Wikipedia:Five-millionth topic pool
This is the pool for guessing what the five-millionth article's name will be. Please see Wikipedia:Millionth topic pool for reference. Everyone is allowed a maximum of three votes. Voting will close upon the creation of the 4,990,000th article. The current number of articles in the English Wikipedia is 6,916,501. If your vote doesn't belong in any of the current categories, just add it in.
This pool is closed. Any further votes will be reverted. The 5 millionth article is Persoonia terminalis, created on November 1, 2015. Winner of the pool: User:WikiOriginal-9, guessing fhityahua simipautuolo.
Television, movies, and pop culture
[edit]- The Final Episode of the 7th Series of Doctor Who Fardell 08:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- HAMMER! HAMMER! Jimbo gets stress while running the Wikimedia Foundation and builds a giant social barrier-*COUGH*-encyclopedic jigsaw around himself. He goes insane and puts himself on trial in his mind in which a giant Wikipedia logo tells him he must "Expose himself before his colleagues" and "Tear down his encyclopedia". Luckily Jimbo ignores this and ends up writing the 5000001th article.--Editor510 (talk) 18:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- 5000001st. --WikiSlasher (talk) 10:42, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
- Oops...--Editor510 (talk) 18:35, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Elfen Lied (K. A. Applegate novel) (She could totally get away with selling it to kids.) --Shay Guy (talk) 03:32, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- Happy Tree Friends: The Movie (Wishful thinking. Most of the characters rarely last seven minutes.) --UberScienceNerd Talk Contributions 02:28, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
- List of Pokémon you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley Umbralcorax (talk) 17:56, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- Back to the Future 4, one can only hope.....User:MrMarkTaylor What's that?/What I Do/Feed My Box 02:26, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
- Duke Nukem Forever II...because I think it will take a loooong time for the 5000000st article^^ SoWhy 11:48, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- Garth Brooks' ninth studio album He said he did not plan to record any new studio material until 2015, but still.. Hpfan9374 (talk) 10:09, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
- Saw 27, it will happen :P RockManQ (talk) 20:06, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
- Death of William Shatner, like Jacko's, but with more spoken-word tributes. Lugnuts (talk) 11:59, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
- Resurrection of William Shatner, like in Star_Trek_III:_The_Search_for_Spock, but with more spoken-word tributes.... 108.25.189.72 (talk) 16:24, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
- Pink Floyd's thirteenth studio album, never say never. Lugnuts (talk) 11:59, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
- Frank Garage Jr's 4th studio album, Green Face Pirate and the Sparkling Wiggle Moswento (talk) 20:42, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- Elephants on a Bus, the long awaited sequel to Samuel L Jackson's finest film.
- Avatar IV: Nefeteri Buys An iPod
- PlayStation 5. It could happen. GVnayR (talk) 16:00, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
- The Last Juror. John Grisham's book being turned into a film.
- Girls Gone Legally Insane 98.200.21.196 (talk) 18:46, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
- The Mentalist (season 10)--T. Anthony (talk) 10:18, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
- MetroCast Cablevision — Dylanvt (talk) 21:35, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
- Coming to you live from the Dean Martin Memorial Lavatory in Steubenville, Ohio, Spike TV presents World Championship Rape (WP:NOTCENSORED, right?) RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 12:53, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- ''24: Australians Rule'' When a bunch of Australians <gasp> finally </gasp> kill Jack Bauer. Eat me, I'm a red bean (take a huge bite) 11:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
- Rush Hour 4 Rainbow unicorn (talk) 06:04, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Computing
[edit]- Microsoft Facebook BillyH 16:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
- Mac OS 11 Finally, Apple spies have acquired the source code to the Window's NT Kernal! 108.25.194.174 (talk) 14:57, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hebrew Wikinews
Science
[edit]- Sodium hexafluorophosphate 69.140.152.55 (talk) 20:20, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
- Life on Europa (as an article; it is currently a redirect to the page about the moon in question) --UberScienceNerd Talk Contributions 02:28, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
- List of technical failures of the Large Hadron Collider - although it would probably be quickly broken up by year as it would be too long. 137.205.74.230 (talk) 19:40, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
- Aluminum Chromate 65.121.141.34 (talk) 18:50, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
- Have you tried switching it off and then switching it back on again? The solution to all technology problems. Lugnuts (talk) 12:00, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
- Heimdallr (dwarf planet)--T. Anthony (talk) 10:18, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
Society
[edit]- Pacific Regional Framework for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Culture --Jackofclubs (talk) 13:19, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Education
[edit]- Othonia Augusta-Hintze Library Twthmoses (talk) 06:33, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
- Rolleston School
- Glennville School for Aspiring Argentinan Prostitutes has a great k-8 program 108.25.194.174 (talk) 14:55, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Literature
[edit]- Post-Apocalyptic Survivalism for Dummies 65.121.141.34 (talk) 18:45, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
- Harry Potter 10 (The Great Vacuum Cleaner Sale) 65.121.141.34 (talk) 18:47, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
- J.K. Rowling Assassination Conspiracy - Pinkbladder 13 August 2009 (UTC)
- Why Some Types of People Are Just Not Worth It
- Bill Clinton's Guide to Workplace Sexual Harrassment 108.25.194.174 (talk) 14:51, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
