Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2022/How to be the funniest person on Wikipedia
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Are you struggling to come up with a funny gag to pull on Wikipedia for April Fool's Day? Don't worry, Wikipedia has you covered. If you're hitting a writer's block of creativity or simply aren't funny, here's a list of low-hanging fruit for you to chew on instead.
Articles to nominate for deletion
[edit]- Earth; don't even give a funny reason. Just do it!
- Wikipedia; it's the site we're on right now, so no further clarification is needed.
- Something topical; Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal. COVID-19? Just the thought of those incidents makes us roll on the floor laughing.
- A funny internet meme that was popular for a little while; despite the fact that most of us are beyond our teenage years, a small fraction of us aren't.
- A letter or number; there are still some options left! Nobody has nominated L for deletion yet.
- Earth; do it again!
- An obscure anime that only you really care about; hopefully someone else will get the reference.
- An article that could coincide with a policy; Deleting spam per WP:SPAM or dynamite per WP:TNT have been done a lot, but what difference does one more make?
- Earth; go for a record!
Other pranks
[edit]- Turn an article X amount of degrees; It's even funnier when it's 420!
- Turn an article upside down!
- Screw it, just mess with a page so much that it's practically unreadable!
- Translate an article to another language; why? Because it's funny, we think!
- Bold the WP:BOLD article!
- Sell Wikipedia!
- Rob a bank!
- Hold Jimmy Wales hostage!
- Kill a man.
- Nominate Earth for deletion; it never gets old!