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This page gives some information on how humor is typically handled in various areas on the encyclopedia. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Humor_needs_indicators"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Humor needs indicators</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Why_responsible_humor_is_important"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Why responsible humor is important</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Humor_in_articles"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Humor in articles</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#How_humor_can_be_included"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">How humor can be included</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Humor_outside_of_articles"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Humor outside of articles</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Humor_needs_indicators" data-mw-thread-id="h-Humor_needs_indicators"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Humor_needs_indicators"></span>Humor needs indicators<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Humor_needs_indicators"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Humor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Humor needs indicators" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:HREQ"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:HREQ&redirect=no">WP:HREQ</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Humor that is counter to the truth or verifiability of a page on Wikipedia requires clear and concise indicators, as decided by the community in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/April_Fools%27#Require_all_jokes_other_than_the_main_page_to_be_tagged" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/April Fools'">a 2013 RfC</a>. 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style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:Humor_note" title="Template:Humor note">Humor note</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <sup>[<i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Humor</a></i>]</sup></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:Intentional_hyperbole" title="Template:Intentional hyperbole">Intentional hyperbole</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <sup><a href="/wiki/Hyperbole" title="Hyperbole"><abbr title="This statement is intentionally exaggerated.">[<i>hyperbole</i>]</abbr></a></sup></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:Understatement" title="Template:Understatement">Understatement</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <sup><a href="/wiki/Understatement" title="Understatement"><abbr title="This is an intentional understatement, made with humorous intent.">[<i>understatement</i>]</abbr></a></sup></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:Jk" title="Template:Jk">Jk</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <sup>[<a href="/wiki/Template:FBDB/doc" title="Template:FBDB/doc"><abbr title="This statement is intended as a joke."><i>just kidding</i></abbr></a>]</sup></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:Jokes" title="Template:Jokes">Jokes</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:JOKE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:JOKE"><span title="This is not meant to be taken seriously.">Joke</span></a></i>]</sup></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:Sarcasm" title="Template:Sarcasm">Sarcasm</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" title="" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sarcasm_is_really_helpful" title="Wikipedia:Sarcasm is really helpful">sarcasm</a></i>]</sup></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> <b>April Fools' Day inline</b></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:4-1" title="Template:4-1">4-1</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <span class="aprilfools"><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:April_Fools" title="Wikipedia:April Fools"><span title=":)">4-1</span></a></i>]</sup></span></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> Subtler option.</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:April_fools" title="Template:April fools">April fools</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <span class="aprilfools"><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:April_Fools" title="Wikipedia:April Fools"><span title="This statement is an April Fools' Day joke. Please do not take it seriously.">April Fools!</span></a></i>]</sup></span></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/User:Urban_Versis_32/Userboxes/Humor" title="User:Urban Versis 32/Userboxes/Humor">User:Urban Versis 32/Userboxes/Humor</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:left;border:1px solid black;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:white;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:white;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambox_humor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/50px-Ambox_humor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="43" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="326"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 50px;height: 43px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/50px-Ambox_humor.svg.png" data-width="50" data-height="43" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/75px-Ambox_humor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/100px-Ambox_humor.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:0 4px 0 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user's user page contains <a class="mw-selflink selflink">humorous content</a>. <sup>[<i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Humor</a></i>]</sup><sup><a href="/wiki/Understatement" title="Understatement"><abbr title="This is an intentional understatement, made with humorous intent.">[<i>understatement</i>]</abbr></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> Userbox for user pages and user talk pages</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> <b>Header</b></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:CabalDecree" title="Template:CabalDecree">CabalDecree</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Decree.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Decree.png/85px-Decree.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="92" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="153" data-file-height="165"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 85px;height: 92px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Decree.png/85px-Decree.png" data-width="85" data-height="92" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Decree.png/128px-Decree.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Decree.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This is a <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_cabal_humor" title="Category:Wikipedia cabal humor">decree</a> by the <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_cabals" title="Wikipedia:List of cabals">Supreme Cabal Regime of the English Wikipedia</a></i> (SCREW).