Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2009

List of events:

Deletion requests

 * 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.
 * 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).
 * 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 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

 * 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:, ,
 * User:Marlith Rick Rolled the Wikipedia Main Talk Page (diff)
 * Several 'new ideas' were nominated at Motto of the day.
 * 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.
 * 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.