Edit warring is prohibited even on April Fool's Day; editors who edit war will be blocked.
The two Great Edit Wars occurred before there was consensus to apply this rule to April Fools Day pages. This page is preserved solely as an
archive of past conduct necessitating this rule; nothing on this page is meant to promote or encourage future edit wars.
This page contains material that is kept because it is considered
humorous. Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.
April Fools' Day has been a Wikipedia tradition since
2004. In
2015, an editor changed the name of the miscellaneous joke section from "General Tomfoolery" to “General Jerryfoolery”, which spawned a short but friendly edit war that was repeated in 2016 through 2018. In 2019, the
First Great Edit War broke out and over one-hundred changes were made to the title of the miscellaneous joke section. As the dust of the first Great Edit War cleared, the community could only wait and see what April Fools' Day 2020 would bring.
In the months and days before April 1, 2020, multiple edits were made to the
documentation page for 2020. As the clock struck 12:00, pure chaos was unleashed across the page as editors, many of them quarantined due to the ongoing
Coronavirus pandemic, rotated and skewed the page, copypasted the contents of other articles, spammed images across the page (many of them under
copyright protection) and generally made the entire page an unintelligible mess. Some order was restored after the page was semi-protected a little after 3 AM UTC, but edits to the "General Tomfoolery" section title continued at a breakneck pace. By the time April 2 rolled around, untold hundreds of article titles had been posted and the Wikipedia community was left shaking its head at the utter chaos that had just unfolded.
Following this edit war, people agreed to prohibit edit warring and vandalism on April Fools Day pages,[1] and administrators are given permission to protect the April Fools Day page and block editors upon any further instances of edit warring and vandalism.
Below is an attempt by the Wikipedia community to document the events of that fateful April Fools' Day.
9–31 March
On 9 March, the section was created under the name "other pranks". It is left in a comment (<!-- like this -->) until shortly before April Fools' Day.
Someone made a section that said "bee movie" but linked to shrek instead
In the days (and month) before April Fools, the "Do Not Edit" notice was modified from "tomfoolery" to "pranking", then to "pranking/tom/jerryfoolery", and then to "
*foolery", and then a reference to
last year’s edit war, before being reworded to avoid further edit warring.
3 hours before April 1st, the other pranks section was pre-emptively renamed "The section name people will probably still fight over" foolery. (Foreshadowing?)
Also 3 hours before April 1st, this section was changed to Pre-March 32nd pranks.
Then it was Pre-February 32nd pranks.
Then it was
two dates that we shouldn't mention.
Then dark humor wasn't funny
The section names were inverted seconds before April Fools.
And then Trumpfoolery, then Tom/Jerrytemporary, then Tom/Cary foolery.
Then it was the entire text of the US Declaration of Independence.
Then it was Jerryfoolery extends Tomfoolery implements Expunged, SectionHeader, FlippedYesExclamation,
SCP846566657465717565836589657865678270, Acronyms, Seinfeld, 🅱enandTom, IDONTLIKEIT, EditWar, Madness, The Purge, WingDingsText, StuffEditorsForgotToPutHere (now including egg) WAH WAH WAH WAH Aka: How I learned to kill Wikipedia, Cyberspace, and all other foolery of the Oganesson Sobble on a stick". That's a mouthful. It's now... *inhales deeply* "Jerryfoolery extends Tomfoolery implements Expunged, SectionHeader, FlippedYesExclamation, SCP846566657465717565836589657865678270, Acronyms, Seinfeld, 🅱enandTom, IDONTLIKEIT, EditWar, Madness, The Purge, WingDingsText, StuffEditorsForgotToPutHere (now including egg, (part of a complete breakfast)) WAH WAH WAH WAH Aka: How I learned to kill Wikipedia, Cyberspace, and all other foolery of the Nobelium Scorbunny. Cyberspace is Most important, don’t kill it! On a Stick!!!!!! NO!!! HOW DARE YOU DENY THE STICK?!?! Corporate Sign is supposed to be on the stick!!!!! With ice cream? With the Nobelium Scorbunny and Farancium Grookey Youtube Downloader Bee aCopyright strike article 13 general kenobi AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ejiwopijpo trji-osgiopjer trewh-ohnio pdpoih siohpgreiophwiuh5h98wtnifwij or- ej0whu t8549whoi jfds0j9-t0 j-3429h yeuwi-trnj eiwj-t 5iuhy5-9j 98-u 98u t589uyhrenjidfs9 80" Jesus Christ, and it wasn't even put in correctly.
Sometime during that time, the section header was flipped sideways.
The Communist Manifesto got posted a few times.
ANd then the section title was protected by pikemen.
And then it was Other Pranks.
There’s a 33rd of March.
Then it was General Gerryfoolery.
Then it was general jerryfoolery.
Then it was a song, then it was weedism.
Then it was General Jesusfoolery then General Godfoolery.
Then it was General Perryfoolery.
Then it was general Spikefoolery, then Tykefoolery then TykeandSpikefoolery.
Then it was General Gerryfoolery.
Then Red Bull.
Then it was eneral PerryMasonfoolery=
Then everything was deleted.
But then it came back.
Thank you all. I want you all to know; it can't go any louder. I want you all to know that America today, America today is on bended knee. In prayer for people whose lives were lost here, for the workers who work here. for the families who mourn. This nation stands with the good people of New York City and New Jersey and Connecticut as we mourn the loss of thousands of our citizens. I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon! The nation, the nation sends its love and compassion for everybody who is here. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for making the nation proud, and may God bless America.
Blanked to WP:HOAX
The page was rotated a couple of times.
Then it was "AAAA EDIT WAR AAAA"
And then it was democracy.
Pi was offered to participants! :D
Then after a bit of confusion and insanity, the edit war resumed.
Then it was "DfX rehtO"
Then it was General Tomfoolery again.
Then the entire page got reverted to pre-April 1. The section was renamed "Other Pranks". Hopefully, sanity will prevail.
Then it was "General Jerryfoolery"
Then it was the Bob the Builder theme song.
Then it was "General SCP-173foolery"
Then it was General MacArthur.
There were two separate sections for the edit war for a little bit, so they were combined and the new section became “Other pranks + General Perryfoolery”.
At one point, the title was "NO"
The title was replaced with the lyrics to the song Money Machine by
100 Gecs
Then it was The great edit war 2 electric boogaloo
But then there were too many boogaloos
Then everyone was told to "go to sleep"
Since when was Jeff the Killer a Wikipedian?
