Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 1918
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This page documents April Fools' Day 1918. Jokes about WWI and the Spanish Flu were prohibited; while some were made, the jokes got deleted, and they are not documented here.
Deletion nominations[edit]
Articles for deletion[edit]
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was nominated for deletion for leaving WWI.
- Earth was nominated for deletion as it always is.
- The result was Explode.
- 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution was nominated for deletion to prevent it from being passed.
- The result was Prohibit.
- Carolina Parakeet was nominated for deletion for being extinct.
- Julian Calendar was nominated for deletion, as the last country to use it (Soviet Union) stopped.
- The result was Skip 13 days.
- Fourteen Points was nominated for deletion per WP:POINT.
- Table was nominated for deletion because "table" is an antonym of "notable".
- The result was Fold.
- Radio was nominated for deletion.
Miscellany for deletion[edit]
Redirects for discussion[edit]
Templates for discussion[edit]
Other requests[edit]
Requests for adminship[edit]
Requests for bureaucratship[edit]
Requested moves[edit]
Page protection requests[edit]
Wikipedia:Requests for page protection was requested to be fully protected.
Proposed merges[edit]
Other pranks[edit]
- On March 28, this page was rotated 60 degrees.
- The Newspaper article was formatted like a newspaper.
- User:Example actually made some edits.
- On April 14, some Russian users, who thought they were still in the Julian calendar, made some pranks. They were reverted immediately.
- A page for 2018 was created - and then deleted for being WP:TOO SOON