Friday, April 29, 2011

892: Null Hypothesis

Null hypothesis

4/28: Randall Munroe clicks the "random article" link on Wikipedia and writes a comic based on its contents.

4/29: The article is vandalized.

Solution: Track Randall's Wikipedia usage and protect any page he spends more than a minute looking at. The page can safely be deprotected a week later.

Friday, April 15, 2011

886: Pripyat

Pripyat

You know, he could have just said "Chernobyl" and no wiki page would have been harmed in the making of the comic. Just sayin'.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

876: Plato's Cave

Allegory of the Cave

You guessed it. Any topic I find myself personally needing to look up on Wikipedia has a very high likelihood of getting vandalized.