The overarching goal of the Wiki is to explain the game, afterall, not to make people laugh. Sacrificing some of the humor doesn't sacrifice the Wiki.
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Sorry. To elaborate: wikis in general, and the DF wiki in particular (to the best of my knowledge) is more than just a tool for information about the subject. It also provides an extra level of immersion into the game, which the jokes are an integral part of. I generally don't like the idea that a wiki should be a sterile source of information without any immersion, because it stinks of Stop Having Fun Guys.
Solarn: I'm not saying it shouldn't be funny, though. Just that that isn't the ultimate
end.
That's most easily demonstrated by the statement that
without Dwarf Fortress, there wouldn't be a Dwarf Fortress Wiki. There wouldn't be a point. There might, however, easily still be a fantasy comic, based on many of the same elements that DF encompasses as it's style of humor, even if ToadyOne had never existed.
The comedic elements are clearly separable from even the game, let alone the Wiki.
I'm all for humor--for one thing, it helps educate, because as you say, it alleviates otherwise dry text. That still goes back to the Wiki being built specifically to inform. I don't think there's going to be a huge disagreement with that labeling, for too many people. That it entertains is supplimentary. The "frosting on the cake" if you will.
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