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Deletion discussions
editArticles for deletion
editSerial Number 54129 closed, like, a lot of April fools XfD's less than 1/3 of the way into the holiday. These closes have since been reverted.
Missing discussions will be listed in the coming days.
- Future was nominated for deletion per WP:TOOSOON...on March 31st.[citation needed]
- The result was Redirect to present.
- Celeste (video game) was nominated for deletion per WP:NOTMIRROR due to containing many mirrors.
- Main page was MfD’d for creating excessive load on Wikimedia servers.
- Google+ was nominated for deletion as it meets its demise.
- America's Next Top Model was nominated for deletion.
- The result was send home.
- 42 (number) was nominated for deletion to make way for a hyperspace bypass.[1]
- Kneel Before Me was nominated for deletion per WP:IAR.
- Pluto was nominated for deletion with a suggestion to redirect to Plutonium.
- Citizendium was nominated for deletion.
- The result was Irrelevant.
- Triangle was nominated for deletion per WP:POINTy.
- A redirect to Simplex is suggested per META:THEFOURTHDIMENSION.
- META:THEFOURTHDIMENSION does not exist. Probably lost in the fourth dimension.
- The result was redirect to Potato.
- Intelligent design was nominated for deletion per WP:FRINGE.
- Heisei period was nominated for deletion.
- Mami Kawada was nominated for deletion per WP:LASTING.
- PewDiePie was nominated for deletion (possibly in reference to PewDiePie vs. T-Series).
- Likewise, T-Series (company) was nominated for deletion.
- The result was Temporarily surpassed by PewDiePie.
- 2019 Formula One World Championship was nominated for deletion per WP:BALL.
- Hillary Clinton was nominated for deletion.
- Mike Pence was nominated for deletion.[2]
- Alliance of American Football was nominated for deletion.
- Major League Soccer was nominated for deletion.
- Anime Festival Asia was nominated for deletion.
- Daylight savings time was nominated for deletion.
- Point was nominated for deletion per WP:POINT.
- Andrew Yang was nominated for deletion.
- Comic Girls was nominated for deletion.
- Boeing 737 MAX was nominated for deletion. [3]
- Brexit and related articles were nominated for deletion per WP:GNG.
- Rubik's Cube was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
- The result was to get gud.
- WOW air was nominated for deletion
- Vwl ws nmntd fr dltn, bcs wh nds ll ths xtr lttrs?
- Th rslt ws Kp.
- Super Bowl LIII was nominated for deletion. [4]
- Internet meme was nominated for deletion per Article 13
- The result was Article 13'd.
- Deltarune was nominated for deletion because Jevil said so, and Jevil can do anything.
- The result was I CAN DO ANYTHING!
- Elmo was nominated for deletion because red monsters are taking over the encyclopedia.
- Spider-Man 2 (video game) was nominated for deletion because there is too much pizza inside.
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion was nominated for deletion in the wrong venue.
- The nomination page has its own Miscellany for deletion.
- Which had its own MFD
- Which also got MFD'd.
- Which was nominated for deletion.
- And... Rickroll!
- Which was nominated for deletion.
- Which also got MFD'd.
- Which had its own MFD
- The nomination page has its own Miscellany for deletion.
- Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
- Casino was nominated for deletion. One word: Puns.
- Wikipedia:Portal was nominated for deletion at AFD even though it is not an article.
- Ultimate fate of the universe was nominated for deletion per WP:TOOSOON.
- 2016 was nominated for deletion, apprently people are still mad over it.
- T-Series was nominated for deletion in reference to PewDiePie vs. T-Series.
- Referendum was nominated for deletion per WP:BEANS.
- King Crimson was nomina - hensible.
- Rm (Unix) was nominated for deletion. If you're a computer geek, you'll get the joke.
- And because it can't delete the System32 virus.
- A user asked if we could briefly delete Lock so they could get into their house.
- We AfD'd 0 because it "didn't exist."
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death Star was AfD'd because a teenager cannot destroy a battle-station while flying a space biplane.
- Past was nominated for deletion because of an edit war that occurred here. This AfD was created on April 2nd.
