What are some of the creepiest Wikipedia pages?
23 Creepy Wikipedia Pages That’ll Send You Into A Weeklong Spiral
- Joyce Vincent. Wikipedia/ Fair Use / en.wikipedia.org, The Sun.
- Effect of space flight on the human body.
- Zodiac Killer.
- List of incidents at Disneyland Resort.
- Murder of Junko Furuta.
- Dyatlov Pass incident.
- The “From Hell” letter.
- Passengers of the RMS Titanic.
What is the most looked up thing on Wikipedia?
Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (April 17 to 23, 2022)
| Rank | Article | Views |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.G.F: Chapter 2 | 3,443,321 |
| 2 | Amber Heard | 2,964,855 |
| 3 | Johnny Depp | 2,824,692 |
| 4 | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | 1,336,881 |
How many Wikipedia pages are there?
As of 6 May 2022, there are 6,494,718 articles in the English Wikipedia containing over 4 billion words (giving an average of about 633 words per article), and 55,725,586 pages.
Who is behind Wikipedia?
On January 15, 2001, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia; Sanger coined its name as a portmanteau of “wiki” and “encyclopedia.”
Where did pop-up ads originate?
Pop-up ads originated on the Tripod.com webpage hosting site in the late 1990s. JavaScript provided the capability for a web page to open another window.
What is a pop-up?
“Pop-ups” Certain types of downloaded content, such as images, free music, and others, can cause pop-ups, and therefore should not be trusted, especially pornographic sites’ pop-ups (known as a “pornado” or “porn-storm”, as coined by John C. Dvorak.)
What is a pop under AD?
Pop-under ad technology. A pop-under ad involves two JavaScript functions introduced in 1997 with the Netscape 2.0B3 browser. Modern web publishers and advertisers use it to create a window in front of the users screen, load an advertisement, and then send it behind the screen.
Who invented the pop-up window?
Pop-up ads originated on the Tripod.com webpage hosting site in the late 1990s. Ethan Zuckerman claims he wrote the code to launch advertisements in separate windows as a response to complaints of displaced banner ads. He didn’t invent the pop-up window.