User:Carlinal/Favorite recognized content

This subpage isn't a collection of content I contributed to significantly, so why have this? For two reasons; to lay out my identity through high-quality reading and to encourage and inspire users to register or contribute on Wikipedia. Rather than just make a standard list of favorites like everyone else, I wanted to show gratitude to this wiki by displaying articles with sincere effort, which I know continues to grow every passing year.

Statuses counted are good articles, featured articles and lists, and recognized topics. The more content with these statuses, the more this subpage expands. But it can also further showcase my interests in various subjects. Any subject with at least six articles constitutes a separate category. This subpage also includes A-class articles, which are between good and featured articles and are not required for a GA review. A-class articles are uncommon; I learned of them much later than I thought.

Ordering these is a monumental task!

Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was an influence who convinced me that pop is neither a blessing nor a curse, but a tool with the potential to enhance. He and fellow pop artist Andy Warhol are among my favorites.


 * Ten Dollar Bill (Lichtenstein)
 * Girl with Ball
 * I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It!
 * Look Mickey
 * Drowning Girl (This article and Look Mickey are one of the earliest I remember seeing with a barnstar on them, which began my desires for quality on this website.)
 * Whaam!
 * Golf Ball
 * Torpedo...Los!
 * Grrrrrrrrrrr!!
 * Brushstrokes series
 * Big Painting No. 6
 * Artist's Studio—Look Mickey

Miscellaneous

 * Willie Gillis
 * Four Freedoms (Rockwell) (topic)
 * Marriage License
 * Comedian (artwork) (It initially reminded me of readymade art but with bombastic preparation. It also reminded me of Warhol and his cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico. I now believe the main point of the artwork isn't the sculpture but the fact that we're reacting and reporting and discussing it to such a great extent over the authenticity of art. The sculpture is the setup, and the reactions are the body of the joke that author Maurizio Cattelan is playing on us. The joke becomes bigger when the media's reports (and possibly even having some anime pinups created) led to the sculpture achieving enough notability to have a Wikipedia article, leading to the punchline of the article gaining GA status. The title Comedian is Cattelan's self-description, and his stand-up is about us, the audience. In the midst of Comedian 's infamy, the roles have switched, and we have become the presenters of the jokes and Cattelan the audience. And he is still laughing at us for what we've done.)
 * K Foundation Burn a Million Quid (Such actions would never achieve or deserve the same relevance 23 years later.)

Music

 * Album era (What a history lesson. It's like a brief overview of the history of popular music in contemporary history. So many parallels are reflected in what influenced the album format in its past, present, and future.)
 * Aftermath (by the Rolling Stones)
 * Paint It Black
 * Radiohead
 * Radiohead studio albums (topic) (YES YES YES YES YES)
 * "True Love Waits" (Perhaps the most difficult song Radiohead encountered, not just for making it a fitting album track, but the intensified weight it garnered from age and the emotionally stressful Moon Shaped Pool sessions. And yet in its final form it's one of the best songs in their history. It's like the recurring character referenced across several arcs that only now decided to take center-stage.)
 * Led Zeppelin III
 * Nirvana studio albums (topic)
 * "Touch Me I'm Sick" (My kind of pop.)
 * Ramones
 * The Velvet Underground & Nico
 * Marquee Moon
 * Is This It
 * Loveless
 * Endtroducing.....
 * For Emma, Forever Ago (Best proof that Wikipedia can present an academic-level story )
 * A Crow Looked at Me
 * The Yes Album
 * Doggystyle
 * Minecraft – Volume Alpha (First album I ever listened to. My mom downloaded "Sweden" for me as it latched onto me as the true theme song of this game like everyone else. Took a while for this album's impact to really grow, but it was always a masterpiece from the start. I'm beyond grateful to know of this work.)
 * Ocean of Sound (I'm a Brian Eno lover and ambient enjoyer. At this point, I should register at Discogs.)
 * "All Star" (Of course this became a good article...)
 * The Black Parade
 * "Look at Your Game, Girl"
 * AC/DC (currently going for a sixth featured article review in a long history, and in a second such review in its current GA, as I'm eyeing for further improvements. A surprise favorite band for me, especially with Back in Black and Powerage.)