Miscellany for deletion
edit- Minecraft was MfD’d, though it should’ve been AfD’d. Rationale: “minecraft:redstone_block,minecraft:tnt; superflat preset.”
- The result was Speedy Creeper.
- Village Pump was MfD’d per WP:TOOSMALL. The nominator wanted Wikipedia:Village Pump.
- WP:IGNORE was AfD'd per WP:IGNORE
Templates for discussion
edit- Template:In the news was nominated for deletion as WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
- This could be Fake News.[citation needed] Blame the Script for this!
Requests for Undeletion
edit- Undeletion was RfU’d per WP:DUCK.
- Like this one was RfU’d per WP:APRIL.
Other nominations
editRequests for adminship
editSeveral joke RfAs and RfBs had Jimbo's head popping out of the side of the screen.
- Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/DeprecatedFixerBot
- Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Linguist111 (testing)
Requests for bureaucratship
editRequests for bot approval
editDid you know nominations
editRequests for Supreme Evil Zombie Cabal Leadership
edit- Wikipedia:Requests for Supreme Evil Zombie Cabal Leadership
- Result was Speedy Cure.
Requests for Page Protection
edit- This page was RfP’d with a request for Office protection due to an edit war.
- Result was Fully Protected for a period of 9 billion years.
- Office was contacted by the Council of Snowflakes about the ethnically charged term (Jerryfoolery) - but which long-term sockmaster to send to the laundry room?
- Since the article appeared to one admin to still be foolly unprotected, the Wikipedaimyō were sent out to round up any remaining sandalism.
Requested moves
edit- Wikipedia:WikiProject Football → Wikipedia:WikiProject Soccer
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Football → Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Soccer
- Template:WikiProject Football → Template:WikiProject Soccer
- Template:WikiProject Soccer → Template:WikiProject Football
Requested merges
editRequests for Requests
editRequests for usurpation
edit- User:InvalidOS tried to usurp Jimbo.
"The section title of the article that people kept edit warring over" foolery
editTo discuss what the header should be after the end of the day, see Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2019/Miscellany header.
- Then spiraled out of control.
- Eventually the original user (That created this page!) gave up on trying to edit because it was being ruined and now he feels unfortunate to be left out
- Great Scott!
- Eventually the original user (That created this page!) gave up on trying to edit because it was being ruined and now he feels unfortunate to be left out
- Then spiraled out of control.
- Somebody Mirrored the page
- another reverted this
- Before "General Tomfoolery" was even on this page, it was changed to "General Jerryfoolery".
- The edit summary also stated that "General Tomfoolery" was "no longer invisible."
- Then it got secretly changed back.
- And then it was changed back to "General Jerryfoolery". Edit summary: "Tom will never catch Jerry. Accept it."
- Jerry was flipped upside-down for a bit before being reverted.
- Then it was changed to "General Seinfeldfoolery" under the rationale "Festivus is now officially celebrated on May 22".
- Then it was reverted.
- And then it was changed to general relativity.
- Then it was reverted.
- A request was made for permanent WP:BLACKLOCK on this page due to an obvious edit war.
- Result was Fully Protected for a period of 9 billion years.
- In response to the above request, the title of this section was changed to "General TomAndJerryPlusSomeSeinfeldAndABitOfGeneralRelativityfoolery" as a compromise.
- This was reverted. Edit summary: Jerry will win the edit war.
- The title was changed to "General Kenobi." The Jedi shall prevail! This
- The title was then changed to "General CrabRave-ery" (possibly in reference to the 2018 song of the same name).
- The title was changed back to “General Jerryfoolery”.
- The title was changed back to General Kenobi, but he was unfortunatley demoted to Colonel.
- The title was changed back to "General Tomfoolery/Jerryfoolery/[BLANK]foolery (please stop disputing over this!!)"
- The title was changed to “No.”
- The No was then bolded and enlarged
- And then it flipped everyone off by flipping
- And then it became Yes and was colored #666, only to be reverted back to "No". (This is getting intense!)
- And then Smash Mouth - All Star was annihilated. Seriously?
- And then the title became not a title anymore.
- And then it was changed back to "General Jerryfoolery" but "with a hint of Crab Rave" was added.
- And then the title became not a title anymore.
- And then Smash Mouth - All Star was annihilated. Seriously?
