We were all warned that we must never ever listen to or believe a word of what we read on Wikipedia, because anyone could edit it, and therefore it was all false or something. Still, we eventually learned from experience that this was nonsense, that Wikipedia, while imperfect, did provide a good summary of some things, and had fun with it. I’m sure many of us remember clicking through randomized Wikipedia articles.

It was a wonderful way to discover new topics and learn new things, or going on a wiki walk through a topic that interested us. True, our teachers wouldn’t accept Wikipedia as a source, nor should they have, but we did learn and entertain ourselves! Here, I’ve created a sort of wiki stroll, curating hand-picked pages documenting internet lore specifically.

This focuses only on matters relevant to the older internet, cool lore, experiences we might have forgotten, and nostalgic topics. There’s really no precise cutoff date for the topics of these articles, but they do not include any that are terribly mean-spirited, except a couple cautionary tales (I guess).

Currently, this features around thirty different articles with summaries. If you've got a personal favorite that you'd like added here, send it my way, and, provided it isn't already there or ill-suited, I'll add it! I would really love to expand this list, but not with anything too terrible, and nothing really post-2010.

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