Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022

As a result of this record number of joke nominations, 2022 AFDs are split into 2 separate parts.

Wikipedians participating in the April Fools Day festivities also held an informal poll from the end of the 1st through the 3rd to determine the best Articles for Deletion nomination.

Deletion nominations

Articles for deletion (Part 1 and Part 2)

• !! was nominated for deletion on the same basis as First.
  • The result was Delete because double factorials are scary.
• 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre did NOT happen!
• 2020 United States presidential debates got nominated for deletion because Saturday Night Live did it better.
  • The result was too political.
• 2022 FIFA World Cup was nominated for deletion because the tournament hasn't started yet.
  • The result was too soon.
• 727! WYSI!
• 777 (number) got nominated for deletion due to Carrie Lam.
  • The result was 999 called.
• The 94th Academy Awards was nominated for deletion, twice.
  • They both resulted in keep ("with trout slaps all around", presumably for the double nomination).
• Advertising was nominated for deletion due to WP:NOADS.
  • The result was delete: (Most) ads are really annoying, especially the the deceiving ones so get them out of here!
• Adult Swim was nominated for deletion to put an end to Pibby's traumatization.
• Aglet was nominated for deletion because it was the one word that was forgetful to remember.
  • The result was "A-G-L-E-T, don't forget it!"
• : , .
  • The result was ✅.
• Anime was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was not censored.
• Stop posting about Among Us! I'm tired of seeing it!
  • The result was Sus.
• Animal Crossing was nominated for deletion due to not being able to cross animals in the game.
  • The result was crossed.
• Andrew Yang was nominated for deletion due to failing WP:GNG since not much attention was on him during the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
  • The result was failed WP:GNG.
• Anthony's poison arrow frog, a single species of poison dart frog, was nominated for deletion for being the most evil frog to ever exist, apparently having tortured the nominator.
  • The result was Execute.
• April 2 was nominated for deletion because WP:NOFUN actually exists now.
  • The result was we have a winner, and it is everyone because this is over.
• April Fools' Day was nominated for deletion for the 9001st time.
  • The "sixth" nomination of the same article was created 9 hours later, but is technically the seventh nomination, the 9001st being the sixth.
  • The earlier nomination's result was April Fools!; the latter's result was AfD'd!
• Arminia Bielefeld was nominated for deletion because no evidence of this soccer team exists.
• Arthur (TV series) was nominated for deletion for being cancelled.
  • The result was a failure.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia:Articles for deletion is nominated for deletion.
  • The nomination was procedurally closed since it belonged at MfD.
• Atlantic Records was nominated for deletion because WP:YOUSUCK.
  • The result was delete.
• Australia was nominated for deletion because it doesn't exist.
  • The result was flip upside-down.
• Page Is Delete
  • Result Is Keep
• The Backrooms were nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT and WP:HOAX.
• Barq's was nominated for deletion for being undrinkable.
  • The result was garbage?
• Benedict Arnold was nominated for deletion because we never heard of him.
• 01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01100011 01101111 01100100 01100101 01110111 01100001 01110011 00100000 01101110 01101111 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100100 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01100100 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00101110
  • The result was 01101011 01100101 01100101 01110000
• Big and Small were both nominated for deletion (Big, Small), with everything being big and small respectively.

Big was closed for Don't make it bigger anymore as per MOS:FONTSIZE. Small was closed for the opposite reason.

• Bird was nominated for deletion due to being a hoax.
  • The result was hoax
• Bishop Sycamore High School scandal was nominated for deletion for being a WP:HOAX.
  • The result was moved to the chessboard.
• Blank Space was nominated for deletion with a blanked XfD template.

...and then the nomination subpage itself got blanked.

• ...and the result was blank (space)d per WP:BLANKING.

• Blue was nominated for deletion because Red is so much better.
  • The result was redirect to Purple
    • It was closed with a purple background
• Blue Archive was nominated for deletion. Kids should not be allowed to carry around military equipment.
  • The result was redirect to The Black Archive.
• Bobby Witt Jr. was nominated for deletion so that the page can proceed to deletion review after an administrator removes his mullet.
  • The result was deletion review.
    • Per that speedily-closed DRV, the AfD was reopened.
• Bold was nominated for deletion and embolded.
  • The result was merged with WP:BRD.
• Brain was nominated for deletion per Wikipedia:Autobiography.
  • The result was autobiography.
• Bruno Madrigal was nominated for deletion because we don't talk about Bruno.
  • Bruno (name) was also nominated for deletion for the same reason.
    • The result was closed to stop discussion about Bruno.
• It's time to say farewell to Celeste (video game).
  • The result was So Long, Farewell.
• C*nc*rsh*p was n******** f** d******* per WP:NOTC*******.
  • The result was All things should be uncensored. Wikipedia recognizes and guarantees freedom of speech.
• Character (arts) was nominated for deletion since a fictional character does not exist.
  • The result was non-existent.
• Comic Sans and Papyrus were nominated for deletion for being regarded as two of the worst fonts.
  • The font was apparently changed to Edwardian Script for mobile users.
  • The result was redirect to Chalkboard (typeface).
• Confederate States of America was nominated for deletion to make up for all the horrible things done to the Black population of the United States.

