Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022/Britisth Rail Class 420

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 * 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:  delete.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;— 04:55, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022/Britisth Rail Class 420

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I just don't get how a mildly vandalised copy of a page is needed, or helpful. It's just vandalism, and it was a long time ago that the decision was made that stuff like WP:BJAODN was not appropriate for Wikipedia. I'd speedy it, but I am not certain that it meets G3 as it is (supposedly?) a "joke". I have got a fairly broad sense of humour, but I still don't see how this is funny. If they'd rewritten the whole article, maybe, but they haven't even gone past the lead. Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 08:11, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: No reason for deletion articulated by the nominator. Consider archiving. SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:50, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * @SmokeyJoe: Reason for deleting: BJAODN isn't a thing any more. Is that what you were asking for? Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 12:23, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * BJAODN was deleted due copyright problems, too many to fix to Wikipedia's best practice standards. The deletion log mentions other things, but the copyright issues were the killer. Read more at Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive99.
 * The page is not "just vandalism".  It's an April Fool joke, and jokes have an angle of being useful educationally, even if slight. One person finding it "not funny" does not diminish the possible educational value.  Accordingly, as I think is the practice, these possible things are archived, like this.  Obvious useless things are not archived.  I think you should know a lot more about this before MfD-ing archived pages. SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:55, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete, made up article that serves no purpose, is garbage from start to finish. Nukerstt (talk) 05:44, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete, I don't see any educational value in this as we already have accurate information at British Rail Class 421. I also agree that jokes are supposed to be funny, if you are going to do a joke article then rewrite the article. Don't make jokes that look or feel like actual Wikipedia articles that have been slightly vandalized. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 04:56, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per Knowledgekid87.  starship .paint  (exalt) 03:13, 7 June 2022 (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.