# Spoons on the front page of Wikipedia!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519 "2021-02-23T03:25:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/1 "2021-02-23T03:25:34Z")
Or else it’s someone masquerading as @Spoons in the « Did You Know? » section. 😁
> **[Main PageWelcome to Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)**
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> Pages for logged out editors learn more
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> Colin Robert Chase (February 5, 1935 – October 13, 1984) was an American academic. An associate professor of English at the University of Toronto, he was known for his contributions to the studies of Old English and Anglo-Latin literature. His father was a newspaper executive and his mother, Mary Chase, was a playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His best-known work, The Dating of Beowulf, challenged the accepted consensus as to when th...
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### Author:  [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/2 "2021-02-23T03:37:07Z")
I find it interesting that Discourse’s link preview uses the currently featured article as the thumbnail for Wikipedia’s main page. I wonder if, when the featured article changes in a day or so, will the thumbnail change along with it?
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/3 "2021-02-23T03:51:50Z")
Spoons is really Cajun accordion musician Sheryl Cormier? I did not know that.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/4 "2021-02-23T04:18:01Z")
I had to look up his profile to figure out what the OP was talking about.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/5 "2021-02-23T04:36:11Z")
> [@hogarth](#):
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> Spoons is really Cajun accordion musician Sheryl Cormier? I did not know that.
In my reality, it appears that Spoons is a Polish singer/songwriter named Margaret.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/6 "2021-02-23T05:27:47Z")
I feel that I should respond to this thread, but I have absolutely no idea what to say.
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### Author:  [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/7 "2021-02-23T05:33:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#):
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> but I have absolutely no idea what to say.
Then use play a song for us.
[and bask in the attention being showered on you}
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/8 "2021-02-23T06:17:21Z")
How about a jazzy rendition of Van Morrison’s “Moondance” on flute? Or, it’s been some time since I sat down at the piano, but I can still make my way around a piano keyboard.
In the meantime, I’m basking! 😀
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/9 "2021-02-23T06:39:20Z")
From what I can tell, the following link will eventually hold an archive of this page if you stumble upon this after the Main Page is changed. (Apparently the section in question is changed twice a day.)
> **[Wikipedia:Main Page history/2021 February 23](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page_history/2021_February_23)**
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> Pages for logged out editors learn more
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> Margaret (born 1991) is a Polish singer and songwriter. Before her mainstream debut, she performed with underground bands, recorded soundtracks for television commercials and produced a fashion blog. Through her blogging, she was discovered by music manager Sławomir Berdowski and signed by the record label Extensive Music. Margaret gained international recognition with her singles "Thank You Very Much" (2013) and "Cool Me Down" (2016), the first o...
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/10 "2021-02-23T07:38:13Z")
Scroll down a little for some creepy rodents from 1833.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/11 "2021-02-24T01:55:52Z")
Sadly, Margaret has been banished. To be replaced by several interesting people.
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/12 "2021-02-24T02:18:23Z")
Are we in the wrong time zone here? From what I can see, that entry is dated February 24. (ETA: And even so, I had to look in the Archives to see it.)
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/13 "2021-02-24T02:34:07Z")
Note that the time given is 0000 UTC, which is five hours ahead of EST.
And it says that the date/time shown are when the article was removed from the main page, not when it was posted.
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### Author:  [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/14 "2021-02-24T05:23:56Z")
Heh, apparently the thumbnail and article preview stays locked to the featured article from that day.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/15 "2021-02-24T09:37:19Z")
Thanks, **Northern Piper**. Now, I’m a legend on the SDMB! Or, more likely, a legend in my own mind. Just don’t bust my bubble, okay?
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### Author:  [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/16 "2021-02-24T09:56:13Z")
Anybody want to explain this thread?
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/17 "2021-02-24T11:47:52Z")
I’ll try. Spoons plays drum solos.
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/18 "2021-02-24T17:31:52Z")
I could explain it, but then I’d have to kill you.
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### Author:  [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/19 "2021-02-24T18:36:08Z")
> [@Spoons](#):
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> Now, I’m a legend on the SDMB
This 🔼 is Da Truth. Deal with it, **Spoons**.
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### Author:  [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoons-on-the-front-page-of-wikipedia/933519/20 "2021-02-24T18:39:11Z")
> [@bobot](#):
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> I’ll try. Spoons plays drum solos.
He actually plays many instruments but is renowned in his native Canada for being a virtuoso on the folk instrument of 🥄s. Has had paid spoons gigs. Check out YouTubes spoons playing-they are amazing, as is SDMB’s very own **spoons**.
In his spare time he is a esteemed lawyer, quite knowledgeable sports fan and successful staff to several cats.
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