Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/April fools pages


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the discussion was kept; early close per WP:SNOW--Aervanath (talk) 10:30, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

April fools and all subpages
This stuff is a rediculous glorification of vandalism-like activities and in general a very bad idea.-- Ipatrol (talk) 21:34, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep, a Wiki tradition, see FCDW/AprilFools and Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-03/Dispatches. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 22:01, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Reply Symbol reply.svg It does not matter that it is a "tradition", It is a bad idea when we deface our own site for "fun". I believe than any further April fools jokes should from now on be treated as vandalism and may result in blocking and de-sysoping for admins. Millions of people arond the world use our sight every day including the first of April. People speak english across the world and therefore go to en.wikipedia from across the world, not all of them may be throughly familiar with the April 1st tradition. Therefore with Wikipedia being a serious endevor, we should treat it as such.--Ipatrol (talk) 22:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Good recursive joke, although it's two months early. Nicely done indirectly MFD'ing WP:MFD itself by including it in the "all subpages" link at the top (since transclusions were not excluded). Almost as good as putting the main page up for AFD on April 1. On the off chance this MFD is serious, remember that WP:April fools encourages humour, not defacement of the site. Even the OED has humourous in-joke entries. Gimmetrow 00:18, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Symbol reply.svg I am dead serious, I am not nominating MFD, that should be obvious. I just use whatlinkshere as a general idea as the templates link to the MFD. Stuff like wikideletion todat is not being nominated. If I were joking I would wait for april 1. This is a serious discussion.
 * Keep Just like ceiling cat, this is one of the few things that keeps the majority of us from going insane and mass-murdering. WP:IAR says that we should ignore rules if ignoring the rules will serve the encyclopedia in the long run, and this is clearly such a case. Ottava Rima (talk) 22:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep No harm (in fact a great deal of good) comes from such material. And since major publications also honor that day, WP is not the only one at risk. And it should be noted that "April Fool" is not only an English tradition.  In short -- KEEP. Collect (talk) 23:17, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. As for the comment about further April Fools' jokes being regarded as vandalism, as Collect points out many publications in English and non-English speaking countries run April Fools' jokes. If it's okay for the BBC, it's okay for us. Grutness...wha?  23:31, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and may this exceedingly well managed and executed project long prosper. — Athaenara  ✉  01:03, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. If serious and self-respecting websites do April Fools, so can we. Korodzik (talk) 09:01, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.