Spider Webs in Space

2007-09-12 21:39:00

Ben Yates posted a bare link, titled "Spider webs in space". It's a link to the wikipedia article of the same name. This leads me to two thoughts.

First, that's a really cool idea.

Second, that's a really bad article name. Somehow it feels like this ought to be a part of the main article on spider webs, since it really only refers to a single experiment, but imagine how that would look:

  1. Types of spider web
  2. How spiders make webs
  3. How spiders use webs
  4. Spider webs and drugs
  5. SPIDER WEBS IN SPACE

Actually, given that the fourth section in the Spider web article is already called 'Spider webs and drugs', I guess it would fit in fairly well. It really sounds like some bizarre series of books or something.

Oh well. It's nice, really. Two million articles on the English Wikipedia; I've edited one tenth of one percent of those, and I've probably read about a percent. Articles like this make it clear that there is much yet for me to learn from wikipedia. I'm looking forward to Spider Webs on Mars and Spider Webs Meet Frankenstein.