Then after confusion, insanity and the page being shifted into the past and back, the title became "AAAA EDIT WAR AAAA" again.
Then there were two sections for the edit war again so they were merged and became “General Backfoolery + Confusing", even though it was filled with Pokémon birds
Which is a deletion request from 2005. The debate focused on whether the creation of
2020 Summer Olympics was
WP:CRYSTAL. The result was keep, on the grounds that we know for sure that the 2020 Summer Olympics will be happening.
[1]
The edit war halts as once again the page went crazy with vandalism, with text from many pages, and several reverts.
It got skewed too many times
Mass changes affecting the entire page notwithstanding, its been stuck at "AAAA EDIT WAR AAAA" for awhile.
It was also “no” for one moment but lost in the sea of chaos.
Then it became This page has been BOMBED!! KABOOM!
Monkeys make their own knockoff Retry?: Never Gonna Give You Up?
Monkeys make their own knockoff Retry?: Deja vu?
Retry?: Deja vu?
Monkeys make their own knockoff Retry?: Jamais vu?
Then it was "AAAA EDIT WAR AAAA" again.
Then it was AAAyesA EDIT WAR AAAA.
Then it was "General Tomfooleray".
Then it was "Seargant Tomfooleray".
Then it was "Sergeant Tomfooleray drinks
Deja Blue that was given to him by Retry?"
Then it was "Sergeant Tomfooleray drinks
Red Bull that was given to him by Retry?"
Private First Class James Tomfooleray drinks
Deja Blue that was given to him by Retry?
Private First Class James Vowlesfoolery drinks Deja Blue that was given to him by Retry? 0
We almost certainly missed half a dozen steps somewhere in this line, which took less than a minute to unfold.
And then it was redirected to this article.
Wait What? Retry? 0
Wait What? Retry? 1
And back to the classic "General Jerryfoolery"
General foolery
General Perryfoolery
Then it was split again, and we had "Monkeys make their own knockoff Retry?: Jamais vu?" and "General Perryfoolery" for a while.
Then it was "General KatyPerryfoolery"
And then "Noooo...oooooo"
Wait What? Retry? 0? Oh wait... Private First Class Retry? has gave away all his
Deja Blue and then died of thirst but then he comes back as a ghost 5: General JerryMatthewKatyPeryFoolery General KatyPerryfoolery NOOOOOOOOO That’s NOT all folk
That’s NOT all folks
Wait What? Retry? 0? Oh wait... Private First Class Retry? has gave away all his Deja Blue and then died of thirst but then he comes back as a ghost 5: General JerryMatthewKatyPeryFoolery General KatyPerryfoolery NOOOOOOOOO That’s NOT all folks (note the plural)
And the long "No" again.
"General Spikefoolery" again
Then it was "
Sierra Mist 2: Lemon-Lime Boogie", but struck out
"Grand Admiral Oganesson", also struck out
Grand Admiral Oganesson
Sergeant Jerryfoolery
"It has been 2 weeks can I finally pee?"
Probably
It has been 2 weeks can I finally pee? Please DO NOT kill nature... As in This Section
Then it was split again, and there were both "......................,......................................................................................." and "This is a header" for a while.
Then it was "A man has fallen into the river in LEGO City" again
Then it was "Green Eggs"
Green eggs and ham in LEGO City
Green eggs and ham in Q-Bricks City
Then it was "Other Pranks" again.
Compiler note: The original
WP:AFDEW2019 was only a little over 15,000 bytes. This list is nearly 13,000 bytes and its not even 4 AM.
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General Pranks
General Skulduggery
Someone notes that too many people are
stuck at home right now, with nothing to do but edit war.
General TomfooleryGeneral tomfoolery with a lowercase tThen it was "I got to go to bed bye. OcelotCreeper (talk) 04:01, 1 April 2020 (UTC)".Don’t put your sig in a header.OcelotThingsforthisone.OcelotCreeper (talk) 04:03, 1 April 2020 (UTC)You're welcome.Renerpho (talk) 04:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)Even though this wasn't me.Renerpho (talk) 04:18, 1 April 2020 (UTC)OtterThingsOther pranks AfD: Nominated for deletion; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName.Then it was General somethingfooleryMissing a few titles here.General I-like-ottersfooleryCock.fooleryChairman Xi Foolery 2: Zhao Lijian's Offensive"Other foolery"Compiler note:It is 4:08 AM and this list is already longer than last year's.Then it was the Navy SEAL copypastaThen itwas"OtherThings"againIalso-like-sloths-fooleryChairman Xi Foolery 3: Return of the General Big Chungus FooleryGeneral TomFooleryGeneral Tom, Dick, and HarryfooleryOther PranxOther PranxYan-An: TheChairman Xi Foolery Prequel 1Yan-An: The Chairman Xi Foolery Prequel 420General Salamanderfoolery“Other things” with a link to alternative rock.And once again back to "General tomfoolery".Xi Jinping Coast to Coast: The Chairman Xi Foolery Prequel 2Xi Jinping Coast to Coast: The Chairman Xi Foolery Prequel 421"Other things" (again)Sloth thingsThen it became "It is now 4:18 AM folks"General StopfooleryGeneral StormWergelandGeneral Storm AlertBelt n Road: The Chairman Xi Foolery Prequel 114514 - Starring the Legendary Yajuu SenpaiOther pranksGeneral Storm AlertThen it was "Other pranks" again.Other thingsOtherthingsMiscellanyMiscellaneousThis is a redirect to Megalocnus, an extinct species of ground sloths.Admiral Miku Hatsune FooleryAdmiral thingsGeneral Luo Tianyi FooleryGeneral DoorStopfoolery General OtterfooleryThen the title was Then the title got deleted entirely.Can I leave?General Negmat Rahman Foolery - Free Uighurs!Void thingsOther thingsOther thingsIt remained there fora record breaking 4 minutes.Other things being equalOther things being equalGeneral Tomfoolery
It was just copied and pasted text from this very page.
How original
Then it was "Admins, please sysop protect this. Thank you."
Other Things, There is no other things., Other things, Other things (How boring.), Yes. (How boring.)
A new header at the bottom that "you are free to change all you want" but then "you aren’t free to change".
Now the header is "yyyyyyiithou aren’t free to chaaaaaaange"
Here it was mostly people leaving their mark by signing the heading, and at a few points it actually went back to "Other things/Pranks".
