Wikipedia talk:Department of Fun/Word Association/Archive 3

"Word" means "phrase", right?
I assume that the count increases by one for every phrase, as opposed to every literal word. For example, Zachary Taylor increases the count by one, not two, right? I'm new to this, so I'm just checking. -kotra (talk) 02:24, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's right. Increase the count by one for every phrase, no matter how many words it contains. Have fun! Phileas (talk) 11:30, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! -kotra 20:23, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Rule Breach: Main Game 23 - Ellmau
Dunno whether anyone has noticed, but there is a rule breach in Game 23 - A red link has been used, which is forbidden by the rules. The game needs to be rolled back to R.E.M. for this to be recitifed. Thor Malmjursson (talk) 23:09, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Christmas -> Heterogenous ?
I'm sure there's a link there I don't get, but could someone explain it to me? Dgcopter (talk) 20:52, 27 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Heterogeneous: "system consisting of multiple items having a large number of structural variations" Probably meaning that Christmas is celebrated in many different ways. --Addict 2006 01:11, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Question
If a word was already played in the Main Game, can it be played in a branch?
 * Yes. Please remember to sign your posts with "--~" . --vgmddg (look &#124; talk &#124; do) 01:21, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Create a new Word Association
I would like to create a new word association. Do I need permission or can I just go ahead and create one (for future reference). Secret Saturdays (talk) 01:05, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Do you mean restart a game that has finished, or create a new variant? In the case of the latter, one historical issue to be aware of is that WP:SBWA has been nominated for deletion a couple of times, and a consequence of some of the discussion  was to delete some of the less played variants.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.242.11 (talk) 00:16, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Are we allowed to use anagrams of the word before it in Word Association?
For example (Weird, Wired)? James1011R (talk) 21:35, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Use whatever you associate with the word. If for "Weird", you think of "Wired", then put down "Wired". Enjoy the game! --Delta1989 (talk) 22:45, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Interwiki links
are not allowed, right? That rule should be added to the others. dude❶❽❶❽ (talk) 23:21, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

I remember...
I remember, back when I had the password to my other accounts (yes, I have forgotten multiple passwords!) other games being played besides word association. I remember one in particular, where you clicked on a dice provided by uncyclopedia, got a number, and then counted the links from the previous article up to that number, added it, and that would be the next article that somebody else did like so. It was kind of similar to word association. Anyone remember the name of this game and its' fate? Was it deleted? If anyone replies to this, I'd appreciate a template.--I dream of horses (T) @  17:48, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I seem to remember that game, but I don't remember the name of it. There was also a cubic game and some others.  Back in March (?) 2007 (see the delete template at the top of the page), several "unplayed" games were deleted.  Many actually had not been played for some time.  Someone attempted to delete all of them, but that was not the consensus and after some back-and-forth recreating and redeleting, some of the games were brought back.  Since then, a couple more have been added.Squad51 (talk) 02:21, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * You think we can bring that game back? --I dream of horses (T) @ 02:01, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Per your request, I have recreated it (to the best of my knowledge). Sorry it's been a while, but I don't log in too often.  I named it "Dice Association".  I couldn't find a dice roll at Uncyclopedia, but I found one elsewhere.Squad51 (talk) 06:28, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
 * And I've just played the game! Thank you! --I dream of horses (T) @ 23:30, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Repeating words
If a word appears in the Main Game, can it be used again in a branch? And can a word used in one branch be used in a different branch? That should be clarified. dude❶❽❶❽ (talk) 20:27, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, words may be repeated in a branch or used in different branches. Squad51 (talk) 18:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguations
Target Corporation— I know it's not a rule (or at least I don't believe it's a rule), but maybe it should be — or at least it should be encouraged... I think players should avoid using disambiguation pages in the games. For example, in the current (as of 05 June 2010) branch game, there is a link to Target. It's legitimate, but that page is just a disambuguation page. A piped link might make the game more interesting, such as Target, Target or Target. (And as for the rule about not repeating words, they would all be considered separate terms.) Just some food for thought. — Michael J  16:49, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Officially, you should be able to put down whatever you want. It does however make it easier to continue the game if you put down a specific topic. There are also places where a disambiguation page may be a good thing to add. For example, if someone puts down Redundancy, there shouldn't be a rule against me putting down Disambiguation (disambiguation). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vgmddg (talk • contribs) 01:18, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Suggest move to DoF

