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

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Post by brandonhall » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:54 AM UTC

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

#2

Post by karmakaze » Thu, May 30, 2019, 9:20 AM UTC

This is awesome. Fun to zoom in/out and see the names fade in and out.

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Post by danielsf » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:11 PM UTC

karmakaze wrote: post #2

This is awesome. Fun to zoom in/out and see the names fade in and out.

Thanks!

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:12 PM UTC

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#5

Post by cure » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:21 PM UTC

Curious. Why are they almost all men?

And, what's with all the wrestlers!?!

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Post by rawrmaan » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:23 PM UTC

I love this! Thanks for sharing!

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Post by xvedejas » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:25 PM UTC

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?

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Post by rwcarlsen » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:26 PM UTC

Interesting to see Elon Musk as LA.

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Post by rwcarlsen » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:28 PM UTC

cure wrote: post #5

Curious. Why are they almost all men? And, what's with all the wrestlers!?!

Probably because many of these people are historical figures and - historical records exhibit significant bias toward info about men.

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Post by vpmpaul » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:28 PM UTC

cure wrote: post #5

Curious. Why are they almost all men? And, what's with all the wrestlers!?!

Are you implying the results are doctored in some way?