(7:00 UTC TOTH) It's 7 o'clock GMT and this is my amateur radio station
Other things
Other
Then it was "My turn to sign off, thank you guys for such a wonderful night! :D Have a bit of pi to celebrate! 3.14159 DrJosh999 (talk) 07:05, 1 April 2020 (UTC)"
And "I'm signing off, too. This was fun and a good distraction, thanks all! Have another piece of pi: 26535897 [[User:Renerpho|Renerpho] (
talk)
07:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)"reply
Then it was Other Pranks yet again.
But it’s Opposite Day!
(8:00 UTC TOTH) It’s 8:00, do you know where your children are?
In the name of Cod and of the dead generations from which it receives its old tradition of nationhood, the Cod, through us, summons its children to its flag and strikes for its freedom.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CARES
This is a piece of text
General Homer Thompsonfoolery: War of The Sideshow Armies
Then it was {{Potus}}, which of course broke the page.
I miss Isabelle :-(
That was vandalized with a lot of blank space.
Comment. I did not intend to vandalize the section with the blank space, so it was more disruptive editing. Nevertheless, I'm sorry for this one.
OcelotCreeper (
talk)
12:01, 1 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Then it was "Then it was "Then it was "Something else"""" [sic
Alright this is me signing out for now, it was fun(ny) but i'm tired and i want some sleep. Please fellow wikipedians, continue the legacy of beans and burgers. icttd out. User:I cat tall the dark (talk) 12:30, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
Then it was "Followed by "==Anal Weedism"====U======================================U=It isn't 4:20 PM yetMy vision is augmentedThen it was a bit "No", linked to Darth VaderTechno Remix CocotamaTechno Remix CommunismRicefieldsThen it was "Then it was "Then it was "Something else"""" [sic]"
Which was just copy/pasted from this page.
Followed by a ridiculously long chain of "Then it was"'s.
yeah that's because I held on to both the ctrl and v keys to spam the link and I stopped holding onto the former first, leaving that v there.
OcelotCreeper (
talk)
14:09, 1 April 2020 (UTC)reply
General tom-and-jerry-tom-dick-and-larry-over-the-moon-foolery
5:00 PM–6:00 PM
Times up
Renerpho wins for the General everbodyistoostonedtobecreativefoolery edit
"Nien!"
Thank you, I appreciate it! :-)
Of course he wins with a stoner joke
You have to admit, it fits into the general narrative
But still it's a very easy joke to make and not very creative
Yeah that's what made it my favorite, he was literally making fun of how everone is just out of ideas at this point and just creating new name only for the edit war list.
Alright folks - thanks for helping me (and maybe a few others) get some distraction when times aren't easy. We can all need a good laugh. I'll see if I can get back before time's up, until then enjoy your time!
Renerpho (
talk)
17:10, 1 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Three things: 1. Cya man 2. Why is the page now comic sans 3. As per Wikipedia:Rules for Fools, this is totally allowed.
The page was put in the header
a tiny "your mom" replaced that.
Then some guy named Koridas decided we can't have fun and tried to shut it down over the next hour or so and got piled upon by like 10 people.
The section of the title which we cannot decide the title of, seeing as it can be made into many a different things, therefore we are currently warring over the name of such.
The section of the title which we cannot decide the title of, seeing as it can be made into many a different things, therefore we are currently warring over the name of such.
WOAH! (
mona lisa!) Please DO NOT kill nature... As in This Section
Tomfoolery 2: Electric Boogaloo
The Vibranium Buizel now dislikes the edit warring. Please stop now.
"*"
The title remained as * for minutes. MINUTES!
It became "Retry? 7: (Redacted)
Template:Posslikely Please DO NOT kill nature... As in This Section"
The previous entry was edited to read Retry? 7: (Redacted)Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely) Please DO NOT kill nature... As in This Section.
A constructive edit actually appears on the top and bottom of the page.
Australia is not real, mate! THEY RETURNED FIRE! IT's WAR!
A [hbbbs://en.wibibebia.obb/w/inbeb.bhb?bibbe=Wibibebia:bibbabe_bubb_(bbobosabs)&bubib=3706897&bibb=948446020&obbib=948430133&bibbbobe=soubbe#bbobosab:_Unbebisbebeb_bbobebbion bbobosab ab bhe bibbabe bubb] asbeb bob a new bbobebbion bebeb bo be bbeabeb bhab abboweb ebibs onbb bb Ibs.
Ab Wibibbobebb bibab Abbibbes, a
bbobosab was babe bo abb a sbabb bown in bonbana bo bhe bebeb 1 bisb.
Backstreet's Back!
A Self-referential infobox is added... literally
And then another brief ceasefire.
(Revert this section, it’s confusing) is added, referring to the "Obheb bbobosabs".
Added: Another self-referencing but otherwise empty infobox that would like to complain on behalf of the self-referential infobox above that this page is not rotated enough.
The header becomes "Because there is no section 16, there is no place to save your edit. This is your only warning; if you introduce jokes into articles again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice." Still upside down.
The following was added:
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"Because there is no section 16, there is no place to save your edit" is shortened to "because your edit."
Heading becomes: Per
WP:Consensus this is totally allowed. The last user who tried this got in hot water with admins.
Still upside down!
"this title shall be nothing but beans and burgers" (and
the upside down died.)
I fixed it, it's no longer upside down!
Header becomes: "Tag, you’re it!" with a template: "This userwho? is banned from editing the English Wikipedia. Administrators, please review the banning policy before unblocking. (block log · contributions)"
“Tag, you’re it!” is now a link to some external website., but then it got removed entirely leaving just the {{Banned user}} template.
"sTaR tReK iNtO dArKnEsS" appeared! (a reference to a previous edit war on the capitalisation of the words in the title) [sic
A template saying "This user is not banned from being a good person . IP users, please review the banning policy before unblocking." is added.
Header becomes: "I'LL BE BACK SOON I GOTTA USE THE TOILET"
Ceasefire!(It's becoming hard to tell the diff between the two pages because of the i n s an i t y s t a i r s.)(i'm talking about myself too much i'll stop)
It had this editnotice instead (this is {{New release editnotice}}): "Yes, you really are editing Wikipedia right now!
You are actually editing the Wikipedia article "April Fools/April Fools' Day 2020"and if you press Publish page below, your changes will be publicly viewable – immediately. Vandalism and test edits are swiftly removed by Wikipedia volunteers, so please do not waste your time and theirs by saving changes which do not improve the article. Of course, constructive changes are welcome – but know that vandals will be blocked from editing. For this sort of article, it is especially important to avoid rumour, so it is helpful if you can cite a source for information you add. Use the Sandbox for test edits, or go to Wikipedia talk:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2020 to make comments or suggestions. See the overview article on how to get started editing. We are excited to have you contribute! Thank you."
