Wikipedia:Bad Idea Machine

This page contains material that is kept because it is considered humorous.
Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.

At times, people may be tempted to use a Bad Idea Machine. However, this is strongly, strongly discouraged on Wikipedia and in real life.

The Bad Idea Machine has been used to suggest that...

...pages only be editable by registered users
...we have a policy requiring the use of common sense
...people be required to donate before they can edit
...autoconfirmed usership can be removed by admins
...you can't delete the main page
...you shouldn't shove beans up your nose
...pages only be editable by experts
...the Bad Idea Machine has good ideas and not bad ideas
...the Bad Idea Machine should be destroyed
...all pages should be deleted
...pages should be censored because political correctness says it's offensive
...all administrators should be desysopped
...editors climb the Reichstag dressed as Spider-man to gain an advantage in a content dispute
...not all pages can be created
...the waste of time and typing this can "entertain" readers.
...ypu probably made a type and don't want to fix it.
...you have horrible grammar and can't go back to fix and do it all again, therefore making your time spent more.
...you may have lots of ideas but they're not really that good.
...Wikipedia is controlled by China
...there are no more suggestions
...you can't create a draft since you don't have references

See also