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Final name of "General Tomfoolery"/"Other Pranks" section

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For the final title of the miscelaneous joke section, I propose making it the last title of April Fools Day. If the title would bring disrepute on Wikipedia (i.e.e its racist), then I reccomend moving back until an approrpiate title is found. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 00:48, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

General Things/Other Foolery JustAnotherWikiUser0816 (talk) 06:00, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest "'We outdid last year's edit war' foolery". 2604:2D80:610C:4800:A80C:BE68:9DE:63A5 (talk) 13:38, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I did a thing. Discussion welcome there. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 02:06, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This page has completely fallen apart

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Things are too hectic, I dunno whats gonna happen... DrJosh999 (talk) 03:48, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop vandalizing for gods sake.

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Please, I am kindly asking you. I hope this nonsensical vandalism will end. We just Wikipedia to be helpful, not a bunch of nonsense. Please stop, alright? It's actually really annoying. Koridas (Speak) 02:57, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 April 2020

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I need to edit this page. Please make it non-protected. 2001:56A:774D:8F00:F5DB:EFD2:5B6F:C9D8 (talk) 03:11, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Aasim 03:21, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request

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Although I am an auto extended confirmed user. I am making an edit request due to the following reasons

  1. The high amount of vandalism could result in my edit accidentally being reverted
  2. The high amount of vandalism could make my edit more likely to be interpreted in Bad faith

The requested edit is below

Thank you All hail Armok (talk) 03:34, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'd support, but the picture should be made smaller to avoid overwhelming the page. Sdkb (talk) 07:12, 1 April 2020(UTC)
Done! All hail Armok (talk) 07:18, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Word Association Game 2020

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How to play: Look at the previously posted word, and add the first word you think of. For example: ...

...

I'll start:

Tense used in AfDs

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Please take seriously

The bulleted list of joke AfDs (link) currently seems to be using the format of something like:

The 'is' is also sometimes a 'was'. (?) I think that the correct word there should be has been, as it represents something ongoing which has started in the past. (Right?) I made that change in an edit. However, it was quickly reverted. Therefore, I have come to the talk page to prevent edit warrring. >>BEANS X2t 05:56, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I also suggest linking to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2020_April_1#April_Fools'_Day_nominations somewhere in the section for easy reference. >>BEANS X2t 06:04, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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There is a move discussion in progress on Wikipedia talk:April Fools/April Foools' Day 2020 which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 08:05, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

RfC about edit warring and vandalism on the yearly April Fools page

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I created a RfC on the Rules for Fools talk page for the edit warring and vandalism that has been occuring on the individual yearly April Fools documentation pages since 2017 and have gotten way too out of hand in the past two years. 107.77.173.61 (talk) 10:26, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

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This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --{{SUBST:replyto|Can I Log In}}PLEASE copy and paste the code to reply(Talk) 16:31, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

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tHis projeCt pAGe MaY MEET wikiPeDiA'S cRiteRIa fOR SPeEDY DELetion AS a pAGe ThAt Is PatENT NOnSense, CONSisTING pUrEly of iNcoheRenT TExT Or GIBBeRish wItH No meaNInGfuL coNTEnt OR HiSToRY --Sulfurboy (talk) 16:31, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Still vandalism

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People are still continuing to vandalize this page, more protection is probs necessary — Preceding unsigned comment added by Homeofthething (talk • contribs) 17:28, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Koridas stop this nonsense before the admins get involved

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Thread retitled from "Why specifically are you disallowing us editing that one section.". This discussion has incoming links, so this was added to prevent those links from breaking. –ToxiBoi! (contribs) 21:50, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We have made it pretty clear we will stop at 12:00 am April 2nd and we're just joking around with an edit war (Since it's April Fools and it seems to fit the guidelines). What's with the big deal now? Why are you trying to put a stop now instead of 5 hours ago? And how does this not fit the guidelines. We're just trying to have fun for just one day. OcelotCreeper (talk) 17:46, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yea why can't we have some fun while we are couped up at home?JustAnotherWikiUser0816 (talk) 17:57, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also, there are current boundaries I have, like the lyrics for thr rick astley song, since that is a copyright violation, and blanking of all of the other content. OcelotCreeper (talk) 18:00, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OcelotCreeper, it is literally telling you at the top not to vandalize the page. Koridas (Speak) 18:04, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Koridas 1. This was never an issue last year 2. Why stop us now this late into the day and not hours ago? 3. Its one header thats it. JustAnotherWikiUser0816 (talk) 18:05, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

JustAnotherWikiUser0816, let me rephrase something.

