What Wikipedia is not - Outtakes is a composition that explores the Wikipedia official policy What Wikipedia is not. As noted in that policy, "Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, an online community of individuals interested in building a high-quality encyclopedia in a spirit of mutual respect. Therefore, there are certain things that Wikipedia is not." For example, Wikipedia content is not a paper encyclopedia, a dictionary, a blog or webspace provider, or a crystal ball and the Wikipedia community is not a democracy, bureaucracy, battleground, or an anarchy. Importantly, Wikipedia is not censored. However, since What Wikipedia is not was first developed beginning at least as early as September 24, 2001, a number of proposed additions never made it in. This essay looks at portions of the policy that were removed in the editing process and not included in the work's final, publicly released version. In addition, it looks at portions of the policy that may have been removed had they been added in the editing process, but nonetheless have relevance to the policy. In effect, What Wikipedia is not - Outtakes may provide a perspective to the What Wikipedia is not official policy to provide the reader a better understanding of what Wikipedia is not.
Note:Some really bad jokes are now at Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not/BJAODN.
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- 2 Wikipedia aint no place for grammars that is bad
- 3 Wikipedia is not a cabal
- 4 Wikipedia is not a game
- 5 Wikipedia is not a kitten
- 6 Wikipedia is not a lightbulb
- 7 Wikipedia is not a mobile phone company
- 8 Wikipedia not is a place for cybersex
- 9 Wikipedia is not a place for perky people
- 10 Wikipedia is not a place for vandalism
- 11 Wikipedia is not a place to create of secret hidden messages
- 12 Wikipedia is not a place to dump large quantities of material copied from "My Documents"
- 13 Wikipedia is not a place to find The Truth
- 14 Wikipedia is not a place to leave out punctuation
- 15 Wikipedia is not a place to post half-finished sentences
- 16 Wikipedia is not a place to prepend "Wiki" to EVERY word
- 17 Wikipedia is not a place to sabotage articles with personal info
- 18 Wikipedia is not a place to tell really filthy but totally funny jokes
- 19 Wikipedia is not a place to type things while not looking at your keyboard
- 20 Wikipedia is not a place
- 21 Wikipedia is not a site opposing random and trivial fictional stuff
- 22 Wikipedia is not a soapbox
- 23 Wikipedia is not a text adventure
- 24 Wikipedia is not able
- 25 Wikipedia is no table
- 26 Wikipedia is not, according to the Blogosphere any of these
- 27 Wikipedia is not an airline
- 28 Wikipedia is not an infinite source of processing power
- 29 Wikipedia is not an MMORPG
- 30 sdrawkcab ton si aidepikiW
- 31 Wikipedia is not an anagram
- 32 Wikipedia is not communism
- 33 Wikipedia is not fake
- 34 Wikipedia is not for disambiguity
- 35 Wikipedia is not for profit
- 36 Wikipedia is not for you
- 37 Wikipedia is not fun
- 38 Wikipediä ist nicht nur für Deutsche
- 39 Wikipedia is not Pokémon
- 40 Wikipedia is not porn
- 41 Wikipedia is not racist
- 42 Wikipedia is not Soviet Russia
- 43 Wikipedia is not the answer to life, the universe and everything
- 44 Wikipedia is not the Death Note
- 45 Wikipedia is not the Second Coming[dubious – discuss]
- 46 Wikipedia is not to help you see your boyfriend
- 47 Wikipedia is not usually like this page
- 48 Wikipedia is not the USA
- 49 Wikipedia is not the world
- 50 Wikipedia is not WP:BJAODN
- 51 Wikipedia is not written in code
- 52 Wikipedia is not your diary
- 53 People
- 54 Other websites
- 55 Wikipedia is not the place to interrupt people
- 56 Wikipedia is not
- 57 Footnotes
- 58 Wikipedia is also not
- 59 Wikipedia is not forgetful of citations
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Wikipedia aint no place for grammars that is bad
There aint gonna be some grammar that not readable? Or otherwise some Grammar Nazes and Grammar Policiz could can go to you house and arrests you be makes however a exceptional.
