The Department of Fun is dedicated to providing Wikipedians with an entertaining Wikipedia experience. Below, you can find links to fun pages or fun things to do, other Wikipedian Associations, and a list of members who help with the creation and upkeep of entertaining or fun pages.
Please, if you have ideas for activities or competitions, do not hesitate to post them to the discussion page.
Wikitainment
Trivia
Wikifun This page deals mostly with a trivia/scavenger hunt type of competition. The winner of a round goes on to create new tasks for the next round and so on so forth.
Try King William's College quiz on the Wikifun talk page.
Mind Benders This page is currently inactive, if you would like to take the challenge of monitoring this page go ahead, and have fun.
Keep an eye out for an upcoming Jeopardy style trivia contest!
On IRC, there is already a bot (Sarti) that does this. Sarti is a bit flaky though, so I'm working on a bot to replace it. It will be a bit closer to quiz bowl style of play, with multiple clues per answer and a pyramidal question structure. Right now, the bot is command line only, so I need to add IRC functionality. →Raul654
Games
Wikipedia:Six degrees of Wikipedia This here page is actually really fun. Based on the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, users are able to find the common links between any two pages.
Wikipedia Roulette To play Wikipedia Roulette click the link, and if a page comes up that you have edited, you win. Extra points if you can either contribute something to, or correct something on, the page you land on.
Unusual articles This page is for Wikipedians to list articles that seem a bit unusual. These articles are valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, but are somewhat odd, whimsical, or... well, something you wouldn't expect to find in the Encyclopædia Britannica. see Exploding whale for example or just go to the unusual article link.
File:AtlasAward.jpgThe sandbox used for edit tests can sometimes be quite amusing. You might browse through the page's history to see what fun -- or outright mischief has happened to this page. If you remove something offensive from the sandbox, you might be awarded the "Atlas Award" -- named after Charles Atlas, the famed body-builder, who based his mail order sales business on his claim to have been a "98-pound weakling" who had had "sand kicked in (his) face" by bullies. The sandbox is not a litterbox.
If there is any work that needs to be done please post a description and the department of fun will see that it is dealt with.
Nth Degrees of Separation Find out how many pages separate two randomly chosen pages! Help me set this up please!
Looking for someone to take the Mind Benders page under their wing. do what you wish and make it yours. post you name beside this sentence for first dibbs.
Hey we need someone to pick up and start the next round of Wikifun so if you're interested let us know!
Other Wikipedian Associations
Some Wikipedians have formed voluntary associations to participate in various activities on Wikipedia. Consult their pages if you are interested in participating.