Then it said this: Muhahahahahah! Click here to edit this heading ---- wOW, i'VE nEVER sEEN m y s e l f E D I T b e f o r e InSeRt hApPy FAcE
At some point someone made this: "Getting a bunch of Wikipedians to edit an article with jokes is very reminiscent of giving randos on a Minecraft server the power of console commands. All of a sudden it's raining monsters, houses are being cloned and superimposed on other objects, TNT is being spawned... good times."
Headers and sub-headers were layered in a staircase look, saying: "beans and burgers and beans" over and over.
Every one of those headers was replaced with a header saying "I AM BACK", likely in reference to the user who had left.
Which was then changed within seconds to "I AM FRONT".
And then "Tits."
"Tits and beans and burgers"
The header became fake again and then welcomed April Fools to hellWikipedia.
There was a “Click here to edit” link again, but this time if you clicked it the editnotice on top of the page would say that you were auto blocked.
Then it became "Killer Queen has touched this page" (not...not the one you're looking at).
Then "bat eating time"
Then it declared itself as THE INVISIBLE MAN with a link to the Queen song.
(An edit conflict? Finally someone else edits this page.)
The header became THE UNVISIBLE MAN.
he it became unvisible.
Then he was visible and an album.
Then it became death, the destroyer of worlds.
Was linked to trinity bomb.
It added "NONVISIBLE MAN" to it's resume (but not actually a resume.)
Then linked to that external website again.
11:00 PM–11:50 PM
It was linked to something different.
Then it became "thanks."
Then "burgers and beans." classic.
Which was linked to Katkiz.com
It became "International Wikipedian Self-Referential Section on Prefixes", progressively applying prefixes to the word "founded": de-, un-, re-, dis-, anti-, and eco-.
The self-ref infobox appeared again.
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The International Wikipedian Self-Referential Section on Prefixes was destroyed.
Someone added an infobox of "Tsuyu Asui This Page"
The header became "burgers and beans and beans"
Then "Ology" with a link to Time's Up (Living Colour Album).
Note: Ology, Fight The Fight, and Tag Team Partners are all tracks on Time’s Up.
Then it was "One day Chancellor Palpatine was in his office when Commander Cody came in. Palatine told COdy he was hungry and demanded food. Cody asked what type. Palpatine responded: Pizza!. COdy asked how many pies he should get. Palpatine said Order 66!"
At one point someone added this:
#include<iostream>intmain(){boollogical=1;// Person of Interest was a great showfor(inti=0;logical==1;++i)(i>0)?std::cout<<"21 Die"<<std::endl:std::cout<<"22 Die"<<std::endl;return0;// they literally ended the [TV] program by ending the [archetypal] program}
Someone added an infobox of "Tsuyu Asui This Page" again.
…
Then it was "Hey you lil' piss baby, you think you're so fucking cool? Huh? You think you're so fucking tough? You talk a lotta big game for someone with such a small truck"
And then it tried to sing
Solace of You but it got redacted due to copyright problems and ordered everyone to sing in the edit summary
Thirty minutes to go...
Then the header was "no more track names yes more beans and burgers"
Then "🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀"
It then proceeded to ask Mr. Krabs if he was feeling it now.
To the people logging the titles, don't worry too much about cosmetic edits. Titles are coming in so quickly theres a huge risk these cosmetic edits will clog out actual titles with edit conflicts. Unfortunately
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MUSICIANS I RECOMMEND: JEFF ROSENSTOCK, BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY!, SMALLPOOLS, MIRACLE MUSICAL, JACK STAUBER, BLACK MIDI, CHRIS FARREN, ANTARCTIGO VESPUCCI, TAME IMPALA. HAVE A GOOD DAY
Many iterations of "Democracy forever" were posted in rapid succession.
Fifth to last title of April Fools Day: Democracy forever!!!Democracy forever!
Fourth to last: Other pranks
Third to last edit: the final beans and burgers, theres like one minute left lmao
alone, at the edge of the universe, humming a tune - miracle musical (but the header was broken)
Other
Other Pranks
General Tomfoolery
It's Over
CHEER
Comment: Well done, everyone.
General tomfoolery
Its 16:17 AM now, and it looks like this will be the settled title.
The header that everyone edit warred about. Again. (Other Pranks)
So turns out the prior comment was wrong
A link to the discussion about what the final header should be was added
And then a link to the discussion about moving that discussion was added.
Then it was “Other Pranks (temporary title, see below)” with the links put in a {{see also}} template.
And finally, as decided below,
User:PorkchopGMX, the winner, will decide what the header should be.
The answer was non-conclusive. Thus the final title was be based on "listening to living colour".
You spoke too soon... The answer answer is based of the answer but with a lot more stuff. And it’s this (ahem): “*WP:GNG!* *WP:RS!* *WP:N!* *WP:NPOV!* *WP:SFoD!* *WP:(Redacted)!* New high score! Wikipedians listening to Living Colour Ok what should I do now? Uhh... someone was selling drugs so Buy and die, sell and be free! We are the new Jacks! The reason why I didn’t accept them is because the drug lords ruined the city and police snuffed a medical student down. And Pay the price / Snake eyes! Ok what next? Elvis Is Dead and here’s my favoUrite Living Colour song.And throw in a Maroon 5 reference: Came without a wallet so I had to shoot him dead Finally, here’s a jail made out of cardboard.But seriously, thank you all for making this a thing. I will thank all participants in this General Tomfoolery. Then there is a easy chair. I won the GAFDEW II!! (PorkchopGMX) (t - c) 5:16 am, Today (UTC−4) (Also how has this still intact?)/ Other Pranks / General Tomfoolery / Other things / Sunday morning, rain is falling Certified “-“ In South Korea” and the sub header is “Wikipedians not listening to Living Colour (My personal opinion on those: ”Sometimes it’s worse than that stupid TV!” ”I have had it with you!” “WHAAA WHAT THE (Redacted)!? Oh, and I don’t care who I offend! The cops like Clorox bleach” (Yeah I’m sorry)
I won the GAFDEW II!! (
PorkchopGMX) (
t -
c)
Unfortunately, the header was reset to “Other pranks” because it was too long and couldn’t even be put in the edit summary.
And finally, as chosen by
User:PorkchopGMX, the header will be “Wikipedians listening to
Living Colour” with a link to an old revision with that overly long header that was described above.
