wikipedia In Webcomics

This is a page listing webcomics which feature Wiki English.

It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all the ones that merely use the word "Wiki wikipedia In Webcomics". Instead, these are a compilation of those strips whose topic centrally relates to the encyclopedia and its perception in popular culture.

Common themes in the comics reflect Criticism of Wiki—especially jabs at its vulnerability to vandalism and accuracy as a source. Frequently people who edit or read Wikipedia are mocked as the butt of the joke, with the insinuation that Wikipedia enthusiasts lack social skills and are "nerds", thus using the site is something one should be embarrassed about. The existence of this list creates an additional recursive topic for those authors that discuss Wikipedia for the mere purpose of seeing if their comic can be mentioned here.

A topic which has particularly heated coverage from webcomic authors is that Wikipedia will not allow entries describing many webcomics in the encyclopedia. This determination is made using guidelines for notability, which is a subjective process that—although democratic at some level—is ultimately in the hands of Wikipedia administrators. Another wiki has been established which welcomes coverage of all webcomics regardless of fame (see Comixpedia).

Series that always involve Wikipedia

  • Each instance of WikiWorld webcomic gives an illustrated summary of little-known articles in Wiki English.

2005

  • 2005-05-27 : Jerkcity"Wiki wikipedia In Webcomics" — A character complains about her name as listed in Wiki English.
  • 2005-07-02 : Bunny"not sufficiently clear" — A character makes a headstone for webcomic author Jeph Jacques before learning that the death was a prank on his Wikipedia page.
  • 2005-09-14 : Nukees"Comic 20050914" — On a character's To-Do list, an item for doing Quantum Chromodynamics homework is followed up with another item to "Wikipede" Quantum Chromodynamics.
  • 2005-10-18 : The Angriest Rice Cooker in the World"on the power of knowledge" — An obscure fact is shared about Christian Rock artist Jonathan Schneck, then attributed to the button on Wikipedia which picks articles at random.
  • 2005-11-07 : The Adventures of Brigadier General John Stark"untitled #12490" — The author had used a Wikipedia article containing a factual error as the basis for a comic about Texas and Vermont, and then follows up with the corrected information and the epithet "Stupid Wiki English."
  • 2005-11-18 : Goats/Machall"comic strip from Nov 18 2005" — After receiving extended explanations with diagrams about how alcohol arrives from another dimension, characters describe a conversation as being like "watching Wikipedia have sex with a Sommelier".
  • 2005-12-16 : Penny Arcade"I Have The Power" — Shows a case of extreme editing bias when an editor alters He-Man's glowing Wikipedia entry to say that he is "not really that powerful"...but turns out to be He-Man's arch-enemy Skeletor.
  • 2005-12-27 : Irregular Webcomic!"No. 1066" — Wikipedia is likened to a version of Google that just "makes up" information when there are no search hits on a topic. What's more, the comic goes on to mention the page about webcomics that mention Wikipedia, and goes on to tell the readers that the page about webcomics that mention Wikipedia should mention comics that mention the page about Wiki English.
  • (date needed) : Diesel Sweeties"No. 1349" — A girl trying to hit on a programmer suggests he write her on Friendster, and the tech-savvy guy responds that as she admits to using the site he's unsure whether to edit his wiki article for "adorable" or "naive".

