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The RfA Candidate's Song
Back by popular demand: this little ditty, taken from
Wikipedia:Songs about Wikipedia/The RfA Candidate's Song , was recorded with considerable panache and musicianship back in 2006 – which means there's probably a whole new generation of editors who've never heard it. Enjoy! Lyrics below.
RfA: A self-nomination (parody)
(sung to the tune of the
Major-General's Song )
I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian:
I've knowledge of Greek drama, both
comedic and
tragedian ;
I know historic battlefields from
Ancient Rome to World War Two,
and neutral is the mode in which I always keep my
point of view!
I'm very well acquainted, too, with
Polynese ethnology .
I understand
Samoan lore and
Mā-ori mythology .
From
mountain peaks of Suriname to
passes of the Great Divide ,
I see to it that everything is quite correctly wikified!
He sees to it that everything is quite correctly wikified!
He sees to it that everything is quite correctly wikified!
He sees to it that everything is quite correctly wiki-wikified!
Some people think my entries are little more than trivia —
that
episode of Barney or that
woodwind of Bolivia —
and yet, in matters great and small, high and low and median,
I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian.
In short, in matters great and small, high and low and median,
He is the very model of a modern Wikipedian!
I
SIGN all of my comments; and
give summaries for each edit ;
I never
BITE ; I never
POINT ; I follow
wiki etiquette ;
I
assume good faith when wiki-flamed, and wear a thickened wiki-skin.
For I am the very model of a proper wiki-citizen:
I'm often found at
village pumps discussing
rules and
policy ,
and judging
notability while over at the
AfD ,
In matters wiki-sophic, I'm no
exopede
inclusionist ,
but an
incremento -
eventuo -
darwikian -
delusionist !
an incremento-eventuo-darwikian-delusionist!
an incremento-eventuo-darwikian-delusionist!
an incremento-eventuo-darwikian-delusion-usionist!
I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian.
I wrote this wiki-parody to
ease some wiki-tedium .
When dealing with my colleagues I'm a friendly wiki-editor,
but the sight of
trollishness makes me a vandal-stalking predator;
When dealing with his colleagues he's a friendly wiki-editor,
but when provoked he can become a vandal-stalking predator!
Reverts and warnings I have made while on the
recent change patrol ,
I play some cat-and-mouse with them, but now I want to block-a-mole,
and so at last I must become a wiki
admin-candidate :
since I'm my only fan, I have no choice but to self-nominate.
As prep for this I've learned about all
bans and
blocks and
redirects ,
now I can tell you anything on
SEMIs and full
page protects ,
and when you hear all that I know of Wikipede sysop-ery,
you’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppery
you’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppery.
you’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppery.
you’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppa-moppery.
Now the adminship, as
Jimbo says, is really no big deal at all:
many fail and so might I (my role in portal talk's been small).
But still in matters great and small, high and low and median
I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian.
In fact, in matters great and small, high and low and median,
He is the very model of a modern Wikipedian!
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