[kens]

I've thought that it would be cool to have a Wiki with an entry for each character, describing what it is, and its history. Although that wouldn't help for mystery characters like this one, there are a lot of characters with stories behind them.

[paledot]

I was just discussing :man-in-business-suit-levitating: with some friends earlier today. Also an interestingly cryptic background, albeit not an unsolved one.

https://emojipedia.org/person-in-suit-levitating/

(Edit: Apparently HN automatically removes emoji.)

[logbiscuitswave]

The story behind MIBSL is definitely fascinating and some great trivia there. There’s a longer article about it here: https://www.newsweek.com/2016/05/06/secret-ska-history-man-b... that covers not just the inspiration for the emoji itself, but a brief history behind the inspiration behind the inspiration. Lots of levels of metaness to unpack.

[alx__]

I love this! I've always assumed it was a rude boy emoji. Was briefly in a high school ska band :D

[subroutine]

Wikipedia already does this for many symbols. See for example...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous_Technical

Aside from the table describing each symbol, if you scroll to the bottom of the page, it links out to full articles related to each. For a full list see...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters

[sprayk]

I like this idea. It would serve as a place to put a well-sourced answer to the question about this character, and the talk section could be used to discuss further investigation into the topic, or when new uses inevitably arise.