Answer these three questions about a random Wikipedia article and win a car

[Kraken]

Kotlassky District (T-H-L)

1. Yes
2. No
3. No

As surprising as it is that Wikipedia even has so much information on second level Administrative areas of Russia, you really can't get past the fact much of it lacks a reference, and much of the referencing that is there, comes from the Russian government.

I'm quite sure there are better sources, especially if you take the view that to make use of English Wikipedia's content on such things, you have to be a Russian speaker. I am not.

Although in a pinch, I can use lines from Hunt for Red October (T-H-L) to get out of a jam.

[Kraken]

Gaetbulibacter aquiaggeris (T-H-L)

1. No
2. No
3. No

One line about a seemingly random bacteria discovered at some point in the history of the world. It was "isolated from seawater from Korea.", apparently. Which makes no sense if you think about it. Korea is on the land. The sea is in the sea.

One out of the three references provided is malformed. Maybe that makes some of the words unverified, maybe it doesnt. Who will ever care? If you do care, you're not using Wikipedia to look up Gaetbulibacter aquiaggeris.

Nobody is.

Except maybe his great (to the power zillion) grandchildren. And yes, all bacteria are male. It is known.

Seriously. This page only had 8 page views when it was created in 2020. It's never had more than four in one day since (only thee times!). A 3 view day is also rare (<20). And on close inspection, 0 views in a day seems to be more common than even 1 or 2.

It's quite probable this is 100% bot traffic, randomness in action. I'm interested to see if mentioning it here generates a detectable spike in interest.

[Háčky]

Grammothele lacticolor (T-H-L)

1. No
2. No
3. No

All Wikipedia tells us about this fungus is that it “is found in the United States”, which is technically true. The cited source says its distribution is “Puerto Rica [sic], Costa Rica and Jamaica”.

[rnu]

Jan Peacock (T-H-L)

1. No.
2. No.
3. Maybe there are some non-independent sources. I doubt anyone without a COI cares.

[rnu]

Ave (T-H-L)

1. Yes.
2. No.
3. No.

[yasslay]

Tokihiro Nakamura (T-H-L)

1. Yes.
As the mayor of a prefecture, he seems to be a fairly notable person in Japanese politics.
2. No.
There's a source from the Japan Times dated 2014 that seems to be fairly reliable but only states that he was re-elected for a second term in 2014. The rest of the article, including claims that he graduated from Keto University or briefly worked at Mitsubishi are completely unreferenced.
2. No.
I don't understand Japanese but there's probably a huge preponderance of better sources available in Japanese about Tokihiro.

[Elinruby]

Seha River Land (T-H-L)

1. Yes
2. References are very light for the topic. But while I might look this up I would probably mostly want to know where and what this is so to this extent it is okay-ish.
3. For serious research you would want something else

[Elinruby]

Oru, Harju County (T-H-L)

1. No
2. Slightly better than a map in that it gives the administrative division. Google results aren't any better. French article adds that in 2011 the population was 49.
3. See #2

[Elinruby]

Nicola Berti (T-H-L)

Soccer

1. Yes. unable (unwilling?) to evaluate but he certainly looks notable.
2. MEGO
3. MEGO

[Elinruby]

Grammothele lacticolor (T-H-L)

1. No
2. No
3. No

All Wikipedia tells us about this fungus is that it “is found in the United States”, which is technically true. The cited source says its distribution is “Puerto Rica [sic], Costa Rica and Jamaica”.

Lol

[Black Kite]

Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse (T-H-L)

1. No*.
2. No.
3. No.

*Though the title of one of the sources suggests that it's the first film shot in New Zealand; it wasn't.

[rnu]

Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse (T-H-L)

1. No*.
2. No.
3. No.

*Though the title of one of the sources suggests that it's the first film shot in New Zealand; it wasn't.

I guess Richard Bruce Bradford (T-C-L) really likes Uhlan (horse) (T-H-L)? (He created both articles and added the information to Alfred Henry Whitehouse (T-H-L).)

[Elinruby]

1947 Gator Bowl (T-H-L)

1. Not to me anyway
2. Taxslayer?
3. blank stare

[Elinruby]

Palestyna, Łódź Voivodeship (T-H-L)

1. No
2. This is an article?
3. map

[rnu]

1947 Gator Bowl (T-H-L)

1. Not to me anyway
2. Taxslayer?
3. blank stare

According to Gator Bowl (T-H-L) TaxSlayer (T-H-L) is the current sponsor. (That doesn't mean it is a good source.)

[Elinruby]

Vidyananda (T-H-L)

1. Apparently notable. I guess. I lack a frame of reference for Jainism
2, I am not certain I gleaned a fact from this article to trust or not trust. This might be the same person though, so perhaps there is a transliteration issue going on link.
3. No

[Elinruby]

According to Gator Bowl (T-H-L) TaxSlayer (T-H-L) is the current sponsor. (That doesn't mean it is a good source.)

oooh. One less mystery in the world, thank you.

