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Cecily Mauran (February 5, 2022). "10 Wikipedia rabbit holes to fall down instead of doomscrolling". Mashable.
"The Urban Legends Wikipedia Page Is Full of Fakes, But Who Cares? [Guide to the Unknown]". Bloody Disgusting. April 26, 2024.

The Jersey Devil[edit]

Weren't the New Jersey Devils named after the Jersey Devil? I read it somewhere, I just forgot the book name. Can somebody prove me right? OvalTheNerd (talk) 21:25, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@OvalTheNerd: Article talk pages are only for discussion of improvements to the article. Are you suggesting an edit? Sundayclose (talk) 23:45, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. It is important in culture nowadays. OvalTheNerd (talk) 14:58, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@OvalTheNerd:

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source. Sundayclose (talk) 15:39, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. OvalTheNerd (talk) 20:51, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

extremely poor sources[edit]

can the citations (and maybe the entries as well) to the damn "only in your state" website be removed? it's clearly not a reliable source by any stretch and there are multiple entries on the page citing it Fox Room (talk) 02:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We have 11 references to that site. I checked two. Both were credited to professional travel writers. I do not care to check them all. You will have to take up each citations one at a time and say why it is not reliable. I will grant you it is not a scholarly source, but that does not equate to unreliable. If a better source can be found, you are welcome to replace any of the citations, but I would not support removing them categorically. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 03:44, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"not scholarly" is putting it mildly. it's clearly a clickbait article, and i do not trust its claims to be remotely reliable. obviously leaving the entries without a citation would be silly but if one does exist it should be used, and if it does not exist then the entry should be removed. if someone else hasn't cared to do it the next time i remember about this i'll do it myself Fox Room (talk) 06:34, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Podcast, might interest editors of this list[edit]

"This is Guide to the Unknown‘s 10th episode working down the Wikipedia page of urban legends, and they’re only on the 4th letter of the alphabet. Will they make it to the end before they reach their graves?" Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:05, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Summarized a bit in this article. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 20:30, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]