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the proposal was move per unanimous consensus.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:43, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Sandbox/Word Association → Department of Fun/Word Association — These pages should be under Department of Fun not Sandbox. Propose moving all associated pages as subpages of WP:Department of Fun. -- &oelig; &trade; 13:13, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * As I suggested it during the deletion review, I'm obviously in favour. It'd be best to use a formal request moves procedure I think. As the 37.5k revisions of this page means that it required a steward to delete and then undelete, it may require ta steward to move, and they're going to want something clearly in favour I suspect.
 * If you haven't already, I'd put a note on the DOF talk page too. Thryduulf (talk) 02:05, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I am not opposed to the move. It makes sense. As long as it isn't deleted totally. — Michael J  03:08, 3 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Support This is definitely feasible, and DoF is clearly a better location than where WP:Word Association is now. The sandbox should not generally have subpages for toying around with anyway. :| TelCo  NaSp  Ve :|  05:04, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Support just to make it my official opinion. Moving to DoF would provide more stability for the WA pages, and would not subject them to the repeated deletion polls. — Michael J  01:33, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong support, like Michael I'm just making my view official and explicit. In addition to his points, it will also make the games easier to find for new players. Thryduulf (talk) 00:36, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Support DoF seems to be the place for this sort of thing. The Interior (Talk) 16:07, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Support As said above, it would probably be a better place for it. --vgmddg (look &#124; talk &#124; do) 21:35, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Acceptable links
Do we need to establish what is acceptable for play? In the past, it was supposed to link to articles. But now templates and links outside Wikipedia are beginning to appear. I think the original intent was links to articles (disambiguations were OK), but do we allow links to other websites, too? I think there needs to be an established limit on what can and cannot be considered a link. Squad51 (talk) 18:07, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Branch Limits
How are the word limits for branches defined? In the current game, we have 4 branches, with limits of 98, 99, 100, and 94. This is inconsistent. Tckma (talk) 16:54, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * From the Rules section Every 100th word may be made into a new branch. However, there cannot be any sub-branches and therefore the total number of Branches possible in this game are 5-6. Branches may contain up to 100 words maximum and 35 minimum. The goal is to have fun, not to obey a specific set of rules. Hasteur (talk) 18:49, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Etiquette and how often to add a word
Is there some rule of thumb as to how often to join in and add a word, and how often is too often? Centrify (f / k / a FCAYS)  (talk)  (contribs) 17:04, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I apologize if my answer sucks, but I think you can post a word right after someone posts a word (e.g. you post "a", someone posts "b", then you can come back and post "c", then you wait until someone else posts "d", when you can post "e"). 71.146.20.62 (talk) 21:51, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The only rule about how often you can post is is that you can't post a word in reply to a word you yourself posted - you have to wait for someone else to post before you can post a reply word.
 * IOW, you can't reply to your own word. Whoop whoop pull up Bitching Betty 21:34, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

?
What is considered a “naughty” word? Can I use “fuck”? I thought this follows this? 71.146.20.62 (talk) 22:06, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not censored, but the problem arises when (because this is a game) about offensiveness. A racial slur was once posted; this was deleted.  Like I said, Wikipedia isn't censored, but for civility's sake, I would avoid it if possible.  Not sure if this answers it, but I hope it helps.75.88.40.126 (talk) 03:18, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No; that doesn't answer my question at all, but nice try... 71.146.20.62 (talk) 19:41, 21 November 2011 (UTC)