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This page documents the changes that have been made to the wiki on [[Wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day]].
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For the last few years, many changes have been made to the wiki on [[Wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day]]. This page hopes to document the changes throughout the years. For 2006, there's the obvious WikkiTikkiTavi styling and the redesigned Main Page, on 2007 CAPTCHA for everybody (sysops included) and the fake message saying the wiki had been shut down, for 2008 the jumbled text on all the pages, for 2009 the Homestar Runner-related ads, for 2010 the renaming of the wiki and the automatic changing of users' signatures to a Homestar Runner character's nickname, and for 2011 and 2012 the animated logo. But what about the rest of the hi-larious pranks that happened? This page hopes to document them as well.
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*[[HRWiki:Main_Page_Talk_Archive_11#WikkiTikkiTavi|Mass public outcry]]
*[[HRWiki:Main_Page_Talk_Archive_11#WikkiTikkiTavi|Mass public outcry]]
*[[HRWiki:A History]] <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:A_History&oldid=299099#Back_to_WikkiTikkiTavi modified]</span> to reflect the downgrade
*[[HRWiki:A History]] <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:A_History&oldid=299099#Back_to_WikkiTikkiTavi modified]</span> to reflect the downgrade
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*There was sufficient demand ''after'' April 1 that the TaviStyle skin was made a permanent choice in the user [[Special:Preferences|preferences]].
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*There was sufficient demand ''after'' April 1 that the TaviStyle skin was made a permanent choice in the user [[Special:Preferences|preferences]]. As of April 2, 2008, 43 users had the option selected in their preferences, about a third of whom had visited the wiki within the past year.
====Related====
====Related====
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Kilroy|oldid=298636}} Rewrote his userpage}} in 'Tavi formatting asking why he couldn't log in as Mr. Strong Bad (his user name on the old wiki).
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Kilroy|oldid=298636}} Rewrote his userpage}} in 'Tavi formatting asking why he couldn't log in as Mr. Strong Bad (his user name on the old wiki).
*[[User:Lapper|Lapper]] and [[User:Rogue Leader|Rogue Leader]]
*[[User:Lapper|Lapper]] and [[User:Rogue Leader|Rogue Leader]]
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**Switched signatures to link to each other's/other users' userpages while keeping the CSS intact. ''See {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Lapper/sig|oldid=298505}} Lapper's sig}}; {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Rogue Leader/sig|oldid=298515}} Rogue Leader's sig}}.''
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**Switched signatures to link to each other's/other users' userpages while keeping the CSS intact. ''See {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Lapper/sig|oldid=298676}} Lapper's sig}}; {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Rogue Leader/sig|oldid=298515}} Rogue Leader's sig}}.''
*[[User:LePorello|LePorello]]
*[[User:LePorello|LePorello]]
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:LePorello/sig|oldid=298954}} Changed his sig}} for part of the day.
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:LePorello/sig|oldid=298954}} Changed his sig}} for part of the day.
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**Changed sig to {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The thing/sig|oldid=298459}} Some Thingy}}, {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The thing/sig|oldid=298459}} Teh Blue Guy}}, and {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The thing/sig|oldid=298534}} Dr. Who?}}.
**Changed sig to {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The thing/sig|oldid=298459}} Some Thingy}}, {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The thing/sig|oldid=298459}} Teh Blue Guy}}, and {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The thing/sig|oldid=298534}} Dr. Who?}}.
*[[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird]]
*[[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird]]
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User talk:Thunderbird L17|oldid=298121#Wiki}} Sig changed}} to one spelling "Thunderbird" in readable but strange characters.
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User talk:Thunderbird L17|oldid=298121#Wiki}} Sig changed}} to one spelling Thunderbird in readable but strange characters.
**Userpage "Fact of the Week" an obvious falsehood (saved a busload of nuns from crashing into a busload of puppies), and User page image flipped upside down.
**Userpage "Fact of the Week" an obvious falsehood (saved a busload of nuns from crashing into a busload of puppies), and User page image flipped upside down.
*[[User:Venusy|Venusy]]
*[[User:Venusy|Venusy]]
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*[[User:Venusy|Venusy]]
*[[User:Venusy|Venusy]]
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Venusy|oldid=438095}} User page converted}} to [[Wikipedia:ROT13|ROT13]].
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Venusy|oldid=438095}} User page converted}} to [[Wikipedia:ROT13|ROT13]].
