Template talk:Humour Wikilinked

Dab fixes

Came over here from Wikipedia:Blue Sea with a sea of blue because I have the orange dablink feature enabled, and several links on the page were ruining the joke. I fixed everything on the main essay and a couple of the ones in this template, but I'm stuck on what to do for contains and is. None of the existing articles on those dabs really fit the common usages, and using the Wiktionary entry generates an external link. Two possible solutions would be linking to an article that's not really accurate just for the sake of the joke, or creating pages (potentially in WP space) purely to prop up the template. Thoughts? ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 00:21, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Nyholtredehn and @Sdkb as the creators of the template and essay ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 00:25, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping! For "is", I'd use the same link as the other "is" instances: Copula (linguistics). For "contains," you can make a Wiktionary link by just using the wikt: prefix and it'll display as an internal link, which already happens at a few other points.

Creating a new article is also a possibility, and no need to do it in projectspace if you think it's notable (although I'd lean a bit toward no). When I first wrote the essay, I discovered quite a few redirects that needed adjusting, which I think is a nice example of how ideas that originate as humor can push us to improve the non-humorous aspects of the encyclopedia. Cheers, Sdkb ^talk 00:33, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Whoops; I don't know how I missed that I'd already done "is"! Apparently my brain wasn't firing on all cylinders.

Very useful to know about the wikt prefix! Both fixed.

I pulled the Blue Sea redirect notice from the essay as well, because that one has been dabbed since. Everything is 100% blue/purple now. (FYI, I highly recommend the orange dablink option if you don't already have it enabled - I find it very useful! I try to fix any that I run across like this.) ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 05:10, 31 July 2026 (UTC)