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This template was considered for deletion on 27 February 2011. The result of the discussion was keep.
This template was considered for deletion on 2017 April 1. The result of the discussion was keep.
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Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
The text of this template was not demonstrating a sense of humor so I lightened it up a bit. Now it only scares you into thinking that humor is dangerous if the person leaving the template intentionally includes a 'blockable' flag. +sj +18:18, 20 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
Suggestion
Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Latest comment: 15 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
I think that by the time you're done reading this, you're less likely to find the humorous article funny. In my experience, jokes that start with some version of, "get ready everybody, what you're about to hear a humorous statement," are not very funny.
One thing we might do is just move this template to the bottom of articles. Perhaps we could note that in the main template page and move this to the bottom of articles in a systematic way. Or am I the only person who this really bothers? —mako๛04:17, 18 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
It's good that this change was reverted and has stayed that way, since half the point of this template is that the tagged page should not be nominated for deletion. — SMcCandlish☏¢ 😼 00:05, 27 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 15 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Could we please get a parameter that we can use to change the category from the general (>900 pages) humor cat to the April Fool's Day category (ought to have >200 of these pages)? WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:45, 2 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Humor icon
Latest comment: 9 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Sorry, I'm a little confused too. I patrol for pages in the talk namespace that transclude {{error}} and found that the pages trancluding {{humor}}16 pages were also transcluding errors. My patch stopped that from happening. As to why that's necessary, I think it has to do with how {{Category handler}} works. That in turn uses Module:Category handler, which is something of a black box to me as I'm not super fluent in Lua. – wbm1058 (talk) 12:02, 31 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Categorization failure on templates
Latest comment: 5 years ago5 comments2 people in discussion
Anyone clear on why this isn't working at Template:Puke? I'm not seeing any code in there that would make it not categorize in the template namespace (though if {{Humor}} were put in the Template:Puke/doc, the category handler's blacklist might interfere with it, since it blacklists subpages. But even that sounds iffy; it should still work when transcluded into Template:Puke. Regardless, {{Puke}} doesn't have a /doc page; it uses {{Documentation|content=}}. — SMcCandlish☏¢ 😼 00:03, 27 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
Update: Adding |template=[[Category:Wikipedia humor templates]]|{{PAGENAME}}]]
to the categorization code worked. However, this still suggests that it's not going to do anything in various other namespaces, when it looks like it should default to Category:Wikipedia humor except in mainspace and talk namespaces. But maybe I just need more coffee or something. — SMcCandlish☏¢ 😼 00:16, 27 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 3 years ago13 comments5 people in discussion
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Currently, the entirety of "contains material… humorous" is linked to Wikipedia:Humor. I propose that the every word except "humourous" be delinked because the other words are not germane to the message, and for the word "contains" to be unbolded because it is a verb, whereas "material... humorous" constitutes a phrase. It would then be like: "This page contains material that is kept because it is considered humourous". Thank you, NotReallySoroka (talk) 06:28, 16 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
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I propose further simplifying the template's wording so that the first line reads "This page contains humorous material.", or "This section..." if the section parameter is set to true. Thank you. NotReallySoroka (talk) 18:57, 15 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
@NotReallySoroka, that change seems good to me. Perhaps the current wording was meant to allow for material considered humorous but not actually humorous, but I don't think we have to be that cagey. I'll wait a bit to give others a chance to comment, but if in 24hr it still looks like we have consensus, ping me and I'll implement. {{u|Sdkb}}talk02:33, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
To editors Sdkb and NotReallySoroka: maybe not entirely, as the "...contains material that is kept because it is considered humorous" also gives explicit info as to why the page has been kept. So if it must be altered, I would prefer something like, "This page has been kept because it contains humorous material." I know that's not that much simpler, and yet I think the part about being kept is integral to {{Humor}}'s meaning and should not be discarded. Maybe it would be best to leave it as is, since it certainly does no harm to do so. P.I. Ellsworth , ed.put'r there16:12, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Paine Ellsworth, did there used to be a problem with humor pages getting deleted? I imagine that if someone tried to XfD a humor essay, someone would quickly chime in and say, "it's humor, which boosts editor retention," and it'd snow keep. If there's no actual problem being addressed by the extra words, I'd favor shortening for conciseness. {{u|Sdkb}}talk20:39, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, haven't been here long enough to know the history. Just know that the wording has been like this almost since it was created, and I think it is concise enough. We seem to need more editors to be involved to garner a solid, meaningful consensus, and that should be done before the usage of tper. P.I. Ellsworth , ed.put'r there21:30, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
