Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017

@ ~ 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."
 * It is suggested the page be redirected to Fox News or Breitbart.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Redirect/Merge to Uranus, Future, Present, Userfy to God was suggested.
 * 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.
 * Redirect to Uranus was suggested, "because Uranus is the solution to everything."
 * The result was Speedy Cabal.
 * 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.".
 * And it got nominated for deletion.
 * 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.

Miscellany for Deletion

 * 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.
 * Articles for deletion/Log/2017 April 1 was nominated for deletion.
 * This page got CSD'd for being a blatant hoax and general housekeeping.
 * [|It was then quickly reverted.]
 * 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 again.
 * We need to go deeper,
 * Even deeper,
 * so forth.
 * And it got deleted per CSD G3.
 * 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.
 * No original research got nominated for deletion per WP:OR.
 * And it got deleted per CSD G3.
 * 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."
 * Rules for Fools was nominated for deletion.
 * User:TenPoundHammer was nominated for deletion for being non-existent.
 * 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."

Templates for deletion

 * 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.".
 * Template:April Fools/April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 was nominated for deletion because of "Too many Fools/April around, and bad title too! :)".

Redirects for deletion

 * 0/0 was nominated for deletion.
 * Obama was nominated for deletion because "the target is no longer relevant as of today."

Categories for discussion

 * Category:Wikipedia April Fools' Day 2017 was nominated for deletion

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 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.
 * Main Page's Did you know? corner got changed in various versions. Alternative version
 * ProDuct0339's main page was straight up one giant smiley.
 * April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 was moved to April Fools/April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017
 * April Fools/April Fools/April Fools' Day 2017 was then moved to 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.
 * 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.
 * One user attempted to create a copycat April Fools' portal of the original April Fools' main page.
 * It got deleted per CSD P2.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * and someone replied with: "Come back when you have 1.2B$."