The Gettysburg Address was dropped once per WP:IDL.

• Cornelis van Haarlem was nominated for deletion for WP:BBBBOOOOOORRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!
  • The result was boring.
• The COVID-19 pandemic was nominated for eradication.
  • The result was Speedy vaccinate.
• Criticism of Wikipedia was nominated for deletion because Wikipedia is literally perfect and many other synonyms of perfect.
• CSD was to be CSD'd.
  • The result was CSDeleted.
• Cupcake was nominated for deletion on the grounds that someone ate them all.
  • The result was buy some more from the Kirkland Signature bakery.
• Cyclone Cody was nominated for deletion for personally attacking the one person who died in the storm.
  • The result was Blocked indefinitely for personal attacks.
• Deletion was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was keep. (since delete is not an option)
• Deltarune was nominated for deletion per WP:SPAM thanks to a certain [[Big Shot]].
  • The result was No Kromer.
• Disambiguation (disambiguation) was nominated for deletion.
  • Result was disambiguate.
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  • The result was dsmvwl. prl Fls' D s vr.
• Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro was nominated for deletion because what better way to celebrate the titular character's birthday than by deleting her show's article?
  • The result was teasing.
• Dream (YouTuber) was nominated for deletion because of Twitter stans.
• Duck failed the duck test and was nominated for deletion and blocking.
  • The result was Executed with the Musou no Hitotachi. But now Timmie is upset that his pigeons are gone.
• E was nominatd for dltion.
  • Th rsult was spdy dlt for bing a blatant hoax.
• The Earth was nominated for deletion because Mars is sweeter and someone locked all the Earth nominations.
  • The result was delete, it’s all in the Milky Way.
  • Someone else nominated Earth for deletion. It was never funny, but when has that ever stopped us?
• E3 2022 was nominated for deletion for being canceled.
  • The result was cancelled.
• Electronic Arts was nominated for deletion to provide editors with a sense of pride and accomplishment for deleting it.
  • The result was in the game.
• Engineer was nominated for deletion per "Engineer Gaming".
  • The result was engineer gaming.
• English studies was nominated for deletion per Italy
  • The result was I don't like the class.
• Epic Games Store was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was free.
• Eric Cartman was nominated for deletion because Cartman used Big Smoke's quote.
• Every article was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was Wrong venue. Should be at WP:Miscellany for deletion#April Fools' Day nominations
• February 1900 was nominated for deletion due to being a special non-leap year that will not occur again until 2100.
  • The result was non-notable as I haven't seen it.
• First was nominated for deletion.
  • Appropriately, this was the first April Fools Day prank of the day.
  • The result was if you're not first, you're last!
• Ford Motor Company was nominated for deletion because it was not built tough enough.
• Friday Night Funkin' was nominated for deletion because it wasn't nominated sooner on this date.
• Galileo Galilei was nominated for deletion to the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody.
  • The result was frightening.
• GameCube was nominated for deletion because cubes were not interesting.
  • The result was boring shape.
• The Game (mind game) was nominated for deletion, with a suggestion to delete the nominator's userpage as well.
  • Result was nomination lost the game.
• Genshin Impact was nominated for deletion because the nominator lost 50/50 to Qiqi.
  • The result was Qiqi has fallen.
• Geometry Dash was nominated for deletion because 2.2 hasn't come yet.
  • The result was 2.2 released.
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears was nominated for deletion for being "just right" compared to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Small and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big.
  • The result was just right.
• Graduation was nominated for deletion per the prospect of going into debt attending Wikipedia University.
  • The result was congratulations.
• grammar and speling werenominating for deltedion per WP:ULESUES]]
  • The result was Spellcheck installed. Grammar fixed
• Gravity was nominated for deletion because it's a hoax.
  • The result was clearly invented.
• Half-Life 3 was nominated for deletion because it doesn’t exist, and it probably ever won’t.
  • The result was unreleased.
• Honkai Impact 3rd was nominated for deletion because of all the honkai energy present on the page.
  • The result was Got destroyed by Herrscher of Void/Sirin.
• Herman Joseph Justin was nominated for deletion because the nominator felt that any pageviews would come from Special:Random.
  • The result was weak.
• I Want to Eat Your Pancreas was nominated for deletion after Mario stole several people's livers.
  • The result was weird.
• Ian Nepomniachtchi basically nominated himself for deletion after a 27... c5
  • The result was a draw.
• Internet forum was nominated for deletion per WP:FORUM.
  • The result was redirect to village pump, that's the legitimate Wikipedia fora (alongside the teahouse).
• Htims Tteknip Adaj was nominated for deletion because Will Smith explicitly said not to mention her name.
  • The result was (Redacted)^[Humor].
• Johann Sebastian Bach was nominated for deletion in Bielefeld.
  • The result was fabricated.