[Háčky]

Adagooru (T-H-L)

1. No
2. No
3. No: there’s even a better alternative on Wikipedia, as the maps in Belur, Karnataka (T-H-L) convey more information about Adagooru than this so-called article.

1947 Gator Bowl (T-H-L)

1. Not to me anyway
2. Taxslayer?
3. blank stare

According to Gator Bowl (T-H-L) TaxSlayer (T-H-L) is the current sponsor. (That doesn't mean it is a good source.)

More specifically, the citation was added during a brief period when TaxSlayer paid extra to call the game “TaxSlayer Bowl” rather than “TaxSlayer Gator Bowl”, hence the official site was at taxslayerbowl.com instead of the current taxslayergatorbowl.com. This is also the justification for titling the navbox “TaxSlayer / Gator Bowl” rather than simply “Gator Bowl” as any normal person would call it.

[rnu]

Second Genoese–Savoyard War (T-H-L)

1. Yes.
2. No. The most used source are the 17th century memoirs of Edmund Ludlow (the article doesn't mention him, so who knows what if any role he played in the conflict). Next is an 18th century history of Europe.
3. I really hope there is something better.

[Bezdomni]

Second Genoese–Savoyard War (T-H-L)

1. Yes.
2. No. The most used source are the 17th century memoirs of Edmund Ludlow (the article doesn't mention him, so who knows what if any role he played in the conflict). Next is an 18th century history of Europe.
3. I really hope there is something better.

I melted some Q-tips together at wikidata, so you can click through to the Italian page now. A quick search at cairn suggests it's a bit of a historical footnote (only the last paragraph mentions it).

[rnu]

Democracy in India (T-H-L)

1. No.
2. Not even a little.
3. *shrug*

[rnu]

Yagudino (T-H-L)

1. I mean it has a street ...
2. No.
3. Any map would be better.

[rnu]

Czech Republic–Libya relations (T-H-L)

1. No.
2. No.
3. *shrug*

[rnu]

Gerad Ali Dable (T-H-L)

1. Assuming it's not a hoax, yes.
2. No.
3. Unless it is a hoax there has to be something better.

[rnu]

Kandis Kingdom (T-H-L)

1. Assuming it actually existed probably notable.
2. Absolutely not. The article doesn't even convince me that the state existed.
3. Better nothing than this.

[Vigilant]

I'm just disappointed the thread title wasn't "Must answer me these questions three, 'ere the other side he see "

[Háčky]

Excuse Me Mr. (T-H-L)

1. No: it “had a minimal impact on record charts”.
2. Yes
3. Yes? I’d be surprised if anyone else has written this much about this song, though perhaps it would be better to write less.

Democracy in India (T-H-L)

1. No.
2. Not even a little.
3. *shrug*

“Democracy in India is the largest by population in the world” has to be a candidate for Wikipedia’s worst sentence.

[rnu]

Katsunori Iketani (T-H-L)

1. No.
2. No.
3. The first link is much much better.

[rnu]

DJ Whoo Kid (T-H-L)

1. No.
2. No.
3. *shrug*

[Elinruby]

I guess I will play again. But we could have just as much fun at the Wikimedia Commons category "Unidentified": link without stroking Crow's ego, which does not need stroking, imho

Yenişehir railway station (T-H-L)

1. Train?
2. To trust would be to care
3. MEGO

[Elinruby]

Memphis Americans (2021–) (T-H-L)

1. No. Tempted to tag it saying it needs a more global approach <g>
2. MEGO
3. MEGO

[Elinruby]

Shenbagamae Shenbagamae (T-H-L)

1. It ran for 100 days
2. ?
3. ?

[Randy from Boise]

I'm just disappointed the thread title wasn't "Must answer me these questions three, 'ere the other side he see "

Sight gag, as required.

There are some who call me...................... tim?

[Randy from Boise]

1947 Gator Bowl (T-H-L)

1. Not to me anyway
2. Taxslayer?
3. blank stare

According to Gator Bowl (T-H-L) TaxSlayer (T-H-L) is the current sponsor. (That doesn't mean it is a good source.)

I'm gonna stand up for a bowl game in 1947 as a YES to question 1 all day long. There were damned few bowls in that era.

t

[Elinruby]

Qasımlı, Agdam (T-H-L)

1. Kinda. Hopefully a longer article somewhere provides a little more context
2. Not really, even though I am sympathetic. Referencing leaves a lot to be desired. Unconvinced it is not a hoax, even though I find it quite plausible.
3. ?

