# Yikes! Is the Author of 549 Wikipedia Articles putting an ancient curse on me?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 27, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-is-the-author-of-549-wikipedia-articles-putting-an-ancient-curse-on-me/607503 "2011-12-27T09:10:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-is-the-author-of-549-wikipedia-articles-putting-an-ancient-curse-on-me/607503/1 "2011-12-27T09:10:38Z")

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Or is she just sizing up whether my skull would make a nice mortar for the mixing of potions?

I can’t tell, but I’m not happy with either alternative.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-is-the-author-of-549-wikipedia-articles-putting-an-ancient-curse-on-me/607503/2 "2011-12-27T10:33:07Z")

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Oh, I get it. We don’t all see that Wikipedia “ad”, though. Heck, I don’t see any at all anymore–it’s as if my constant clicking of the close button finally got through to them.

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-is-the-author-of-549-wikipedia-articles-putting-an-ancient-curse-on-me/607503/3 "2011-12-27T12:42:41Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Oh, I get it. We don’t all see that Wikipedia “ad”, though. Heck, I don’t see any at all anymore–it’s as if my constant clicking of the close button finally got through to them.

:smack: Sorry, I forgot most people (cleverly) tweak their surfing experience. Perhaps I should too!

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-is-the-author-of-549-wikipedia-articles-putting-an-ancient-curse-on-me/607503/4 "2011-12-29T03:58:26Z")

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It’s less of a tweaking thing, and more the fact that they serve a different “ad” to different people.

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**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-is-the-author-of-549-wikipedia-articles-putting-an-ancient-curse-on-me/607503/5 "2011-12-29T04:20:02Z")

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Apparently she’s from [The Simpsons.](http://i.imgur.com/kUNt1.jpg)

Also, obligatory article from The Oatmeal:  
[I love it when Wikipedia asks for donations.](http://theoatmeal.com/blog/jimmy_wales)