Wikipedia is not a cabal
Wikipedia is only run by a cabal. Of thousands. But don't worry—you, too, can join the cabal by making a history of constructive, high-quality edits. That, and learn the secret password. (It's "Swordfish.")
Wikipedia is not a game
Do you think this is some kind of game? (WP:MMORPG notwithstanding.)
Wikipedia is not a kitten
Though sometimes cute and cuddly, Wikipedia is not a kitten. Please do not stroke it lovingly. Wikipe-tan is though, but you may get odd looks from the rest of us.
Wikipedia is not a lightbulb
It is worth noting that if an engineer builds a better lightbulb, this engineering will have no noticeable impact on Wikipedia policies, guidelines or consensus. [1]
Wikipedia is not a mobile phone company
So it won't send you either a £500,000 phone bill[2] or send you a 300-page bill.
Wikipedia not is a place for cybersex
Nor is it a blonde 19-year old girl. Trust us on this.
Wikipedia is not a place for perky people
- 3 ^_^ ;) <_< :D ^-^ (= >_> :P ^^
Wikipedia is not a place for vandalism
You said: "I think you are being anal retentive and a hardass, i see how the comments on the talk page of that are unconstrucitve but it was a joke and i thought that it would be okay on the talk page. regarding + Did anyone else think that this is some funny shit!?Cholga 19:02, 19 September 2006 (UTC) that is not vandalism it was a legitimate question about what people thought about the colbert report thing. WHAT OTHER VANDALISM ARE YOPU TALKING ABOUT, YOU SAID YOU COULD COME UP WITH ANOTHER EXAMPLE I AM FURIOUS I AM USING BOLD I AM A SUPERSTAR SHOW ME THE MONEY? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE SUPPOSED OTHER EXAMPLESChola out"
- I'm complaining about your claim that you have elephants in your back yard, that elephants live in Antarctica, and that they are overpopulating the world. Article discussion pages are to be used for improving the quality of the article and this is noted at the top of that particular article. Unconstructive edits are considered vandalism. --Yamla 19:38, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
By embedding them in blocks of otherwise innocuous text. Did I just give something away?
Wikipedia is not a place to dump large quantities of material copied from "My Documents"
Except for here:
The book Animal Farm is, clearly, a fictional story. However, this allegory’s connection to the early days of Communist Russia is all too true. The leading pigs of the Farm take control, not only of the establishment, but also of the residents. They are able to mislead the all-too-ignorant populace into thinking whatever they do is a good thing for all. The crookedness of Animal Farm’s government is shown from the very start, and comes through to the end, culminating in a slogan that was all too true when the real-life correlation to this story happened not so long ago.
The first flavor I would like to see is sweet onion. I like raw onions and I know that other people do too. In addition, the onion jelly bean would mix well with some of your existing jelly bean flavors. Another flavor that I thought would be exciting and popular is the egg flavored jelly bean. Many people I know eat eggs at all times of the day and so I think it would be a popular choice. Last, but not least, is the broccoli jelly bean. I understand that broccoli jelly beans might not sound very popular at first, but you could make them be a healthy snack to eat. If they were healthy, parents could get their kids to eat broccoli in a rather sweet way.
In the dining room, many pesky monsters roam, namely Werewolves and Headless Specters. However, they are no match for the mighty football helmet! Some of the collapsing floor tiles have snack boxes hidden directly under them. Jump quickly and take the risk of falling to grab these delicious packets of tastiness. Sometimes, the menacing lit fireplace may breathe fire, guarding a snack box. Time your jump carefully and snag it without being roasted. If you head-smash some webs against the wall, it will take you into a closet with some snacks and sandwiches in it. Although you might always have a full five dog-tags in health, it is a helpful oasis. (It’s also fun to stand in the right place and get the view from the inside of a rotating sandwich!)
Wikipedia is not a place to find The Truth
The Truth is out there . . . wait, sorry, I mean out there. Really. I mean it. Turn off the computer and go outside now. You have had enough for one day.
