Wikipedia's Greatest Hits Lists

To many average internet users who are not familiar with the fact that there are actual people behind the words typed out on the screen they are reading, Wikipedia is a valuable source of information that can be applied towards every day life. Want a list of books to read? Consult Wikipedia! Need a recipe for chicken soup? Well, I'll be damned, TOW has a page all about that stuff! Where will the wonders ever cease?

They cease right here, right on the pages of Encyclopedia Dramatica...where we showcase some of Wikipedia's Greatest Hits...and these hits usually involve that sites obscure, faulty, and even shocking content. This article, small as it may seem, displays some of Wikipedia's Lists. These lists really have no place on the internet, but for some reason, probably because Wikipedia is full of oddballs, fringe lunatics, and pedophiles, they have a home on the (naive and unaware) world's information crossroads.

Found on List of animals with fraudulent diplomas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cats_with_fraudulent_diplomas

EDiot's note - pretty much all of this page is lol enough to warrant an exact copy and paste...only the highlights are displayed here

Colby Nolan is a housecat who was awarded an MBA degree in 2004 by Trinity Southern University, a Dallas, Texas-based diploma mill, sparking a fraud lawsuit by the Pennsylvania attorney general's office.[1]

Colby Nolan belongs to a deputy attorney general. In looking to expose Trinity Southern University for fraud, some undercover agents had the then six-year-old Colby Nolan obtain a bachelor's degree in business administration for $299. On the cat's application, the agents claimed that the cat had previously taken courses at a community college, worked at a fast-food restaurant, babysat, and maintained a newspaper route. Then the school informed Colby that, due to the job experience listed on his application, he was eligible for an executive MBA for $100 more. The agents then sent for Colby's transcript, which claimed that Nolan had a 3.5 grade point average.

On December 11, 1967, The Times reported that Oliver Greenhalgh had been accepted as a Fellow of the English Association of Estate Agents and Valuers, after a payment of eleven guineas (his two references were not taken up). Oliver Greenhalgh was a cat belonging to Michael Greenhalgh, a cameraman with Television Wales and the West who were investigating bogus professional associations.

In 1986, Rhode Island real estate appraiser Roy Schaeffer obtained a Certified Real Estate Appraiser (CREA) designation from the National Association of Real Estate Appraisers (NAREA) for his cat, Tobias F (for Feline) Schaeffer. He displayed his certification above his litter box. NAREA's fraud and defamation lawsuit was dismissed after two years of legal wrangling.

It was alleged during a trial on drug charges that (John I.) Rocko, a police dog, had the same criminal justice degree from Concordia College and University as the local police chief in Fostoria, Ohio, John McGuire.

Found on List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unaccredited_institutions_of_higher_learning

EDiot's note - if you are looking for a quick diploma in neuroscience, Wikipedia offers you a buffet of choices.

Institutions that appear on this list are those that grant post-secondary academic degrees but are listed as unaccredited by a reliable source. Some of these institutions are no longer in operation. Several unaccredited universities have names that are similar to those of accredited institutions or that falsely imply that it is a public university.

Academy of Natural Therapies (formerly in Hawaii until closed by court order; may have reopened in Wyoming or Montana)

American Coastline University (formerly operated from mailbox rental services in Hawaii and Louisiana; was owned by Dr Richard Hoyer)

American University of Hawaii (in Gulfport, Mississippi and Clinton, Mississippi; also reported to be operating in India; not to be confused with the University of Hawaii)

Calvary Chapel Bible College (This institution's website states: "We are not accredited, nor are we seeking accreditation, so as to be free from outside control and remain open to the leading of the Holy Spirit.")

Glencullen University ("A phony 'Irish university' is marketing degrees internationally via the Internet. An EL reporter in the US, posing as a prospective student, has been offered an English literature degree from 'Glencullen University', without any study, for $960.")

Hyles-Anderson College and Hyles-Anderson College Seminary, Crown Point, Indiana. Part of Independent Baptist Bible College Movement. Founder asserted that the college remains unaccredited because the government would "take away our freedom."

Illinois Theological Seminary Online, also named In-Depth Theological Seminary, Independent Theological Seminary and Intercontinental Theological Seminary. School states: “ITS is not an accredited school with any accreditation board. ITS very much cherishes...the principle of separation between Church and State.”

University of Esoterica (Institution website states: "We are not accredited by any state agency, and don't want to be...due to entanglements and Separation of Church and State."

Found on List of books portraying paedophilia or sexual abuse of minors

EDiot's note - oh boy, a little porn for the kiddie touchers...THANKS WIKIPEDIA!

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga, written for young adults: 12-year-old Josh is molested by his history teacher, Mrs. Sherman.

"Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer. The character of Jacob Black "imprints" upon Renesmee Cullen, the newborn daughter of the first person narrator Isabella Cullen and her husband Edward. Renesmee is said to mature physically in an incredibly short period of time, thus appearing eighteen at the age of seven, where she would be expected to become the "lover" of Jacob Black, aged eighteen at the time of imprinting.

The End of Alice by A. M. Homes: A 19-year-old girl has a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy and describes what she is doing in correspondence with an imprisoned child molester.

Hogg by Samuel R. Delany: A man murders a young boy's family and takes the child as a sex partner in extreme sadomasochism.

An Honorable Profession by John L'Heureux: A High School boy in Boston who has been sodomised by a group of older students develops a crush on Miles Bannon, a popular English teacher. Miles fails to discourage it and this triggers accusations of child molestation when the boy commits suicide.

I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block

Jumping the Scratch by Sarah Weeks, written for young adults: Jamie is abused by a caretaker at the trailer park where he lives.

Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess: Meredith is raped by her father from when she was very young to age 12. He goes to jail, but gets out 3 years later. Now her father has his eyes on her again.

Touched by Scott Campbell: Child molester Jerry Houseman is in love with 12-year-old Robbie and doesn't understand why the rest of the world can't accept that the boy loves him back.

Found on List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gay,_lesbian_or_bisexual_people

EDiot's note, who needs Craigslist when you have Wikipedia? Also, this list is so large, it is broken down alphabetically and by image, almost like a menu, so that you can order up a soul mate in a much more easier fashion.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

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