</b> It expresses opinions and ideas that are absolutely and irrefutably <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Truth" title="Wikipedia:The Truth">true</a> whether you like them or not. Changes to it must reflect the wishes of the Supreme Cabal. When in doubt, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_be_a_giant_dick,_so_we_can_ban_you" title="Wikipedia:Please be a giant dick, so we can ban you">please</a> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Break_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Break all rules">ignore</a> the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Humor" title="Wikipedia talk:Humor">talk page</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD,_revert,_revert,_revert" title="Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, revert, revert">just keep reverting</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_cabal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:There is no cabal">Wikipedia:There is no cabal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_cabals" title="Wikipedia:List of cabals">Wikipedia:List of cabals</a> for more information. Includes topicon.</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:Humor" title="Template:Humor">Humor</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice ombox-humor" role="presentation" style="text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/46px-Ambox_humor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="46" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="326"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 46px;height: 40px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/46px-Ambox_humor.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="46" data-height="40" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/70px-Ambox_humor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/93px-Ambox_humor.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This page contains <b>material that is kept because it is considered <a class="mw-selflink selflink">humorous</a></b>. <br> Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> Includes several parameters; use <span class="nowrap"><code>{{Humor|section}}</code></span> for sections.</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:Humorantipolicy" title="Template:Humorantipolicy">Humorantipolicy</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice ombox-humorantipolicy" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambox_humor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/40px-Ambox_humor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="34" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="326"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 40px;height: 34px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/40px-Ambox_humor.svg.png" data-width="40" data-height="34" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/60px-Ambox_humor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ambox_humor.svg/80px-Ambox_humor.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page is intended as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Silly_Things" title="Wikipedia:Silly Things">humor</a>. It is not, has never been, nor will ever be, a Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy or guideline</a>.</b><br> Rather, it illustrates standards or conduct that are generally <b>not</b> accepted by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">the Wikipedia community</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> For spoofs of policies. Includes topicon.</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:Humorous_essay" title="Template:Humorous essay">Humorous essay</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Humorous_essay.svg/30px-Humorous_essay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="36" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="35" data-file-height="42"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 36px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Humorous_essay.svg/30px-Humorous_essay.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="36" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Humorous_essay.svg/45px-Humorous_essay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Humorous_essay.svg/60px-Humorous_essay.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This is a <a class="mw-selflink selflink">humorous</a> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays" title="Wikipedia:Essays">essay</a>.</b><br><div style="font-size: 90%;">It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors and is made to be humorous. This page is not one of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia's policies or guidelines</a>, as it has not been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Levels_of_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">thoroughly vetted by the community</a>. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. <b>This essay isn't meant to be taken seriously.</b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> For essays with a humorous component.</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{<b><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Department_of_Fun" title="Template:WikiProject Department of Fun">WikiProject Department of Fun</a></b>}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <table class="tmbox tmbox-notice mw-collapsible innercollapse wpb wpb-table"><tbody><tr class="wpb-header"><td class="wpb-header-icon"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Happy_smiley_face.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="WikiProject icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Happy_smiley_face.png/25px-Happy_smiley_face.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 25px;height: 25px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Happy_smiley_face.png/25px-Happy_smiley_face.png" data-alt="WikiProject icon" data-width="25" data-height="25" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Happy_smiley_face.png/38px-Happy_smiley_face.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Happy_smiley_face.png/50px-Happy_smiley_face.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td><td class="wpb-header-combined"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Department_of_Fun" title="Wikipedia:Department of Fun">Department of Fun</a> <span class="wpb-header-bubbles class-project">Project‑class</span> <span class="wpb-header-bubbles import-bottom">Bottom‑importance</span></td></tr><tr><td class="mbox-text wpb-main" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image wpb-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Happy_smiley_face.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="WikiProject icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Happy_smiley_face.png/80px-Happy_smiley_face.