• Juwan Howard was nominated for deletion for being a WP:COPYCAT of Will Smith.
  • The result was a slap in the face.
• Karen was nominated for deletion for being too much of a Karen.
  • The result was escalation to manager admin.
• Kim Jong-il was nominated for deletion per WP:NGOLF
  • The result was clear WP:NGOLF fail.
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land was nominated for deletion for being forgotten in time.
  • The result was no consensus and now Kirby's going to Mouthful Mode (suck up) your (old) car.
• Kiwi Farms was nominated for deletion for not having anything to do with kiwis.
  • The result was false advertising.
• Lawsuit was nominated for deletion due to violating WP:NLT and WP:AGF.
  • The result was settled out of court.
• Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon was nominated for deletion for being too WP:LONG.
  • The result was acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylproly lserylglutaminyl- phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyl tryptophylalanyl- aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparag inylvalylcysteinyl- threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminy lphenylalanyl- glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginy lthreonylthreonyl- glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylser ylglutaminylvalyl- tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminyls erylthreonylvalyl- arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosy llysylvalyltyrosyl- arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleucylaspartyl prolylleucylisoleucyl- threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonylphenylalan ylaspartylthreonyl- arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleucylglutamy lvalylglutamyl- asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylprolylthreonyl threonylalanylglutamyl- threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylarginylarginyl valylaspartylaspartyl- alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylarginylserylalan ylasparaginylisoleucyl- asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamylleucylval ylarginylglycyl- threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylglutaminylas paraginylthreonyl- phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylglycylleucy lvalyltryptophyl- threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine.
• Lightbulb was nominated for deletion because it was obviously invented.
  • The result was replace, as it burned out during the AfD.
• Like was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
  • The result was dislike.
• Line (geometry) was nominated for deletion for similar reasons.
  • The result was too long and unreliable.
• Lint (material) was nominated for deletion for the reason of it being boring.
  • The result was really boring.
• Linux was to be redirected to Windows 10.
  • The result was Windows is better.
• List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters was nominated for deletion per WP:TOOMUCH and WP:JUNK.
  • The result was no consensus. There are too many characters, but this one guy likes them.
• Articles about long lived tropical cyclones were nominated for deletion per WP:TOOLONG.
  • The result was too long.
• Lorem ipsum got nominated for deletion per being patent nonsense.
  • The result was Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum
• Los Angeles Lakers was to be deleted and TNT'd to rebuild the team.
  • The result was all hail the Minnesota Timberwolves.
• LOWERCASE WAS NOMINATED FOR DELETION. uppercase was, too.
  • While THE RESULT WAS SWITCH TO UPPERCASE for LOWERCASE, the result was lowercase for uppercase.
• Mad Rat Dead was nominated for deletion per Ratatouille and Biggie Cheese.
  • The result was that this rat should be saved.
• Malware was nominated for deletion by Norton AntiVirus.
  • The result was install antivirus software.
• Mario (given name) was nominated for deletion due to being copyrighted by Nintendo.
  • The result was sound effects stuck in my head.
• Maternal insult had an attempt at being nominated, but was interrupted by XBOX LIVE!
  • The result was Play Uno with your mom, it came free with your Xbox
• Max Weber Sr. was nominated for deletion because he was from a place that doesn't exist and so probably didn't exist himself.
• Messenger RNA was nominated for deletion for "Not English. Need translating."
  • The result was translate.
• Mewkledreamy was nominated for deletion for not forcing you to have a dream with Mew.
  • The result was A Certified Animeme.
• Michigan Wolverines football was nominated for deletion for breaking the nominator's heart last year.
  • The result was sad.
• Microtransaction was nominated for deletion for Content only available to Premium users. Click here to join for $9.99
  • To view the result of the discussion readers have to donate $25 worth of Bitcoin to the Wikimedia Foundation.
• Miis were nominated for deletion as Roblox characters in Coconut Mall.
  • The result was redirect to Wii.
• MJL was nominated for deletion by JJP.
  • The result was identity theft is not a joke, Jim.
• Mother was nominated for deletion because yo mamma is so ugly she makes the article unreadable.
• Mug Root Beer was nominated for deletion as the nominator loved lean.
  • The result was Keep, but Lean (drug) is deleted
• Multi-function display was nominated for deletion because the abbreviation MFD clashes with Wikipedia:MFD.
  • The result was multi-functional.
• The Monarchy of Barbados was abolished, and its Wikipedia article was to be abolished too.
  • The result was abolish.
• New York City was nominated for deletion due to the moais.