2006

  • 2006-01-30 : Jerkcity"It Must Be True I Read It On Wiki wikipedia In Webcomics" A character asserts that users of Wikipedia are pedophiles because that's what he read on Wiki English.
  • 2006-02-23 : Kernel Panic — "The Senator Wore Teal" — Character is accused of impersonating a U.S. Senator to post inappropriate material to Wiki English.
  • 2006-03-02 through -04 : General Spite"2006-03-02", "2006-03-03", "2006-03-04" — A character expects a huge prize for writing the Millionth Wikipedia Article, but an e-mail (signed "love, Wiki") informs him that the only reward is an article written in honor of the event.
  • 2006-04-06 : User Friendly"for April 6th, 2006" — Though dissatisfied with results comparing Wikipedia favorably to the Encyclopædia Britannica as covered by Nature magazine, Brittanica admits Wikipedia is good for something when Nature magazine's entry is vandalized to say "Stuck up nasty little cuss".
  • 2006-04-20 : Roadkill BillRoadkill Bill in Wiki — Six-panel parody about the Seigenthaler controversy and the Reliability of Wiki, and the large amount of human effort/time spent on the web site, often in conflicts, as compared to the medium-quality results.
  • 2006-05-19 : Applegeeks Lite : "Applegeeks Lite 010" — An anthropomorphic final-exam chides a student to drop out of school and instead study "Wiki Pedia" (the test-taker points out that the exam might not know what it's talking about, as Wikipedia is one word and not two).
  • 2006-05-19 : Cat and Girl"Cat and Girl versus Legitimacy" — Contrasted with a physical encyclopedia, characters note that in Wikipedia "the more voices that shout, the less legitimacy each voice has"—and the Catch-22 is that they cannot speak out against this trend to fight it.
  • 2006-06-17 : Funny Farm"2006-06-17" — A character memorizes the Wikipedia entries on Transformers to try and qualify him to act in the movie, and argues that although the authors of the article would be more qualified they're not desirable as actors because people who actually edit the articles are "nerds".
  • 2006-06-23 : Natalie Dee"wait i have a wikipedia entry maybe thats my poop" — A dog's owner establishes a house rule that only those with Wikipedia entries are notable enough to poop on the floor.
  • 2006-06-23 : Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth"Episode 17: If a Tree Falls..." — A character's insistence that she is not pregnant with a tree is countered with a statement that Wikipedia says she is.
  • 2006-07-18 : Jerkcity"With Your Mom Dot Com" — Criticism of the capitalization of a character's name in the comic's Wikipedia entry.
  • 2006-07-21 : Punks and Nerds"strip 07212006" — Suggests that Wikipedia vandalism is rampant when one character urges another to vandalize the Pringles article by adding "buttsex" to it, but she reports that it was already there.
  • 2006-07-25 : Dinosaur Comics"#816" — Character decides to play a prank and substitute the word evil on Wikipedia to Irish evil, and instead of being chastised is praised by Jimbo Wales for his contributions to the Irish Evil article.
  • 2006-09-09 : Irregular Webcomic!"No. 1322" — Given the existence of Wikipedia's list of webcomics that reference Wiki, author ponders whether there should be a "page about comics that mention the page on Wikipedia about comics that mention Wiki English."
  • 2006-09-28 : Yourmometer 'Wikipedia' — Hobbes is shocked to find Keaton hunched over a computer on a Friday night, editing Wiki English.
  • 2006-10-01 : Carbon Alley No. 1 — "I confess! I saw it on Wikipedia and I guess the general consensus is that it might not be totally true!"
  • 2006-10-26 : Ninja Verses"Regular Ninja vs. Irregular Webcomic" — Character is overwhelmed by recursion while reading the 9/09 Irregular Webcomic! mentioning Wiki English.
  • 2006-11-06 : Shortpacked!Noncanon: Character at first vehemently denies to have been getting information about Power Rangers movie from Wikipedia, and then sheepishly confesses that he actually was reading Wiki English.
  • 2006-11-08 : Dinosaur Comics"#879" — Suggests that Wikipedia vandalism can be eliminated if there is agreement to vandalise only the chicken article, and that this will have little consequence because chickens are well-understood (and thus no one should be looking them up anyway).
  • 2006-12-15 : Questionable Content"Also Certain Webcomics" — Character attempts to argue that her life as a single person has meaning, but this is undermined when she reveals that she spends her free time arguing this viewpoint on the DeBeers Wikipedia entry.
  • 2006-12-21 : Applegeeks"Noodliness" — Insinuation that Wikipedia presents the Flying Spaghetti Monster as factual serves to suggest that reading Wikipedia shouldn't be used as a substitute for traditional schooling.

2007

2008

2009

  • 2009-01-13 : Charliehorse: Reaganomics[4] – "Are you going to spend every computer lab vandalizing Wikipedia?" "Wikipedia is a scourge that needs to die!"
  • 2009-01-16 : Two Lumps[5] – Snooch justifies a logically unsound statement with "You have no cited source for proof! So I'm right!" Eben notes: "...I should never have shown you Wiki English."
  • 2009-02-18 : xkcdNeutrality Schmeutrality – "Trivia: It's possible to create events which Wikipedia cannot cover neutrally."
  • 2009-02-19 : Sandra and WooReliable Sources – Woo hates it when his opponent cites noted experts to back up his claims. (including a References section beneath the comic)
  • 2009-03-24 : Laugh-Out-Loud Cats# 1090 – "ur not supposd to add originl resrch"
  • 2009-04-21 : Charliehorse: Reaganomics [6]American Civil War is vandalized to include steam-powered walking armor.
  • 2009-06-20 : Unshelved[7] – Colleen objects to using Wikipedia to answer a patron's question.
  • 2009-06-22 : Stripy Sixcomic #61 – Fuzzball (one of the main characters) discovers the recent changes button on the sidebar.
  • 2009-08-16 : Plan Bfly1_01 is listed almost next to last of the wonderful things on the Internet.
  • 2009-09-25 : Piled Higher and Deeper [8]- an argument of the rules of softball in a professors vs graduates game results in an attempt to consult Wikipedia to settle the matter although this attempt is at least temporary thwarted by difficultly in finding a signal to allow wireless web access.
  • 2009-12-14 : Doghouse DiariesMore Funding Needed! — Puzzle logo discusses funding, in space.

