 | This page contains material that is kept because it is considered humorous. Such material is not meant to be taken seriously. |
 | This page in a nutshell: A WikiShark is an experienced Wikipedia editor who is lurking in the deeps taking care of Wikipedia's policies, but sometimes violently attacking users suspected as sockpuppets or disruptive editors and removing their contributions. While in some cases this might be seen as brutal attacks on unsuspecting innocents, it's highly beneficial to WikiFauna, keeping the order and a healthy biosphere. |
| WikiShark Temporal range: Middle Wikipedian to Recent
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| A WikiShark, on the hunt for unsuspected sockpuppets | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Squalidae |
| Genus: | Squalus |
| Species: | S. wikisuperbus
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| Binomial name | |
| Squalus wikisuperbus Myconix, 2015
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| Global range highlighted in white | |
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WikiSharks are WikiFauna's fearsome dwellers of the digital abyss. WikiSharks are experienced editors, mostly engaged behind the scenes in taking care of enforcing Wikipedia's policies, but are in fact highly dangerous when protecting WikiRealm from aggressive and disruptive editors. WikiSharks are often misunderstood—being feared and wrongly blamed of overzealous deletion of articles and content and allegedly attacking seemingly unsuspecting editors. However, do not be fooled—a WikiShark possesses the original features of the WikiGryphon, being kind and helpful to new editors and actively assisting positive contributors, but attacking WikiVandals, WikiTrolls and WikiZombies and devouring WikiFallen sockmasters and their puppets, who are making too many "waves" on the surface, which attracts the predator from the abyss. Despite the fear around them, WikiSharks are highly beneficial WikiFauna, keeping the order and a healthy biosphere. A WikiShark sometimes plays violent games with WikiDragons and may become very confused upon encountering a WikiKraken.