[Elinruby]

Tepui toucanet (T-H-L)

1. I have no objections to it offhand
2. Better species article than most
3. Unsure

[Háčky]

Võru (T-H-L)

1. Yes
2. No
3. No: “You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Estonian.” But if you really want to know the town’s relative humidity in September or the number of Poles recorded in the 1934 census, then the English Wikipedia is your best bet.

[tarantino]

I'm just disappointed the thread title wasn't "Must answer me these questions three, 'ere the other side he see "

Sight gag, as required.

There are some who call me...................... tim?

[Elinruby]

1947 Gator Bowl (T-H-L)

1. Not to me anyway
2. Taxslayer?
3. blank stare

According to Gator Bowl (T-H-L) TaxSlayer (T-H-L) is the current sponsor. (That doesn't mean it is a good source.)

I'm gonna stand up for a bowl game in 1947 as a YES to question 1 all day long. There were damned few bowls in that era.

t

that's actually good to know, thank you.

[Kraken]

George W. Perkins (producer) (T-H-L)

So bad it warranted its own thread.

[Háčky]

Matthew Creese (T-H-L)

1. No
2. No
3. No, that’s what CricketArchive is for

On Saturday 30 July 2011 against Harrow Town CC Creese took 9 wickets for 65 runs and then scored 111 not out to win the game, registering the best combined bowling and batting figures in league history.[2]

The source:

To my knowledge it’s a first in the Middlesex League to score a ton and take 9 wickets in the same match and I’ll wager no-one has done it for Southgate, one for Ricky to confirm in due course.

It’s okay, Ricky, there is no deadline.

[Elinruby]

Dan Abbott (T-H-L)

1. Clearly the hegemony of the patriarchy
2. I don't care about this article and neither did its creator apparently
3. the first external link is better

[Elinruby]

Natalya Komarova (T-H-L)

1. Buried lede. If she is involved enough in the oligarchy to be sanctioned, probably notable in a money-laundering kind of way at a minimum
2. Pretty sure there is more to this if someone digs
3. No

[Elinruby]

Azya orbigera (T-H-L)'

1. Species
2. why should I?
3. Third reference looks more reliable

[rnu]

Natalya Komarova (T-H-L)

1. Buried lede. If she is involved enough in the oligarchy to be sanctioned, probably notable in a money-laundering kind of way at a minimum
2. Pretty sure there is more to this if someone digs
3. No

Apparently all Russian governors are sanctioned.

[Elinruby]

Natalya Komarova (T-H-L)

1. Buried lede. If she is involved enough in the oligarchy to be sanctioned, probably notable in a money-laundering kind of way at a minimum
2. Pretty sure there is more to this if someone digs
3. No

Apparently all Russian governors are sanctioned.?

Aha. Can you get to be a Russian governor without deserving a sanction though? I would have to look at some stuff and it would be in Russian so that would be work. But I don't want to blindly impute clarity of thought or vision to the US government however, since good knows THAT would be a mistake. Maybe I am just triggered by the reference to mining, one of the most universally corrupt industries that ever existed.

[Háčky]

Sarah Tait (T-H-L)

1. Yes: World champion and Olympic medallist.
2. Yes: A lot of non-independent sources are used, but they seem to be used appropriately.
3. Yes: More detailed than Olympedia.

A rare Wikipedia W. I don’t get why this is only assessed as Start-class. Does it need to be longer?

[Elinruby]

Sarah Tait (T-H-L)

1. Yes: World champion and Olympic medallist.
2. Yes: A lot of non-independent sources are used, but they seem to be used appropriately.
3. Yes: More detailed than Olympedia.

A rare Wikipedia W. I don’t get why this is only assessed as Start-class. Does it need to be longer?

Sometimes it is simply that nobody has rated the article. Try running it through Rater.

(later) I seem to have uninstalled Rater, but offhand I think it is B-class. I hesitate to make the call officially though, in case there is some special requirement for Olympians or rowers that it isn't meeting. Bottom line, though, you can do this yourself, manually if you don't want to install the gadget

[Elinruby]

German destroyer Z9 Wolfgang Zenker (T-H-L)
Milhist

1. Some of that history does seem notable.
2. References seem solid -- if forced to be binary I would say yes
3. Not really into it enough to compare historiographies of the materiel. I find the article suffices for my needs. I might want to link to it at some point but am not overly excited about naval vessels in se, whether Axis or Allied.

[Elinruby]

(skipped an American general, a German actress and an Estonian village, because you don't care that I don't care)

Moralia in Job of 945 (T-H-L)

1. Yes. Topic is notable
2. Referencing needs that tag about inline sourcing
3. I would never look this up unless I was writing a Wikipedia article about manuscripts or the Dark Ages. Which I have been known to do.