The AfD only added more 🗿.

• The above's subway system was nominated for deletion for unjustly excluding Staten Island.
  • The result was just connect them.
• News was nominated per Wikipedia:NOTNEWS.
  • The result was old news.
• Nihilism was nominated for deletion per "nothing lasts forever."
  • The result was end it.
• Nine Inch Nails was nominated to be deleted and moved to 22.86 Centimeter Nails.
  • The result was I'm looking forward to closing this, finally.
• Nintendo was nominated for deletion because Sega does what Nintendon't.
  • The result was Nintenkeep.
• Nintendo Switch was nominated for deletion by a PC gamer.
  • The result was I don't like it either.
• Non-fungible token was nominated for deletion for being easy to right click.
  • The result was Right-click.
• Not was nominated for deletion per WP:NOT.
  • The result was NOT kept
• Not For Broadcast was nominated for deletion per WP:CENSORSHIP.
  • The result was paid censorship.
• Nothing was nominated for deletion due to being blanked.

...and then the nomination subpage itself appeared to be blanked, although it was actually just hidden.

• • The result was do nothing.
• Number was nominated for deletion since we could just write it out instead.
  • The result was redirect to Letter (alphabet).
• osu! was nominated for deletion. Taking too much space on r/place again
  • The result was keep. If you don’t like it, play maimai instead.
• Penis was slammed in the car door.
  • The result was keep. I would prefer to keep my manhood. Also, consensus sucks because I don't like it.
• Pineapple was nominated for deletion because it doesn’t belong on pizza.
  • The result was put on Pizza.
• Pig was nominated for deletion for being in WP:SUS.
  • The result was sus.
• GPT-2 generated several fake users and endless rambling about planets so Planet of the Apes could be nominated for deletion.

The Planet of the Apes nomination was then rotated by five degrees.

The Planet of the Apes nomination was then rotated by 420 degrees.

It was then rotated 2001 degrees by a very angry ape.

And then 1968 degrees

And then 69 degrees

And then NEGATIVE 69 degrees.

Then it was turned upside-down by ANOTHER angry ape.

Then the apes had a change of heart.

Then the ape who had a change of heart rotated it to 270 degrees.

Then the text went back to normal while the ape got on a horse and left the building.

After a non-canonical

skew

of the text, GPT-2 summoned more bots to the discussion.

And then the nomination was itself nominated for deletion to stop the apes from taking over the Earth

Then Wikipe-tan died on the page.

Then she was brought back to life.

And then died again.

Then the angry apes came back.

Then the nomination was ceremoniously rotated 100000 degrees

Then the text was

skewed

again, but by 260 degrees.

As a result of such acts of vandalism on the page, a request for comment was started to prevent it in the future.

After a few reversions of the skewed text, the picture of the ape was replaced with SMPTE color bars to put the chaos to temporary rest.

The color bars were replaced by a different ape. Links on the page to Planet of the Apes also turned red around this time.

Then the ape started spinning.

Then it blew up.

The Angry Apes have returned!

And then the apes from 2001 took over.

Then EA Sports took over the WHOLE page

Then it was rotated by 2001 degrees

Not long after that, both the ape from 2001 AND the 5 hour energy people spun very fast.

And then the 2001 apes had enough of the spinning.

And then an angry child got angry for editing his page, subsequently reviving the gorilla

The Angry apes finally listened

Then something sussy appeared, making the angry apes more angry.

The nomination ended with being deleted for not being an article in the first place.

• PlayStation 5 was nominated for deletion since it is always out of stock, to prevent disappointing people.
  • The result was redirect to Xbox Series X and Series S.
• Polar bears were nominated for deletion per DA BEARS!
  • The result was cute tiny ears.
• Pornography was nominated for deletion because "i don't like it and also it's only c-class it should at least be a ga otherwise it should be draftified or something idk".
  • The result was censor.
• POV was nominated for deletion for violating WP:NPOV.
  • The result was clear POV.
• Profanity was freaking nominated for deletion because why the hell not?

The result was muted for triggering the Discord bots.

• Punctuation was nominated for deletion, probably the true first article nominated on this day. Take that, "First"!
  • The result was Punctuation added.
• Racing was nominated for deletion to stop editors from racing to nominate articles on this day.

