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I'd prefer if you'd leave messages on the bottom of my User Page though I realize some people take "offense" to this. It's simply easier because I regularly check that page anyway.

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Wikimedia Song

An amusing song by Elf I came across recently...

(And you can see the original at any time at m:Web Encyclopedia Song. Elf | Talk 16:47, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC))

This is the very model of a Web encyclopedia,
It's got a zillion topics by the grace of Wikimedia,
It lists the kings of England, and it notes the fights historical,
From Marathon to Karbala, in order categorical;
It's thoroughly inclusive, too, of topics mathematical,
It talks about equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem it's teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.

(A chorus of editorial voices chimes in--)
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse;
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse;
With many cheerful facts about the square of the
hypote- potenuse.

It talks about both integral and differential calculus;
It states the scientific names of beings animalculous;
In short, its zillion pages by the grace of Wikimedia
Make it the very model of a web encyclopedia.

In short, its zillion pages by the grace of Wikimedia
Make it the very model of a web encyclopedia.

It covers mythic histories, King Arthur's and Wild Bill Hickok's;
It helps you with acrostics and it chats about the paradox,
It covers elegiacs and the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics it can floor peculiarities parabolous;
It describes such art as Raphael's and Gustav Klimt's and Zoffany's,
It notes the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes,
It speaks in lovely prose about the Legio Germanica,
(And does it so much better than that upstart called Britannica.)

And does it so much better than (etc.)

We edit all the pages in a mode collaborational;
The quantity of knowledge here is often inspirational!
In short, its zillion pages by the grace of Wikimedia
Make it the very model of a web encyclopedia.

In short, its zillion pages by the grace of Wikimedia
Make it the very model of a web encyclopedia.

We sometimes have some trouble with rude vandals who'll confuseya
(Although they're much less cruel than the ones from Vandalusia)
When such reverts and edit wars cause stress for Wikipedians,
Administrators try to make it better with expedience
So editors can concentrate on cleaning featured articles
And clarifying facts about rare subatomic particles
Because providing information free on public media's
The overriding purpose of a web encyclopedia.

The overriding purpose of a (etc.)

Yes, all our gathered knowledge, though we're plucky and adventury,
Has only been collected since beginning of the century;
But still, its zillion pages by the grace of Wikimedia
Make it the very model of a web encyclopedia.

But still, its zillion pages by the grace of Wikimedia
Make it the very model of a web encyclopedia!