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{{Rquote |1=right |2=Humor is the grease of communications. |3=Unknown}} | {{Rquote |1=right |2=Humor is the grease of communications. |3=Unknown}} | ||
Outside of the encyclopedic content, humor is often seen on Bharatpedia pages. The primary purpose of [[Bharatpedia:Project namespace|project namespace]] and similar pages are to coordinate the mission – the building of the encyclopedia – but being a human [[ | Outside of the encyclopedic content, humor is often seen on Bharatpedia pages. The primary purpose of [[Bharatpedia:Project namespace|project namespace]] and similar pages are to coordinate the mission – the building of the encyclopedia – but being a human [[BP:COMMUNITY|community]], humor often appears as well. | ||
Humor can appear in many different ways, with considerable overlap. These ways include: | Humor can appear in many different ways, with considerable overlap. These ways include: | ||
* Sometimes Bharatpedians just highlight the humor — in articles or other areas — without intending to criticize at all. For example, [[Bharatpedia:Unusual articles]], which generally considers the humorous nature of the listed articles to be a positive thing. | * Sometimes Bharatpedians just highlight the humor — in articles or other areas — without intending to criticize at all. For example, [[Bharatpedia:Unusual articles]], which generally considers the humorous nature of the listed articles to be a positive thing. | ||
* Sometimes Bharatpedians create humor for its own sake in out-of-the-way places where readers are unlikely to find it. For example, see [[ | * Sometimes Bharatpedians create humor for its own sake in out-of-the-way places where readers are unlikely to find it. For example, see [[BP:END]] or [[Bharatpedia:Articles for deletion/Vowel|the AfD for Vowel]]. | ||
* Humor is often used in attempts to "lighten the mood" in an active discussion, with varying degrees of success and failure. | * Humor is often used in attempts to "lighten the mood" in an active discussion, with varying degrees of success and failure. | ||
* Irony is often used to illustrate a point. For example, [[Bharatpedia:BOLD, revert, revert, revert]] provides an example of how ''not'' to behave. | * Irony is often used to illustrate a point. For example, [[Bharatpedia:BOLD, revert, revert, revert]] provides an example of how ''not'' to behave. | ||
* Humor is sometimes used to illustrate a point without irony. For example, the list of the [[ | * Humor is sometimes used to illustrate a point without irony. For example, the list of the [[BP:LAME|Lamest Edit Wars]] may serve to curtail edit wars by providing examples of just how absurd they can become. | ||
* Bharatpedians often make jokes about the Bharatpedia community, and/or which are intended for the Bharatpedian community. These may sometimes qualify as "in-jokes", as without community experience, the humor will be lessened or lost. For an example, see the [[User:Ritchie333/Requests for adminship/SineBot|1 April 2018 RfA for SineBot]]. | * Bharatpedians often make jokes about the Bharatpedia community, and/or which are intended for the Bharatpedian community. These may sometimes qualify as "in-jokes", as without community experience, the humor will be lessened or lost. For an example, see the [[User:Ritchie333/Requests for adminship/SineBot|1 April 2018 RfA for SineBot]]. | ||
* Bharatpedians sometimes voice the opinion that other Bharatpedians are taking a given issue too seriously, and will create "spoofs" of the issue, which many find humorous. | * Bharatpedians sometimes voice the opinion that other Bharatpedians are taking a given issue too seriously, and will create "spoofs" of the issue, which many find humorous. | ||
Humor tends to be very subjective. One should remain aware that what one finds hilarious, another may find offensive. The use of humor does not override such core policies as [[ | Humor tends to be very subjective. One should remain aware that what one finds hilarious, another may find offensive. The use of humor does not override such core policies as [[BP:CIV|Civility]] and [[BP:NPA|No Personal Attacks]]. | ||
Many pages which at least some [[ | Many pages which at least some [[BP:USERS|Bharatpedians]] found funny have been categorized into [[:Category:Bharatpedia humor]]. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||