Wikipedia:Silly Things

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It is not a great secret that, over the years, Wikipedia has seen many 'colorful' moments of fun. Also, no great secret is that Wikipedia has seen many forms of

January 26, 2001.[1]
Here is the original explanation of the page:

We need a page where bad jokes and other deleted nonsense can rest in peace. So, here it is! [I'm half tempted to suggest keeping the jokes inline with the pages, as they must sort of give the encyclopedia some lively colour. But I do know it'd just get carried away and turn into an encyclopedia of silliness, so look forward to frequent updates of this page. ;-)]

However, in 2007, consensus (sort of) shifted against keeping most BJAODN on Wikipedia (see Wikipedia talk:Silly Things), and it came to be viewed by many as encouraging vandalism. Things are no longer added to this group of pages on Wikipedia itself (except on rare occasions), but have been moved to another site, and only a few highlights are maintained below. (Please go to an external wiki to add to BJAODN. Thank you very much.) For all those who thought BJAODN was some sort of alien mating call or Swedish swear word, please read the things above.

Historical content

Best of Jokes

Subpages

  • /Hamsteria, hamsters decide to make their own country.
  • /Template:Uw-delmain1
    , an almost useless user warning template.
  • /Template:Uw-toofriendly4
    , similar to delmain.
  • /Template:Uw-pissoff4
    , same as toofriendly.
  • /Template:Uwu-nothereblock

Other funny articles

See also

Footnotes