Wikipedia is not a place to leave out punctuation
It gets really confusing if you leave out punctuation marks please use them it makes long sentences easier to read and makes it clear exactly what you are on about
Wikipedia is not a place to post half-finished sentences
Half-finished articles and Candlejack are fine, but please finish your sen
- Poor thing - only did it for the lulz.
Wikipedia is not a place to prepend "Wiki" to EVERY word
Wikiso wikidon't wikido wikiit wikibecause wikiit wikiis wikivery wikiannoying.
Wikipedians Wikiquette Wiktionary Wikify WIKIEVERYTHING!!!!
Wikipedia is not a place to sabotage articles with personal info
Wkipedia is not the place to explain that Jim Hersha is a 12th grader in Arkansas who loves chocolate and bums.
Wikipedia is not a place to tell really filthy but totally funny jokes
I told you it wasn't.
Wait a second, it so is...
Wikipedia is not a place to type things while not looking at your keyboard
so please do not ro any of tjat pm wpolo[edoa. Conversely, you could learn to touch type, which produces this much clearer sentence.
Wikipedia is not a place
At all, really. Not really.
Wikipedia is not a site opposing random and trivial fictional stuff
On the contrary. Wikibooks and Wikia were created for a reason.
Wikipedia is not a soapbox
So don't expect to find any leftovers for the next batch of laundry (ba-dum-psssh).
Wikipedia is not a text adventure
You have been eaten by a Grue
Restore, Restart, or Quit?
Granted, we have edit counts for levels (but not to the extent of Everything 2); edit distribution and other stats; administrators, arbitrators, vandals, and so on for classes; sockpuppets for using "summons" on a hacked character; over 1.3 million players; over 1,130,000 locations (including 900+ Featured towns and cities), pubs (talk pages); quest rewards (barnstars); boss battles (FAC); class change trials (RFA), and battle arenas (AIV).
Wikipedia is not able
Whoops, sorry, I meant to say that Wikipedia is notable.
Wikipedia is no table
But it goes. |
Wikipedia is not, according to the Blogosphere any of these
It's really amazing to learn the things that Wikipedia is not...
- Wikipedia is not a load of old cobblers
- Wikipedia is not a revolution
- Wikipedia is not a viral marketing tool
- Wikipedia is not alone
- Wikipedia is not an atomistic universe of monkeys each at its own typewriter
- Wikipedia is not an epistemology silver bullet
- Wikipedia is not doomed
- Wikipedia is not not doomed
- Wikipedia is not just one more new gizmo arriving on the scene
- Wikipedia is not so human
- Wikipedia is not the answer
- Wikipedia Is Not the Lovefest We Thought
- Wikipedia is Not the Next Google, and furthermore, Wikipedia is not all powerful over Google
- Wikipedia is not the truth!
- Wikipedia is not Wiki
Wikipedia is not an airline
Wikipedia cannot process your flight arrangements, and Wikipedia does not have cheap flights. It also doesn't charge $2/min for a phone call.
Wikipedia is not an infinite source of processing power
So please don't add lots of links, you could use up its bandwidth and the bandwidth is needed for real articles. Thank you very much.
Wikipedia is not an MMORPG
sdrawkcab ton si aidepikiW
Wikipedia is not an anagram
I aped again, Roman kiwi ants.
Wikipedia is not communism
Despite the assertions of many a vandal, Wikipedia is not, in fact, communism. Jimbo Wales is not really Che Guevara, Emma Goldman, or Stalin; Larry Sanger is not Trotsky; and Wikipedia was not founded in a bloody and violent armed revolution against Encyclopædia Brittanica imperialism. Furthermore, no matter what anyone will tell you, Wikipedia is not owned in common by the workers. Wikipedia belongs to the world. From each according to his/her convenience and addiction, to each according to his/her bandwidth (as long as the site is still up).
In fact, Wikipedia is the opposite of communism. Communism succeeds in theory but fails in practice[original research?][citation needed][dubious ]; Wikipedia fails in theory but succeeds in practice[original research?][citation needed][dubious ].
Wikipedia is not fake
Contrary to professional opinion opinion.[3]
Wikipedia is not for disambiguity
Wikipedia is not a place for disambiguity or Purple Toe-Eating fungus.
