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< Template:Humorous essay

This is a humorous essay.
It contains humorous advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors and isn't meant to be taken seriously. This page is not an encyclopedia article or one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines.
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This is the template sandbox page for Template:Humorous essay (diff).
Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]
Not to be confused with Template:Humorous essays.
This template should not be substituted.
This template adds an automatically generated short description. If the automatic short description is not optimal, override it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article.

This template adds a box to the top of a humorous essay designating the essay as such. Per this RfC, it or another disclosure template must be used on all essays of this type.

Parameters

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  • |demo=y suppresses the topicon and short description. Do not use unless on a documentation page or similar.

Other parameters are similar to the {{Essay}}.

See also

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  • Template messages/Wikipedia namespace, for examples of related header templates
  • {{humorantipolicy}} – for essays whose humor is that they contradict a policy
  • {{humor}} designed for non-essays (not humorous mainspace encyclopedic content)
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Humor disclosure templates
Template  Output  Notes 
General inline
{{FBDB}} [FBDB] Friendly banter – don't block!
{{Humor note}} [Humor]
{{Intentional hyperbole}} [hyperbole]
{{Understatement}} [understatement]
{{Jk}} [just kidding]
{{Jokes}} [Joke]
{{Sarcasm}} [sarcasm]
April Fools' Day inline
{{4-1}} [4-1] Subtler option.
{{April fools}} [April Fools!]
{{User:Urban Versis 32/Userboxes/Humor}}
This user's user page contains humorous content. [Humor][understatement]
Userbox for user pages and user talk pages
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{{Cabal decree}}
This is an official decree by the Supreme Cabal Regime of the English Wikipedia (SCREW). It expresses opinions and ideas that are absolutely and irrefutably true, whether you like them or not. Changes to it must reflect the wishes of S.C.R.E.W. When in doubt, please ignore the talk page and just keep reverting.
See Wikipedia:There is no cabal and Wikipedia:List of cabals for more information. Includes topicon.
{{Humor}}
This page contains material that is kept because it is considered humorous.
Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.
Includes several parameters; use {{Humor|section}} for sections.
{{Humorantipolicy}}
This page is intended as humor. It is not, has never been, nor will ever be, a Wikipedia policy or guideline.
Rather, it illustrates standards or conduct that are generally not accepted by the Wikipedia community.
For spoofs of policies. Includes topicon.
{{Humorous essay}}
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This is a humorous essay.
It contains humorous advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors and isn't meant to be taken seriously. This is not an encyclopedia article or one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines and may not represent community consensus.
For essays with a humorous component.
{{WikiProject Department of Fun}}
WikiProject iconDepartment of Fun Template‑class Bottom‑importance
WikiProject iconThis article is supported by the Department of Fun, which aims to provide Wikipedians with fun so that they stay on Wikipedia and keep on improving articles. If you have any ideas, do not hesitate to post them to the discussion page or access our home page to join the Department of Fun.Department of FunWikipedia:Department of FunTemplate:WikiProject Department of FunDepartment of Fun
TemplateThis article has been rated as Template-class on the project's quality scale.
BottomThis article has been rated as Bottom-importance on the importance scale.
For talk pages (but doesn't count as disclosure for the page accompanying the talk page). Yes, the bottom importance rating is hard-coded.
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Humorous essay/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
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Last edited on 22 September 2025, at 15:59

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