- 1 User to start a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changing_a_Light_Bulb article.
- 1 editor to tag it with the “No original research” template. (Without giving a reason)
- 3 users to find citations for the article.
- 1 editor to claim it violates the wikipedia “Neutral Point of View policy”. (without giving a reason).
- The original user to ask why he thinks this way on the talk page.
- 5 users to find occurences of changing a light bulb in popular culture.
- 1 anonymous user to correct an “it’s” to “its”.
- 1 editor to revert it.
- 1 editor to revert the revert because it was a real typo.
- 10 users to rant in the talk page that Changing a lightbulb is not notable enough.
- 10 Wikipeders to start similar articles in French, German, Spanish, Catalan, Esperanto, Ido, Hebrew, Klingon, Mandarin Chinese, and other languages.
- 10 more people to periodically keep the articles in sync with the English version.
- Starting the cycle again on the localised wikipedias.
- 1 Person to argue that the article should be merged into the main article about the inventor of the lightbulb.
- 5 People to argue on the talk-page who the inventor of the lightbulb was.
- 1 Person to start a wikiquote page about changing lightbulbs.
- 1 Person to add it to wikibook.
- 4 persons to gradually delete content the section about “choosing a good chair” until it only reads “choose a good chair.”
- 1 person to write it again.
- 1 deletionist to remove the article due to all of its perceived problems.
- 3 months from now:
- 1 different user to feel the absense of the Changing_a_Light_Bulb article, create it and start the cycle all over again.
| Author | Shlomi Fish |
| Work | How many Wikipeders does it take to Change a Light Bulb? |