A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wikipedia’ed resident

Post by drivers99 » Thu, May 30, 2019, 7:41 PM UTC

sudosteph wrote: post #35

xvedejas wrote: post #7

I'm surprised that George R R Martin doesn't show up for Santa Fe. Surely he's more-googled / wikipediaed than Murray Gell-Mann?

I think it has do with how they're pulling the data. GRRM doesn't seem to appear on the wikipedia category page for people from Santa Fe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_from_Santa_Fe,...

Post by crazygringo » Thu, May 30, 2019, 7:43 PM UTC

sparky_z wrote: post #42

rmason wrote: post #39

Expected Lansing would be Magic Johnson but instead its Larry Page. Magic comes back often and is active in local charities, even leading efforts to raise money for college scholarships. On the other hand Larry Page has to my knowledge never returned or given a dime to local charities. So perhaps that makes people ever more curious about him.

It's not "The person people from Lansing searched the most." It's "the person from Lansing that people search the most". Worldwide, Larry Page is certainly more of a public figure than Magic Johnson.

Post by sizzzzlerz » Thu, May 30, 2019, 7:48 PM UTC

baddox wrote: post #46

It's too bad there are so many duplicates. I think it would be more interesting if it was based on birthplace, since big cities that attract lots of businesspeople/celebrities just get tagged with someone really famous who doesn't have any particular connection with the city (e.g. Elon Musk on Los Angeles, Steve Jobs on basically everywhere in the Bay Area). The Wikidata "place of birth" field would probably be a rea…

Post by 3wolf » Thu, May 30, 2019, 7:51 PM UTC

reallydude wrote: post #49

JCharante wrote: post #16

Interesting.. I've literally never heard of Anna Kendrick before.

She's a B-list movie star who does some indie stuff. * She was in two of the Twilight films. * Pitch Perfect (trilogy). * Mr. Right. The Accountant. (hitmen with a heart of gold movies). * A Simple Favor. (stepford wife mystery). * Drinking Buddies (a brewery drama, it's great) * Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Post by wharnal » Thu, May 30, 2019, 7:53 PM UTC

sizzzzlerz wrote: post #95

baddox wrote: post #46

It's too bad there are so many duplicates. I think it would be more interesting if it was based on birthplace, since big cities that attract lots of businesspeople/celebrities just get tagged with someone really famous who doesn't have any particular connection with the city (e.g. Elon Musk on Los Angeles, Steve Jobs on basically everywhere in the Bay Area). The Wikidata "place of birth" field would probably be a rea…

Jobs shows up in Palo Alto, San Jose, Mountain View, Cupertino, and strangely, Portland, OR.