Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017
Deletion discussions
@ ~ H
- 1 was nominated for deletion per WP:SELFPROMOTION
- 2018 was nominated for deletion per WP:CRYSTAL.
- 2048 (video game) was nominated for deletion for WP:COPYVIO of Threes and as being WP:ARBITRARY.
- 22nd century was nominated for deletion per WP:CRYSTAL.
- Apple Inc. was nominated for deletion for being a copyvio of Apple.
- April 1 was lastly nominated for deletion this year "So we can erase all this things we have done today. "
- April Fools' Day was nominated for deletion per having the same abbreviation as WP:AFD.
- American Health Care Act of 2017 was nominated for deletion.
- Arsenal F.C. was nominated for deletion per WP:NOTE.
- Arsène Wenger was nominated for deletion per #WengerOut
- Barack Obama got nominated for deletion.
- BBC was nominated for deletion for not being notable.
- ToonLucas22 totally BEANED the other contributors using An AfD about Bean.]]
- The result was wah'd.
- CNN was nominated for deletion because it "Appears to be a propaganda or fake news. agency, anyways non-notable, likely to spread hoaxes to the encyclopedia."
- Circle got nominated for deleton per WP:CIRCULAR.
- Connecticut got nominated for deletion because it was "Waaaaay to boring of state to keep on Wikipedia."
- Deletion got nominated for deletion.
- And that got nominated for deletion.
- And again.
- And it got deleted per WP:FOOLS cleanup.
- And again.
- And that got nominated for deletion.
- Diabeetus was nominated for deletion because "Wilford Brimley has cured the diabeetus."
- Diamond was nominated for deletion for being a WP:PROMOTION and a copyvio of Diamond (gemstone)
- Division by zero was nominated for deletion for being impossible.
- The result was Speedy keep because "We like to live dangerously.".
- On April 6, 2017 the page was deleted per WP:G3 as a hoax.
- But it was restored on request at Requests for undeletion.
- On April 6, 2017 the page was deleted per WP:G3 as a hoax.
- The result was Speedy keep because "We like to live dangerously.".
- Xylsiade tgo oaindtnme ofr dlionete.
- Encyclopedia Dramatica was nominated for deletion for WP:NOTHERE.
- Fat (song) undergone Diet.
- Freedom of speech was nominated for deletion per WP:NOTFREESPEECH.
- Gatwick Express was nominated for deletion for being a hoax as is it ceased to exist in 2009 and all 'Gatwick Express' services are now provided by Govia Thameslink Railway.
- Ghostbusters (2016 film) was nominated for deletion for being "misogynistic" and "perpetuating rape culture."
I ~ Q
- Joke got nominated for deletion.
- Koala was nominated for deletion due to not having the koalafications for notability.
- Let It Go (Disney song) was nominated for letting it go.
- The result was Redirect to Uranus.
- Limit of a function was nominated for deletion for WP:Nonsense.
- Main Page got nominated for deletion, as usual.
- Maternal insult got nominated for deletion.
- Mathematics was nominated for deletion "Because we all hate math."
- Michael Rosen got nominated for deletion per eaten by the Skyfoogle.
- Michael T. Flynn was nominated for deletion for being the "most OVERRATED generals who conspired with Russia, and a total loser".
- and it got deleted per CSD G6.
- the whole MediaWiki project was nominated for deletion for being the source of all the chaos on this page.
- NASCAR was nominated for deletion from the Wikipedia 500.
- New York Times was nominated for deletion for being "failing FAKE NEWS".
- No was nominated for deletion because "No. Just no.".
- Similarly, Yes was nominated for deletion because "Yes.... because yes!"
- Redirect to Grand Parkway was suggested.
- The result was No.
- And it got deleted per CSD G6.
- Similarly, Yes was nominated for deletion because "Yes.... because yes!"
- North Korea was nominated for nuke.
- And it got deleted per CSD G3.
- Numberwang got wangernumbed.
- Obamacare was nominated for deletion.
- Opel Zafira was nominated for deletion before it catches fire.
- The result was Extinguished.
- and it got deleted per CSD G6.
- Past was nominated for deletion to solve a mystery of time travel.
- Planet Nine got nominated for deletion per WP:HAMMER and WP:CRYSTAL.
- A redirect to Uranus is being considered.
- And someone nominated that nomination.
- Power management keys was nominated twice for deletion; first seriously and then, with half an hour to spare, as a joke on admins.
