Wikipedia:WikiOtter

WikiOtters are elusive creatures whose chief characteristic is a willingness to help other users out by editing or simply being friendly. Although the WikiOtter is a benevolent type of WikiFauna, it is a member of the weasel family and will readily challenge much more "important" editors, as well as opposing WikiVampires. For example, they are fierce fighters against anyone who picks on a newcomer. WikiOtters also have a tendency to lighten the encyclopedia with harmless play, humor, and a total respect for WP:Ignore all rules.

The WikiOtter has been most recently evaluated using the IUCN 3.1 guidelines as extinct in the wild, based on a recent survey performed by the Department of Fun. The last WikiOtter was believed to have died in 2012, until three new specimens were spotted and tagged in 2013. In recent years, the Department of Fun has made an effort to stimulate the wild population of WikiOtters by promoting overall awareness of them. The "This User Wants a WikiOtter" campaign, which makes use of User wikipedia/wantOtter signs, proved for a short time to be a successful one for promoting the needed awareness. A wildlife reservation has been set up in the last few years for the primary purpose of preserving the WikiOtter and another critically endangered species, the WikiDragon. Due to the low production rate of WikiOtters, there are only 58 otters. Currently, there is a spike in inactivity in the species though the population has been growing.

Conservation
Because they are not opposed to challenging veteran editors, WikiOtters can find themselves surrounded by other editors in a corner. If you see a WikiOtter in a corner for standing up to justice, make sure to stand up for it.

WikiOtters as pets
A WikiOtter license is required for legal possession of WikiOtters. One may apply for such a license by filling out a copy of the User wikipedia/Otter form. A completed form is shown to the left. Recently however, not many would like to apply for ownership, one of the causes of the species becoming extinct.

Identification
Because WikiOtters tend to look strikingly similar to other members of the Lutra genus, perhaps the best way to identify a WikiOtter is by looking for the tag shown here. Another tag (image available next to the page name, on the right) is the WikiOtter topicon tag. This tag is smaller but is somehow easier to spot at a distance. WikiOtter tagging has become a common method for tracking the species as conservationists attempt to bring back the species. As of March 2022, there are 58 known specimens of the species, a rise from the 7 in May 2021.