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The Department of Fun is dedicated to providing the Wikipedia community, both young and old editors, with humour to encourage them to stay at Wikipedia, 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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  • I'm trying to find the person who said "Millard Fillmore ate a rutabaga and badger muffaletta", it was in a discussion about deleting funny word but I cannot spot the original discussion... Pedant 03:21, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

::{{Not sure|It's on User:Pedant and Talk:Inherently funny word#homunculus.}} Ronbo76 21:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

:::{{You're welcome}} Aha! [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Talk:Inherently_funny_word&diff=prev&oldid=13099055 it was] Deltabeignet! WODUP 02:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

::::Update 2020... Just for clarity, let it be hereby known that Deltabeignet's Millard Fillmore post was archived in December of 2016 to this location, where it is found not under the subsection "homunculus," but instead under the subsection "sock." Cellodont (talk) 15:33, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

  • I would like to see more people using the template Youshouldbe or signed to category Egocentric Wikipedians [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Egocentric_Wikipedians], what can I do? I'd be satisfied with such thing done. — E&M 15:44, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  • I think we need to set up more voluntary associations, like one for Wikipedians who are interesting in being representatives to the other projects run by Wikipedia, click here for a prototype. Laleena 12:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Some concepts for development:
  • AfD – Articles for Dilution
  • BLP – Biographies of Living Penguins
  • Don't Inflate the Blowhards
  • Meatups for Sockpuppets
  • :— TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK) 18:16, 5 March 2010 (UTC) (Addition 13:04, 1 April 2010 (UTC) — TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK))

:I have created the WikiProject Articles for dilution. RealSanix (talk) 21:19, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

  • A template would be cool. A template that you could leave on a user talk page before your sig that said something to the effect of "the Wikipedia Department of Fun has been here." (Obviously more creative, I just can't think of anything right now). That way if I left a message with someone in the name of fun I could tag it with that template too. You know, so they know who's responsible for spreading the fun. Any takers for this fun assignment?A mcmurray 20:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

:I think a template for humorous related articles would be a better idea. Ronbo76 22:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

::{{Not sure}}I don't know if most users here are interested in contributing to humor related articles, but sure why not. IvoShandor 06:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

:::{{Added}} I've created a Department of Fun template to use on humorous related articles, review it. {{tl|Department_of_Fun}} E&M 01:56, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

::::Easily mistakened for WikProject tags. Kayau David Copperfield MOBY DICK the great gatsby 06:48, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

  • I am currently applying for a Wikia decicated for pages just like the above. When I get it I will send a link here.Darkside2000 (talk) 09:40, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

::{{Awaiting}} When you get it, can you apply for a Wikia for Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles? I would, but I'm not completely sure how it works.Pumagirl7 Leave a message 21:20, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

  • We need to finish the Wikipedia movies, as documented in the "Movies" section in the page. We haven't finished #3, and we're starting #4 D: Thekillerpenguin (talk) 03:41, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

::{{Done}} The third Wikipedia movie has been completed, so all of our focus can be on the fourth. 50pxBrambleberry Chat ♠ Watch 20:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

  • Do you think that we should have flag icons for the WikiFauna? It would be quite interesting, and it would help me out with the battles in the Wikipedia movies that have the WikiPumas. 50pxBrambleberry Chat ♠ Watch 19:44, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

::Yes. Whoop whoop pull up Bitching Betty | Averted crashes 16:55, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

::::Well, in that case, we probably need someone who can make them. All I've got is MS Paint, which I doubt would work. 50pxBrambleberry Chat ♠ Watch 22:40, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

  • More WikiFauna! Daemon64 (talk) 18:20, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
  • We need to have a complete census of all WikiFaunas. Anyone up to this task? Cheers, CompassOwl (talk to me!) 18:01, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
  • Some people like having arguments, whether they do them respectfully or not, its good to get your opinion out. The Department of Fun should have a page designed for debating, maybe like Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Debate Page or something similar

Someone can state/edit in their opinion about something, being entertainment, history, hopefully not politics, etc. and someone can reply their argument back, and they can go at it. It'd be fun for the debaters, and fun for people observing, either a civil argument or a nonsense spiral. I just came up with this now. Le Panini (Talk tome?) 14:21, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

::{{done}} I added the link near the bottom of the page under Wikiactivities. --​-Keagen J. Cole ​🐾 (talk) 15:11, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

  • What happened to the Wikipedia Movies? The sixth one is abruptly left unfinished on a cliffhanger, I also seem to see that editors feature themselves as major protagonists {{smiley}} [insert promotion here: YAY MEisSCAMMER] can I do that too? MEisSCAMMER(talk)Hello! 22:10, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
  • I'm working on the seventh Wikipedia movie! Anyone who wants to contribute scenes can do so here. Minkai (talk to me)(see where I screwed up) 23:33, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

::I'll see how I can help Julie Minkai Wikiwow:)

  • I've made a {{tl|humor}} piece at {{slink|Wikipedia_talk:List_of_cabals#The_WikiKnighthood_cabal}}. Unfortunately, I've been taken to ANI over it. I need some urgent help in making it more funny, so I don't get permanently blocked. If you see a strikethrough my signature, then I'm gone, and sorry for failing you all. Jaredscribe (talk) 23:49, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
  • I am hungry, please point me to the nearest McDonalds pls. thanks LilBigBoat (talk) 02:06, 3 August 2023 (UTC)lilbigboat

{{Done}} Taco Bell starve. SAMBOT2000xp (talk) 14:55, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

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Templates

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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!

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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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==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.

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=Icons=

==DoF==

A DoF icon has been created. Use {{tlu|User:Hi878/DoF Icon}} to put it on your user page. It is based on {{tl|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=

  • Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia. 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 Wikipedia. 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 Wikipedia may be, and other pools.

=Events=

  • Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout – On July 18, 2009, Wikipedians were asked to voluntarily refrain from editing all non-article areas of Wikipedia 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.
  • Wikipedia: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=

{{see also|Wikipedia:Wikipedia games}}

==Active Games==

=WikiActivities=

==Wikipedia Movies==

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

==Wikipedia Musicals==

=Humor=

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==Funny (haha)==

:*Or have massive edit wars over the title of a section documenting said pranks.

==Funny (weird)==

=Songs, poems and other literary fun=

While Meta:Hotel Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia-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 Wikipedia at Wikipedia:Poems about Wikipedia.

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Members

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Other fun Wikipedian associations

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

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