Wikipedia is not for profit
Wikipedia is run by Wikimedia, not Wikia.
Wikipedia is not for you
Not for you.
Wikipedia is not fun
Yeah, right. It's all just fun and games, isn't it?
Wikipediä ist nicht nur für Deutsche
Hauptartikel: Wikipedia:En.Wiki is not De.Wiki
Wikipediä ist für die Welt. Ja, die deutsche Wikipediä ist populärer als die Englische Wikipediä, ja, Deutschland hat die einzige gedruckte Wikipediä-Editiön der Welt. Ja, Wikipediä unterstützt Ünicöde, was die ganzen Ümläüte möglich macht. Ja der Übermensch Jimbo Wäles wurde prophezeit vom deutschen Philösöphen Friedrich Nietzsche. Und schließlich, ja, Wikipediä ist wird mit einem "V-soünd" ausgesprochen, wie Sie es nennen auf Englisch. Nichtsdestotrotz, Wikipediä ist nicht nur für Deutsche!
(Wikipedia is for the World. Yes, German Wikipedia is more popular than English Wikipedia. Yes, Germany has the only printed Wikipedia edition in the world. Yes, Wikipedia supports unicode, for Löts öf ümläuts. Yes, Jimbo Wales the Superman is prophesied by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. And finally, yes, Wikipedia is pronounced with a "V-sound" as you call it in English. Nonetheless, Wikipedia is not only for Germans!)
Wikipedia is not Pokémon
You will not attain 8 Featured Article badges, you won't be going to fight the Elite Four (Raul, Larry, Curps, and Kasuga) and the Champion (Jimbo).
Wikipedia is not porn
Wikipedia is not racist
Anyone of all faiths, origins and nationalities and is willing enough to contribute to Wikipedia in good faith is welcome to edit away (actually that might be a good one with a few tweaks).
Wikipedia is not Soviet Russia
In Soviet Russia, Wikipedia edits YOU!
Wikipedia is not the answer to life, the universe and everything
You see, the address you are looking for is 42 World Wide Web Boulevard. You are at 42 Wikipedia Boulevard. Wrong street. Google says so. Wikipedia does however, know the Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything.
Wikipedia is not the Death Note
So no, writing someone's name in here will not kill someone. Although there are exceptions.
- Just as planned!
- ohhh harsh
Wikipedia is not the Second Coming[dubious ]
Wikipedia is bigger than Jesus.[4] Wikipedia is even bigger than the Beatles![5] Hell, it's even bigger than me.[6] But only just. Wikipedia is even making a run at porn.[7] Wikipedia is more important than life.[8] Wikipedia is bigger than the universe.[9] Where will this end?
Wikipedia is not to help you see your boyfriend
Which didn't occur to Rebecca.
Wikipedia is not usually like this page
So if you happen to be here, disregard this page as humorous ramblings by editors who have little to very little life and want fame and fortune and everything that goes with it.
Wikipedia is not the USA
Oh wait...
Wikipedia is not the world
Wikipedia is not WP:BJAODN
So don't delete it and replace it with a historical page
Wikipedia is not written in code
let section = ("Wikipedia is not written in code") & if { readerMood = (bored) then closeWindow; else: keepReading OR vomitUncontrollably; repeatUntil laughter = (stopped) &then: changePants (underwear) + changePants (trousers) & remember ("use bathroom before laughing") if pants = (not wet/soiled) then continue reading|letter|word|line|paragraph|section|page {&if page = (boring) then (2F@$&ingBad4u) and mood= (Angry) - XP soThen vandaliseUncontrollably} &endFunction} loopIf discoveredByAdmin = false }else{ if discoveredByAdmin = true then { run4Life &pray that JimboWales (know) = doesNot else bleedOn (floor) & (mercy)begFor ifDead then Pwn3d = true endStatement} } bleep end
Wikipedia is not your diary
For more information, see this page.
