011}}
  • {{ cite web|url=https://listverse.com/2011/03/21/10-interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/|title=10 Interesting And Unusual Wikipedia Articles|last=Frater|first=Jamie|date=March 21, 2011|publisher=Jamie Frater|accessdate=28 March 2011}}
  • {{ cite web|url=https://www.andrewlih.com/blog/category/unusual-article/|title=Wikipedia Unusual Articles|last=Lih|first=Andrew|date=May–June 2006|publisher=andrewlih.com|accessdate=28 March 2011}}
  • {{ cite web|url=https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859|title=Interesting and unusual Wikipedia articles|date=June 2009|publisher=The Straight Dope|accessdate=28 March 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527131842/https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859|archivedate=27 May 2022|url-status=live}}
  • A. Kleinman, M. Strachan: [https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/strangest-wikipedia-entries_n_6463488?guccounter=1 "The 49 Most Entertaining Wikipedia Entries Ever Created"] 14 January 2015 (updated 6 December 2017) Huffington Post; Retrieved 15 September 2019
  • Archive of [https://web.archive.org/web/20110830232920/http://thenethernet.com/missions/a_random_collection_of_unusual_articles_on_wikipedia_part_2 A Random Collection of Unusual Articles on Wikipedia] game on The Nethernet

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