The only thing that’s rivaled Wikipedia’s knowledge base is the desire to fuck around with the articles. Anyone on the internet who says they haven’t thought about editing an article on George Tush or offering their own take on the legalization of Marijuana article is lying. Robots have taken most of the mass editing fun out of the process, but the wiggle room of vocabulary and diction in any writing setting still exists on Wikipedia.

To take a case in point, consider the Tiny Mix Tapes Wikipedia article. The section about jokes used to be entitled “Jokes Well Played,” detailing the now infamous Neutral Milk Hotel scandal. I noticed a few weeks ago that the title had been changed to the less fun “Jokes.” So I changed it to  “Masterful and Ironic Humor.”

Now, I’m not taking any poetic credit on this one, but the fact that my heading still exists just makes me so happy. Even on bigger entries, these little bits of personality flourish. You can read about P Diddy’s girlfriend who is prominently described as “on-again, off-again.” Or you can read about the health issues of eating pizza:

“Some pizzas can be very high in salt and fat and concerns have been raised about the negative effect these pizzas can have on people’s health.”

No robot is gonna mess with that.