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 80px;height: 80px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Happy_smiley_face.png/80px-Happy_smiley_face.png" data-alt="WikiProject icon" data-width="80" data-height="80" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Happy_smiley_face.png/120px-Happy_smiley_face.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Happy_smiley_face.png/160px-Happy_smiley_face.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This article is supported by the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Department_of_Fun" title="Wikipedia:Department of Fun">Department of Fun</a></b>, which aims to provide <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedians">Wikipedians</a> with fun so that they stay on Wikipedia and keep on improving articles. If you have any ideas, do not hesitate to post them to the discussion page or access our <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Department_of_Fun" title="Wikipedia:Department of Fun">home page</a> to join the Department of Fun.<span class="metadata wpb-metadata"><span class="wpb-project">Department of Fun</span><span class="wpb-project_link">Wikipedia:Department of Fun</span><span class="wpb-banner_name">Template:WikiProject Department of Fun</span><span class="wpb-assessment_cat">Department of Fun articles</span></span></td><td class="mbox-empty-cell"></td></tr><tr><td class="assess class-project"><a href="/wiki/Category:Project-Class_Department_of_Fun_articles" title="Category:Project-Class Department of Fun articles">Project</a></td><td class="mbox-text" colspan="2">This article has been rated as <b>Project-class</b> on Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment" title="Wikipedia:Content assessment">content assessment</a> scale.</td></tr><tr><td class="assess import-bottom"><a href="/wiki/Category:Bottom-importance_Department_of_Fun_articles" title="Category:Bottom-importance Department of Fun articles">Bottom</a></td><td class="mbox-text" colspan="2">This article has been rated as <b>Bottom-importance</b> on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Release_Version_Criteria#Importance_of_topic" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Release Version Criteria">importance scale</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> For talk pages (but doesn't count as disclosure for the page accompanying the talk page). Yes, the bottom importance rating is hard-coded.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Why_responsible_humor_is_important" data-mw-thread-id="h-Why_responsible_humor_is_important"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Why_responsible_humor_is_important"></span><span class="anchor" id="Responsible_humor"></span>Why responsible humor is important<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Why_responsible_humor_is_important"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Humor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Why responsible humor is important" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SKUNK"></span><span id="WP:RESPONSIBLE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SKUNK&redirect=no">WP:SKUNK</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RESPONSIBLE&redirect=no">WP:RESPONSIBLE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Striped_Skunk_(Mephitis_mephitis)_01_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Striped_Skunk_%28Mephitis_mephitis%29_01_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Striped_Skunk_%28Mephitis_mephitis%29_01_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="138" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3688" data-file-height="3000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 138px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Striped_Skunk_%28Mephitis_mephitis%29_01_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Striped_Skunk_%28Mephitis_mephitis%29_01_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="138" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Striped_Skunk_%28Mephitis_mephitis%29_01_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Striped_Skunk_%28Mephitis_mephitis%29_01_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Striped_Skunk_%28Mephitis_mephitis%29_01_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Striped_Skunk_%28Mephitis_mephitis%29_01_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>No one wants to be the skunk at the garden party, but we have responsibilities.</figcaption></figure> <p>No one wants to be the skunk at the garden party, but Wikipedia is no longer the fledgling experiment it was back in the 2000s. It's now the world's foremost repository of humanity's collective knowledge, and with that privilege comes some custodial responsibilities. The benefits of humor in helping boost <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_retention" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Editor retention">editor retention</a> must be weighed against its potential for disruption. Consider: </p> <ul><li><b>Humor is sometimes misinterpreted</b> – Sarcasm is hard to convey in writing that lacks the cues of verbal communication. Many editors and administrators have spent hours resolving disputes arising from this.</li> <li><b>Irresponsible humor damages Wikipedia's credibility</b> – We've all worked hard to cultivate the <a href="/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia" title="Reliability of Wikipedia">reputation for trustworthiness</a> Wikipedia enjoys. Readers come here expecting information, and when they find jokes instead, they lose faith in our reliability.</li> <li><b>Not everyone is looking for humor</b> – Sometimes, an editor is engaged in a serious task and just wants to focus on it. Clear disclosure gives them the option to do so, whereas undisclosed jokes often draw attention and take time to figure out.</li></ul> <p>Think of the disclosure requirement not as an obstacle, but as a challenge. Humor can still be funny even when it's disclosed — try reading <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sarcasm_is_really_helpful" title="Wikipedia:Sarcasm is really helpful">WP:Sarcasm is really helpful</a> with a straight face — it just needs to be, well, good. