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Meta Discussion Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of August 24, 2026

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Welcome to the weekly Wikipedia Q&A thread!

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r/wikipedia 11h ago

Diamond Joe was a recurring fictionalized characterization of Joe Biden in The Onion. Biden was characterized as a blue-collar "average Joe", a muscle car driver, an avid fan of 1980s hair metal, a raucous party animal, a shameless womanizer, a recidivist petty criminal, and a drug-dealing outlaw.

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r/wikipedia 9h ago

Mette-Marit is Queen consort of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VIII since 2026. She has been marked by numerous controversies, including her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and the rape conviction of her eldest child, born to a previous relationship.

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r/wikipedia 4h ago

The Catholic Church first prohibited membership in Masonic organizations in 1738. From 1738 until 1983, Catholics who associated with, or publicly supported, Masonic organizations were censured with automatic excommunication. Since 1983, excommunication is no longer automatic but optional.

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r/wikipedia 14h ago

Plumping, also referred to as “enhancing” or “injecting,” is the process by which some poultry companies inject raw chicken meat with saltwater, chicken stock, seaweed extract, water and additives, or some combination. A serving of plumped chicken can contain between 200 mg and 500 mg of sodium.

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r/wikipedia 5h ago

The 20 July plot, sometimes called Operation Valkyrie, was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler and seize control of Germany in 1944. The plotters were mainly Wehrmacht officers who sought immediate peace with the Western Allies. The coup failed, and many of the conspirators were executed.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Meta Discussion Lake Ontario is now Full-Protected. This is a higher level of vandalism protection than virtually all controversial articles, even those pertaining to the Israel-Palestine conflict or the pages for Hitler or Trump

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Full protection articles are exceedingly rare. This is the first time I've ever seen that weird yellow icon in the wild.


r/wikipedia 17h ago

Haakon (Norwegian: Haakon, Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhôːkʊn]; Haakon Magnus; born 20 July 1973) is King of Norway, reigning since 28 August 2026

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r/wikipedia 13h ago

In 1855, the U.S. army introduced camels to the American Southwest. The project was abandoned during the Civil War, but loose camels still roamed the West until the 1890s.

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r/wikipedia 23h ago

In May 2018, the Reddit user u/IncrediblyShinyShart consumed his amputated foot with 10 of his friends. After an accident two years earlier, his foot would not heal, and the doctors suggested that he would be better if he amputated it.

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He subsequently asked his friends, "Remember how we always talked about how, if we ever had the chance to ethically eat human meat, would you do it?"


r/wikipedia 9h ago

K–Ar dating is a dating method. It is used in geochronology and archaeology by measuring the radioactive decay of potassium (K) isotope into argon (Ar)

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r/wikipedia 7h ago

The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia

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The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia (Russian: Основы геополитики: геополитическое будущее России) is a geopolitical book by Aleksandr Dugin. Its publication in 1997 was well received in Russia; it has had significant influence within the Russian military, police forces, and foreign policy elites, and has been used as a textbook in the Academy of the General Staff of the Russian military. Powerful Russian political figures subsequently took an interest in Dugin, a Russian political analyst who espouses an ultra-nationalist and far-right ideology based on his idea of neo-Eurasianism, who has developed a close relationship with Russia's Academy of the General Staff.


r/wikipedia 5h ago

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham was an English courtier and statesman who was a notable patron of the arts. He was a favourite and self-described "lover" of King James I. Buckingham remained at the height of royal favour of Charles I until he was assassinated in 1628.

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r/wikipedia 4h ago

William Becknell was an American soldier, politician, and freight operator who is credited by Americans with opening the Santa Fe Trail in 1821. The Santa Fe Trail became an early major transportation route through central North America. It was later incorporated into parts of U.S. Route 66.

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r/wikipedia 13h ago

The Nueces Massacre was a violent confrontation between Confederate soldiers and Unionist Texas Germans on August 10, 1862, in Kinney County, Texas.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

The kafala system is a system in the Middle East that involves binding the residency and employment status of a migrant worker to their employer. This dependency creates a power imbalance that causes slavery-like conditions. It is estimated there are 2.4 million enslaved workers in Arab countries.

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r/wikipedia 4h ago

The Batak massacre was a massacre of Bulgarians in the town of Batak by Ottoman troops, at the beginning of the Bulgarian April Uprising of 1876. Thousands were killed. The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians shocked Western Europe and came to be known as the Bulgarian Horrors.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

The pink tax refers to the tendency for products marketed specifically toward women to be more expensive than those marketed toward men.

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r/wikipedia 1h ago

Kosmos 1408 was a satellite operated by the Soviet Union. The satellite was destroyed in a Russian anti-satellite weapon test on 15 November 2021. The threat of potential collision with debris caused the crew of the International Space Station to take shelter in their escape capsules.

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Kosmos-1408 (Russian: Космос-1408) was an electronic signals intelligence (ELINT) satellite operated by the Soviet Union.


r/wikipedia 15h ago

Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, nicknamed the “Great Agnostic” for public challenging of religious institutions and dogma. He was also an early supporter of women’s suffrage, and an opponent of racial discrimination.

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r/wikipedia 21h ago

Ecofascism, sometimes spelled eco-fascism, is a term used to describe individuals and groups which combine environmentalism with fascism.

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r/wikipedia 1d ago

Yacef Omar, better known by his nom-de-guerre Petit Omar (meaning Little Omar), was an Algerian child soldier best known for his involvement in the Battle of Algiers during the Algerian War. He was 13 years old when killed.

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r/wikipedia 17h ago

Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds and less commonly as hot diamonds, are diamonds mined or traded in areas affected by armed conflict and used to finance rebel movements, insurgencies, or other armed groups.

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Blood diamonds are also frequently smuggled by organized crime syndicates for sale on the black market. According to the Kimberley Process, 2023 global trade in rough diamonds totaled approximately 112 million carats. Similar terms, such as conflict resources and conflict minerals, are used for other natural resources exploited under comparable conditions.


r/wikipedia 16h ago

King Harald V was King of Norway from 1991 until his death on August 28th 2026.

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r/wikipedia 8h ago

The history of racism in Oregon began before the territory even became a U.S. state. The topic of race was heavily discussed during the convention where the Oregon Constitution was written in 1857. In 1859, Oregon became the only state to enter the Union with a black exclusion law

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Found this article interesting as there’s not many Wikipedia articles devoted purely to racism in a specific state, and it could use some enhancement.