- Powers of two was nominated for deletion as WP:ARBITRARY and a failure of qualifying WP:NUMBER. The edit summary said "Added Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dank memes".
- Somebody fell for that.
- Psuedoscience got nominated for deletion per WP:FRINGE, WP:OR and WP:BOLLOCKS.
R ~ Z
- Reality was nominated for deletion.
- Sand was nominated for deletion per "I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.".
- Scott Joplin was nominated for deletion and the submitter declared that any opposing opinion is considered as WP:ILIKEIT and WP:INTERESTING.
- The result was KEEP! due to being not cool.
- and it got deleted per CSD G6.
- Soviet Union from 2010 April fools was transcluded into 2017 April fools AfD log.
- Spam (food) was nominated for deletion because "There is already enough spam as it is so let's remove this article."
- Spider-Man was nominated for deletion on the grounds of violating WP:NCR.
- Stingy was nominated for deletion with a mine song.
- The Lorax (film) was nominated for deletion per WP:OLDSUBJECT and for being a stale meme.
- Time was nominated for deletion, and with so many Timelines being AFD'd before it, it broke the layout of the section.
- The result was time to get a watch.
- and it got deleted per CSD G6.
- Second Genocide ending happened.
- Soulja boy was mentioned for no reason.
- United States was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
- Ununennium was nominated for deletion per WP:TOOSOON.
- Uptown Funk was nominated for deletion per "Uptown Funk never gave it to me. I'm jealous."
- Uranus was nominated for deletion as sounding like "your anus" by KAP03.
- Virgin America got nominated for deletion.
- Wikipedia got nominated for deletion for the 9th time.
- A redirect to Unicycle is suggested.
- Followed by nomination of it.
- and it got deleted by CSD G3.
- Wikimedia Foundation was nominated for deletion on the grounds that every editor who has ever worked on this article is an editor on Wikipedia and so has a conflict of interest.
- and it got deleted per CSD G6.
- Wilford Brimley got nominated for deletion.
- and it got deleted per CSD G6.
- Windows Vista was nominated for deletion.
- Wrong Impression got nominated for deletion.
- and it got deleted per CSD G6.
- This page was nominated for deletion as hopelessly outdated.
- Deletion nomination was nominated for deletion.
- And THAT deletion nomination was nominated for deletion.
- And it got deleted per CSD G3.
- and again once more...
- And it got deleted per CSD G3.
- And THAT deletion nomination was nominated for deletion.
- Deletion nomination was nominated for deletion.
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2017 April 1 was nominated for deletion.
- This page got CSD'd for being a blatant hoax and general housekeeping.
- This page was nominated again, to be the last prank pulled before midnight UTC.
- And that Deletion nomination was nominated for deletion.
- And that Deletion nomination was nominated for deletion.
- And that Deletion nomination was nominated for deletion.
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2017 April 2 got AfDed per WP:CRYSTAL., even though it should be MfDed.
- The result was No.
- User:ClueBot Commons got nominated for deletion.
- And it got deleted per CSD G3.
- User:Eyesnore got nominated for deletion per WP:IJUSTDONTLIKEIT.
- Usre:Jimbo Wales/Jimbo's user page got nominated for deletion for not being relevant, how original.
- WP:NPOV got nominated for deletion.
- MfD about WP:NPOV got nominated for deletion. okay,
- MfD about MfD about WP:NPOV got nominated for deletion. but strangely, all of it got deleted per CSD G6, and the last one was CSD G3.
- MfD about WP:NPOV got nominated for deletion. okay,
- Wikipedia:No original research got nominated for deletion per WP:OR.
- And it got deleted per CSD G3.
- Wikipedia:Notability got nominated for deletion for not being notable.
- User:Oshwah got nominated for deletion because "Oshwah clearly failed to #MakeWikipediaGreatAgain in his election campaign."
- Wikipedia:Rules for Fools was nominated for deletion.
- User:TenPoundHammer was nominated for deletion for being non-existent.
- Wikipedia:TenPoundHammer's Law was nominated for deletion by TenPoundHammer as self-promotion.
- AfD log for Chinese wikipedia was nominated for deletion In AfD. because "so fun so need to go die."
- Template:Humor and Template:April fools were nominated for deletion because of so many jokes today.
- Template:Citation needed was nominated for deletion with a message "Insert joke about "Alternative facts" here.[citation needed]".
- Template:April Fools/April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 was nominated for deletion because of "Too many Fools/April around, and bad title too! :)".
- 0/0 was nominated for deletion.