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Humor_in_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Humor_in_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Humor_in_articles"></span>Humor in articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Humor_in_articles"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Humor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Humor in articles" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>There is no clear <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CON" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CON">consensus</a> as to when and how humor should be included in articles. </p><p>If humorous content is included in an article, it must be done in such a way as to meet all the usual article requirements, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">Neutral point-of-view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOR">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">Reliable sources</a></li></ul> <p>Writing an article <i>about</i> humor or humorous subjects is not the same as adding humor <i>to</i> an article. One can write "dry" articles on humor, should that be considered appropriate. This concept is somewhat analogous to the style guidelines for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(writing_about_fiction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)">writing about fiction</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_humor_can_be_included" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_humor_can_be_included-Humor_in_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_humor_can_be_included-Humor_in_articles"></span>How humor can be included<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_humor_can_be_included-Humor_in_articles"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Humor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: How humor can be included" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>When a humorous work on a subject has attracted enough attention to be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verifiable</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable sources</a>, it can be appropriate to reference that work on the page for the subject it is written about. For example, whereas an article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Onion" title="The Onion">The Onion</a></i> might not be an acceptable source/reference to use to add a humorous observation to a page, if an article in <i>The Onion</i> attracts outside attention, such as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090331112144/http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/03/soundgarden-reu.html">here</a>, then the humorous article can be mentioned, using the source written about it. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Humor_outside_of_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Humor_outside_of_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Humor_outside_of_articles"></span>Humor outside of articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Humor_outside_of_articles"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Humor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Humor outside of articles" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1023981488">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .rquote{width:auto!important;float:none!important}}</style> <table class="rquote pullquote floatright" role="presentation" style="display:table; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; float:right; margin:0.5em 0.75em; width:33%;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">“ </td> <td style="padding:0 10px;">Humor is the grease of communications. </td> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">” </td></tr> <tr> <td class="rquotecite" colspan="3" style="padding-top:10px; font-size:smaller; line-height:normal; text-align:right;"><cite>— Unknown</cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Outside of the encyclopedic content, humor is often seen on Wikipedia pages. The primary purpose of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">project namespace</a> and similar pages are to coordinate the mission – the building of the encyclopedia – but being a human <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COMMUNITY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COMMUNITY">community</a>, humor often appears as well. </p><p>Humor can appear in many different ways, with considerable overlap. These ways include: </p> <ul><li>Sometimes Wikipedians just highlight the humor — in articles or other areas — without intending to criticize at all. For example, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles" title="Wikipedia:Unusual articles">Wikipedia:Unusual articles</a>, which generally considers the humorous nature of the listed articles to be a positive thing.</li> <li>Sometimes Wikipedians create humor for its own sake in out-of-the-way places where readers are unlikely to find it. For example, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:END" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:END">WP:END</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Vowel" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vowel">the AfD for Vowel</a>.</li> <li>Humor is often used in attempts to "lighten the mood" in an active discussion, with varying degrees of success and failure.</li> <li>Irony is often used to illustrate a point. For example, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD,_revert,_revert,_revert" title="Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, revert, revert">Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, revert, revert</a> provides an example of how <i>not</i> to behave.</li> <li>Humor is sometimes used to illustrate a point without irony. For example, the list of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:LAME" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LAME">Lamest Edit Wars</a> may serve to curtail edit wars by providing examples of just how absurd they can become.</li> <li>Wikipedians often make jokes about the Wikipedia community, and/or which are intended for the Wikipedian community. These may sometimes qualify as "in-jokes", as without community experience, the humor will be lessened or lost. For an example, see the <a href="/wiki/User:Ritchie333/Requests_for_adminship/SineBot" title="User:Ritchie333/Requests for adminship/SineBot">1 April 2018 RfA for SineBot</a>.</li> <li>Wikipedians sometimes voice the opinion that other Wikipedians are taking a given issue too seriously, and will create "spoofs" of the issue, which many find humorous.</li></ul> <p>Humor tends to be very subjective. One should remain aware that what one finds hilarious, another may find offensive. The use of humor does not override such core policies as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CIV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CIV">Civility</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPA">No Personal Attacks</a>. </p><p>Many pages which at least some <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedians">Wikipedians</a> found funny have been categorized into <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_humor" title="Category:Wikipedia humor">Category:Wikipedia humor</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Humor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Silly_Things" title="Wikipedia:Silly Things">Wikipedia:Silly Things</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rules_for_Fools" title="Wikipedia:Rules for Fools">Wikipedia:Rules for Fools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Department_of_Fun" title="Wikipedia:Department of Fun">Wikipedia:Department of Fun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_humor" title="Category:Wikipedia humor">Category:Wikipedia humor</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2021-04-25/Op-Ed" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-04-25/Op-Ed">A Little Fun Goes A Long Way</a>", a <i>Signpost</i> op-ed about humor on Wikipedia</li></ul> 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