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The WikiFun Police
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The Grand Smiley is watching you...
The Grand Smiley is watching you...

The WikiFun Police, often abbreviated WFP, is a group devoted to helping cleanup, reorganize, and rehumorize projects and pages under the Department of Fun, including any with the {{humour}} or {{Humorantipolicy}} tags.

The WFP is obsessively dedicated to infusing all aspects of Wikipedia with fun while, at the same time, combating the evils of humbugery. The WFP is not the same as the Department of Fun, but could be thought of as a DoF task force of sorts, similar to what a WikiProject does for its specific topic. All of the actions and morals of the WikiFun Police are governed by their humble overseer and idol, The Grand Smiley.

If you have a request for something the WikiFun Police could do, please post it at the requests page. For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.

History
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In August 2010, the WikiFun Police ascended from the mixed ashes of the Wikipedia Fun Police (a group "dedicated to eliminating all traces of fun and enjoyment from Wikipedia") and the Anti-Fun Police (a group "dedicated to proving...that fun is one of the main essences of Wikipedia"). Now, with a completely different set of beliefs, the WikiFun police will achieve their eternal goal: to dominate infuse Wikipedia with fun.
Participation
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WikiFun Police officers are just normal Wikipedians who have pledged their lifelong loyalty to The Grand Smiley enjoy humor and wish to improve it on Wikipedia. Everybody is welcome, and encouraged, to join! Members must follow but one rule: to follow the Core Philosophy, to the best of their ability, in their everyday edits. It is also important that members see the value of the Department of Fun, and why it is necessary.

Contrary to popular belief, the WikiFun Police actually does have a real purpose, and members do have a real role in the project. The WFP needs a wide range of skills, from graphics editing to grammar knowledge. If you have any special abilities or interests, please list it next to your name!

Templates
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All members should put the WFP userbox ({{User:UBX/WikiFun Police}}) on their userpage. Why? Because userboxes are fun. We wouldn't want to miss an opportunity to make our userpages fun, now would we?

You know what else is fun? Top icons. As a matter of fact, here's one now:
{{User:EWikist/WikiFun Police/WikiFun Police Topicon}}








To Do
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Here's a list of things to do for the WikiFun Police. Non-members who wish to request a task should head over to the requests page to request an article for maintenance or coverage.
  • Redesign the project page with a more aesthetically pleasing look
  • Standardize the WikiFauna pages
  • Develop a standard set of humorous warning templates (see Wikipedia:Fun)
  • To spread the noble word of the immortal Grand Smiley