"Normal" on this was linked to Speed Racer

The link then later changed to Running in the 90s

Then it was changed to Bicycle Race

• • The result was nyoom.
• Recognition was nominated for deletion per WP:Deny recognition.
  • The result was deny.
• Research was seen as violating the policy on No original research and was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was no original research.
• Rob Manfred was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
  • The result was locked out.
• Roger Waters was 🗿'd.
  • The result was 🗿.
• Русский рубль было номинирован на удаление за бесполезность, при этом вся страница на русском языке.
  • Результат был растопить, налить в лучшую отечественную водку и выпить.
• Rutland was nominated for deletion for not being real.
  • The result was cover with bridge.
• Wikipedia:Sandbox was nominated for deletion for being filled with test edits.
  • The result was test close.
• Sarcasm was nominated for deletion because "I'm sure."
  • The result was definitely delete.
• Saruman was nominated for deletion for being Gandalf.
  • The result was you shall not pass.
• SCP Foundation was nominated for deletion by consensus of the O5 council. There will be no further communication.
  • The result was [data expunged].
• Second American Civil War was nominated for deletion per WP:TOOSOON
  • The result was delete per WP:CRYSTAL.
• Sergey Taboritsky was nominated for deletion per the J. Robert Oppenheimer effect.
  • The result was keep. The clock struck midnight.
• Shazaam was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was redirect to Mandela per WP:HOAX.
• SilvaGunner was nominated for deletion... or was it SiIvaGunner... or the Paul Brothers?
  • The result was Redirect to and create TimmyTurnersGrandDad.
• Sleep was nominated for deletion per WAKE UP!!!
  • The result was I just woke up from a nice sleep, how are you?
• Sock puppet account was nominated for deletion for WP:SOCKPUPPETRY.
  • The result was – This SPI case is closed and will be archived shortly by an SPI clerk or checkuser.
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film) was nominated for deletion as it's upcoming release date would make it interfere with Rex Manning Day.
  • The result was distraction.
• Squid Game was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
  • The result was green light.
• 🗽 was 🗿'd
  • The result was 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
• Stephen Colbert was nominated for deletion to prove the non-existence of WP:WIKIALITY.
  • The result was practically every possible !vote.
• Stop codon was nominated for deletion per WP:UAA.
  • The result was Cell has been successfully translated.
• Subaru Natsuki was nominated for deletion for reasons similar to Nagatoro, although he was damned.
  • The result was happy birthday!
• Talking Ben was nominated for deletion per only giving out a one-word Magic 8 Ball-style response.
  • The result was Bark bark bark bark bark.
• This English definite article was nominated for deletion per redundancy.
  • The result was the keep result.
• Thirteen Colonies was nominated for deletion per the Declaration of Independence.
  • The result was GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!
• Thou wast nominat'd for deletion.
  • The result was condemn to Jimbo's basement.
• Tic-tac-toe was nominated for deletion, with "players" taking turns voting delete or keep. For 42 minutes, the discussion was closed due to somebody flipping the keep and delete votes, allowing delete to win by cheating.
  • Ultimately, the result was No consensus
• Tinder (app) was nominated for deletion because a user wanted to know if they should delete Tinder.
  • The result was yes. Wikipedia is better.
• Toki Pona was nominated for deletion due to being a non-notable con-langue.
  • The nominator accidentally summoned the Tokiponist cabal.
    • The result was the best conlang jan Misali has reviewed so far.
• Train was nominated for deletion due to COI by User:Trainsandotherthings.
  • The result was other things.
• Troll was nominated for deletion to stop feeding it.
  • The result was deny.
• Ty Van Burkleo was nominated for deletion for being WP:FIRED.
  • The result was arson.
• Up (2009 film) was nominated for deletion because Rick Astley will never give you it.
  • The result was Move to Down (2009 film).
• Use was nominated for deletion as requested by a certain psychokinetic hedgehog.
• Walker Hayes was nominated for deletion for violating WP:NOTCOUNTRYMUSIC.
  • The result was Exterminate per WP:SUPERVOTE.
• Wario left Twitter and decided to add in an AfD for good measure.
  • The result was tweet tweet.
• Whale was nominated for deletion per something called a F2PBTW
  • The result was clearly non-existent.
• White was nominated for deletion per WP:ACCESSIBILITY reasons.
  • The result has no explanation.
• Uncyclopedia was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT
  • The result was cringe.
• Upside Down was nominated for deletion. Too Austrailian this year.
  • The result was redirect to Australia.
• Vandalism was nominated for G3 speedy deletion.
  • The result was revert vandalism.
• Vladimir Putin was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
  • The result was Sanction.
  • However, the nomination was sent to MfD (serious) and deleted due to its controversial nature pertaining to current events.
• "Weird Al" Yankovic was nominated for deletion because he's WP:WEIRD.
  • The result was Have some more chicken.
• Where's Wally? was nominated for deletion per WP:HOAX.
  • The result was can't find him.
• Will Smith was nominated for deletion per WP:SLAP.
  • The result was slap with trout.
• WikiHow was nominated for deletion for WP:NOTHOWTO.
  • The result was not how-to.
• Wikipedia was nominated for deletion. Twice.
  • The earlier nomination's result was Redirect to the Main Page; the latter result was keep.
• Wikitravel was nominated for deletion for hindering the development of Wikivoyage.
  • The result was Merge both to WikiExcursion.
• Windows 11 was nominated for deletion for being only a modern Windows Vista with more ads and tracking.
  • The result was Super Vote Delete. Trying to upgrade to Windows 11 bricked my computer; this isn't a joke.
• Without Me (Eminem song) was nominated for deletion because it feels so empty, without him.
  • The result was Guess who's back? Mike Shoemaker. Or Jimbo, I can't remember. This has been "Corrections".
• Wordle was nominated for deletion, because the knockoffs are better.
  • The result was Merge. (as per Wordle)
• Work was nominated for deletion so that Trainsandotherthings wouldn't have to work.
• Wyoming was nominated for deletion per WP:HOAX.
  • The result was give away to Australia.
• Yahweh was nominated for deletion for alleged WP:BLP violations.
  • The result was vandalism.
• YouTube was nominated for deletion due to conflict of interest displayed by the YouTube userbox.
  • The result was dislike.
• Null was Expunged per WP:ø
  • This nomination doesn't actually exist!
• "Zaat's all folks!"
  • The result was Zaat's all, folks!