An RFC seems a bit heavyweight for this. Maybe wait a while first for more comment here. For myself I'll just say that if the template asserts that material is humorous (instead of being considered humorous), we'll get people arguing all the time over whether this or that is actually humorous. (Considered humorous only requires someone to think it's humorous.) EEng05:47, 18 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Add {Not Humor} tag to prevent confusion
Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
I can definitely see a situation in which someone thinks this template applies to the template page itself. To prevent any confusion, there should be a {Not Humor} tag at the top of the page. InterGraphenic (talk) 09:45, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
Reason: I was looking for the inline tag to indicate a statement is intended as humor. Template:Humor seemed logical but is a page banner; I expected to find the related inline template mentioned here but it wasn't. I finally stumbled on template:Just kidding. I think having it mentioned here in "see also" may save someone else that search. Schazjmd(talk)23:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. The documentation subpage is not protected. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:08, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
<includeonly>{{#if:{{{demo|}}}||{{short description|Wikipedia page on humor|noreplace}}
{{#if:{{{demo|}}}||{{topicon|image=Ambox humor.svg|width=20|wikilink=Humour|description=This page '''contains material which is considered humorous'''. It may also contain advice.}}}}
Not done. Pages outside of article space do not need short descriptions. Please get consensus for any or all of these proposals. Edit request templates are for uncontroversial requests. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:48, 31 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
"Is kept because"
Latest comment: 2 months ago5 comments2 people in discussion
I'm thinking that it's an anachronism to use the language "material that is kept because it is considered humorous" because, although the original discussions were about deleting humorous material, now it just sounds like there is some reason to think that pages tagged with this template really ought to be deleted, and this is the "excuse" for not deleting. That strikes me as needlessly clunky.
I suggest simplifying it to "material that is considered humorous":
This page contains material that is considered humorous. Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.
I was actually hoping to have a serious (paradoxically) discussion about this proposal, but perhaps this template talk page just doesn't have many watchers. There was a brief discussion about having an RfC in a talk section above, and I'm thinking about having an RfC about this. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:52, 10 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
RfC on "is kept because"
Latest comment: 1 month ago14 comments9 people in discussion
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
This is a proposal to change "material that is kept because it is considered humorous" to "material that is considered humorous". If adopted, the template would read:
This page contains material that is considered humorous. Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.
Support, as proposer. It's an anachronism to use the existing language because, although the original discussions were about deleting humorous material, now it just sounds like there is some reason to think that pages tagged with this template really ought to be deleted, and this is the "excuse" for not deleting. That strikes me as needlessly clunky. The proposed revision is short and sweet, and it works just as well at alerting readers that they need not take it seriously. Related templates also do not include that language, so this change would make this template more consistent with other templates. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:16, 14 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Support: the proposal rewords the templates to make it no longer sound like we're using the template as an excuse to not delete an obviously problematic page. --TheAuroraBorealis (she/they) 22:32, 19 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Support: I've always found the wording a bit awkward and confusing. As noted above, "Kept because" sounds like an excuse against deleting a page, where really the purpose of the template is to inform a reader that an essay or page contains humour/satire. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs|in solidarity}} 10:14, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Now that the RfC bot listing has expired, I'm requesting that an admin or a template editor please close the RfC and implement the consensus. (The proposed change is clearly shown above.) Thanks. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:51, 14 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Edit request 24 July 2026
Latest comment: 14 days ago6 comments3 people in discussion
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Description of suggested change: I would like to disagree with the edits that changed the 2nd sentence from "Such material isn't to be taken seriously" to "It isn't meant to taken seriously". The edits were unnecessary and barely shortened the sentence.
