Wikipedia:Songs about Wikipedia/The RfA Candidate's Song

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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 wiki- wikified!

Some people think my entries are little more than trivia —

That episode of "Barney" or some woodwind of Bolivia —

And yet, in matters great and small, the high and low and median,

I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian

In short, in matters great and small, the high and low and median,

He is the very model of a modern Wikipedian!

♫ *I must become a wiki admin-candidate* ♪

I SIGN all of my comments; and I summarize my 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'm 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-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 when provoked I can become 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 'em all,

And so at last I must become a wiki admin-candidate:

And since I am my only fan, I've no choice but to self-nominate.

As prep for this, I've studied up on bans and blocks and redirects,

And I can tell you all about both 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 mop-pery

You’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppery.

You’ll say no better candidate has ever sought the moppa-moppery.

Now adminship, as Jimbo says, is really no big deal at all:

So many fail, and so might I (my role in portal talk's been small)

But still, in matters great and small, the high and low and median,

I am the very model of a modern Wikipedian

In short, in matters great and small, the high and low and median,

He is the very model of a modern Wikipedian!