- A Whole Nother Story APerson241 (talk) 19:13, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Politics
[edit]- US 2014 Midterm elections Googlemeister (talk) 15:39, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
- March 15,2014, the Ides of March Terrorist attacks by the United Church of Scientology and Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Terrorist Front in retaliation for the Neo Tea Party's biological attacks on the resistance movements in Utah and California. 108.25.189.72 (talk) 16:50, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
History and geography
[edit]- List of bridges in Madison County, Iowa. ―cobaltcigs 16:46, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
- The North Korean December 21, 2012 global nuclear strike - I knew it! --TitanOne (talk) 13:29, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
- Bankruptcy of Wal-Mart. Something that will happen once gas prices get too high. GVnayR (talk) 16:21, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
- 2016 South East Asia earthquake and tsunami Brightgalrs (/braɪtˈɡæl.ərˌɛs/)[1] 11:36, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Palingate (2014) and her exile to North Korea (idk why) 24.14.73.183 (talk) 23:42, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
- World War III A real article, not speculative stuff. 069952497aComments and complaintsStuff I've done 00:52, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
- World War VII (the current one is a redirect) - The above will happen in December 2014. IV will be between Comoran tucans and Cape Verdean echindas - NG39 (Used to be NickGibson3900)Talk 06:31, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
- Some random town, village, township or unorganized territory in the United States (random guess: Dupree Unorganized Territory, South Dakota). —Gyaro–Maguus— 21:32, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
- Drought in New Zealand
Food
[edit]- Wikipedia Five Millionth Article scheme User:AmRen93 - at 4,999,99_ articles Some guy barrages the system with articles about his choice of low-fat whipped-cream and the process that led him there just to be Mr. Five Millionth Article. --*NoTA* 06:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Beverages
[edit]- New Coke Tres-I pray that we never get this far Metsguy234 (talk) 04:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Politics
[edit]- The Laudermann crises Twthmoses (talk) 06:33, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
- The Abolition of Food Act of 2009 Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens (talk) 04:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Breathing tax, which will be enacted in all UN nations to cut carbon dioxide emissions --UberScienceNerd Talk Contributions 02:28, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
- President Jeb Bush- oh god I hope not... Clockwisekid (talk) 08:43, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- List of non-atheist liberals 64.20.23.105 (talk) 02:44, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
- Cuba (US State) 65.167.146.130 (talk) 21:40, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
- United Nations general election, 2011 80.193.130.5 (talk) 15:08, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
- Sarah Palin's vagina --TitanOne (talk) 13:30, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
- Sarah Palin's penis 108.25.189.72 (talk) 16:27, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
- List of politicians who ran for Congress ON WHEELS!!!!!!!! 24.14.73.183 (talk) 23:45, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
- California (nation). good luck everyone else in the us.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 02:32, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
- Passaic Park - The current article is just a redirect and doesn't count. ypnypn (talk) 21:27, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- Canada (51st US State) - One day some idiotic President or Prime Minister is going to make it happen. I wish, of course, that it doesn't, but that's the trend right now. 069952497aComments and complaintsStuff I've done 00:51, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
- Third Vatican Council - Might happen, you never know. It would be good for the church. Citrusbowler (talk) (contribs) (email me) 01:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
- Policies of Sri Lanka — Dylanvt (talk) 21:33, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
People
[edit]- Paris Hilton's public decapitation Apoz2 (talk) 14:08, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
- Alex Douglas I myself, might be notable by then. haha. Hpfan9374 (talk) 10:10, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
- John Smith (Dictator), A man named John Smith takes over Canada in a nationalistic coup and rules with an iron fist.-Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 09:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- John Smith, the man, the legend, the mystery A book written about the aforementioned Smith.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 09:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- John Smith (Cyborg), either A, John Smith is brought back to life in the form of a cyborg, or B, The scientists of the Smith regime create highly advanced robot (although they call it a cyborg this is technically a misnomer) to showcase their advanced technology and name it after their nation's leader..- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 09:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- Sarah Palin (US President). And dear God, please let this suggestion remain only a silly joke.Manning (talk) 15:06, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
- Michael Gowan (an aspiring actor who might be
famousnotable by then). On the other hand, if rampant deletionism persists, we might never get anywhere near 5 million articles (sorry Michael). Contains Mild Peril (talk) 07:10, 6 November 2009 (UTC) - Seven (given name), inspired by the name that George Costanza said that he would name his child. BenYes? 16:09, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
- Soda (given name), inspired by the name that George Costanza suggests to another expectant couple. BenYes? 16:09, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
- Shooting of Micheal Martin Rainbow unicorn (talk) 05:40, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
- Adam Greaves-Neal Rainbow unicorn (talk) 06:12, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
Sports
[edit]Baseball