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**Changed "favorite [[Strong Bad Email]]", "[[Games]] on H*R", and "[[Wikipedia:video game|video game]]s ever" to "[[tape-leg]]", "[[She Loves Me!]]", and "[[Wikipedia:Bubsy#Bubsy 3D: Furbitten Planet|Bubsy 3D]]" and "[[Wikipedia:Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing]]" respectively, all widely considered the worst in their respective fields.
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**Changed "favorite [[Strong Bad Email]]", "[[Games]] on H*R", and "[[Wikipedia:video game|video game]]s ever" to "[[tape-leg]]", "[[She Loves Me!]]", and "[[Wikipedia:Bubsy#Bubsy 3D: Furbitten Planet|Bubsy 3D]] and "[[Wikipedia:Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing|Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing]]" respectively, all widely considered the worst in their respective fields.
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Venusy/Sig|oldid=438101}} 1337-ized sig}}.
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Venusy/Sig|oldid=438101}} 1337-ized sig}}.
**Replaced talk page with automatically generated complaints, including one that erroneously claimed his title as Prof. Venusy (see [[Wikipedia:Essjay controversy|Essjay controversy]]).
**Replaced talk page with automatically generated complaints, including one that erroneously claimed his title as Prof. Venusy (see [[Wikipedia:Essjay controversy|Essjay controversy]]).
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===Users===
===Users===
*[[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]]
*[[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]]
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Bad Bad Guy|oldid=553758}} Translated userpage}} into [[Wikipedia:Ubbi_dubbi|Ubbi Dubbi]]
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Bad Bad Guy|oldid=553758}} Translated userpage}} into [[Wikipedia:ZOOM|Ubbi Dubbi]]
*[[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]]
*[[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]]
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:DeFender1031|oldid=553917}} Replaced user page}} with contents of [[Pork]].
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:DeFender1031|oldid=553917}} Replaced user page}} with contents of [[Pork]].
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*[[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]]
*[[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]]
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**Took all the vowels out of his talk page.
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User talk:Dagoth|oldid=639638}} Took all the vowels}} out of his talk page.
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**Redirected his user page to the [[Wikipedia:Esm&eacute; Squalor|Wikipedia article about Esm&eacute; Squalor]].
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Dagoth|oldid=639632}} Redirected his user page}} to the [[Wikipedia:Esm&eacute; Squalor|Wikipedia article about Esm&eacute; Squalor]].
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**Reversed his sig.
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Dagoth/sig|oldid=639634}} Reversed his sig}}.
*[[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]]
*[[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]]
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*[[User:MichaelXX2|MichaelXX2]]
*[[User:MichaelXX2|MichaelXX2]]
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:MichaelXX2|oldid=639573}} Changed his user page}} to look glitchy and poorly written, just as [[User:Bluebry|Bluebry]] had done two years earlier.
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:MichaelXX2|oldid=639573}} Changed his user page}} to look glitchy and poorly written.
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:MichaelXX2/sig|oldid=639549}} Replaced his sig}} with random letters and colors, which linked to various articles.
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:MichaelXX2/sig|oldid=639549}} Replaced his sig}} with random letters and colors, which linked to various articles.
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*Signatures were in the form: [[Special:Mypage|<span style="color:#BF00FF">Clever Dan</span>]] <small>([[Special:Mytalk|<span style="color:#008000">Talk</span>]])</small>. The colors were chosen at random from a list that included [[Fortune Cookies#Right cookie|yellow]] and white.  
*Signatures were in the form: [[Special:Mypage|<span style="color:#BF00FF">Clever Dan</span>]] <small>([[Special:Mytalk|<span style="color:#008000">Talk</span>]])</small>. The colors were chosen at random from a list that included [[Fortune Cookies#Right cookie|yellow]] and white.  
*If you tried to change your signature a second time, you were presented with a fake edit conflict preventing it. (This was for system performance reasons more than to be funny, so that ideally each signature template would not be edited more than once during the day.)
*If you tried to change your signature a second time, you were presented with a fake edit conflict preventing it. (This was for system performance reasons more than to be funny, so that ideally each signature template would not be edited more than once during the day.)
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*If you tried to change your preferences, it would result in a message of "Meh, your preferences are probably fine and you shouldn't change them" to prevent you from pointing to a different signature page in your preferences.
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*If you tried to change your preferences would result in a message of "Meh, your preferences are probably fine and you shouldn't change them" to prevent you from pointing to a different signature page in your preferences.
*Everyone except developers lost the rights to create pages or move subpages, to avoid the creation of alternate signature pages. (This had the side effect of preventing uploads.)
