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1. HPsqua+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-10-28 16:12:36
That references another article "Views of Elon Musk" ... Quite an unusual format, "views of [public figure]". I don't remember seeing anything quite like it on Wikipedia.

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

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2. embedd+ab[view] [source] 2025-10-28 16:58:52
>>HPsqua+(OP)
Seems there are a couple of pages like that, if you enter "views of" without hitting enter in the Wikipedia search bar, you get some suggestions. Seems there is similar pages for Kanye West, Richard Dawkins and some more. Many of the pages are redirects back to the main page of the person though, so seems they're maybe disappearing or exclusively used for people who are very outspoken about lots of different things.
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3. exaspe+Is[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-10-28 18:07:57
>>embedd+ab
They are largely used to put the Talk: flamewar in a box, I think, so they can separate out the mundane fact edits from the rest.
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4. embedd+lU[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-10-28 19:57:57
>>exaspe+Is
That's actually kind of neat, at least for us that don't care much of the political views of celebrities.
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5. exaspe+Ve1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-10-28 21:34:55
>>embedd+lU
I think it makes sense for some politicians, too —- especially politicians who have an extensive life story otherwise.

Not least because it bumps the topic up one heading level, as it were, which means more possible uses of mediawiki formatting to break it up than if it were a section of another page.

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