Categories for discussion

• Category:Contents was nominated for deletion for being a redundant category to Special:AllPages.
  • The result was merge with Special:AllPages.
• Category:Bielefeld was nominated for deletion for being a category for a nonexistent city.
• Category:Wikipedia humor was nominated for deletion because Wikipedia is supposed to be serious.

Files for discussion

• File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.

Miscellany for deletion

• User talk:Jimbo Wales was nominated for deletion as temporary fix for excessive server performance.
• Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources was nominated for deletion for being unreliable.
  • The result was Deemed unreliable.
• This page was nominated for deletion for being mostly comprised of the same joke ad nauseam.

Let's be less original. – AssumeGoodWraith (talk | contribs)

• Wikipedia:IRC was nominated for deletion for not being used anymore.
  • The result was I Really Concluded that Discord is much better.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Planet of the Apes was nominated for deletion in an attempt to stop the apes from taking over the planet.
  • The result was Crisis averted.
• Special:AllPages was nominated for deletion because the page should be purged.
  • The result was Wikipedia deleted.
• Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2020 was nominated for deletion for being filled with vandalism.
  • The result was No more edit wars.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Game Boy Advance family was nominated for deletion because the nominator messed up when trying to create a joke AfD for 2001: A Space Odyssey.

...A reason so random, it probably is true.

• Wikipedia:Wikiality and Other Tripling Elephants was nominated for deletion for not being notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia.
• Wikipedia:TenPoundHammer's Law is nominated for violating TenPoundHammer's Law. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:17, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
• Wikipedia:Twinkle was nominated for deletion for Being too confusing to use. PerryPerryD Talk To Me 18:53, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
  • The result was Use RedWarn instead.

Redirects for discussion

• Hammer time was nominated for deletion. Filing on behalf of a third party, to stop hammer time.
  • The result was stop.
• "Hoax" was nominated for deletion. Creating "Hoax"es is absolutely not allowed in Wikipedia.
  • The result was speedy delete G3. Obvious hoaxes, people
• Recursion was nominated for redirection to Recursion.
  • The result was {{subst:rfd top|{{subst:rfd top|{{subst:rfd top|{{subst:rfd top|{{subst:rfd top|{{subst:rfd top|{{subst:rfd top|{{subst:rfd top|{{subst:rfd top|{{subst:rfd top|...}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Templates for discussion

• Template:Citation needed was nominated for deletion because of Wikipedia:Citation needed.

This was later nominated for deletion.

And that deletion nomination was nominated for deletion.

• All of these results above were Citation added.

• Template:AprilFoolsNotice was nominated for deletion because April Fools should last forever.
  • The result was April Fools' always. Until it's over (like now)

Users for deletion

• User:Jimbo Wales was nominated for deletion because someone had to.
  • The result was a whale of a UfD.
• User:Leatherbear was nominated for deletion because the user claims to be based in a nonexistent city and so probably doesn't exist.

Other requests

Requests for adminship

• help my account is compromise idk what that means
• Wikipedia:Requests for Founder/Willy on Wheels
• Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Panini!

Requested moves

• Milton Keynes Dons F.C. → Spartan South Midlands Football League
• Scotland → England
• Nickel (United States coin) → Aluminum (United States coin), since nickels cost more than a nickel to produce
• Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022 → Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2023
• Uranus → Urectum per WP:Common name

Featured picture candidates

• File:Inside a cornflakes bag – 360° photo.jpg was nominated for featured picture.