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<span class="documentation-heading" id="documentation-heading">[[File:Test Template Info-Icon - Version (2).svg|50px|link=|alt=]] Template documentation</span><span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks">[[Template:Humor/doc|view]][[Special:EditPage/Template:Humor/doc|edit]][[Special:PageHistory/Template:Humor/doc|history]][[Special:Purge/Template talk:Humor|purge]]</span></div>
<table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-style" role="presentation"><tr><td class="mbox-image">[[File:Ambox warning yellow.svg|40px|alt=Warning|link=]]</td><td class="mbox-text">'''This template is used on [https://linkcount.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&page=Template+talk%3AHumor#transclusions many pages]''' and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's [[Template talk:Humor/sandbox|/sandbox]] or [[Template talk:Humor/testcases|/testcases]] subpages, or in your own [[Wikipedia:User pages#SUB|user subpage]]. Consider discussing changes on the [[Template talk:Humor|talk page]] before implementing them.</td></tr></table>
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<div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="Funny"></span><span id="Humour"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist">[[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirects]]</div><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>{{<span class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Funny&redirect=no Funny]</span><span style="display: none">[[:Template:Funny]]</span>}}</li><li>{{<span class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Humour&redirect=no Humour]</span><span style="display: none">[[:Template:Humour]]</span>}}</li></ul></div></div>
This template adds a box at the top of a humorous page to let readers know not to take it seriously.
===Usage===
Per [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/April_Fools%27#Require_all_jokes_other_than_the_main_page_to_be_tagged|this RfC]], this template or another disclosure template '''''must'' be used on all humorous pages'''.
It '''should ''never'' be used on pages in the article namespace''', because the article namespace should never include any non-factual or non-encyclopedic pages. Only use it in ''other'' [[WP:Namespace|namespaces]], such as the Wikipedia namespace.
Additionally, it should not be used on pages that are about Wikipedia humor, but do not contain humor, such as [[Wikipedia:Rules for Fools]].
===Opting out===
If you dislike having jokes on pages that you view spoiled, append the following to [[Special:MyPage/common.css]]:
===Template data===
==See also==
*<span class="nowrap">{{</span>[[Template:Humorantipolicy|Humorantipolicy]]<span class="nowrap">}}</span>
*<span class="nowrap">{{</span>[[Template:Humorous essay|Humorous essay]]<span class="nowrap">}}</span>
* <span class="nowrap">{{</span>[[Template:AprilFoolsNotice|AprilFoolsNotice]]<span class="nowrap">}}</span>
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:)">4-1</span>]]</i>]</sup></span></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> Subtler option.</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{'''[[Template:April fools|April fools]]'''}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <span class="aprilfools"><sup class="noprint Inline-Template " style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i>[[Wikipedia:April Fools|<span title="This statement is an April Fools' Day joke. Please do not take it seriously.">April Fools!</span>]]</i>]</sup></span></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{'''[[User:Urban Versis 32/Userboxes/Humor|User:Urban Versis 32/Userboxes/Humor]]'''}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="border-color:black;border-width:1px;border-style:solid"><table role="presentation" style="background:white;color:inherit"><tr><td class="userbox-id" style="background:white;color:black">[[File:Ambox humor.svg|50px]]</td><td class="userbox-info" style="font-size:8pt;color:black">This user's user page contains [[Wikipedia:Humor|humorous content]]. <sup>[''[[WP:Humor|Humor]]'']</sup><sup>[[Understatement|<abbr title="This is an intentional understatement, made with humorous intent.">[''understatement'']</abbr>]]</sup></td></tr></table></div></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> Userbox for user pages and user talk pages</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> '''Header'''</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{'''[[Template:Cabal decree|Cabal decree]]'''}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;">
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<table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice ombox-humor" role="presentation" style="text-align:center;"><tr><td class="mbox-image">[[File:Ambox humor.svg|60x40px|alt=|link=]]</td><td class="mbox-text">This page contains '''material that is considered [[Wikipedia:Humor|humorous]]'''. <br /> Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.</td></tr></table><div class="documentation-container" role="complementary" aria-labelledby="documentation-heading">
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This template adds a box at the top of a humorous page to let readers know not to take it seriously.
