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A cow with antlers atop a power line pole. Wikipedia contains other images and articles that are comparably chaotic or udderly amoosing.

Of the over seven 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 (Template:Classicon) indicates a featured article. A plus (Template:Classicon) indicates a good article.

Unusual featured pictures

Wikipedia:Featured pictures contains some unusual images.

• Lawn mower racing
  Lawn mower racing
• Train wreck at Montparnasse
  Train wreck at Montparnasse
• The Agassiz statue, Stanford University, California. April 1906
  The Agassiz statue, Stanford University, California. April 1906
• Medieval trepanation
  Medieval trepanation
• Polydactyly
  Polydactyly
• Isometric projection flaw
  Isometric projection flaw
• Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
  Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
• Defecating seagull
  Defecating seagull
• Indecency
  Indecency
• Aerial turning house
  Aerial turning house
• Tank treads on an airplane
  Tank treads on an airplane
• Dalí Atomicus
  Dalí Atomicus
• Maintenance of Mount Rushmore
  Maintenance of Mount Rushmore
• One million colors
  One million colors
• Keep your hands to yourself!
  Keep your hands to yourself!
• Like a fly on...
  Like a fly on...
• An elaborate flat Earth map drawn in 1893
  An elaborate flat Earth map drawn in 1893
• Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
  Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
• Carrots of many colors
  Carrots of many colors
• Professional regurgitator Hadji Ali at work
  Professional regurgitator Hadji Ali at work
• Illustration of a Cartesian theatre
  Illustration of a Cartesian theatre
• Sir Nils Olav, colonel-in-chief of the His Majesty the King's Guard, inspects his troops in 2008.
  Sir Nils Olav, colonel-in-chief of the His Majesty the King's Guard, inspects his troops in 2008.

See also

• Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics/All-time DYK pageview leaders
• Wikipedia:Featured articles
• Wikipedia:Unusual articles/Removed
• Depths of WikipediaTemplate:Spndsocial media account that highlights unusual Wikipedia articles

External links

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• A. Kleinman, M. Strachan: "The 49 Most Entertaining Wikipedia Entries Ever Created" 14 January 2015 (updated 6 December 2017) Huffington Post; Retrieved 15 September 2019
• Archive of A Random Collection of Unusual Articles on Wikipedia game on The Nethernet