User:MainPeanut/April Fools

Some April Fools shenanigans I have done.

2021

• April 2 was nominated for deletion for being no fun.
  • The result was No thank you.
• Beef was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was Beef. It's What's for Dinner.
• Gorilla Glue was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was sticky.
• Jake from State Farm was nominated for deletion for being inferior to Drake from State Farm.
  • The result was stand-ins don't have lines.
• Jimmie Johnson was nominated for deletion for retiring from NASCAR.
  • The result was boom, confetti!
• Michigan Wolverines football was nominated for deletion for being irrelevant.
  • The result was delete, basketball schools don't need football pages.
• Roy Williams was nominated for deletion on the same basis as Jimmie Johnson.
  • The result was fail.

Also created deletion nominations of Mike Soroka and Robinhood for an IP (User:NotReallySoroka).

April 2 and Jimmie Johnson have since been deleted (per WP:FOOLS) and re–created in my user space. Mike Soroka and Robinhood were initially re–created as well, but they have been deleted at the request of NotReallySoroka.

2022

Joke page

• Chicago White Sox–Cincinnati Reds top of the 4th inning on March 31, 2022, an inning of a spring training game played during the start of April Fools's Day 2022.

Articles for deletion

• !! was nominated for deletion on the same basis as First.
  • The result was Delete because double factorials are scary.
• April 2 was nominated for deletion because WP:NOFUN actually exists now.
  • The result was we have a winner, and it is everyone because this is over.
• Arthur (TV series) was nominated for deletion for being cancelled.
  • The result was a failure.
• Bishop Sycamore High School scandal was nominated for deletion for being a WP:HOAX.
  • The result was moved to the chessboard.
• The Earth was nominated for deletion because Mars is sweeter and someone locked all the Earth nominations.
  • The result was keep, it’s all in the Milky Way.
• First was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was if you're not first, you're last!
• Juwan Howard was nominated for deletion for looking too much like Will Smith.
  • The result was a slap in the face.
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• Michigan Wolverines football was nominated for deletion for breaking the nominator's heart.
  • The result was sad.
• Rob Manfred was nominated for deletion per WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
  • The result was locked out.
• Русский рубль было номинирован на удаление за бесполезность, при этом вся страница на русском языке.
  • Результат был растопить, налить в лучшую отечественную водку и выпить.
• Ty Van Burkleo was nominated for deletion for being WP:FIRED.
  • The result was arson.

Users for Deletion

• User:Jimbo Wales was nominated for deletion because someone had to.
  • The result was a whale of a UfD.

2023

Joke pages

• Milwaukee Brewers–Pittsburgh Pirates bottom of the 6th inning on August 3, 2023, an inning of a baseball game played during the 2022 MLB season.
• Tungsten Arm O'Doyle, the sad truth about a man only known because of Shohei Ohtani.

Articles for deletion

• April 2 was nominated for deletion for being hilarious and original.
  • The result was mission failed, we'll get 'em next time.
• Care was nominated for deletion.
  • The result's no care.
•  Invisibility 
  was
   nominated for deletion a second time 
  because the nominator had the same idea as the first person.
  • The result was
    visible.
• Q was nominated for deletion for being useless.
  • The result was uickly uestioned.
• Rules were nominated for deletion per Wikipedia:Ignore all rules.
  • The result was more rules.
• TikTok was nominated for deletion.
  • The result was rename to musical.ly.
• World Baseball Classic was nominated for deletion because people got hurt.
  • The result was merge with spring training, delete both.

Articles for creation

• That Thing by That Place was nominated for creation for being notable.
  • The result was internet exposure.

2024

Joke pages

• Cincinnati Reds–Oakland Athletics bottom of the 1st inning on April 29, 2023, an inning of a baseball game played during the 2023 MLB season.
• Down Goes Anderson, a 2023 amateur fight between two baseball players.

Articles for deletion

• Times New Roman was nominated for deletion for being used in academia too often.

• The result was
  Arial.

• Wii wheel was nominated for deletion for being slower than other methods of driving.

• The result was more motion controls.

And don't worry about April 2, someone beat me to the punch.