===Usage===
Per [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/April_Fools%27#Require_all_jokes_other_than_the_main_page_to_be_tagged|this RfC]], this template or another disclosure template '''''must'' be used on all humorous pages'''.
It '''should ''never'' be used on pages in the article namespace''', because the article namespace should never include any non-factual or non-encyclopedic pages. Only use it in ''other'' [[WP:Namespace|namespaces]], such as the Wikipedia namespace.
Additionally, it should not be used on pages that are about Wikipedia humor, but do not contain humor, such as [[Wikipedia:Rules for Fools]].
===Opting out===
If you dislike having jokes on pages that you view spoiled, append the following to [[Special:MyPage/common.css]]:
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==See also==
*<span class="nowrap">{{</span>[[Template:Humorantipolicy|Humorantipolicy]]<span class="nowrap">}}</span>
*<span class="nowrap">{{</span>[[Template:Humorous essay|Humorous essay]]<span class="nowrap">}}</span>
* <span class="nowrap">{{</span>[[Template:AprilFoolsNotice|AprilFoolsNotice]]<span class="nowrap">}}</span>
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:)">4-1</span>]]</i>]</sup></span></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> Subtler option.</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{'''[[Template:April fools|April fools]]'''}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <span class="aprilfools"><sup class="noprint Inline-Template " style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i>[[Wikipedia:April Fools|<span title="This statement is an April Fools' Day joke. Please do not take it seriously.">April Fools!</span>]]</i>]</sup></span></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{'''[[User:Urban Versis 32/Userboxes/Humor|User:Urban Versis 32/Userboxes/Humor]]'''}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> <div class="wikipediauserbox" style="border-color:black;border-width:1px;border-style:solid"><table role="presentation" style="background:white;color:inherit"><tr><td class="userbox-id" style="background:white;color:black">[[File:Ambox humor.svg|50px]]</td><td class="userbox-info" style="font-size:8pt;color:black">This user's user page contains [[Wikipedia:Humor|humorous content]]. <sup>[''[[WP:Humor|Humor]]'']</sup><sup>[[Understatement|<abbr title="This is an intentional understatement, made with humorous intent.">[''understatement'']</abbr>]]</sup></td></tr></table></div></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"> Userbox for user pages and user talk pages</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> '''Header'''</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;"> {{'''[[Template:Cabal decree|Cabal decree]]'''}}</td><td style="padding-right:0.5em;;white-space:normal;">
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Additional comment. This was one of what were actually two changes made to the template without prior discussion. The other one brought the word "contains" into the portion that is in bold font: [2]. Combined diff of both changes: [3]. I don't feel strongly about any of this, but I regard all of it as "not much of an improvement". I can see a case for shortening the sentence, as contested above, but I can also agree that there is some loss of precision. I actually find the bolding of "contains" to be, if anything, more objectionable, because the previous formatting makes sense, by bolding what the template is about, whereas folding in the extra word just makes for a sea of bold.
And thanks from me too. As for any further discussion, I'll say for the record that I support the revert and I do not think the change should have been made without prior discussion. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:48, 25 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
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22:05, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
Done in the spirit of WP:BOLD. Can be reverted on request — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:46, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'r there 05:24, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. The documentation subpage is not protected. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:08, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
Not done. Pages outside of article space do not need short descriptions. Please get consensus for any or all of these proposals. Edit request templates are for uncontroversial requests. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:48, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
22:04, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
Agree Robloxguest3 (talk)