Edit warring is prohibited even on April Fool's Day; editors who edit war will be blocked.
The two Great Edit Wars occurred before there was consensus to apply this rule to April Fools Day pages. This page is preserved solely as an
archive of past conduct necessitating this rule; nothing on this page is meant to promote or encourage future edit wars.
This page contains material that is kept because it is considered
humorous. Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.
April Fools' Day has been a Wikipedia tradition since
2004. In
2015, an editor changed the name of the miscellaneous joke section from "General Tomfoolery" to “General Jerryfoolery”, which spawned a short but friendly edit war that was repeated in 2016 through 2018. In 2019, the
First Great Edit War broke out and over one-hundred changes were made to the title of the miscellaneous joke section. As the dust of the first Great Edit War cleared, the community could only wait and see what April Fools' Day 2020 would bring.
In the months and days before April 1, 2020, multiple edits were made to the
documentation page for 2020. As the clock struck 12:00, pure chaos was unleashed across the page as editors, many of them quarantined due to the ongoing
Coronavirus pandemic, rotated and skewed the page, copypasted the contents of other articles, spammed images across the page (many of them under
copyright protection) and generally made the entire page an unintelligible mess. Some order was restored after the page was semi-protected a little after 3 AM UTC, but edits to the "General Tomfoolery" section title continued at a breakneck pace. By the time April 2 rolled around, untold hundreds of article titles had been posted and the Wikipedia community was left shaking its head at the utter chaos that had just unfolded.
Following this edit war, people agreed to prohibit edit warring and vandalism on April Fools Day pages,[1] and administrators are given permission to protect the April Fools Day page and block editors upon any further instances of edit warring and vandalism.
Below is an attempt by the Wikipedia community to document the events of that fateful April Fools' Day.
9–31 March
On 9 March, the section was created under the name "other pranks". It is left in a comment (<!-- like this -->) until shortly before April Fools' Day.
Someone made a section that said "bee movie" but linked to shrek instead
In the days (and month) before April Fools, the "Do Not Edit" notice was modified from "tomfoolery" to "pranking", then to "pranking/tom/jerryfoolery", and then to "
*foolery", and then a reference to
last year’s edit war, before being reworded to avoid further edit warring.
3 hours before April 1st, the other pranks section was pre-emptively renamed "The section name people will probably still fight over" foolery. (Foreshadowing?)
Also 3 hours before April 1st, this section was changed to Pre-March 32nd pranks.
Then it was Pre-February 32nd pranks.
Then it was
two dates that we shouldn't mention.
Then dark humor wasn't funny
The section names were inverted seconds before April Fools.
And then Trumpfoolery, then Tom/Jerrytemporary, then Tom/Cary foolery.
Then it was the entire text of the US Declaration of Independence.
Then it was Jerryfoolery extends Tomfoolery implements Expunged, SectionHeader, FlippedYesExclamation,
SCP846566657465717565836589657865678270, Acronyms, Seinfeld, 🅱enandTom, IDONTLIKEIT, EditWar, Madness, The Purge, WingDingsText, StuffEditorsForgotToPutHere (now including egg) WAH WAH WAH WAH Aka: How I learned to kill Wikipedia, Cyberspace, and all other foolery of the Oganesson Sobble on a stick". That's a mouthful. It's now... *inhales deeply* "Jerryfoolery extends Tomfoolery implements Expunged, SectionHeader, FlippedYesExclamation, SCP846566657465717565836589657865678270, Acronyms, Seinfeld, 🅱enandTom, IDONTLIKEIT, EditWar, Madness, The Purge, WingDingsText, StuffEditorsForgotToPutHere (now including egg, (part of a complete breakfast)) WAH WAH WAH WAH Aka: How I learned to kill Wikipedia, Cyberspace, and all other foolery of the Nobelium Scorbunny. Cyberspace is Most important, don’t kill it! On a Stick!!!!!! NO!!! HOW DARE YOU DENY THE STICK?!?! Corporate Sign is supposed to be on the stick!!!!! With ice cream? With the Nobelium Scorbunny and Farancium Grookey Youtube Downloader Bee aCopyright strike article 13 general kenobi AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ejiwopijpo trji-osgiopjer trewh-ohnio pdpoih siohpgreiophwiuh5h98wtnifwij or- ej0whu t8549whoi jfds0j9-t0 j-3429h yeuwi-trnj eiwj-t 5iuhy5-9j 98-u 98u t589uyhrenjidfs9 80" Jesus Christ, and it wasn't even put in correctly.
Sometime during that time, the section header was flipped sideways.
The Communist Manifesto got posted a few times.
ANd then the section title was protected by pikemen.
And then it was Other Pranks.
There’s a 33rd of March.
Then it was General Gerryfoolery.
Then it was general jerryfoolery.
Then it was a song, then it was weedism.
Then it was General Jesusfoolery then General Godfoolery.
Then it was General Perryfoolery.
Then it was general Spikefoolery, then Tykefoolery then TykeandSpikefoolery.
Then it was General Gerryfoolery.
Then Red Bull.
Then it was eneral PerryMasonfoolery=
Then everything was deleted.
But then it came back.
Thank you all. I want you all to know; it can't go any louder. I want you all to know that America today, America today is on bended knee. In prayer for people whose lives were lost here, for the workers who work here. for the families who mourn. This nation stands with the good people of New York City and New Jersey and Connecticut as we mourn the loss of thousands of our citizens. I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon! The nation, the nation sends its love and compassion for everybody who is here. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for making the nation proud, and may God bless America.
Blanked to WP:HOAX
The page was rotated a couple of times.
Then it was "AAAA EDIT WAR AAAA"
And then it was democracy.
Pi was offered to participants! :D
Then after a bit of confusion and insanity, the edit war resumed.
Then it was "DfX rehtO"
Then it was General Tomfoolery again.
Then the entire page got reverted to pre-April 1. The section was renamed "Other Pranks". Hopefully, sanity will prevail.
Then it was "General Jerryfoolery"
Then it was the Bob the Builder theme song.
Then it was "General SCP-173foolery"
Then it was General MacArthur.
There were two separate sections for the edit war for a little bit, so they were combined and the new section became “Other pranks + General Perryfoolery”.
At one point, the title was "NO"
The title was replaced with the lyrics to the song Money Machine by
100 Gecs
Then it was The great edit war 2 electric boogaloo
But then there were too many boogaloos
Then everyone was told to "go to sleep"
Since when was Jeff the Killer a Wikipedian?