April Fool's Day is not an excuse for violating Wikipedia's policies and guidelines

— The template right at the top

It doesn't matter if it wasn't the same last year. Rules change. They don't last forever. Koridas (Speak) 18:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Koridas Still why stop us this late in the day? JustAnotherWikiUser0816 (talk) 18:09, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

JustAnotherWikiUser0816, I may be in a different time zone then you. it's only 10:00 where I am.

Koridas There is a long-standing consensus that April Fools' Day jokes are allowed and a proposal to ban the Great Edit War this yearfailed to gain consensus. I am going to respectfully request that you either allow April Fools to continue or that the admins take a formal action that adequately accounts for why this is such an emergency that WP:consensus has to be overruled. (Also, this is rather plainly not a real edit war but a community exercise in silliness.) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 18:20, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How many edits do you currently have? Because in 2 weeks, I already had 350 edits. OcelotCreeper (talk) 18:20, 1 April 2020 (UTC) @Kordias: Hello? Are you going to leave us here unanswered? OcelotCreeper (talk) 18:30, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OcelotCreeper, stop being so impatient, some guy kept on leaving messages on my talk pages. BTW I had 300 edits in the first week. I now almost have 15,000 edits and you don't even have 1000 edits. Koridas (Speak) 18:33, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Koridas, Please stop your nonsense. You're annoying others and it's getting in people's way. —moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 18:37, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Also, Edits != Experience. Seriously. You're sounding very arrogant. —moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 18:38, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Moonythedwarf, I like how you guys all get pissed off at me for trying to help the community, but now everyone's being a little bitch now even though I haven't done anything to them. Koridas (Speak) 18:48, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Koridas:@Moonythedwarf: Exactly. It could be the smallest 1000 edits are actually in a way harmful, and it could be that the edits one does are small, while others with less edits have more power technically because theirs are big edits. Not saying anything about your edit size, just that saying edits = experience makes you sound like the world revolves around you. OcelotCreeper (talk) 18:43, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OcelotCreeper, Well it kind of does since I'm the only one who doesn't vandalize the page. Koridas (Speak) 18:45, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Self-jokes not allowed?

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Rephrased heading. –ToxiBoi! (contribs) 18:26, 1 April 2020 (UTC) Alright, as I promised, I will attempt to open discussion. I've attempted to add this to the page twice:[reply]

And each time I got reverted for vague reasons. (The first revert might've been a mistake, but I'm just plain confused about the second one). Could someone please help out and tell me why this content is unwelcome in the article? –ToxiBoi! (contribs) 18:18, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Koridas because they seem to still be active. JAWU0816 responded on their talk. –ToxiBoi! (contribs) 18:20, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
ToxiBoi, If you vandalize, then no. Koridas (Speak) 18:33, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
ToxiBoi, I've told them off. What you were doing is fine. —moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 18:37, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's...Gone?

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The entire section that was being warred over on April fools day disappeared! WHAT Tanker4390 (talk) 00:03, 2 April 2020 (UTC) nvm Tanker4390 (talk) 00:04, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

An apology for my behavior

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Thanks for apologising for your behaviour, Closing as nothing else needs to be said. –Davey2010Talk 14:45, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Guys, I am sorry for attacking some of you. I wasn't thinking correctly at the time and I've realized the huge mistake I made. I should of listened to what you guys were telling me. Although I may be banned soon, I hope this message will get to the people that I have shown overwhelming disrespect to, such as Moonythedwarf, JustAnotherWikiUser0816, OcelotCreeper, and Spirit of Eagle.

I've even felt more ashamed after reading Wikipedia:No personal attacks, Wikipedia:POINT, and Wikipedia:CONSENSUS. This finally made me realize that I was being hateful to the rules and guidelines.

Of course, I was just being stupid and making a fool of myself. I'm embarrassed of my behavior and I am aware the consequences that may happen to me. I was actually under a lot of stress earlier from two things currently happening in my life and a few things that just happened. I'm been very stressed out recently. It hasn't just happened on Wikipedia either, I've gone insane in real life too.