In the News nominations

• A very belated nomination was made for D-Day

Project proposals

• Wikipedia:Featured sentences was launched
• A wikiproject on evilness was proposed, anticipating minimal controversy over scope
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Users was launched to systematically assess the quality of Wikipedia editors
• Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against humor was launched, Wikipedia is serious business

User page pranks

• User:Mr Reading Turtle has a very real page to block April Fools day if you are tired of the jokes.
• User:Mr Reading Turtle has asked for people to do anything they want to his user page.
• Spirit of Eagle tilted his page by 4 degrees, then got smashed by the almighty whale. A trout was added later.
  • Then it was tilted by 184 degrees
• The furry Whisper the Wolf symbol on User:PrincessPandaWiki and User talk:PrincessPandaWiki got TOO BIG!!!!!!!
• Melecie substituted the entirety of The Game (mind game) over at their page. In Comic Sans small font. And fixed to the page.
  • This was archived here.
• Disoneiscool8745's page was graced with 4 trout slappings and two whale smashings
  • The random link that appeared last year returned. This time saying "It has returned" while linking to duckroll.
    • The link then got changed to a clip of Bionic Max
      • Then it was deleted
• Lovable98158's page was then graced with 4 trout slappings and two whale smashings, with a side of The Bee Movie script.
  • The Trout slappings and whale smashings have been cooked and deepfried, and the bee movie script disappeared
• User:EEng has been blocked because his IP is full of cats. Appeal pending.
• Pythoncoder turned his userpage into a sandbox
  • Knowledgekid87 built a sandcastle on their userpage.
• User:Panini! made a reference to last year.

• Then his contributions turned into a duckroll.

• User:EpicPupper made their userpage upside down.
• User:PorkchopGMX turned his userpage into an article about his reincarnation of the Pork Chop Gang.
• User:JalenFolf decorated his userpage with the lyrics to the song "Living in Paradise" from Not For Broadcast.
  • It was later self-reverted and self-tagged for copyright violations.
    • The revision was then deleted by RD1.
• As with previous April Fools days, User:Cyberpower678 put a fake new message box on the top of their page to trick users into thinking they have a new message on their talk page, but the links lead to an April Fools message.
• User:Pavlov2 directed his userpage to Ivan Pavlov.
• User:Padgriffin's userpage was annexed by Canada.
• I dare you to edit my userpage.
  • It was then edited.
    • twice.
• TheScottish43 Claimed he retired permanently for 3 minutes then he put a yellow trolled retired template
• Brewster239 rotated his userpage.
• Keyacom changed his userpage's content to two userboxes.
• Stitch messed with SlySabre's userpage
• Pamzeis's userpage was rotated upside down, with Kaleeb18 leaving a mark.
• GoingBatty's userpage malfunctioned.
• Because Kingsif's userpage could not load, it needs to be refreshed.
• Catfurball's userpage was rotated upsidown along with Kaleeb18 leaving a mark.
• Blaze Wolf's userpage was rotated upside down and diagonally.
• Kaleeb18 hacked Jimbo Wales's userpage.

Other pranks

• Wikipedia:BOLD was bolded again.
  • and yet again.
• WP:HAT was hatted again.
• WP:ITALICTITLE was italicised for the first time ever.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/April Fools' Day 2022 broke to the point that some nominations only showed up as blank bullet lists. Even the {{humor}} tags were bereft of text.

  This was due to an unclosed <div> tag on the page Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Small.

  Later this happened again due to an unclosed <div> tag on the page Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/727, but instead it tilted the text by 727 degrees, ending at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wordle due to it having a </div> tag there.

• WP:UNDERLINE was underlined.
• Jimbo got replaced with a giant sea creature.
• A (slightly dated) spoken version of ANI was released
• On Wikipedia:April Fools, the links for this page and the page for the previous year's Fools Day were mysteriously swapped.
• The link below that presumably links to "Wikipedia:April_Fools/April_Fools'_Day_2022/Example" was changed to link to a Rick Roll.

  And then it was changed to a Duck Roll

  And then to a "fake Rick Roll"

  And then to a clip of The Loud Librarian.

  Then it went back to a rickroll

  It was still a rickroll, but then the words are in alphabetical order.

  Then it was a Reddit link about a dumb student named Kevin.

  Then it got changed to “Macaroni with the Chicken Strips”

  Then it was a Reddit link about April Fools' Day jokes.

  Then it was a dead YouTube link, despite trying to post Cocomelon memes.

  Then it went back to the Reddit link about April Fools Jokes

  Then it went to Cocomelon memes, successfully this time!

  Then it transformed to Deal-tastic Me!

  It then became a 2 second clip of mmmmm... Monke.

  Then it became Curious George in a Nutshell

  Then it went back to a Reddit link about April Fools Jokes, again! But this time it was a different one.

  Then it got turned into a Tank War (Tank Man)

  Then it became a clip of Bionic Max

  Then it went back to a reddit link, this time, asking about Terrifying Wikipedia pages. Oh joy!!!

  Then it became a piano dub of Burger King Foot Lettuce

  Then it was an Imdb link that the editor himself decided was too far and reverted it themselves.

  Then it went back to a Reddit link about April Fools Jokes, this time about the worst pranks!

  Then it was rickrolled again, have we been taking Rickroll too far?

  Then it went to a Reddit link about interesting Wikipedia articles.