Then after confusion, insanity and the page being shifted into the past and back, the title became "AAAA EDIT WAR AAAA" again.
Then there were two sections for the edit war again so they were merged and became “General Backfoolery + Confusing", even though it was filled with Pokémon birds
Which is a deletion request from 2005. The debate focused on whether the creation of
2020 Summer Olympics was
WP:CRYSTAL. The result was keep, on the grounds that we know for sure that the 2020 Summer Olympics will be happening.
[1]
The edit war halts as once again the page went crazy with vandalism, with text from many pages, and several reverts.
It got skewed too many times
Mass changes affecting the entire page notwithstanding, its been stuck at "AAAA EDIT WAR AAAA" for awhile.
It was also “no” for one moment but lost in the sea of chaos.
Then it became This page has been BOMBED!! KABOOM!
Monkeys make their own knockoff Retry?: Never Gonna Give You Up?
Monkeys make their own knockoff Retry?: Deja vu?
Retry?: Deja vu?
Monkeys make their own knockoff Retry?: Jamais vu?
Then it was "AAAA EDIT WAR AAAA" again.
Then it was AAAyesA EDIT WAR AAAA.
Then it was "General Tomfooleray".
Then it was "Seargant Tomfooleray".
Then it was "Sergeant Tomfooleray drinks
Deja Blue that was given to him by Retry?"
Then it was "Sergeant Tomfooleray drinks
Red Bull that was given to him by Retry?"
Private First Class James Tomfooleray drinks
Deja Blue that was given to him by Retry?
Private First Class James Vowlesfoolery drinks Deja Blue that was given to him by Retry? 0
We almost certainly missed half a dozen steps somewhere in this line, which took less than a minute to unfold.
And then it was redirected to this article.
Wait What? Retry? 0
Wait What? Retry? 1
And back to the classic "General Jerryfoolery"
General foolery
General Perryfoolery
Then it was split again, and we had "Monkeys make their own knockoff Retry?: Jamais vu?" and "General Perryfoolery" for a while.
Then it was "General KatyPerryfoolery"
And then "Noooo...oooooo"
Wait What? Retry? 0? Oh wait... Private First Class Retry? has gave away all his
Deja Blue and then died of thirst but then he comes back as a ghost 5: General JerryMatthewKatyPeryFoolery General KatyPerryfoolery NOOOOOOOOO That’s NOT all folk
That’s NOT all folks
Wait What? Retry? 0? Oh wait... Private First Class Retry? has gave away all his Deja Blue and then died of thirst but then he comes back as a ghost 5: General JerryMatthewKatyPeryFoolery General KatyPerryfoolery NOOOOOOOOO That’s NOT all folks (note the plural)
And the long "No" again.
"General Spikefoolery" again
Then it was "
Sierra Mist 2: Lemon-Lime Boogie", but struck out
"Grand Admiral Oganesson", also struck out
Grand Admiral Oganesson
Sergeant Jerryfoolery
"It has been 2 weeks can I finally pee?"
Probably
It has been 2 weeks can I finally pee? Please DO NOT kill nature... As in This Section
Then it was split again, and there were both "......................,......................................................................................." and "This is a header" for a while.
Then it was "A man has fallen into the river in LEGO City" again
Then it was "Green Eggs"
Green eggs and ham in LEGO City
Green eggs and ham in Q-Bricks City
Then it was "Other Pranks" again.
Compiler note: The original
WP:AFDEW2019 was only a little over 15,000 bytes. This list is nearly 13,000 bytes and its not even 4 AM.
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General Pranks
General Skulduggery
Someone notes that too many people are
stuck at home right now, with nothing to do but edit war.
General TomfooleryGeneral tomfoolery with a lowercase tThen it was "I got to go to bed bye. OcelotCreeper (talk) 04:01, 1 April 2020 (UTC)".Don’t put your sig in a header.OcelotThingsforthisone.OcelotCreeper (talk) 04:03, 1 April 2020 (UTC)You're welcome.Renerpho (talk) 04:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)Even though this wasn't me.Renerpho (talk) 04:18, 1 April 2020 (UTC)OtterThingsOther pranks AfD: Nominated for deletion; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NominationName.Then it was General somethingfooleryMissing a few titles here.General I-like-ottersfooleryCock.fooleryChairman Xi Foolery 2: Zhao Lijian's Offensive"Other foolery"Compiler note:It is 4:08 AM and this list is already longer than last year's.Then it was the Navy SEAL copypastaThen itwas"OtherThings"againIalso-like-sloths-fooleryChairman Xi Foolery 3: Return of the General Big Chungus FooleryGeneral TomFooleryGeneral Tom, Dick, and HarryfooleryOther PranxOther PranxYan-An: TheChairman Xi Foolery Prequel 1Yan-An: The Chairman Xi Foolery Prequel 420General Salamanderfoolery“Other things” with a link to alternative rock.And once again back to "General tomfoolery".Xi Jinping Coast to Coast: The Chairman Xi Foolery Prequel 2Xi Jinping Coast to Coast: The Chairman Xi Foolery Prequel 421"Other things" (again)Sloth thingsThen it became "It is now 4:18 AM folks"General StopfooleryGeneral StormWergelandGeneral Storm AlertBelt n Road: The Chairman Xi Foolery Prequel 114514 - Starring the Legendary Yajuu SenpaiOther pranksGeneral Storm AlertThen it was "Other pranks" again.Other thingsOtherthingsMiscellanyMiscellaneousThis is a redirect to Megalocnus, an extinct species of ground sloths.Admiral Miku Hatsune FooleryAdmiral thingsGeneral Luo Tianyi FooleryGeneral DoorStopfoolery General OtterfooleryThen the title was Then the title got deleted entirely.Can I leave?General Negmat Rahman Foolery - Free Uighurs!Void thingsOther thingsOther thingsIt remained there fora record breaking 4 minutes.Other things being equalOther things being equalGeneral Tomfoolery
It was just copied and pasted text from this very page.
How original
Then it was "Admins, please sysop protect this. Thank you."
Other Things, There is no other things., Other things, Other things (How boring.), Yes. (How boring.)
A new header at the bottom that "you are free to change all you want" but then "you aren’t free to change".
Now the header is "yyyyyyiithou aren’t free to chaaaaaaange"
Here it was mostly people leaving their mark by signing the heading, and at a few points it actually went back to "Other things/Pranks".