Miscellaneous

 * Q*bert
 * Resident Evil 4
 * Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis (HA! TABLE TENNIS!)
 * Red Dead Redemption
 * Red Dead Redemption 2 (Shout out to my good friend Shinobi, who seems to love Westerns.)
 * Grand Theft Auto V
 * Development of Grand Theft Auto V
 * Castle Wolfenstein
 * Wolfenstein 3D
 * Wolfenstein: The New Order
 * Doom (2016)
 * All Ghillied Up
 * No Russian
 * The Oregon Trail (1971) (School teachers contributing to a new medium? It's as likely as having pepperoni and cheese written on your tombstone!)
 * The Oregon Trail (1985)
 * P.T.
 * Namco (Bless Namcokid47. This is their magnum opus.)
 * Sam & Max Hit the Road
 * Sam & Max: Freelance Police
 * Mortal Kombat II
 * Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
 * Five Nights at Freddy's (2014) (It's amazing to return to this after nine years since its release. It's come so far with some okay sequels, but it was also responsible for launching a certain era of video game and Internet horror, for better or worse. The development section is small but no less valuable. Fitting enough, this was the featured article for Halloween 2023, the same year as its film's release. I have a mobile copy of the game because besides it still being a good game, it's also to honor Scott Cawthon. Thank you, Cawthon.)
 * Rare Replay (topic) (The second most ambitious featured topic I've witnessed, after that of the history of the Manhattan Project. This is a massive labor of love to one of gaming's most outstanding British developers.)
 * Shantae (2002)
 * Ninja Gaiden (NES)
 * Mega Man (1987)
 * Mega Man 2
 * Mega Man 3
 * Mega Man 4
 * Mega Man X (1993)
 * Ico
 * Shadow of the Colossus
 * Pac-Man (Atari 2600)
 * Bubsy 3D (Video game equivalent to cutting raw steak with a balloon.)
 * Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
 * Milkman Conspiracy (His milk is delicious)
 * Meteos
 * Mother series (topic) (You wanna know how hardcore Earthbound fans are? This topic is next to everything for those that edit here.)
 * Super Columbine Massacre RPG!
 * Omori (This is the heaviest video game I've ever seen Jesus Howard Christ)
 * Galaga (My dad hasn't played this in years)
 * Rally-X (glorifies car crashes)
 * Metal Gear Solid (1998)
 * Undertale
 * Rock Band (2007)
 * Dynamite Headdy
 * Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

People/biographies
These are in a different format from articles about a product or event, so there. Sorted alphabetically by surname, one-word nicknames included.


 * Leelah Alcorn
 * Ann Bannon (Like her own life, her stories are heartbreaking. Yet Bannon's ended up heartwarming.)
 * Allie Brosh (Creator of the first webcomic I remember reading)
 * Cliff Burton
 * dril
 * Etika (Took the opportunity to study the edit history and reviews of this one. Absolutely joyful for this achievement. First YouTuber to hit FA, even if it's posthumous. Internet history right here. PantheonRadiance nailed both GAN and FAC first try. PR, if you're reading this, I salute you.)
 * George Harrison (Even though Ringo Starr is my favorite Beatle, Harrison's contributions are oh-so saintly and groundbreaking. And boy, does he rock.)
 * Eugene Landy (Complicated man given a complicated mess.)
 * PewDiePie (First to reach the heights as a YouTuber. Still keeping it strong.)
 * Fred Rogers (He's the kindest man in the world because he wants to encourage us to strive. I can't overstate how much of an idol he is to me. Mister Rogers is so ahead of his time he makes Billy Graham bite the dust.)
 * Jack Thompson (activist) (Young gamers never felt true hatred until they heard of Jack Thompson.)

