Type and topic

Reference on web and internet

Every link here is classified as reference on web and internet.

Hall of Fame: 13
Candidates: 20
Median span: 6.7 yrs
First seen: 2009

Strongest Hall records

13 items

Incomplete list of mistakes in the design of CSS

wiki.csswg.org 14 submissions · 11 people · 10.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2025-12-11

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Gail.com FAQ

gail.com 15 submissions · 14 people · 10.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-08 Resurfaced 2023-01-09

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418 I’m a teapot

developer.mozilla.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 6.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-10 Resurfaced 2024-10-28

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Caniemail.com – like caniuse but for email content

www.caniemail.com 7 submissions · 7 people · 4.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-05 Resurfaced 2024-05-06

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Publish (On Your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere

indieweb.org 7 submissions · 6 people · 8.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-01 Resurfaced 2026-03-23

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Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors

github.com 6 submissions · 6 people · 6.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-10 Resurfaced 2025-01-27

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Lamest Edit Wars

en.wikipedia.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 14.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-05 Resurfaced 2023-05-07

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JMAP – a much needed modern email open standard

jmap.io 6 submissions · 6 people · 11.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-05 Resurfaced 2023-05-30

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European Alternatives

european-alternatives.eu 9 submissions · 5 people · 4.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-01 Resurfaced 2026-01-23

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Amazon Web Services in Plain English

www.expeditedssl.com 5 submissions · 5 people · 3.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2018-11 Resurfaced 2018-11-17

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IRC v3

ircv3.net 8 submissions · 7 people · 5.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-05 Resurfaced 2021-05-19

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RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990)

tools.ietf.org 5 submissions · 5 people · 5.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-02 Resurfaced 2021-02-07

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Web Fundamentals: A handbook for best practices

developers.google.com 5 submissions · 5 people · 2.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2016-12 Resurfaced 2016-12-16

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Recently resurfaced

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Publish (On Your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere

indieweb.org 7 submissions · 6 people · 8.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-01 Resurfaced 2026-03-23

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European Alternatives

european-alternatives.eu 9 submissions · 5 people · 4.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-01 Resurfaced 2026-01-23

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Incomplete list of mistakes in the design of CSS

wiki.csswg.org 14 submissions · 11 people · 10.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2025-12-11

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Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors

github.com 6 submissions · 6 people · 6.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-10 Resurfaced 2025-01-27

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418 I’m a teapot

developer.mozilla.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 6.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-10 Resurfaced 2024-10-28

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Candidates

Browse 20 candidates

“What happens when you type Google.com into your browser and press enter?”

github.com 20 submissions · 19 people · 12.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-02-16

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Scunthorpe Problem

en.wikipedia.org 25 submissions · 24 people · 14.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-04-13

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Swatch Internet Time

en.wikipedia.org 22 submissions · 21 people · 17.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-04-14

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Killed by Google

killedbygoogle.com 17 submissions · 16 people · 7.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-09-01

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Usenet, updated in real time as it was thirty years ago

olduse.net 9 submissions · 9 people · 13.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-03-02

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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JSON API

jsonapi.org 5 submissions · 4 people · 11.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2016-08-19

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Search Bangs

duckduckgo.com 8 submissions · 8 people · 6.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2018-08-31

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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A list of public JSON APIs for use in web development

github.com 9 submissions · 9 people · 7.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-02-04

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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The 512KB Club

512kb.club 9 submissions · 8 people · 4.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-11-04

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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I never realized how useful netcat is

en.wikipedia.org 5 submissions · 5 people · 16.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2010-11-05

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Telnet BBS Guide

www.telnetbbsguide.com 7 submissions · 6 people · 7.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-11-03

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Awesome-Selfhosted

github.com 6 submissions · 6 people · 6.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-07-09

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Welcome to the Old Internet Again

theoldnet.com 4 submissions · 3 people · 3.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-10-17

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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The <Dialog> Element

developer.mozilla.org 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-12-06

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Fediverse – Federated social networks running on free open software

fediverse.party 4 submissions · 4 people · 4.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-05-03

Needs:5 submissions3 active years

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Lightweight versions of websites without all the bloat

github.com 5 submissions · 5 people · 4.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-02-24

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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YArchive

yarchive.net 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-05-19

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Internet Explorer Is Evil (2002)

toastytech.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-08-01

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Yahoo Pipes

en.wikipedia.org 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-11-23

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Idyll – toolkit for creating data-driven stories and explorable explanations

idyll-lang.org 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-01-02

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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