  The Example was rebranded into Generic Acid

  Tank Man again.

  A couple of edits later, it was linked to Zoobilee Zoo

• Wikipedia:Rules for Fools was put into Dark Mode

  then turned upside down

  then all the Es [sic] got removed

  then it got "fixed up"

  sysop didnt like the joke :(

  then it got fixed :) and if the mod un flips it its a edit war :)

  However, the page remained flipped.

  The page was fixed again.

• A request for comment was started on the talk page to ban such acts of vandalism on the Wikipedia:Rules for Fools page.

• Archive 1 was requested to be undeleted in WP:REFUND.
• Wikipedia:Test was nominated for speedy deletion as a test page
• WP:HUMOR WAS PUT IN ALL CAPS.
• In the final half hour of April Fools Day, a proposal was made to extend the holiday.
• A link to 94th Academy Awards was briefly added to WP:SLAP

Joke pages

These will be a subpage of the page you are on right now, such as Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022/Generic acid, as they would be deleted as a hoax anywhere else.

• South Carolina vs. Penn State Qix semifinal, an infamous college Qix game (turned from a video game into a physical sport).
• Generic acid: What do you think movies' unspecified "acid" is made of?
• WP:October is updated to celebrate another year of the Halloween article existing
• List of famous toasters, an article describing the most famous toasters ever assembled.
• Canvas shows what looks like a Canvas course gradebook and a Canvas student's grades page respectively.
• {{Cite bathroom graffiti}} was added to the roster of CS1 templates
• how_2_make_a_wikypeda_articel, in which a computer illiterate person asks for help on how to make a new article.
• Chicago White Sox–Cincinnati Reds top of the 4th inning on March 31, 2022, an inning of a spring training game played during the start of April Fools's Day 2022.
• The Spinning Shrine, a page that houses the spinning shrine.
• Pride and Prejudice contains the entire text of Chapter 43-45 of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
• Kung Fu Panda vs. Turning Red, a conflict between DreamWorks Animation and Disney/Pixar.
• Blizzard, a high-tech simulation of the state of Michigan.
• Reversed calendar shows the calendar for 2022 with the dates written in reverse order.
• Blue Sea, Quebec was turned into a MOS:SEAOFBLUE
• Literal poisson d'avril.
• Shadaze is about the best Sonic the Hedgehog ship ever.
• Chess. Play it.
• A helpful list of video game franchises with baseball bats
• List of fish templates to slap people with
• Last minute of April Fools'!!!

Main Page

The main page participated again in the April fools. The featured article for this day is Coropuna, documenting a dormant volcano in the Andes. The featured picture shows Hippos from Chobe National Park in Botswana. DYK once again served an assortment of humorous entries. The featured place is Columbia, South Carolina. The random article of the day is Hungry ghost.

Other serious stuff

• Due to the vandalism on Wikipedia:Rules for Fools, a request for comment was started on the talk page to ban such acts of vandalism on the Wikipedia:Rules for Fools page on April Fools' Day.
• Due to the vandalism on Wikipedia:Rules for Fools and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Planet of the Apes, a request for comment was started on Wikipedia talk:Rules for Fools to ban such acts of vandalism everywhere in Wikipedia namespace on April Fools' Day.
• Due to concerns that the joke nominations of trolls and vandals might encourage the trolls and vandals, a request for comment was started on the Wikipedia talk:Rules for Fools to ban joke Wikipedia:Requests for adminship and joke Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship on April Fools' Day after Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Bloomfield was deleted after a serious nomination for deletion.
• Category:Wikipedians assessed by WikiProject Users was (seriously) nominated for deletion since jokes aren't allowed in user category space.
• Several April Fools' AfDs were subjects of serious Miscellany for Deletion discussions.

XFD poll

Visual bar graph of the amount of votes each joke nominations received

This page lists the top XfDs from the survey. A total of 43 responses were submitted during the survey period. Two responses were removed because it did not name a specific XfD.

1. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Planet of the Apes
2. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toki Pona (5th nomination)
3. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/E, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tic-tac-toe, and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Up (2009 film) are all tied for third place.
4. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Censorship, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/First and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:Jimbo Wales (2nd nomination) are tied for fourth place.

The rest of the XfDs had too few votes and are thus not listed above, instead the table below shows the count of each page nominated for deletion.

Page nominated for deletion	Votes
Planet of the Apes	8
Toki Pona	4
E	3
Tic-tac-toe	3
Up (2009 film)	3
Censorship	2
User talk:Jimbo Wales	2
First	2
727	1
Among Us	1
Baba Is You	1
Bird	1
Blank Space	1
Blue	1
Bobby Witt Jr.	1
Bruno Madrigal	1
Eric Cartman	1
MJL	1
Russian ruble (Русский рубль)	1
SCP Foundation	1
Sock puppet account	1
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Planet of the Apes	1