Books
(Will add comics and graphic novel articles soon)


 * The Cat in the Hat (Probably the greatest children's book ever. Still stands very high today.)
 * Shrek! (Yeah, there's a book! I want to check that out someday.)
 * A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
 * Stellaluna
 * What If?
 * Dril Official "Mr. Ten Years" Anniversary Collection
 * Harry Potter novels (topic)
 * Maya Angelou's autobiographical series (topic) (ALL of these are at FA, which I assume took about twice as an effort to get to as the Harry Potter topic. Insane.)

The Simpsons (in development)

 * History (Jesus Mary and Joseph, this show. How ambitious the Simpsons project is, it's beyond insane.)
 * Simpson family (topic)
 * Season 5 (topic)
 * Season 6 (topic) (The very very funny one)
 * Season 7 (topic) (If anyone asks which season best defines The Simpsons, you point to this. A perfect balance with the comedic growth of the Mirkin years while successfully returning an emotional back-to-basics not seen after the Jean and Reiss years, along with providing healthy amounts of experimental innovation from Oakley and Weinstein. It was The Simpsons that convinced me a television season could have depth akin to a studio album. Every last episode was firing on all cylinders.)
 * Season 8 (topic) (One of the most avant-garde seasons in the history of televised comedy. My personal favorite because I watch in awe at how many limits were pushed here. It's too ambitious to deserve any subsequent season, honestly.)
 * The Simpsons: Hit & Run

South Park episodes (in development)

 * Trapped in the Closet (Not the funniest episode, but South Park 's greatest demonstration in satire. Everyone deserves to watch this for free. Reading the storm this 22-minute ride caused makes for a more satisfying rewatch.)

SpongeBob SquarePants (in development)

 * The spongeboy himself (Really good vector art)
 * Patrick Star
 * Squidward Tentacles
 * Mr. Krabs
 * Pearl Krabs
 * Plankton and Karen
 * Mrs. Puff (The only thing left is Sandy Cheeks and the main page for all this to become a topic. I pine for that. SpongeBob has the most unique cartoon cast I have ever seen, and to this day, this show is unmatched in creativity.)
 * Krusty Krab (Has a 4.1 on Kelp, resulting from disappointed fish who were fans of the Krusty Krab Pizza.)
 * Season 1
 * Season 2
 * Season 3
 * The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie
 * Season 4
 * Season 9 to 12...?

Mario articles (in development)

 * Super Mario Bros.
 * Super Mario Bros. 3
 * Super Mario World
 * Donkey Kong Country
 * Yoshi's Island
 * Super Mario 64
 * Yoshi's Island DS
 * Super Mario Galaxy

The Legend of Zelda articles (in development)

 * Water Temple (Ocarina of Time) (GRRRRR)

Sonic the Hedgehog and related articles (in development)

 * Green Hill Zone
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 2
 * Sonic X-treme
 * Sega
 * Sega Technical Institute
 * Sonic After the Sequel
 * Somari
 * Sonic Dreams Collection (0__0)

Super Smash Bros. articles (in development)

 * List of major Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournaments (What an era. How nostalgic I am for this one. I received a copy of this game back when I believed in half-birthdays. I remember getting into Smash and seeing the fans associated with it. Alpharad, Ninkendo, Etika, Ludvix, Heeew, AsumSaus...even if it's not the best title in the series, it's undoubtedly very kickass.)
 * List of major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments (The first few months post-release were so optimistic, retrospectively. Then Etika's suicide left a slightly bigger hole as I wondered who would be the next fighter or Mii costume to come aboard. Even as I'm now an ex-Nintendo fan, I'll always have a bit of respect for Sakurai and the two greatest franchises he gave us.)

