[chris_wot]

Dave Barry caused me to write the original Exploding Whale article on Wikipedia. I got the first oddball barnstar, which was made just for me.

I’m now banned.

[B-Con]

This is the kind of minor celebrity Internet encounter that delights my day but is impossible to explain to anyone else. :-D

[failingforward]

This is, if not the best, likely the most concise history of Wikipedia I have ever read.