Random Wikipedia Writing

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  • Francesca Maisano
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There is a page on Wikipedia, called Wikipedia:Random, where you can click the link and get brought to a random page on Wikipedia. For this assignment, go to the link and then click on the words Special:Random. Whatever page you get, somehow incorporate it into a short story involving whatever theme your class has. Feel free to use other Wikipedia pages and other programs such as Google Earth to research more about your page if you have no idea what it is or if you want to find more information for your story. After writing your story explain what page you got and your thought process in figuring out your story and incorporating your random page into it. See if your readers were able to figure out what random page you got! There’s no maximum or minimum number of words or paragraphs, just make sure your story is longer than what you post on Twitter, so it counts as an assignment, not a Daily Create!

 

Here’s the url for the Wikipedia page if the link isn’t working-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random

Thumbnail image from here-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-en-big.png

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@Bendire Thrasher

Totally Normal Teenage Boy Take 2, Electric Boogaloo

Originally, this assignment, Totally Normal Room of a Totally Normal Teenage Boy, was 948 words. I am a creative writing major, so this isnā€™t

@BriannaDAlbis

Don the Talking Dog

Don was an ordinary dog who loved to voice his opinions to his owners. He had no idea that his owners were able to understand

@wade_764

Inspiration can come from unexpected results.

Wow, ok, this was definitely a shorter wiki post than what I was expecting. My assignment was to write about a randomly-selected Wikipedia

@ChianeseCecilia

Eagles Nest Township

*** 3 stars

In the mid 1900s a group of friends set out on an adventure with the intent to travel to all of the

@Bendire Thrasher

Totally Normal Room of a Totally Normal Teenage Boy

Written Assignment #1

https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/random-wikipedia-writing/

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@michaeldgs106

From Harlem to stardom

It was a cool summers night in the big apple, but just like any other night there was always a reason to go to the

@CommTweetWithMe

ā€œRevengeā€-Elton Johnā€ -Christiana Meyersā€

The gun is set and fires once more
A boy is left with a gaping sore
And in the cold grey night
He sees a black van

@ArthurDrag1

Nealcidion brachiale

I decided to attempt the random wikipedia article writing challenge and my article is

Nealcidion brachiale

or, a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. This is the whole article. I

@justzaying7

A Bat for Free

It was a hot day in the beginning of June, 2015. Daniel Fields was nervous, he could feel his heart jumping up and down inside

@FCMaisano

Random Wikipedia Writing

Here’s the URL for this assignment-http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/random-wikipedia-writing/

and here’s the link for the Wikipedia page-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random

There is a page on Wikipedia, called Wikipedia:Random, where you

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