Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2009
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List of events:
Deletion requests
edit- Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion is nominated for deletion again.
- Jimbo's user page is subject to a deletion discussion.
- The page discussing deletion of Jimbo's page is nominated for deletion.
- The page discussing deletion of the page discussing deletion of Jimbo's page is nominated for deletion (full title: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales
- Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales is tagged for speedy deletion. [1]
- That is tagged for deletion - Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales
- That is tagged for deletion - Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales
- Something appears to have gone wrong
- In summary, Jimbo's userpage was MfD'd 5 times... recursively. Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2009/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales (see the page log on that last link).
- Something appears to have gone wrong
- That is tagged for deletion - Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales
- That is tagged for deletion - Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales
- Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales is tagged for speedy deletion. [1]
- The page discussing deletion of the page discussing deletion of Jimbo's page is nominated for deletion (full title: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Jimbo Wales
- The page discussing deletion of Jimbo's page is nominated for deletion.
- Other humorous MfDs.
- This page was itself nominated for deletion, but not as a joke.
- The nomination for deletion was nominated for deletion, which was subsequently marked for speedy deletion.
- Earth is nominated for deletion again.
- A second user subsequently nominated the article for deletion, overwriting a non-April Fool's discussion from 2006 in the process. Silly n00bs. The new nomination is eventually restored at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Earth (3rd nomination).
- April Fools' Day is nominated for deletion by some crazy otter.
- Category:Candidates for speedy deletion is tagged for speedy deletion.
- Oscar Mayer is nominated for deletion musically. The deletion discussion is subsequently nominated for speedy deletion as spam.
- Red link is listed at Wikipedia:Deletion review.
Other
edit- The first ever request for signatureship is made.
- User:Juliancolton Alternative was nominated for adminship.
- The AFD Main Page was traditionally misleading.
- Museum of Bad Art is the featured article on the main page.
- The In the news section of the main page.
- Pedro was attacked by clones, which continued to spread madness and mayhem throughout the wiki, due to a discussion on IRC started by User:IMatthew.
- Hotel toilet-paper folding is created (Actually it was created the previous day, but it is still funny nonetheless).
- The Terminal Event Management Policy is implemented.
- Colorful edits made to User:Jimbo Wales's userpage:[2], [3], [4]
- User:Marlith Rick Rolled the Wikipedia Main Talk Page (diff)
- Several 'new ideas' were nominated at Motto of the day.
- Wikipedia:Featured redirects
- A proposal was made to close the English Wikipedia.
- TheRetroGuy created a new national day.
- The DYK section, as it appeared on April Fools'.
- Skynet is approved to begin bot operations.
- It is officially discovered that User:J.delanoy is a bot. [5] [6]
- RFA is nominated for bureaucratship.
- User:Fahadsadah creates WHATTHEHELLISTHISPAGEITISREALLYTHELONGESTPAGEWITH265CHARACTERSWHATTHEHELLISTHISPAGEITISREALLYTHELONGESTPAGEWITH265CHARACTERSWHATTHEHELLISTHISPAGEITISREALLYTHELONGESTPAGEWITH265CHARACTERSWHATTHEHELLISTHISPAGEITISREALLYTHELONGESTPAGEWITH265CHARACTERSW, the longest title evar.
- User:JeremyMcCracken added {{notable Wikipedian}} templates for Buzz Killington, Homer Simpson, Bender, Stan Marsh, and Big Bird.