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*[[Wikipedia:Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in Wikipedia]]
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* Follow this link to see an image of the Virgin Mary in a Wikisource logo: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_%281913%29/The_Church by carter parry
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*[[User:Macbookair3140/hi|hi]], a [[Guru Meditation]] farm and other things. [[User:Macbookair3140|macbookair3140]] ([[User talk:Macbookair3140|talk]])

*[http://www.wikistory.com/wiki/Plot:Imperial%20Senate How the Senate or other such body might act if it were a wiki].
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*[http://wikistory.com/wiki/Plot:Wikipedia How Wikipedia can influence the course of history] (originally posted in a sandbox here on Wikipedia).
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The Department of Fun is dedicated to providing Wikipedians with things to make them 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.

Smile!
Smile!

The Department of Fun is fun.

Wikitainment

Contests

  • Wikifun This page deals mostly with a trivia/scavenger hunt type of competition. The winner of a round goes on to create new tasks for the next round and so on so forth.

Games

Humor

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Songs

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.

Trivia

  • Wikifun This page deals mostly with a trivia/scavenger hunt type of competition. The winner of a round goes on to create new tasks for the next round and so on so forth.
  • On IRC, there is already a bot (Sarti) that does this. Sarti is a bit flaky though, so I'm working on a bot to replace it. It will be a bit closer to quiz bowl style of play, with multiple clues per answer and a pyramidal question structure. Right now, the bot is command line only, so I need to add IRC functionality. →Raul654
  • Wikipedia:Articles for creation - some of the ideas for new articles can be interestingly offbeat. --Aquarius Rising 19:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quizzes

Useful and fun

Template

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Member userboxes

This user is a member of the Wikipedia Department of Fun.

{{user Department of Fun}} --Aquarius Rising 05:07, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This user is a member of the Wikipedia Department of Fun.

{{User wikipedia/Department of Fun/v2}}

This user is a member of the Wikipedia Department of Fun.

{{User wikipedia/Department of Fun/v3}}

This user is a member of the Wikipedia Department of Fun.

{{User wikipedia/Department of Fun/v4}} --E&M 01:31, 29 May 2007 (UTC) fun is at the centre of parties,also at the centre of good friends[reply]

Templates for user pages

I, Pier Snake have created a template for all users to put at the top of his/her user page. To add it to your user page use this. {{User:Pier Snake/Fun}} The template looks like this.

For Other Fun Templates Click Here

Members

*GreaterWikiholic 16:13, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not an anon anymore!!!! Yeah!!!! 16:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC) history.) Runewiki777 20:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ANOMALY-117 19:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC) im adhd i don't have a choice.[reply]

۩ Dracion ۩ ✎ ✉ 13:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

--Crehberg (talk) 23:59, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  *░▒▓Frogger3140▓▒░ (talk) 01:32, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Assignments

If there is any work that needs to be done please post a description and the department of fun will see that it is dealt with.

It's on User:Pedant and Talk:Inherently funny word#homunculus. Ronbo76 21:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Aha! it was Deltabeignet! WODUP 02:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

New request

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)[reply]

I think a template for humorous related articles would be a better idea. Ronbo76 22:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
I've created a Department of Fun template to use on humorous related articles, review it. {{Department_of_Fun}} E&M 01:56, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other Wikipedian Associations

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

Fun Refs!

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