Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2016

An arbcom case arose around a 2016 April Fool's Day piece in The Signpost, objections to it, and reactions to those objections: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gamaliel and others.

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• Racism
• Deletion was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deletion (3rd nomination)|712959498|nominated for deletion}} per WP:RECURSION.
• Jimmy Wales was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jimmy Wales (7th nomination)|712954173|nominated for deletion}} on the grounds of impersonating Jimbo.
• Donald Trump was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donald Trump|712953206|nominated for deletion}} because Bernie Sanders is better... Like, waaaaaaay better
• Bernie Sanders was "nominated" for deletion because Donald Trump is going to be the best president ever! Unfortunately, no one knows where the nomination went.
• In other news, Donald Trump's presidential campaign was nominated for deletion for being a complete hoax
• AOL is nominated for deletion for being 2 old.
• Delta Air Lines was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Delta Air Lines|712953140|nominated for deletion}} because of disliking circles.
• iPhone SE was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/iPhone SE|712951601|nominated for deletion}} since it looks like the iPhone 3.
• Tadalafil was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tadalafil|712956007|nominated for deletion}} because of the pain.
• Windows 8 was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
• Although the last three nominations have occurred, this is the first nomination to be an April Fools' prank.
• Yandere Simulator was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yandere Simulator|712950122|nominated for deletion}}. On her birthday!
• Twitch.tv was nominated for deletion since Kappa.
• Virgin America was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Virgin America|712949226|nominated for deletion}} as the logo looked like boobs.
• HTTP 404 was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HTTP 404|712947871|nominated for deletion}} 404 RATIONALE NOT FOUND
• Undertale was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Undertale|712946732|nominated for deletion}} on the command of Chara.
• Russia was {{oldid|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russia|712949610|nominated for deletion}} because it is too early to give up on communism.
• The report is ran over by a train after the phrase "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DjOL2we8ko I like trains]" is muttered.
• Wikipedia got nominated for deletion for the eighth time.
• Which is then nominated for deletion because it isn't an April Fools' day gag without a recursive xfd.
• Which is in turn nominated for deletion for not meeting notability requirements.
• Which is then [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Wikipedia_%288th_nomination%29&oldid=712978033 flipped upside-down like a table.]
• Earth [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth&oldid=712958419 was speedied for being a hoax. Again.]
• User:TenPoundHammer [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TenPoundHammer&oldid=712958557 was speedied for being a nonexistent user.]
• The page is then [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TenPoundHammer&diff=712967237&oldid=712959113 nominated for deletion], like your common article.
• The United States was nominated for deletion on the grounds that it is a hoax.
• The Rules for Fools page was nominated for deletion for the second time on the grounds that Wikipedia is not a manual of what policies to follow.
• Vandalism on Wikipedia was nominated for deletion on the grounds that everyone can agree that vandalism has no place on Wikipedia.
• This page was flipped upside-down, since [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:April_Fools/April_Fools%27_Day_2016&oldid=712978914 it seems that's all NewWikiProfile001 knows how to do].
• Spirit of Eagle then proceeds to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:April_Fools/April_Fools%27_Day_2016&action=edit&oldid=712979432 flip the page upside down again] instead of reverting, meaning the page has been flipped 360 degrees.
• Which is then rotated another 360 degrees, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:April_Fools/April_Fools%27_Day_2016&diff=712980322&oldid=712980082 making the page rather dizzy.]
• Spirit of Eagle gets so dizzy that he accidently warns himself for edits made to this page.
• Wikipedia:Mouse! was nominated for deletion because, to quote Noyster, "The excellence of this feature is so blatantly obvious that there is no need whatever for an RfC".
• WrestleMania 32 was nominated for deletion due to AT&T Stadium being closed all weekend, but also due to the fact that fans don't want Roman Reigns as WWE World Heavyweight champion.
• Dihydrogen monoxide hoax nominated for deletion because dihydrogen monoxide is a real issue.
• Shanghai Metro was nominated for deletion since it is too crowded.
• Elizabeth II was nominated for deletion as nobody has heard of this person.
• History was nominated for deletion so we can get a fresh start.
• Ecce Homo (Elías García Martínez) was nominated for deletion because it is better whited out.
• Darth Vader was nominated for deletion for misusing the dark side of the force.
• Lascaux was nominated for deletion because it's still too early.
• Frozen (2013 film) was nominated for deletion as nothing could be found through all that ice.
• History of the world was nominated for deletion because it is not notable.
• Microsoft Windows was nominated for deletion (twice) because of a statement from the FSF saying that it's evil.
• God was nominated for deletion for impersonating Morgan Freeman.
• John Kasich was nominated for deletion for not really being a presidential candidate.
• Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia was again nominated for deletion on the grounds that it is an "egregious hoax."
• Bimbo Wales was nominated for deletion because of "taco".

===User Pages===

• User:Peter SamFan's user page was blanked due to an unrecoverable system error. See link. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Peter_SamFan&diff=712930800&oldid=712930742]
• 20px You are blocked (fake) User talk:Titodutta#You are blocked
• Jimbo's user page is {{oldid|User:Jimbo Wales|712947279|redirected}} and then goofed up again. (See link.) [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jimbo_Wales&diff=713033412&oldid=713017542.]
• Widr's user page was turned upside down. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Widr&diff=next&oldid=712862047]
• The Voidwalker's user page went {{oldid|User:The Voidwalker|712953512|splodey}}.
• In a stunning display of originality, Spirit of Eagle's user page was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Spirit_of_Eagle&oldid=713059310 flipped by 75 degrees].

• An invalid redirect for creation was made and accepted.
• It wasn't realized however.
• This section was renamed from "General tomfoolery" to "General jerryfoolery" as a Tom and Jerry pun.
• But like the invalid redirection request, it wasn't realized.
• Template:Humor got an {{diff|Template:Humor|712959400|next|update}} (but was quickly reverted).

:And then was {{diff|Template:Humor|713034178|next|changed again.}}

• In the pranks by year section of Wikipedia:April Fools, the 2016 link was edited so that it led to the talk page rather than the project page. As a result, this page was created on the talk page and remained there for nearly an hour.
• One grumpy User:David Levy decided to warn User:Clubjustin for playing jokes. A Zilla came to eat the grumpy user up.
• Wikipedia:Copyright problems [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Copyright_problems&oldid=712973138 gets tagged with a copyright violation template] because the header for the page directly takes from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/Header this webpage].
• Wikipedia:April fools was redirected from Wikipedia:April Fools to Never Gonna Give You Up, resulting in a number of would-be pranksters getting Rickrolled.
• An RFC was started at Wikipedia:Mouse! on some impending software.
• Xkcd got sandy,
• WP:NPA Was redirected to titusfox's userpage. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks&direction=next&oldid=713026662 1]
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship&oldid=713028596 Tumbleweeds were seen crossing the RFA page]
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:April_Fools/April_Fools%27_Day_2016&diff=713036359&oldid=713035735 This page got rickrolled].
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upside_Down_(disambiguation)&diff=prev&oldid=713021066 Upside Down (disambiguation) gets turned upside down].
  How meta.

:[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upside_Down_(disambiguation)&diff=next&oldid=713021066 The page then goes right side up again].

• Fundraising announced their plans to supplement banners with VR ads
• Angle is [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=prev&oldid=713070121 up at an angle].
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Askew&oldid=713096645 Askew is tilted ever-so-slightly.]

• {{u|Xaosflux}} made a bot approval request for {{gender|Xaosflux|genitive}} fellow bot {{u|Fluxbot}} at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Fluxbot 401. "401" should be short for April Fools' Day.

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• First Jerryfoolery reference

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