Beatles articles

 * The Beatles in India (If the Maharishi had a final trial to prove his influence, this presented a pass with flying colors. A significant event in both the tail end of psychedelic optimism and the cynical revolutions that's been rising for the past four years and onward.)
 * Revolver (by the Beatles) (Still needs more Beatles articles at GA. This album deserves FA.)
 * The Beatles
 * "A Day in the Life"
 * "Strawberry Fields Forever"
 * "Hey Jude"
 * "Revolution" (by the Beatles) (The cultural responses section best outlines how the '60s counterculture not only disbanded, but grew more outdated today.)
 * "Rain" (by the Beatles)
 * "The Inner Light"
 * The Beatles: Rock Band

Beach Boys articles (and related)

 * All Summer Long (album) (ILIL being Wikipedia's signature Beach Boys fan, their edits aren't as much compared to that on Pet Sounds or Smiley Smile, but damn, they're no less impressive! Seriously impressive! Compared to the last few times I read this, the quality exploded out of nowhere! And a whole GA whose references are almost entirely composed of books. Going through so many literary sources, that takes guts compared to an article more reliant on web articles and pages. This is the kind of article only a real hardcore music fan can conjure up into beauty. I'm beyond surprised by its amount of depth. Love reading this. Thank you, lovely painter.)
 * Smiley Smile
 * Wild Honey (album)
 * Lei'd in Hawaii
 * Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
 * "Good Vibrations" (My favorite song. I have so much to explain why because of how impactful it was to me, both in my personal life and my interests in music, including deciding to take on a career as a musician.)
 * "Never Learn Not to Love"
 * Brian Wilson is a genius
 * Don't fuck with the formula (A little sad this got merged. The impact section is my biggest argument for why it should remain independent from the Smile article. Even for the sixties, this is Mike "Niggers Don't Invent Guitars" Love I'm speaking of.)
 * Elephant 6 (The collective has at least a fifth of the overall influence in the foundations of indie rock. Otherwise, they're the Beach Boys' greatest fans.)

Leather club two blocks down
Pure Internet shenanigans. Some of these are probably more appropriate in other categories, but this section collects a pure, viral spirit. Sorted chronologically.


 * Internet meme (we did it boys, racism is no more)
 * The Million Dollar Homepage
 * SCP Foundation
 * Loss (comic)
 * Joe Biden (The Onion)
 * Slender Man
 * My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom (Man, did this cause a big bang of a rebirth for all furrykind. More than I think even fyre-flye herself would be willing to acknowledge.)
 * 2b2t ("The oldest anarchy server in Minecraft")
 * Doge (meme)
 * The dress
 * r/place
 * Bowsette (The greatest waifu ever. If THIS is a Good Article, then...)
 * The Backrooms
 * Storm Area 51
 * Femboy (Went from a redirect to passing GAN in less than a month, as a post-New Year's celebration. Imma be the first femboy rockstar, not counting David Bowie...or Prince...or Bon Scott...or Mick Jagger...the first modern, punk, non-soft grunge, femboy rockstar, wielding a Monster Energy-themed Gibson SG, I mean. Just you wait. We rise.)
 * Josh fight

Lewd stuff ( ͡° ᴥ ͡°)

 * Lolicon (Seeing that little green button in this article made me laugh my ass off. I'm amazed this finally got to GA status despite it being the most infamous animanga-related genre in the West. And it's nominated by Fredrick Brennan, no less! Pleased this contentious issue is given quality dedication. The only thing left in this category is getting shotacon to GA.)
 * Yuri (genre) (Remembering Nobuko Yoshiya, I'm sad that nowadays, yuri is mostly a fanservice thing in anime.)
 * Yaoi (Gay ultra-feminine men)
 * Bara (genre) (Gay ultra-masculine men)
 * Gengoroh Tagame (Art historian on gay stuff and the King of Bara)
 * Sex (book) (OMG, it's da sex book!!!!!!11!!!!!!111! Jokes aside, this is a very progressive read. Best coffee table book ever. I don't care if it's out of print, I'm going to snag myself a copy.)
 * Fucking Trans Women

