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Internal Knowledge humor project
"WP:¡" redirects here. For what Knowledge is not, see WP:!
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For the essay, see Knowledge:Have fun.
The official symbol for Humor on Knowledge

The Department of Fun is dedicated to providing the Knowledge community, both young and old editors, with humour to encourage them to stay at Knowledge, indirectly improving the encyclopedia. Below, you can find links to fun pages or fun things to do, other Wikipedian Associations, and a list of members who help with the creation and upkeep of entertaining or fun pages.

Please, if you have ideas for activities or competitions, do not hesitate to post them to the discussion page or join the Department of Fun. And above all, enjoy yourself! No whats or buts.

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If there is any work that needs to be done please post a task and the Department of Fun will see that it is dealt with.
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Hello Recipient, Example User has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
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Hello Recipient, User:Example User has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
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Hello Recipient, Example User (Talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
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Hello Recipient, User:Example User has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Example User Talk 03:25, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
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Hello Recipient, Example User (Talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Example User Talk 03:25, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
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This Wikipedian recites the Wiki Prayer regularly.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit,
The courage to edit the pages I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
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See Template:Userboxtop for grouping multiple userboxes.

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You can use the following humorous templates on your user page – click "show" to view

{{User:Pier Snake/Fun}}

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This user has a snazzy line at the top of their userpage ↗

{{User:Pier Snake/Evil Bananas}}

{{User:Pier Snake/Aliens}}

{{User:Kayau/Disambiguation}}

This user thinks they's a disambiguation page. You can help Knowledge by giving them brain surgery.

{{User:Kayau/Insane}}

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{{User:Kayau/Template:Disturbing}}

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{{User:WVRMad/Smileback}}
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You can share the wikilove at any time by adding {{Smile}} or {{User:WVRMad/Smileback}} on someone's talk page.

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Pun Generator



When is a door not a door? When it's ajar.

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Administrators: Use this button if the user is malfunctioning. (direct link)

Non-administrators can report a malfunctioning user to Knowledge:Administrator intervention against vandalism.

Userboxes

You can also use some of the userboxes at the humour userboxes, as long as the userbox you choose does not contain any oaths. We do not encourage anyone to swear.

Icons

DoF

A DoF icon has been created. Use {{User:Hi878/DoF Icon}} to put it on your user page. It is based on {{topicon}}, so it can be positioned in the same way.

 Fixed Click for details, instructions, and an example of what it looks like.

Wikitainment

Contests

  • Knowledge:Contests (article-writing and other kinds) are another fun thing to do, all of which encourage users to make contributions.
  • WikiCup, The WikiCup is a championship which takes place every year on Knowledge. The cup is played and won by skill of editing, in which the purpose of the cup is to encourage mainspace editing and to make editing fun here on Knowledge. Entry is available for any registered user; experience doesn't matter.
  • Last topic pool, a pool for guessing what the topic of the last article created on Knowledge may be, and other pools.

Events

  • Knowledge:The Great Knowledge Dramaout – On July 18, 2009, Wikipedians were asked to voluntarily refrain from editing all non-article areas of Knowledge for 5 days, and instead dedicate themselves to creating, cleaning up, and building articles. The Dramaout was a huge success and was held two more times in 2010 and one time in 2012.
  • Knowledge:Martin Luther King Day of Service – On January 15, interested Wikipedians will work collectively on some of the thankless, but worthwhile maintenance tasks that have serious backlogs.
  • Community bulletin board – For more event postings

WikiGames

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WikiActivities

Knowledge Movies

Currently only offered in script until it becomes possible, through technological advances, to edit movies like Knowledge articles.

Knowledge Musicals

Humor

"Pulleth my holy finger," sayeth the Lord.

Funny (haha)

Funny (weird)

Songs, poems and other literary fun

While Meta:Hotel Knowledge is the official theme song, there's no reason not to make up your own songs. Since it has been recognized that the Wikiholic in particular needs lots of ways to create their own culture or at least encounter their own despair, we probably needs lots more songs on the Wikisong list. Don't worry! You don't have to write music, just rip off a tune everyone knows and change the lyrics, marking it TTTO for "to the tune of" the victimized song.

These songs can be sung in public, but, that may only compound your problem. Just humming a few bars of the song can remind people of the Knowledge-themed lyrics and create yet more in-jokes that will further isolate you from non-Wikipedian human contact. Which we encourage.

There also exists (as of 20 March 2011) a poem and a soliloquy about Knowledge at Knowledge:Poems about Knowledge.

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Knowledge:Department of Fun/Squabble Board

Members

Extensive, all inclusive, and extremely long, List of Members. – click "show" to view.

This Wikipedian recites the Wiki Prayer regularly.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit,
The courage to edit the pages I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
*EarthShift 31 AUGUST 2007

Hungary 19:36, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Other fun Wikipedian associations

The Grand Smiley, overseer of the WikiFun Police

Some Wikipedians have formed voluntary associations to participate in various activities on Knowledge. Consult their pages if you are interested in participating.

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Who's slept with your mum...

Father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate

The dog that bites a lot

The guy that gets bitten

  • You;
...also see Bite force quotient

Father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate's new roommate's friend from when they were two years old's sister's husband's son's wife's mother's favorite actor's second-cousin twice removed

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