Forum:Hammering out some policies

Some of our policies should imitate the highly successful model of Wookieepedia, but our nature as a humor wiki necessitates a few extra steps.

My feeling is that no article should ever be deleted on the basis of being "not funny." If it's clearly off-topic (meaning somebody copied a Wikipedia page about New Zealand agriculture or something), that can be deleted. But if some kid writes a highly stupid article about "Darth Boner," we should try to do something funny with it instead of purging it solely on the basis of our personal senses of humor. Always remember that what's not funny to you might be very funny indeed to someone else. Darth Boner will amuse lots of people. (It kind of amuses me, in fact.)

I whipped this up a few days ago; it might be worth codifying:


 * DO: contribute original humor, whimsy, or silliness. DON'T: rip off Monty Python, Family Guy, or "All Our Base Are Belong to Us."
 * DO: modify canonical SW images in a humorous way to show off your Photoshopping skills. DON'T: copy stuff from Uncyclopedia or Lego Star Wars.
 * DO: create new characters/planets/etc. or write up parodies of existing characters/planets/etc. DON'T: copy an article from Wookieepedia just because you think it's already funny.
 * DO: proofread and spell-check. DON'T: use l33t sp34k.
 * DO: parody general SW fandom, if that's your cup of tea. DON'T: make personal attacks on real people (Darthipedians, actors, anyone), no matter how funny they might be.

Beyond this, the only other thing I can think to mention is that parodies of canonical (and noncanonical *cough*Picard*cough*) SW characters are fair game, just as original "fanon" articles are. I am thinking in terms of Memory Alfa right now, for the most part. I encourage everybody to browse it a bit.

Thoughts?  Gonk  ( Gonk! ) 19:19, 10 August 2007 (UTC)