- Obama was nominated for deletion because "the target is no longer relevant as of today."
Other nominations
Move discussions
- WP:BLP → WP:BLT, because it tastes better.
- Milton Keynes Dons F.C. → Milton Keynes Wanderers F.C., because it is historically more accurate, and owner Pete Winkelman is really concerned with history.
Requests for adminship
- User:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1, a localhost IP, was nominated for adminship.
- and it got deleted for CSD G3.
- The Hypnotoad, a fictional character, was nominated for adminship.
- Wikipe-tan, a personification of Wikipedia by moe anthropomorphism, was nominated for adminship and won by an administrator invoking Ignore All Rules.
- User:Wìkìpe-tan acted as, well of course, Wikipe-tan.
- J947 supported with lorem ipsum.
- TL22 reveals his true identity, The Voice Inside Your Head.
- and somebody gave this user an admin barnstar.
- The page was then nominated for deletion because, as one user said, "I disagree with the closure status, I believe we need a restart to figure out if she is truly ready."
- And the nomination was nominated.
- And that nomination was nominated for deletion.
- And that nomination was nominated for deletion.
- And we went overboard. uh-oh.
- Soon it got deleted per CSD G6, probably by Wikipe-tan with her new admin powers.
- And after the end of April fools, the final page was not deleted.
But soon, it will be deleted.It got saved by the Humor tag.
- And after the end of April fools, the final page was not deleted.
- Soon it got deleted per CSD G6, probably by Wikipe-tan with her new admin powers.
- And we went overboard. uh-oh.
- And that nomination was nominated for deletion.
- And that nomination was nominated for deletion.
- And the nomination was nominated.
- And the user page called wikipe-tan.
- Soon it got deleted per WP:FOOLS cleanup.
Others
- C was nominated for Merge with C (programming language). however, it was suggested in AfD.
- Good was, once again, nominated for good article status.
- And it got deleted because it's over.
Other pranks
- Jimbo Wales's User page got translated to German.
- And then it was undone.
- In the Administrators Newsletter for April, Jimbo Wales was listed as having been desysopped.
- And then it was undone.
- Main Page's Did you know? corner got changed in various versions. Alternative version
- ProDuct0339's main page was straight up one giant smiley.
- Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 was moved to Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017
- Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 was then moved to Wikipedia:April FoolsApril Fools' Day 2017 and tagged for deletion
- Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 was tagged with CSD G6 for holding up the moving of this page to its proper location.
- Finally fixed.
- Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 was tagged with CSD G6 for holding up the moving of this page to its proper location.
- Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 was then moved to Wikipedia:April FoolsApril Fools' Day 2017 and tagged for deletion
- Two sections of this page's contents were outsourced to Template:April Fools/April Fools/April Fools/April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 and Template:Fools/April Fools/April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 to fool the next editor of the page.
- And the next fooled editor nominated the first template for deletion.
- And the next fooled editor requested page protection for the second template such that it wouldn't be nominated for deletion.
- And the next fooled editor nominated the first template for deletion.
- One user attempted to create a copycat April Fools' portal of the original April Fools' main page.
- It got deleted per CSD P2.
- Wikipedia:April Fools is turned upside down.
- The heading of this section was changed from 'Other pranks' to 'General tomfoolery'.
- And then the heading for this section was changed again from General tomfoolery to General Jerryfoolery with a link to Tom and Jerry.
- The Phase Master, The user who made the above edit, had to fix his edit FOUR times to make it look right.
- It was again changed to General Jerrymanderfoolery as a reference to Gerrymandering.
- Before being put into a comment.
- Nope.
- And was changed to all of this.
- On April 2.
- And again
- And again
- Which was then changes back to "other pranks" not because of the end of April fools.
- And again
- And again
- On April 2.
- And was changed to all of this.
- Nope.
- Before being put into a comment.
- It was again changed to General Jerrymanderfoolery as a reference to Gerrymandering.
- The Phase Master, The user who made the above edit, had to fix his edit FOUR times to make it look right.
- And then the heading for this section was changed again from General tomfoolery to General Jerryfoolery with a link to Tom and Jerry.
- Someone actually served tea at the Teahouse.
- Someone else then proceeded to break the Teahouse.
- The Vandalism Barnstar, awarded to editors who "tirelessly work to make Wikipedia more entertaining by adding hilarious language to articles" is added to the Barnstar list.
- someone tried to buy Wikipedia by 7 Million US Dollars.[citation needed]
- and someone replied with: "Come back when you have 1.2B$."[citation needed]