2010

2011

  • 2011-01-04 : xkcd – "Misconceptions" – The author wishes he lived in a universe that requires, by law, that students to study the Wikipedia list of common misconceptions the first Tuesday of February.
  • 2011-04-01 : Doghouse Diaries – "Who is, smartest?" – A comparison of the smartness of Ken Jennings, Watson and "any fool with a smartphone and Wiki wikipedia In Webcomics".
  • 2011-05-24 : xkcdExtended Mind The author's apparent IQ drops 30 points every time there is a Wikipedia server outage. Also, how to follow links in articles that will eventually end up at Philosophy.
  • 2011-05-31 : xkcdAdvertising Discovery Wikipedia has trained us to believe anything with a little blue number after it, and advertisers will use it against us.
  • 2011-06-12 : xkcdMagic School Bus Mrs. Frizzle takes the class onto The Magic School Bus to get to a computer to look up batteries on Wiki English.
  • 2011-11-29 : The Magnificent Whatever - What is this Wikipedia Nonsense Anyway? Some dim fellows find out that porn boxes also contain all of the information in the world.
  • 2011-11-16 : xkcd - Citogenesis Careless writers end up creating citations for dubious facts on Wiki English.
  • 2011-11-21 : xkcd - Money Chart In a couple of areas it discusses different ways to look at the costs to run Wiki English.
  • 2011-12-19 : xkcd - Mnemonics Wikipedia is referenced as part of a mnemonic to remember color resistor codes.

2012

2013

2014

  • 2014-02-17: xkcd - Frequency Mentions the rate at which people edit Wiki English. A period of 0.67 according to explainxkcd

2015

2016

2019

Undated

Comics that mention the page on Wikipedia about comics that mention Wikipedia

  • 2006-09-09: Irregular Webcomic![10] – The Author, in a "Real Life" comic, mentions this exact page, and suggests adding a page about "Comics that mention the page on Wikipedia about comics that mention Wiki English..." Note that his suggestion was a complete joke, and he actually asks readers not to make that specific page, because meta-jokes are not welcome in Wiki English.
    • A later annotation from 2016-03-12 notes the existence of this section.

Comics that mention comics that mention the page on Wikipedia about comics that mention Wikipedia

  • 2006-10-26: Ninja Verses - [11] - The character of Regular Ninja makes a point of mentioning comics which mention this exact page.

Comics that merely use Wiki terminology or cite Wikipedia

  • 2005-11-27: Ghastly's Ghastly Comic"Blinded Me With Hentai" — (contains cartoon nudity and sex acts) A character's knowledge of cartoon pornography is expressed as encyclopedic by calling him a "Wikipedia of Hentai".
  • 2006-06-23: Real Life"Friday June 23, 2006" — A character comments that he read about space elevators on Wiki English.
  • 2006-07-02: the noob"strip 197" — The developers of Clichequest quote a Wikipedia article when devising their advertising strategy.
  • 2006-12-15: Penny & Aggie"20061215" — Invokes term "wikiality".
  • 2007-06-06→2007-06-08: Questionable Content"Angus looks ridiculous in that shirt", "Maneuver and Subterfuge", "Maybe at a Swinger's Party" — In the backdrop of the comic, "Wikipedia Vandalism Espresso" is offered as a daily special in the coffee shop.
  • 2007-04-22: Jerkcity"Original Research, Citation Style" — Text of comic invokes the Wiki Markup language.
  • (date needed) : Diesel Sweeties"strip 1681" — Cites Wikipedia as a source for a definition of viral marketing.
  • 2006-06-09: Quirk's Evil Little Webcomic[12] — Uses Wikipedia entry on metal fatigue as a source, links to it, in noting the statistics and experiments cited on Wiki and the lack of such data on the websites for "defense of marriage" groups.
  • 2007-07-20: Quirk's Evil Little Webcomic[13] — References finding this Wikipedia page as incoming link in web server log, and creating a web comic about it, thereby causing a recursive effect.
  • (date needed) : Mild Mannered Jerks"comic 120" — Author thanks Wikipedia for letting him look up something.

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