Wikipedia talk:WikiGremlin

I think
this is kinda funny and just fine but does Wikipedia in general allow for humorous articles like this? Do these things count as articles? Avraham 05:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


 * this is probably a part of wiki culture, and i think should be left to run a little bit more, until it get's formalised. -dcd


 * Since it changed so much from the last time I saw it, I thought that this was some sort of April Fool's joke. Ardric47 05:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

... most are good, ... ?
Dumb, dumb, dumb point, but I risk asking the question, because I just reverted a change by User:Fedallah where we seem to differ on what a gremlin is. And the description in the article doesn't help, when it includes:
 * ..., most are good, and generate entries like ...

Anyway, I thought User:Fedallah was making a joke when he changed WikiFairy
 * WikiFairies are considered essentially friendly creatures, like WikiGnomes and unlike WikiGremlins or WikiTrolls.

to
 * WikiFairies are considered essentially friendly creatures, like WikiGnomes or WikiGremlins and unlike WikiTrolls.

But he also changed Glossary to
 * WikiFairies are considered to be basically friendly, like WikiGnomes and WikiGremlins.

so I think it is real confusion, on one or the other's part.

Thoughts please? (Well, nice ones anyway) Shenme 20:12, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

MfD Result Notice
This page was the subject of an MfD discussion closed on 17 August 2006. The result was Keep, because the gremlins threatened to kill us if we removed their one bit of fame! Xoloz 16:56, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Picture
I just want to point out that the very beautiful picture used on this page is related to (made by?) John Bauer and it's troll, not a gremlin. --138.106.14.202 10:45, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I have replaced it with a photo of a Gremlin. (Consistently with the alleged humor tag currently on the page.)  But seriously, does anyone have any objections to deleting this?  I just want to see if there is any chance of an MfD succeeding, since there has been a mixed record on these fauna articles in the past.  6SJ7 (talk) 17:01, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I apparently followed you here from WikiFairy. As it been almost 2 years, we could try MfD again. If the humour was stale then, it is even more so now. Mind you, the car is the funniest thing on the page. :) Random89 (talk) 08:08, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Not real
They're not a real part of the WikiFauna, since there is no categorization on what they do and how in wikipedia. ... said: Rursus (bork²) 18:41, 1 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed, I find the concept rather confusing myself... The description implies that they are not a type of user, but rather something like the spirit of Wikipedia, which just makes things work. Elaboration is needed. Waltham, The Duke of 01:17, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * the saftware, mabye?99.145.121.213 (talk) 01:57, 18 February 2010 (UTC)