(7:00 UTC TOTH) It's 7 o'clock GMT and this is my amateur radio station
Other things
Other
Then it was "My turn to sign off, thank you guys for such a wonderful night! :D Have a bit of pi to celebrate! 3.14159 DrJosh999 (talk) 07:05, 1 April 2020 (UTC)"
And "I'm signing off, too. This was fun and a good distraction, thanks all! Have another piece of pi: 26535897 [[User:Renerpho|Renerpho] (
talk)
07:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)"reply
Then it was Other Pranks yet again.
But it’s Opposite Day!
(8:00 UTC TOTH) It’s 8:00, do you know where your children are?
In the name of Cod and of the dead generations from which it receives its old tradition of nationhood, the Cod, through us, summons its children to its flag and strikes for its freedom.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CARES
This is a piece of text
General Homer Thompsonfoolery: War of The Sideshow Armies
Then it was {{Potus}}, which of course broke the page.
I miss Isabelle :-(
That was vandalized with a lot of blank space.
Comment. I did not intend to vandalize the section with the blank space, so it was more disruptive editing. Nevertheless, I'm sorry for this one.
OcelotCreeper (
talk)
12:01, 1 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Then it was "Then it was "Then it was "Something else"""" [sic
Alright this is me signing out for now, it was fun(ny) but i'm tired and i want some sleep. Please fellow wikipedians, continue the legacy of beans and burgers. icttd out. User:I cat tall the dark (talk) 12:30, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
Then it was "Followed by "==Anal Weedism"====U======================================U=It isn't 4:20 PM yetMy vision is augmentedThen it was a bit "No", linked to Darth VaderTechno Remix CocotamaTechno Remix CommunismRicefieldsThen it was "Then it was "Then it was "Something else"""" [sic]"
Which was just copy/pasted from this page.
Followed by a ridiculously long chain of "Then it was"'s.
yeah that's because I held on to both the ctrl and v keys to spam the link and I stopped holding onto the former first, leaving that v there.
OcelotCreeper (
talk)
14:09, 1 April 2020 (UTC)reply
General tom-and-jerry-tom-dick-and-larry-over-the-moon-foolery
5:00 PM–6:00 PM
Times up
Renerpho wins for the General everbodyistoostonedtobecreativefoolery edit
"Nien!"
Thank you, I appreciate it! :-)
Of course he wins with a stoner joke
You have to admit, it fits into the general narrative
But still it's a very easy joke to make and not very creative
Yeah that's what made it my favorite, he was literally making fun of how everone is just out of ideas at this point and just creating new name only for the edit war list.
Alright folks - thanks for helping me (and maybe a few others) get some distraction when times aren't easy. We can all need a good laugh. I'll see if I can get back before time's up, until then enjoy your time!
Renerpho (
talk)
17:10, 1 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Three things: 1. Cya man 2. Why is the page now comic sans 3. As per Wikipedia:Rules for Fools, this is totally allowed.
The page was put in the header
a tiny "your mom" replaced that.
Then some guy named Koridas decided we can't have fun and tried to shut it down over the next hour or so and got piled upon by like 10 people.
The section of the title which we cannot decide the title of, seeing as it can be made into many a different things, therefore we are currently warring over the name of such.
The section of the title which we cannot decide the title of, seeing as it can be made into many a different things, therefore we are currently warring over the name of such.
WOAH! (
mona lisa!) Please DO NOT kill nature... As in This Section
Tomfoolery 2: Electric Boogaloo
The Vibranium Buizel now dislikes the edit warring. Please stop now.
"*"
The title remained as * for minutes. MINUTES!
It became "Retry? 7: (Redacted)
Template:Posslikely Please DO NOT kill nature... As in This Section"
The previous entry was edited to read Retry? 7: (Redacted)Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely) Please DO NOT kill nature... As in This Section.
A constructive edit actually appears on the top and bottom of the page.
Australia is not real, mate! THEY RETURNED FIRE! IT's WAR!
A [hbbbs://en.wibibebia.obb/w/inbeb.bhb?bibbe=Wibibebia:bibbabe_bubb_(bbobosabs)&bubib=3706897&bibb=948446020&obbib=948430133&bibbbobe=soubbe#bbobosab:_Unbebisbebeb_bbobebbion bbobosab ab bhe bibbabe bubb] asbeb bob a new bbobebbion bebeb bo be bbeabeb bhab abboweb ebibs onbb bb Ibs.
Ab Wibibbobebb bibab Abbibbes, a
bbobosab was babe bo abb a sbabb bown in bonbana bo bhe bebeb 1 bisb.
Backstreet's Back!
A Self-referential infobox is added... literally
And then another brief ceasefire.
(Revert this section, it’s confusing) is added, referring to the "Obheb bbobosabs".
Added: Another self-referencing but otherwise empty infobox that would like to complain on behalf of the self-referential infobox above that this page is not rotated enough.
The header becomes "Because there is no section 16, there is no place to save your edit. This is your only warning; if you introduce jokes into articles again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice." Still upside down.
The following was added:
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"Because there is no section 16, there is no place to save your edit" is shortened to "because your edit."
Heading becomes: Per
WP:Consensus this is totally allowed. The last user who tried this got in hot water with admins.
Still upside down!
"this title shall be nothing but beans and burgers" (and
the upside down died.)
I fixed it, it's no longer upside down!
Header becomes: "Tag, you’re it!" with a template: "This userwho? is banned from editing the English Wikipedia. Administrators, please review the banning policy before unblocking. (block log · contributions)"
“Tag, you’re it!” is now a link to some external website., but then it got removed entirely leaving just the {{Banned user}} template.
"sTaR tReK iNtO dArKnEsS" appeared! (a reference to a previous edit war on the capitalisation of the words in the title) [sic
A template saying "This user is not banned from being a good person . IP users, please review the banning policy before unblocking." is added.
Header becomes: "I'LL BE BACK SOON I GOTTA USE THE TOILET"
Ceasefire!(It's becoming hard to tell the diff between the two pages because of the i n s an i t y s t a i r s.)(i'm talking about myself too much i'll stop)
It had this editnotice instead (this is {{New release editnotice}}): "Yes, you really are editing Wikipedia right now!
You are actually editing the Wikipedia article "April Fools/April Fools' Day 2020"and if you press Publish page below, your changes will be publicly viewable – immediately. Vandalism and test edits are swiftly removed by Wikipedia volunteers, so please do not waste your time and theirs by saving changes which do not improve the article. Of course, constructive changes are welcome – but know that vandals will be blocked from editing. For this sort of article, it is especially important to avoid rumour, so it is helpful if you can cite a source for information you add. Use the Sandbox for test edits, or go to Wikipedia talk:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2020 to make comments or suggestions. See the overview article on how to get started editing. We are excited to have you contribute! Thank you."