Miscellaneous/Unsorted pile

 * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (The third reason why I wanted to get into animation. I saw this at around 11:20 P.M. on March 7, 2024, over five years after its release, but the wait is beyond worth it. It's the most beautiful animation I have ever seen. It even kicked the shit out of The Thief and the Cobbler, and that incomplete opus was insane. I was so hyped before seeing it over the fact that it was THE Big Bang for today's theatrical animation, and perhaps for every field of animation altogether. It's not just an S-tier masterpiece. It's the only film that gives The Dark Knight a run for its money as the greatest superhero film ever made. If you love anything, comics, animation, superheroes, even animanga, you MUST see this. I don't think I'll ever have as intense of a first reaction as I did for a long, long time.)
 * Back to the Future (It took Into the Spider-Verse to top this one, but it's still an awesome film. Go figure it reached the front page.)
 * The Dark Knight
 * Peter Jackson's interpretation of The Lord of the Rings (My mom watched the trilogy with me in a 3-day run just before Netflix expired them. Even if I watched the films before the books, I understand the differences between the two mediums, and I love the film trilogy for what it is. It's now impossible to adapt the books this well. I also want to note how not only is this arguably the greatest film adaptation since, say, The Grapes of Wrath, but it successfully captured the books' ambitions and adventures and opened up a new world of 21st century film. Harry Potter, the MCU and The Hunger Games would probably not be as successful if Peter Jackson didn't nail this one on the forehead. Watching the just as successful Dune: Part One 20 years after The Fellowship of the Ring made me reflect again on this.)
 * Shrek
 * Paint Drying (A funny story. As the article was frontpaged some users were baffled at the lack of a screenshot of the film for illustration, so some used an unrelated image of a white-painted wall despite it not being from the film itself. Others decided to add an official screenshot of the film for authenticity, while putting it under fair use since there's no proof of a CC license from the film's sole author, Charlie Shackleton. Some called bull on that and some back-and-forth ensued until Shackleton, as DisorderlyHouse, came in and gave a ticket for a CC screenshot of his film. Not sure how he came to know about this article. Maybe a friend notified him or he came to Wikipedia's front page that day. Regardless, it's interesting how on occasion certain FAs are incomplete until after it gets frontpaged. I laud Shackleton's efforts anyhow and hopefully the bbfc can have a better source of income so they wouldn't enforce heavy charges on filmmakers.)
 * Daicon III and IV Opening Animations (Arguably the starting point for modern animanga)
 * Ozymandias (Breaking Bad) (It's amazing that the show's most critically acclaimed episode is also the most popular. Usually, critical consensus differs significantly from audience reception. Walter White's collapse being a giant meme adds considerably to the episode's legacy, dark-humored as it is.)
 * Orange (word) (I prefer mandarins, but it'll always be my second favorite color.)
 * QAnon (Having controversial topics and articles about mistruths awarded green buttons and barnstars is not bad luck. It represents an achievement of the best of humanity's ability with the freedom of speech by using it to spread facts with a lack of ego. I salute the people who worked hard to give this one a pass because regardless of someone's personal opinions, a Wikipedia article is almost always going to be an easy-to-access definitive portrayal of a subject.)
 * Pizzagate conspiracy theory (FAQ rocks my socks off)
 * Jack the Ripper
 * John Wayne Gacy
 * Ted Bundy (These last three appearing are a confession to the fascination of morbid subjects, kind of exacerbated by my interests in psychology and mental health, which I'm sure is not uncommon reasoning for a lot of other people. If Bundy's article is popular, at least it's cared for. Understand my listing of such content isn't glorifying crime but rather a sign of support to research and validate heavy subjects. Inevitably, Jeffery Dahmer's article is the only one left to improve in this smut trinity. Speaking of which, Derf Backderf is one of my favorite graphic novel artists. Go check his stuff out.)
 * Bacon Explosion
 * Baconnaise
 * BLT
 * Fool's Gold Loaf
 * List of Naruto characters (topic)
 * Lists of Naruto volumes (topic)
 * Naruto (I'm disappointed at how few images there are here.)
 * Uzumaki

Hundreds more articles are B or C-class, yet their subjects are fascinating. Wonder what I could do with them...