it took a while, but the bash script i wrote to find the most popular article category on wikipedia by curling every single article has finally finished. no i don't know what a "database dump" is. i can now reveal that the most popular category by far is 429 Too Many Requests
Damn it all, the worst part about jokes like this is that nobody I live with would get it.
Much less laugh out loud like I did.
Thank you for the laugh.
@lynnesbian Too Many Limes
@lynnesbian LOL!
@lynnesbian made my fuckin day 🤣
@lynnesbian itt's ok fwovvv
@lynnesbian doot?
@lynnesbian @bagder curl being put to good use, as the ancients intended
@lynnesbian your bash is better than mine
@lynnesbian They're all maintenance categories because most categories designed for navigation are intentionally subcategorised so they don't get too big. There are more reports like that among other things at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports
@lynnesbian I'm aware the whole thing might've been intended as a joke ...
@graham @lynnesbian ... no really?
Oct 31, 2026, 4:04 PM