Talk:Pokemon

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I'm gonna try to be good because I know I tend to fly off the handle about this sort of thing, and one of the mods knows where I live now. But really..."Less funny version"? What for? Is there seriously anyone thinking "I wonder how you write Pokemon in Japanese? If only I could remember how to find the Pokemon article on Wikipedia... I know--I'll check the Fandom Wank wiki!"? No, there is not.

At the risk of being overly blunt, there are a number of fandom articles on this wiki which have clearly been written by their own fans--most notably video game fans writing about video games--and it shows because they're just bland statements of facts about the source material instead of cruel mockery of the fandom. You really get the sense that the people making these unfunny edits are self-mocking enough that they want their fandom represented on the wiki, but not quite enough to handle their one true love with anything less than kid gloves. The third section in this article is saying nothing of note that the second section (or even the first, really) is not already saying--"Pokemon are things that come out of balls (lol) and fight"--except with an apparent concern that a stupid Japanese cartoon about cockfighting is (gasp!) not being taken seriously.

I just thought I should make my opinion clear before I go nuts and start making unflattering edits to boring infodump articles, because I'd hate for anyone to take it personally. --Jim Smith 02:49, 28 September 2006 (BST)

Why, Jim, why?--Not sep 03:31, 28 September 2006 (BST)

The Wiki is Serious Business. And to think I was worried we weren't going to meet our weekly quota for wiki wank! -- Avocado 08:09, 28 September 2006 (BST)

Jim made Sep cry, and that's not okay. Sep is a sensitive soul, attuned to the universal rhythms of wank, and marring his existence with despair is just low. Very low indeed. Why not just kick a princess while you're at it, huh? --Wankprophet 09:44, 28 September 2006 (BST)

Actually my middle name does mean princess, but Jim won't kick me I'm sure. I guess we'll just have to torture Sep directly... --Mindset 17:14, 28 September 2006 (BST)

There's a weekly quota? Damnit, that wasn't in the memo! --Young Murdered Faery 18:46, 28 September 2006 (BST)

"Ah know who you are and ah know where you live." ;) Putting that aside, I get the frustration of seeing boring fandom-descriptive articles, but if you want to make edits, just do so. If we end up with an edit war, that's always fun to watch. If a mod (probably not me in this case) finds your behavior annoying, they'll tell you. It's all good. :) --Mindset 17:14, 28 September 2006 (BST)

Ooooh, like the edit. Saves me the work of coming back to try to be funny. Thanks! :D --Young Murdered Faery 18:46, 28 September 2006 (BST)

Okay, dude, a couple of things. 1) I was feeling brain-dead when I wrote that section, and didn't feel up to providing the funny. I figured if someone else didn't edit it appropriately by the time I got my funny-fu back, I would take a second shot at it. 2) I'm not a Pokemon fan. Anal retentive =/= fan. 3) ... dang, I forgot what I wanted to type. Oh well, I like threesomes anyway. --Young Murdered Faery 18:46, 28 September 2006 (BST)

Why, Jim, why? Because you killed my father! --Jim Smith 23:36, 28 September 2006 (BST)

You really get the sense that the people making these unfunny edits are self-mocking enough that they want their fandom represented on the wiki, but not quite enough to handle their one true love with anything less than kid gloves. Well in my case, I'm just not very good at Bringing the Funny™ unless I'm inspired. I promise to Make the Effort® in the future *salutes* (Also, apologies for deleting your stuff before) --Reeve 13:07, 29 September 2006 (BST)