[edit]- IF the Chicago Cubs win the World Series in 2015 (as predicted in Back to the Future II), the 5,000,000th post will be some dweeb posting something that says that Back to the Future II predicted it. --Qazox (talk) 05:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- Reactions to the Chicago Cubs World Series drought ending Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:00, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
- 2015 Chicago Cubs cheating scandal Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:00, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
- The 2015 Black Cubs Scandal, completing the Chicago Black collection. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:00, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
- List of baseball players proven to have used steroids 65.167.146.130 (talk) 21:38, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
- List of baseball players proven to have used steroids ON WHEELS ¿SFGiДnts! ¿Complain! ¿Analyze! ¿Review! 05:28, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Basketball
[edit]- Los Angeles Clippers accomplishment of records - Oooh, wait I read wrong, it's 5,000,000??? This might be perfect in time for the 50,000,000th article? As hommage to the existing page for the Lakers. --TitanOne (talk) 13:21, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
American Football
[edit]- CFL-NFL Merge Football goes the way of baseball and hockey. 24.14.73.183 (talk) 23:51, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
NASCAR
[edit]- Death of Richard Petty. The King may be gone but he's not forgotten. GVnayR (talk) 16:15, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Olympics
[edit]- Dubai 2034 Winter Olympic Bid - To show that the IOC aren't biased against the Islamic countries, they awarded the 2034 winter games to the United Arab Emirates. (edit by User:DitzyNizzy)
- Vatican City at the 2016 Summer Olympics - The priest athletes make their much-awaited Olympic debut, fielding competitors in trampoline and synchronised swimming. Aridd (talk) 13:41, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- List of Maltese competitors in the London Olympics. Hiding T 20:10, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
- That would probably be redirected to Malta at the 2012 Summer Olympics. :( DitzyNizzy (aka Jess) (talk) 18:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Rugby
[edit]- George Scrimshaw the former All Blacks player.
Other
[edit]- Jimbo Wales (cricketer) nneonneo talk 22:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
- 2026 FIFA World Cup ShadeofTime09 (talk) 22:46, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
- The National Handball League (TNHL)
- 2000 ISF Men's World Championship
- List of Zimbabwe Test cricket victories
- List of Sri Lanka Test cricket victories
- List of Bangladesh Test cricket victories
- List of New Zealand ODI cricket centurions
- List of football clubs in Abkhazia — Dylanvt (talk) 21:32, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Other
[edit]- Wikipedia's five millionth article Imagine the hordes of people attempting to create this article when the 4,999,999th is created. Someone the Person 19:57, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Four-million topic pool
- OMG this is five millionth article lol - for same reason as above. Anonymous101 (talk) 17:20, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
- Illogicopedia --Someone the Person (talk) 22:33, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
- List of Jimbo Wales Paternity suits - I'm sure it's bound to happen --TitanOne (talk) 13:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
- Wikipedia's article on the Main Page 24.14.73.183 (talk) 23:59, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
- Intelligent Conserapedian -- would redirect to Oxymoron. Greengreengreenred 22:46, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Assume that those assuming good faith, in assuming that assumers of good faith are assuming good faith, are assuming good faith - Well, the chain just goes on and on... BlueRoll18 (talk) 05:35, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
- Amalgamation of Jordanhill railway station and El HormigueroAck! Ack! Pasta bomb! (talk) 09:31, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Self-referential
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...and so forth, going on forever. --116.14.26.124 (talk) 09:45, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
- Wikipedia's article on The weather in London --Nat682 (talk) 13:20, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
- Wikipedia's article on Wikipedia's article on The weather in London 24.14.73.183 (talk) 23:58, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
Nonsense/Vandalism
[edit]- Pie is good. Cheese is to. Quoted from an IP vandal I came across with. Kayau David Copperfield MOBY DICK the great gatsby 14:52, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
- A vanity page. MER-C 11:25, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
- Woof Woof, Meow Meow - The Musical - A random article ... ... ... --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:27, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
- Someone's cat. 069952497aComments and complaintsStuff I've done 00:53, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
- Willy on Wheels ON WHEELS!! 2AwwsomeTell me where I screwed up.See where I screwed up. 21:23, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
- It's over five thousand. Mom, i'm famous! Titoncioalk to me 05:01, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
- 5,000,000th article it will read: OMG I MADE IT HAHA --Nyanyanyanyan (talk 16:22 August 5 2014 (UTC)
Philosophy and Religion
[edit]- Church of Orthodox Nonbelievers schisms caused by gnostic existentialist extremists searching for neutral points of view.
WikipedJDD (talk) 10:49, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Sex
[edit]- 71 (sex position) – Someone made a George Carlin reference during the millionth topic pool, so I felt it was necessary to carry on the tradition. According to Carlin, a 71 is a 69, but with two fingers up the ass. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 13:08, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- 99 (sex position) - like the aforementioned 69, but you get a Flake with it. 80.192.31.203 (talk) 21:01, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Species
[edit]- fhityahua simipautuolo It will be some obscure one line stub about some species. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 13:32, 26 July 2014 (UTC) <-- the winner. Actual topic: Persoonia terminalis