Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-02-20/Humour

''Back by popular demand: this little ditty, taken from Songs about Wikipedia/The RfA Candidate's Song, was recorded with considerable panache and musicianship back in 2006 – which means there's probably a whole new generation of editors who've never heard it. Enjoy! Lyrics below.''


 * I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian:
 * I've knowledge of Greek drama, both comedic and tragedian;
 * I know historic battlefields from Ancient Rome to World War Two,
 * and neutral is the mode in which I always keep my point of view!


 * I'm very well acquainted, too, with Polynese ethnology.
 * I understand Samoan lore and Mā-ori mythology.
 * From mountain peaks of Suriname to passes of the Great Divide,
 * I see to it that everything is quite correctly wikified!


 * He sees to it that everything is quite correctly wikified!
 * He sees to it that everything is quite correctly wikified!
 * He sees to it that everything is quite correctly wiki-wikified!


 * Some people think my entries are little more than trivia —
 * that episode of Barney or that woodwind of Bolivia —
 * and yet, in matters great and small, high and low and median,
 * I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian.


 * In short, in matters great and small, high and low and median,
 * He is the very model of a modern Wikipedian!


 * I SIGN all of my comments; and give summaries for each edit;
 * I never BITE; I never POINT; I follow wiki etiquette;
 * I assume good faith when wiki-flamed, and wear a thickened wiki-skin.
 * For I am the very model of a proper wiki-citizen:


 * I'm often found at village pumps discussing rules and policy,
 * and judging notability while over at the AfD,
 * In matters wiki-sophic, I'm no exopede inclusionist,
 * but an incremento-eventuo-darwikian-delusionist!


 * an incremento-eventuo-darwikian-delusionist!
 * an incremento-eventuo-darwikian-delusionist!
 * an incremento-eventuo-darwikian-delusion-usionist!


 * I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian.
 * I wrote this wiki-parody to ease some wiki-tedium.
 * When dealing with my colleagues I'm a friendly wiki-editor,
 * but the sight of trollishness makes me a vandal-stalking predator;


 * When dealing with his colleagues he's a friendly wiki-editor,
 * but when provoked he can become a vandal-stalking predator!


 * Reverts and warnings I have made while on the recent change patrol,
 * I play some cat-and-mouse with them, but now I want to block-a-mole,
 * and so at last I must become a wiki admin-candidate:
 * since I'm my only fan,  I have no choice but to self-nominate.


 * As prep for this I've learned about all bans and blocks and redirects,
 * now I can tell you anything on SEMIs and full page protects,
 * and when you hear all that I know of Wikipede sysop-ery,
 * you’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppery


 * you’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppery.
 * you’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppery.
 * you’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppa-moppery.


 * Now the adminship, as Jimbo says, is really no big deal at all:
 * many fail and so might I (my role in portal talk's been small).
 * But still in matters great and small, high and low and median
 * I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian.


 * In fact, in matters great and small, high and low and median,
 * He is the very model of a modern Wikipedian!