Then it said this: Muhahahahahah! Click here to edit this heading ---- wOW, i'VE nEVER sEEN m y s e l f E D I T b e f o r e InSeRt hApPy FAcE
At some point someone made this: "Getting a bunch of Wikipedians to edit an article with jokes is very reminiscent of giving randos on a Minecraft server the power of console commands. All of a sudden it's raining monsters, houses are being cloned and superimposed on other objects, TNT is being spawned... good times."
Headers and sub-headers were layered in a staircase look, saying: "beans and burgers and beans" over and over.
Every one of those headers was replaced with a header saying "I AM BACK", likely in reference to the user who had left.
Which was then changed within seconds to "I AM FRONT".
And then "Tits."
"Tits and beans and burgers"
The header became fake again and then welcomed April Fools to hellWikipedia.
There was a “Click here to edit” link again, but this time if you clicked it the editnotice on top of the page would say that you were auto blocked.
Then it became "Killer Queen has touched this page" (not...not the one you're looking at).
Then "bat eating time"
Then it declared itself as THE INVISIBLE MAN with a link to the Queen song.
(An edit conflict? Finally someone else edits this page.)
The header became THE UNVISIBLE MAN.
he it became unvisible.
Then he was visible and an album.
Then it became death, the destroyer of worlds.
Was linked to trinity bomb.
It added "NONVISIBLE MAN" to it's resume (but not actually a resume.)
Then linked to that external website again.
11:00 PM–11:50 PM
It was linked to something different.
Then it became "thanks."
Then "burgers and beans." classic.
Which was linked to Katkiz.com
It became "International Wikipedian Self-Referential Section on Prefixes", progressively applying prefixes to the word "founded": de-, un-, re-, dis-, anti-, and eco-.
The self-ref infobox appeared again.
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The International Wikipedian Self-Referential Section on Prefixes was destroyed.
Someone added an infobox of "Tsuyu Asui This Page"
The header became "burgers and beans and beans"
Then "Ology" with a link to Time's Up (Living Colour Album).
Note: Ology, Fight The Fight, and Tag Team Partners are all tracks on Time’s Up.
Then it was "One day Chancellor Palpatine was in his office when Commander Cody came in. Palatine told COdy he was hungry and demanded food. Cody asked what type. Palpatine responded: Pizza!. COdy asked how many pies he should get. Palpatine said Order 66!"
At one point someone added this:
#include<iostream>intmain(){boollogical=1;// Person of Interest was a great showfor(inti=0;logical==1;++i)(i>0)?std::cout<<"21 Die"<<std::endl:std::cout<<"22 Die"<<std::endl;return0;// they literally ended the [TV] program by ending the [archetypal] program}
Someone added an infobox of "Tsuyu Asui This Page" again.
…
Then it was "Hey you lil' piss baby, you think you're so fucking cool? Huh? You think you're so fucking tough? You talk a lotta big game for someone with such a small truck"
And then it tried to sing
Solace of You but it got redacted due to copyright problems and ordered everyone to sing in the edit summary
Thirty minutes to go...
Then the header was "no more track names yes more beans and burgers"
Then "🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀"
It then proceeded to ask Mr. Krabs if he was feeling it now.
To the people logging the titles, don't worry too much about cosmetic edits. Titles are coming in so quickly theres a huge risk these cosmetic edits will clog out actual titles with edit conflicts. Unfortunately
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MUSICIANS I RECOMMEND: JEFF ROSENSTOCK, BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY!, SMALLPOOLS, MIRACLE MUSICAL, JACK STAUBER, BLACK MIDI, CHRIS FARREN, ANTARCTIGO VESPUCCI, TAME IMPALA. HAVE A GOOD DAY
Many iterations of "Democracy forever" were posted in rapid succession.
Fifth to last title of April Fools Day: Democracy forever!!!Democracy forever!
Fourth to last: Other pranks
Third to last edit: the final beans and burgers, theres like one minute left lmao
alone, at the edge of the universe, humming a tune - miracle musical (but the header was broken)
Other
Other Pranks
General Tomfoolery
It's Over
CHEER
Comment: Well done, everyone.
General tomfoolery
Its 16:17 AM now, and it looks like this will be the settled title.
The header that everyone edit warred about. Again. (Other Pranks)
So turns out the prior comment was wrong
A link to the discussion about what the final header should be was added
And then a link to the discussion about moving that discussion was added.
Then it was “Other Pranks (temporary title, see below)” with the links put in a {{see also}} template.
And finally, as decided below,
User:PorkchopGMX, the winner, will decide what the header should be.
The answer was non-conclusive. Thus the final title was be based on "listening to living colour".
You spoke too soon... The answer answer is based of the answer but with a lot more stuff. And it’s this (ahem): “*WP:GNG!* *WP:RS!* *WP:N!* *WP:NPOV!* *WP:SFoD!* *WP:(Redacted)!* New high score! Wikipedians listening to Living Colour Ok what should I do now? Uhh... someone was selling drugs so Buy and die, sell and be free! We are the new Jacks! The reason why I didn’t accept them is because the drug lords ruined the city and police snuffed a medical student down. And Pay the price / Snake eyes! Ok what next? Elvis Is Dead and here’s my favoUrite Living Colour song.And throw in a Maroon 5 reference: Came without a wallet so I had to shoot him dead Finally, here’s a jail made out of cardboard.But seriously, thank you all for making this a thing. I will thank all participants in this General Tomfoolery. Then there is a easy chair. I won the GAFDEW II!! (PorkchopGMX) (t - c) 5:16 am, Today (UTC−4) (Also how has this still intact?)/ Other Pranks / General Tomfoolery / Other things / Sunday morning, rain is falling Certified “-“ In South Korea” and the sub header is “Wikipedians not listening to Living Colour (My personal opinion on those: ”Sometimes it’s worse than that stupid TV!” ”I have had it with you!” “WHAAA WHAT THE (Redacted)!? Oh, and I don’t care who I offend! The cops like Clorox bleach” (Yeah I’m sorry)
I won the GAFDEW II!! (
PorkchopGMX) (
t -
c)
Unfortunately, the header was reset to “Other pranks” because it was too long and couldn’t even be put in the edit summary.
And finally, as chosen by
User:PorkchopGMX, the header will be “Wikipedians listening to
Living Colour” with a link to an old revision with that overly long header that was described above.