Creepy Wikipedia

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A fediverse community for curating Wikipedia articles that are oddly fascinating, eerily unsettling, or make you shiver with fear and disgust

Guidelines:

Follow the Code of Conduct
Do NOT report posts YOU don't consider creepy
Strictly Wikipedia submissions only
Please follow the post naming convention: Wikipedia Article Title - Short Synopsis
Tick the NSFW box for submissions with inappropriate thumbnails.
Please refrain from any offensive language/profanities in the posts titles, unless necessary (e.g. it's in the original article's title).

Mandatory:

If you didn't find an article "creepy," you must announce it in the thread so everyone will know that you didn't find it creepy

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

decadentrebel@lemmy.world

CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone

A tree with an excruciating sting that can persist for years. (en.m.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Lennnny@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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The berries are apparently edible though.... lol

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[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Add it to the rules and I'll do it. I'm not trying to create drama, but I am trying to warn against a moderation style that'll kill this community before it's taken off. Moderate based on established rules, and allow creativity to flourish.

[–] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the warning. I will speak to decadentrebel who started this community (and only asked me to moderate it) to see if the suggestions are worth adding to the rule bar.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks, appreciate it!