Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2016

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

Nominations for deletion

 * Racism
 * Deletion was per WP:RECURSION.
 * Jimmy Wales was on the grounds of impersonating Jimbo.
 * Donald Trump was 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 because of disliking circles.
 * iPhone SE was since it looks like the iPhone 3.
 * Tadalafil was 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 . On her birthday!
 * Twitch.tv was nominated for deletion since Kappa.
 * Virgin America was as the logo looked like boobs.
 * HTTP 404 was
 * Undertale was on the command of Chara.
 * Russia was because it is too early to give up on communism.
 * The report is ran over by a train after the phrase "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 flipped upside-down like a table.
 * Earth was speedied for being a hoax. Again.
 * User:TenPoundHammer was speedied for being a nonexistent user.
 * The page is then 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 it seems that's all NewWikiProfile001 knows how to do.
 * Spirit of Eagle then proceeds to flip the page upside down again instead of reverting, meaning the page has been flipped 360 degrees.
 * Which is then rotated another 360 degrees, making the page rather dizzy.
 * Spirit of Eagle gets so dizzy that he accidently warns himself for edits made to this page.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Stop x nuvola.svg You are blocked (fake) User talk:Titodutta#You are blocked
 * Jimbo's user page is and then goofed up again. (See link.)
 * Widr's user page was turned upside down.
 * The Voidwalker's user page went.
 * In a stunning display of originality, Spirit of Eagle's user page was flipped by 75 degrees.

General Jerryfoolery

 * 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 (but was quickly reverted).
 * And then was


 * In the pranks by year section of 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.
 * Copyright problems gets tagged with a copyright violation template because the header for the page directly takes from this webpage.
 * April fools was redirected from April Fools to Never Gonna Give You Up, resulting in a number of would-be pranksters getting Rickrolled.
 * An RFC was started at Mouse! on some impending software.
 * Xkcd got sandy,
 * WP:NPA Was redirected to titusfox's userpage. 1
 * Tumbleweeds were seen crossing the RFA page
 * This page got rickrolled.
 * Upside Down (disambiguation) gets turned upside down. How meta.
 * The page then goes right side up again.


 * Fundraising announced their plans to supplement banners with VR ads
 * Angle is up at an angle.
 * Askew is tilted ever-so-slightly.

Miscellaneous

 * made a bot approval request for fellow bot  at Bots/Requests for approval/Fluxbot 401. "401" should be short for April Fools' Day.