People
Wikipedia is not David Hasselhoff
It is true that Wikipedia is far more popular in Germany than in its native United States. It is true that Wikipedia is often surrounded by attractive women in bikinis. And it is true that Wikipedia has more "cool" and "sex appeal" than any other 1980's TV star. Despite these similarities, however, Wikipedia is not David Hasselhoff.
Wikipedia is not Fenton the Dog
So for God's sake do not run through Richmond Park shouting its name!
Wikipedia is not the Messiah
Wikipedia is not your spouse
Need I explain more?
Wikipedia is not Viki
That is very disrespectful.
Other websites
Wikipedia is not 4chan
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Wikipedia is not DeviantArt
- Yay! First comment!
- You've been tagged! Put this in your user page and send it to six other Wikipedians!
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- WAAAA...Kawaii desu, ne? ^_^
- Overall, I'd give Wikipedia very high marks. My only criticism is that the "anyone can edit" philosophy makes the website very prone to abuse. But, otherwise, a very good encyclopedia.
- Well, bitch, that's how my f***ing website works, so leave me f***ing alone.
- Wow. You're mature </Sarcasm> If you're going to bitch every time someone gives you constructive criticism, then maybe you shouldn't be here.
- Well, bitch, that's how my f***ing website works, so leave me f***ing alone.
- SAVE THE YELLOW ALIEN!!! SAVE THE YELLOW ALIEN!!!
Wikipedia is not Encyclopedia Dramatica
So don't do it for the lulz! Give us MOAR encyclopedic stuff!
1. Create an article
2. Add some content
3. Wait while others fill it with CN and OR
4. ????????
5. PROFIT!!!
6. ...Wait...O SHI-
Wikipedia is not Facebook
Wikipedia is not GoDaddy
In an expansion of the idea "Wikipedia is not a webspace provider"...
- It should not be used as a personal website or a personal blog, not even as a blog of your recent projects on Wikipedia.
- It cannot register your domain names for 99¢ for the first year.
- It is not-for-profit, so it does not require commercials where famous women like Stacy Keibler and Danica Patrick tease baring their breasts or beavers. (Though it would probably help come donation drive time.)
- It does not provide a wide array of automatically-installed web applications.
Therefore, Wikipedia is not GoDaddy.
Wikipedia is not Uncyclopedia
“That's right! You tell 'em!“
- ~
Oscar Wilde on Wikipedia is not Uncyclopedia
“I'm gonna let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!“
“In Soviet Russia, pedia wikis YOU!!“
- ~
Russian Reversal on Wikipedia
“AAAAAAAA!“
(three hours later...)
Wikipedia is in read-only mode for system maintenance.
Wikipedia is not google.
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Wikipedia is not TV Tropes
We are Wikipedia. We're a buttload more formal. We don't really encourage breezy language and original thought as much as that other wiki. ThereIsSuchThingAsNotability, and citations are needed. If your entry cannot gather any evidence by the WikiMagic, it will be deleted in fairly short order.
Wikipedia is not the place to interrupt people
So please so not
HEY - STOP!!!
Wikipedia is not
a place
to create
infinite
subheadings
Footnotes
Wikipedia is not under the footnotes
Or maybe it is.
Wikipedia is also not
- User:Angela/What Wikipedia is not
- User:GlassCobra/Essays/What Wikipedia is
- User:Goldkingtut5/What Wikipedia is not
- User:Wolfkeeper/What wikipedia is
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia
Wikipedia is not forgetful of citations
... and here they are:
- ^ [1]
- ^ "BBC News: Customer got £500,000 phone bill". Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ 5 kids down, Matt. "Do people realize that Wikipedia is fake?". Yahoo Answers. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ^ "Google Trends:wikipedia, jesus". Retrieved 2006-05-18.
- ^ "Google Trends:wikipedia, beatles". Retrieved 2006-05-18.
- ^ "Google Trends:Wikipedia, me". Retrieved 2006-12-07.
- ^ "Google Trends:Wikipedia, porn". Retrieved 2006-12-07.
- ^ "Google Trends:Wikipedia, life". Retrieved 2007-07-09.
- ^ "Google Trends:wikipedia, universe". Retrieved 2006-07-12.