- And then it became Yes and was colored #666, only to be reverted back to "No". (This is getting intense!)
- And then it flipped everyone off by flipping
- The No was then bolded and enlarged
- The title was changed to “No.”
- The title was changed back to "General Tomfoolery/Jerryfoolery/[BLANK]foolery (please stop disputing over this!!)"
- The title was changed back to General Kenobi, but he was unfortunatley demoted to Colonel.
- The title was changed back to “General Jerryfoolery”.
- The title was then changed to "General CrabRave-ery" (possibly in reference to the 2018 song of the same name).
- The title was changed to "General Kenobi." The Jedi shall prevail! This
- This was reverted. Edit summary: Jerry will win the edit war.
- A request was made for permanent WP:BLACKLOCK on this page due to an obvious edit war.
- Then it was reverted.
- And then it was changed to general relativity.
- Then it was reverted.
- Then it was changed to "General Seinfeldfoolery" under the rationale "Festivus is now officially celebrated on May 22".
- Jerry was flipped upside-down for a bit before being reverted.
- And then it was changed back to "General Jerryfoolery". Edit summary: "Tom will never catch Jerry. Accept it."
- Then it got secretly changed back.
- The edit summary also stated that "General Tomfoolery" was "no longer invisible."
- Yes, an entire page is dedicated to this one edit war.
- This page was rotated 22.5 degrees. [6]
- It was reverted by the same person.
- A different user flipped it upside down.
- And then the page ended up being destroyed saying that April Fools is gone before being reverted. Cue the crabs.
- WP:APRIL was edited.
- Jimbo's User Page got rotated 45 degrees, and Jimbo died at that moment. RIP, you will be missed.
- He came back to life because of Twinkle.
- Someone added a retcon to the warning on top of this page
- They updated their retcon, by including the page of jokes on Wikipedia
- User:InvalidOS goes crazy and tries to turn User:TenPoundHammer into a zombie to start an evil zombie cabal.
- He makes a request for "Supreme Evil Zombie Cabal Leadership."
- An editor proposes creating a print version of the English Wikipedia and distributing free copies to anyone who requests them.
- This section was slightly rotated.
- And it was reverted.
- And that was reverted.
- And that was reverted.
- And that was reverted.
- And that was reverted.[7]
- And it ended being changed to "BenandTom Jerryfoolery."
- Then it became its own country.
- Then it had a link to beating a dead horse. (That was me)
- Then it became its own country.
- And it ended being changed to "BenandTom Jerryfoolery."
- And that was reverted.[7]
- And that was reverted.
- And that was reverted.
- And that was reverted.
- And it was reverted.
- User:K6ka was flipped around in random directions. Hint: purge the page!
- User:Oshwah gets his very own WikiProject.
- WP:HAMMER was made a deity-related stub.
- Jimbo Wales is globally banned.
- This is the upside down shrine. Any vandalism to this shrine shall be met with divine punishment.
- Go on. Mere mortal.
- Fear the divine vertical textJust hangin out up here. Ignore me.. Oh it ran off.
- Fear the divine vertical text
- Go on. Mere mortal.
- Field Goal was "improved" slightly.
- ...which was quickly reverted to its original form.
- Sadly.....
- ...which was quickly reverted to its original form.
- User:JalenFolf was flipped upside down.
- A user titled "[April Fools!]" joined the GOCE participants list on "[April Fools!] 2019" and their comment was "It's [April Fools!] and everybody please make as much [April Fools!] jokes as possible!" Sigh.
- Ben79487 went off-the-wall. Apparently, their user and talk pages were tagged with {{Humor}}, even though there was nothing funny on them. (Other than the trout, I mean.)
- The drive section on the GOCE silver star award was changed to "GOCE Palladium Award", with the edit summary "Hey I don't like Ag".[8]
- All the dates on the page Wikipedia:April_Fools'_Day were changed to April 3rd because it cleared up some "inconsistencies".
- Someone tried to transclude all of the previous April Fools Day pages onto this page, but they were stopped by MOS:QUOTATIONMARKS.
- They circumvented the barrier and actually did it.
- It was then flipped and later reverted.
- They circumvented the barrier and actually did it.
