Self-Reflexive Wikipedia is Self-Reflexive

Earlier today, venerable linkblogger Jason Kottke posted a link to the Disambiguation page for Disambiguation itself. His headlined commentary: "Wikipedia will eat itself".

While Wikipedia strives to avoid self-referentiality, sometimes it cannot avoid self-referentiality. Kottke's example above is one that's likely to stay, and for good reason. But another comes to mind, although you have to dial back the clock a few years:

Yes, the Wikipedia article "Original research” once carried a warning asserting that it contained original research (a big no-no on Wikipedia). Today, "Original research" is merely a heading within the larger article "Research”, which is probably as it should be.