Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2011
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List of events:
Deletion requests
edit- 2013 is nominated for deletion.
- Google is nominated for deletion.
- "Category:Proposed_deletion_as_of_1_April_2011" is nominated for deletion. (Page was deleted routinely on April 9 per that project and the link is unavailable.)
- WP:AN gets nominated for deletion.
- WP:AFD gets sent to MFD and AFD.
- AFD's AFD page itself gets sent to MFD and AFD. AFD's MFD page also gets sent to MFD.
- AFD's AFD's AFD then also gets nominated for deletion.
- AFD's AFD page itself gets sent to MFD and AFD. AFD's MFD page also gets sent to MFD.
- WP:RFD gets sent to WP:RFD [1]
- This page is proposed for deletion.
- ...the deletion page is then also nominated for deletion.
- ...then that page is... yep, you guessed it.
- and nominated further...
- which is speedied - a tag that is then deleted before the page is flagged for rescue.
- A certain lifeguard appears at the page for rescue.
- which is speedied - a tag that is then deleted before the page is flagged for rescue.
- and nominated further...
- ...then that page is... yep, you guessed it.
- ...the deletion page is then also nominated for deletion.
- The deletion log is nominated for deletion. This is why you shouldn't stuff beans up your nose.
- Cattle is nominated for deletion
- Earth gets nominated for deletion yet again
- Kanye West gets nominated for deletion but he didn't let me finish
- Soviet Union gets nominated for deletion (again)
- Human gets nominated for deletion yet again
- Vice President of the United States gets nominated for deletion for not being worth a pitcher of warm spit
- An edit war was started at the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion page
- Technology gets nominated for deletion
- Relevance is nominated for deletion
- Willy on Wheels gets nominated for deletion
- Q is nominated for deletion for being a useless letter.
- Tautology (rhetoric) is nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tautology (rhetoric) where it is hoped that there will be a consensus to agree to delete and remove all content from the named page, thus making it inaccessible to all but admins and those with sysop userrights.
- WP:CSD gets tagged for speedy deletion.
- ... and gets sent to MfD
- Sarah Palin is nominated for deletion.
- Request for Adminship is nominated for deletion
- The Universe is nominated for deletion per Plato's cave.
Meta
edit- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion gets a new hatnote.
- Don't delete this page gets discussed at deletion review.
- An abuse filter seeks to prevent a certain April Fool's joke from being carried out, even by stewards.
Other
editJimbo
edit- Jimbo's page is messed with, like usual
- And again.
- He is then banned for a day.
- The page is then redirected.
- ...then nominated for deletion.
- ...then he retired.
- ...then nominated for deletion.
- The page is then redirected.
- He is then banned for a day.
- And again.
- Jimbo Wales unregistered Reaper Eternal
Rickrolling
edit- Anyone who visited Tofutwitch11's User Page or talk page got Rickrolled.
- Rickrolling gets rickrolled.
- This page, that you're reading right now, gets ric-...er, Babbinoed.
- Rickrolling gets rickrolled.
A hat fight
editAll the other stuff
edit- Gfoley4's userpage disappears
- A proposal was made to move the Wikimedia servers to Canada.
- Ten Pound Hammer is turned into an otter.
- Then is later turned into a Ten Pound Hummer
- ...then upgraded into a Ten Pound Hummingbird
- ...but then unfortunately eaten by a Ten Pound Hummingbird Eater
- ...Afterwhich, an editor being arachnophobic, just had to kill that darn spider
- ...but then unfortunately eaten by a Ten Pound Hummingbird Eater
- ...then upgraded into a Ten Pound Hummingbird
- Even obscure chemical elements were not spared. (Note: this a remake of an old – 2004? – joke.)
- [2] Lanthanum-138, who joked about lanthanum above, reveals that they are a sockpuppet of Willy on Wheels (moved to User:Lanthanum-138 on devices that allow heavy objects to be moved easily through rotating on an axle through its centre – see Wheel and MediaWiki:Titleblacklist)
- List of puddles (see the deletion log – the original version was the basis of the new version for April Fools)
- What? Vanadium was also pranked by Freywa.
- Roentgenium and its infobox were hit by Lanthanum-138 by turning the clock back to 2003.
- A bit TOO much enthusiasm. This happened also here.
- Call_for_demonstration_in_the_Village_pump
- Something appears to be wrong
- Polyhedral families
- Dylan620 bans himself
- Short-lived revision of Sausage
- Michael Jackson is Banned
- April Fool's Day is nominated for featured article.
- TitanOne moves User:Physics is all gnomes to User:Physics is all Dwarfs; in return she sends a large photo of her grandfather to crush his userpage.
- User Lanthanum-138 must be handled carefully (doesn't work anymore, but the description pretty much sums it up)
- My76Strat, Mark Wahlberg and GoogleBot request adminship.
- Portal:U.S. Roads updates for the day with a selected article about the highway to the South Pole as well as alternate graphics and a special "On this Day" section.
- Template:Citation needed is nominated at TFD.
- WP:RFD gets nominated at Redirects for discussion.
- Recursion is redirected to itself.
- A proposal to render Wikipedia in ROT13 by default.
- Od Mishehu creates a redirect {{db-nou1}} to {{db-u2}}, since {{db-u1}} is {{db-user}} and {{db-u2}} is {{db-nouser}}