This is in response to this post which showed up on /r/MapPorn today. The map is an interesting map of what words show up the most on each country's Wikipedia page. Some results like war for the US and Soviet for Russia are pretty funny, but looking into it, the data seems to not make sense.
I have not verified it but I'm pretty sure "the" will be the most common word on most, if not all, of the countries Wikipedia pages. Even if the original creator of the map excluded words like "the" and "a" many words should not be on this list. As pointed out in this comment, "war" only shows up 53 times on the US Wikipedia page, while other words show up way more often.
It is important to verify maps and not just blindly upvote what looks cool.
edit: Note this map is not mine, it's by Randall Munroe of xkcd
![image showing Changing Maps to Fit a Narrative [740x502]](3b670f9f-6d42-5d15-8e37-4d3b422a7b32.jpg)
Illuminate1738 on October 19th, 2017 at 23:41 UTC »
This is in response to this post which showed up on /r/MapPorn today. The map is an interesting map of what words show up the most on each country's Wikipedia page. Some results like war for the US and Soviet for Russia are pretty funny, but looking into it, the data seems to not make sense.
I have not verified it but I'm pretty sure "the" will be the most common word on most, if not all, of the countries Wikipedia pages. Even if the original creator of the map excluded words like "the" and "a" many words should not be on this list. As pointed out in this comment, "war" only shows up 53 times on the US Wikipedia page, while other words show up way more often.
It is important to verify maps and not just blindly upvote what looks cool.
edit: Note this map is not mine, it's by Randall Munroe of xkcd
ArchbishopBetelgeuse on October 20th, 2017 at 00:38 UTC »
When I first saw it I noticed that Florida was our most used word before I realized this was a joke.
I actually believed it too. We're a buncha narcissistic cunts I tell ya.
Ticket240 on October 20th, 2017 at 02:48 UTC »
Mouse over text: "The top search for every state is PORN, except Florida, where it's SEX PORN."