Originally invented by Leonard Pierce, Wikibombing is the hot Internet sport wherein you find two related categories on Wikipedia, and the nerdier of the two is, inevitably, the longer article. The original Wikibomb was “Knight” as compared to “Jedi Knight,” but that is now out of date thanks to some medieval history buffs. However, there are always new Wikibombs to be found!
For example:
Asgard
VS.
Asgard in Marvel comics
“The Brave Little Tailor”
VS.
Garak on Deep Space Nine
the Lancia Stratos
VS.
Wheeljack
Beat those!
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Nice easy one of shield versus S.H.I.E.L.D.
dc vs marvel
Beetle
vs
Volkswagen Beetle
vs
Beatles
Beetle gets a strong 20 000 words, Volkswagen Beetle almost 45 000, but Beatles gets over 70 000 (Blue Beetle only gets 18 000 words).
Potter (38 words)
vs.
Harry Potter (gazillion words over dozens of entries)
…is possibly as one-sided as you’re gonna get.
Of course, to be truly geek, the trick is then to tie the two halves of the wikibomb together.
As an example, In the Stargate Universe, all the refugees from other worlds the Air Force has brought to earth live, for purposes of security… in gated communities.
Übermensch vs Superman
Monty Python vs Python (also vs Holy Grail)
Kiss vs KISS (the band)
Led Zeppelin vs Zeppelin (this one is really close)
Manga vs Mango
And in honor of the original: Saber vs Lightsaber
Glare (Vision) vs Dazzler
Rogue (Vagrant) vs Rogue (Comics)
Magma vs Magma (Comics)
Are you not aware, then, of Wikigroaning?
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/wikigroaning.php
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Wikigroaning
John Locke (LOST) seems to narrowly edge out John Locke (real life).
I’d love to beat Seinfeld. Most overrated show in the history of television.
I’m a big fan of Schrodinger’s cat vs. Schrodinger’s cat in popular culture.
Brad K – The last time MGK brought this up, he did use the term “wiki groan”
The only entry that I recall, though, was Birds of Prey – the comic versus the class of bird.
Vampire Bat beats Vampire Batman by 90 words (not counting footnotes and references).
Batman Inc. (which has only one issue) beats Division of Batman (Australian House district, established 1906) by a factor of 4.
Division of Batman (Australian House district, established 1906)
FUCK IT I AM MOVING TO MELBOURNE NOW
If you count all the pages on the individule novels, Dresden Files beats out the city of Dresden.
Though I think the city narrowly wins in the contest of which one has been blown up, burned, and shot at more.
Rex the (Motherfucking) Wonder Dog vs. Tyrannosaurus (Rex)
I must say, that is a terrible picture of Rex in the wikipedia entry on him. Someone with a wiki account needs to edit the entry and replace it with the panel where he’s bullfighting or something else suitably awesome.
Joss house vs Joss Whedon
Fur
vs.
Furries
It’s pretty logical that ‘Seinfeld’ would be longer than an article on “nothing”. In fact, I can’t fathom why it even deserves its own page.
Yeah I always thought this was wikigroaning (but I forget what I thought wikibombing was)
Other fun wiki games: six degrees of hitler! Sort of like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, but instead of random actors and celebrities, you go to random articles on wiki, and then try to get to Hitler the fastest. Fun for the whole family!
ReBoot, the Canadian CGI cartoon,
vs.
Rebooting, the computer process.