I have noticed that what wikiHow is missing is a bunch of humor (such as humor templates and humorous project pages). I am suggesting a humor club that has the job of maintaining the site’s humor so that editors who come can come to edit, but stay for the humor. I know I am already pretty humorous, but I think this would take humor to the next level (such as maintaining humorous essays and project pages). Besides, it would make editors stay! And many wikiHow editors sign up, make one contribution, then leave. They can maybe create monthly Forum Games that will close in a month.
I don’t really see a need to borrow stuff from Wikipedia… I’ve never really found their attempts at humor to really be that entertaining to begin with. (I always found the concept of slapping someone with a fish to be more disgusting than humorous, but maybe that’s just me being too literal a thinker.) I’ve generally found that it’s better to use personalized humor in certain situations, and that forcing it can make things awkward or ineffective!
I’d also be worried about too much humor - if we start barraging people with jokes, we might give people the impression we’re a joke site or some such. But maybe that’s just me.
maybe we can be humorous in our own, unique way. For example, explaining to users with long usernames that while their username is hilarious, it is not acceptable.
I’m not not sure about that. It might encourage them to stay here on wikiHow and possibly mess around.
Of course, you can compliment “others’” usernames.
Caeiia
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I am just wondering that if a person is only staying for the humor, wouldn’t that not be productive?
And we can all just insert our own humor into our own messages. Otherwise I don’t want it to seem forced (also assigning humor is weird), and plus I would like to make sure no one steals my opportunities for dry humor ;)
@Caeiia
Yep. I occasionally slip a joke or two in my messages. I think that’s really enough.
I think just some humor templates would be enough
Personalized humor would likely receive a better response, and would be much funnier than if we tried to force it or package it in a template
You know, I think we could make some kind of a template for humor. Just maybe.
I envision a template in which you add your joke in. It won’t be a copied joke. There could be a “(drums)” for text and an image of someone playing the drums. That would be like the ba-da-pssh sound effect when a joke’s punchline is said.
However, I’m not sure if that kind of template would work. Jokes have to be led in, not really just dropped. There’s gotta be a topic before a joke is made (or, at least, that’s for the jokes that aren’t puns).
system
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“wikiHow is missing is a bunch of humor”
Nope… It’s called the Youth category.
system
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I’m not sure the trout-slapping culture of Wikipedia really meshes with the culture at wikiHow. I don’t see a need for ‘humorous templates’ at this time.
system
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Made me laugh out loud! Thanks Jenn!
Whole-heartedly agree. Thanks @Eric
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I have been here three years and find plenty to laugh at, virtually every time I drop by. I am amused by endless projects, forum game contributors and page designers who don’t actually do anything for the good of wikiHow content…I laugh at funny questions people ask, I laugh to myself at the trolls, the typos, spelling mistakes and poor grammar and the people I have befriended here make me laugh with their jokes and puns. If I may suggest such a thing, I think some contributors find regular article writting, edit patrolling and the normal day-to-day business of wikiHow “boring” and want to be amused, be social, be rewarded and get attention. wikiHow’s mission is to help everyone in the world do anything, not to have the most users, not to be amusing, not to dish our rewards or credit to contributors. We’re here to help people do stuff, not help stop people getting bored or ensure everyone who comes to contribute sticks around because they find something they want, rather than because they want to help everyone in the world do anything.
@HumanBeing
Same here. I just noticed the “article” you have on your user page. XD
So, is there consensus for a humor project or not?