Sincerely, Koridas (Speak) 03:58, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Koridas, Thanks for the apology. All is forgiven. I'm not one to hold grudges as long as someone learned in the end :) Have you seen the WP:DISCORD? April Fools was being discussed there. I understand the stress issue especially. Things are nasty lately. —moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 04:55, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Koridas I'm seconding Braden N. here. I appreciate the apology and don't hold this against you in the slightest. Every editor has done something boneheaded during their time on Wikipedia, but not every editor has the maturity and self-reflection to recognize and apologize for it. I hope to see you around Wikipedia in the future. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 05:34, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Koridas: Thank you. Also seconding Braden, I understand. It's hard to not get caught up in the chaos, which may lead to one forgetting that policies exist. Just make sure to follow them in the future and everything will be fine. :) InvalidOStalk 12:37, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Special CSD criteria for bad April Fools' humor (or humor in general)

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The proposal has been withdrawn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pythoncoder (talk • contribs) 15:16, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I think that some bad humor may have to be deleted through CSD, but for some of them the criteria is quite ambiguous. Using G6 as "low-participation joke AfD" every time is not the best solution. On the other hand, bad humor may not be so bad to need G3/G10 deletion. I hereby propose a new criterion for speedy deletion:

G15. Unappreciated Humor

This applies to humor that is, in general, not appreciated by other users. This also includes not-so-serious vandalism that would not be eligible under G3 or G10. This includes:

  • Low participation joke AfDs in April Fools' Day;
  • Parodies that may be insulting/distressing to certain editors (e.g. COVID-19 jokes);
  • Inappropriate humor in a serious venue outside of April Fools' (including redirects created after a move to Wikipedia:Silly Things), like AfDs and RfAs

I would appreciate any feedback. Cheeds, TLOM (The Lord of Math) (Message) 06:56, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Strong oppose. See WP:NEWCSD - criteria need to be objective, uncontestable, frequent and non-redundant. This proposal spectacularly fails the first two (literally every point is subjective) and completely fails the third if restricted to April Fools. There is also no evidence presented that there are any attempts at humour that should be speedily deleted that cannot be deleted under an existing criterion, particularly G1, G3 and/or G10 meaning it almost certainly fails the fourth requirement as well. Thryduulf (talk) 19:07, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment if this proposal is not withdrawn or speedily closed it should probably be moved to WT:CSD which is the correct place to discuss speedy deletion criteria. Thryduulf (talk) 19:11, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. We are not Uncyclopedia, and we don't need unfunny humor. Catgirllover4ever (talk) 19:14, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: As stated above, this might not be neccessary. Instead, G6 exist because it's for uncontroverisal maintanence, so, if uncontroversial, then use G6. {{replyto}} Can I Log In's (talk) page 19:39, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Rules for Fools#RfC: April Fools' Day

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 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Rules for Fools#RfC: April Fools' Day. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 23:09, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Post-April 1st, Usurp closed

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The page says not to edit it so I won't do it directly, but I forgot to note this one username usurp request: [1] I was involved in that just recently closed. Honestly, I forgot about it until now... does it count as "Post-April 1st"? I am commenting on an unusual device (Xbox), so I might make weird formatting changes or removals whilst editing. Feel free to revert if something is erronous and add my additions back in. –ToxiBoi! (public) 01:35, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

EPILOGUE

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Moved from Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2020/The Great April Fools' Day Edit War of 2020

Awful, just Awful. TGEW2 Must never be forgotten. As a relic to humanity's mistakes

God, why? Why have you forsaken us?

I know what you came here for, I know you want Closure (Additional comments after April 1)

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What should the final section header be?

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more redirects. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on an appropriate discussion page (such as the redirect's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the discussion was let the winner, PorkchopGMX, decide what the header should be.

Ok so last year we decided on “The section that everyone kept edit warring over” foolery or something like that. This year we should decide on something else. I won the GAFDEW II!! (PorkchopGMX) (t - c) 00:28, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Narrow it down

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Ok I think that these could be the most logical choices:

  • The winner “listen to living colour!==“
  • Normal stuff, like General Tomfoolery and Other things and alternatives of those
  • Any of User:TuxStrikesBack’s proposals
  • Being honest and saying “Acts of Vandalism”
  • Use Module:Random to randomly choose a title from the edit war.
    • Alternatively, choose the best title from each time period and Module:Random them.

Obviously you can suggest something else, but I do not want this discussion to drag on for too long. Please say which one you want and also you can propose different titles. I won the GAFDEW II!! (PorkchopGMX) (t - c) 06:02, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Closure

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Could somebody please close this thread and try to determine a consensus? I won the GAFDEW II!! (PorkchopGMX) (t - c) 01:25, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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