- An anonymous user transcluded this page onto this page. It was later reverted.
- All the links on this page were changed to YouTube by an anonymous user.
- Someone positioned this page in a weird way.
- Others followed suit until all are reverted.
- This page then become weird again.
- Others followed suit until all are reverted.
- Serial Number 54129 closed, like, a lot of April fools XfD's less than 1/3 of the way into the holiday.
- A link to Crab Rave on this page was secretly changed to a Noredirect template.
- Oshawott 12’s page redirected to Oshwah, in, uh, a tribute of the day.
- WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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- Tilt's 'Tilt may refer to:' had been tilt and later reverted.
- The entire Tilt page had been actually tilt and shortly reverted.
- This entire page got rotated
- Jimbo’s user page is messed up again twice
- Then it was reverted without an edit summary
- Then the revert was reverted
- And then the revert of the revert was reverted
- Then the revert was reverted
- Then it was reverted without an edit summary
- User:Arbitration Committee was reported for a username violation because the name implies shared use
- Then the report was removed as if it was a serious misplaced report
- It was then reinstated
- Then the report was removed as if it was a serious misplaced report
- The list of examples at WP:POINT was reversed
- The policy against biting the newcomers was redirected to the humorous essay of the opposite meaning
- Upside down was also turned upseide down
- This page tilted and then
- A single-purpose account was created... literally
- If you’re reading this, you’ve been gnomed!
- The previous upside-down text was then reverted... then self-reverted.
- This page's title was stylized to display as ik e a:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2019, in reference to IKEA.
- Someone killed this page explaining how April fool's was cancelled
- This was reverted
- This page was moved to Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Purge 2019, then to Wikipedia:Wikipurgia 2019, then back again, then to Wikipedia:The Great Edit War of 2019, then to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Battle Royale 2019.
- This was reverted
- Someone killed this page explaining how April fool's was cancelled
- Someone added a link to the music video of "Loadsamoney" disguised as a link to Avengers: Endgame spoilers.
- Someone made a JoJo reference.
- LakesideMiners's talk page was rotated by 75 degrees.
- The end-all-be-all edit war began, where people who were reverting certain edits were mocked for doing so, and this page officially became a no-revert zone
- We're in the endgame, folks.
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?AAAA
- d e s p a c i t o
- The Section title was renamed to sing the alphabet
- Bob has fixed the title
Oh, Hello there!
- This section title has gone into Cyberspace
- Section Title increased Percentage
- Page is in a template loop.
- Whatever the peck this is...
The Kids and Digit from Cyberchase has slanted this text to learn coordinate graphs!
- For a while, there was a section devoted to bacon
- Dragons have invaded Wikipedia
- They have since left
- They Have since come back with Emmy and Max
- But the Dragonborn killed them
- They Have since come back with Emmy and Max
- They have since left
- A botched attempt was made to redirect Reliability of Wikipedia to Unreliable.
- A new way to fundraise was proposed:
The new way to fundraise was dropped at the last minute
- What do you mean, you don't dream of an anthropomorphized Wikipedia?
- I don’t like anime as much
- Is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ok though?
- What the hell is this!?
- Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama is better than that.
- What the hell is this!?
- Is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ok though?
- I don’t like anime as much
- Somebody put a big cat on the page. Now all it does is MEOW.
- It was then turned into a dog which loves to WOOF.
- Then they both died.
- The
{{Humor}}
template on this page was appended with{{Citation needed}}
. - Jimbo Wales' head was peeking on the side of this page.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ So Long And Thanks For All the WikiTrout, page 42
- ^ Mike Pence may be first Vice President to break a tie on Wikipedia to keep his own article. Faux News, March 32, 2019.
- ^ Boeing pretends that the 737 MAX never existed and wants to erase it from memory. boeing.com, March 32, 2019.
- ^ The Effect of the Missed Interference Call. April Fools Network, March 32, 2019.
- ^ flipping. Wiktionary, March 32, 2019.
- ^ Tranlsations, Rotations, and Reflections, page 168. Leonard Euler.
- ^ How to win a revert war. Wikipedia, March 32, 2019.
- ^ Live Palladium Price. kitco.com, March 32, 2019.