*Everyone except developers lost the rights to create pages or move subpages, to avoid the creation of alternate signature pages. (This had the side effect of preventing uploads.)
<div style="float:right; margin-left:2em">http://forum.hrwiki.org/styles/subsilver2/imageset/site_logo_apr1_2010.gif</div>
<div style="float:right; margin-left:2em">http://forum.hrwiki.org/styles/subsilver2/imageset/site_logo_apr1_2010.gif</div>
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**He later {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Color Printer|oldid=697484}} whited the font on the page}} and an "error message" was visible.
**He later {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Color Printer|oldid=697484}} whited the font on the page}} and an "error message" was visible.
* [[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]]
* [[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]]
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**Replaced his user page with a part of the transcript of the movie [[Wikipedia:Pi (film)|Pi]], a giant [[Wikipedia:Postal 2|POSTAL<sup>2</sup>]] poster, and the words "Hey, [[Wikipedia:Maryse Ouellet|Maryse!]] Where ya been all my life?".
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** {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Dagoth|oldid=697080}} Replaced}} his user page with a part of the transcript of the movie [[Wikipedia:Pi (film)|Pi]], a giant [[Wikipedia:Postal 2|POSTAL<sup>2</sup>]] poster, and the words "Hey, [[Wikipedia:Maryse Ouellet|Maryse!]] Where ya been all my life?".
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**Replaced all instances of the letter Y with the Dutch letter [[Wikipedia:IJ (digraph)|IJ]] on his talk page.  
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** {{p|l={{fullurl:User_talk:Dagoth|oldid=697271}} Replaced}} all instances of the letter Y with the Dutch letter [[Wikipedia:IJ (digraph)|IJ]] on his talk page.  
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**Replaced his signature with a giant POSTAL2 logo. He tried to fix it at one point, but it turned into the Miss July one, which required intervention from [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]].
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** {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Dagoth/sig|oldid=697270}} Replaced}} his signature with a giant POSTAL2 logo. He tried to fix it at one point, but it turned into the Miss July one, which required intervention from [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]].
*[[User:Fangoriously|Fangoriously]]
*[[User:Fangoriously|Fangoriously]]
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Fangoriously|oldid=696976}} User page re-written}} in the style of typical newbish users'.
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Fangoriously|oldid=696976}} User page re-written}} in the style of typical newbish users'.
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Fangoriously/SIGGY HERE!|oldid=696977}} Signature}} changed to read, "May I please use the compyuter?"
 
*[[User:Jay|Jay]]
*[[User:Jay|Jay]]
**Changed user page to a false [[Strong Bad Email]] transcript called {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Jay|oldid=697274}} "election day"}}. Most of the links on the "election day" page were misleading (for instance, "Strong Bad" in the cast list led to "Strong Mad", and a Wikipedia link reading "G.I. Joe" instead linked to "Kim Possible".) For reference, "election day" was previously written as a failed attempt at an April Fools' Day gag in 2007.
**Changed user page to a false [[Strong Bad Email]] transcript called {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Jay|oldid=697274}} "election day"}}. Most of the links on the "election day" page were misleading (for instance, "Strong Bad" in the cast list led to "Strong Mad", and a Wikipedia link reading "G.I. Joe" instead linked to "Kim Possible".) For reference, "election day" was previously written as a failed attempt at an April Fools' Day gag in 2007.
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Shine Sprite|oldid=697043}} Replaced every character on his user page}} with a "?", to make it appear as though he was using a font that the user viewing did not have installed on his computer.
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Shine Sprite|oldid=697043}} Replaced every character on his user page}} with a "?", to make it appear as though he was using a font that the user viewing did not have installed on his computer.
*[[User:StrongAwesome74|StrongAwesome74]]
*[[User:StrongAwesome74|StrongAwesome74]]
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:StrongAwesome74/sig|oldid=697027}} Attempted}} to break signature so all following text would appear white, but failed.
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:StrongAwesome74/sig|oldid=694367}} Attempted}} to break signature so all following text would appear white, but failed.
*[[User:Super Martyo Brother|Super Martyo Brother]]
*[[User:Super Martyo Brother|Super Martyo Brother]]
**Changed his user page to a short paragraph in Japanese about a {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Super_Martyo_Brother|oldid=697386}} boy named Jiro}}, which was followed by a picture of the user holding a sign that read "I AM MAKING A JOKE".
**Changed his user page to a short paragraph in Japanese about a {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Super_Martyo_Brother|oldid=697386}} boy named Jiro}}, which was followed by a picture of the user holding a sign that read "I AM MAKING A JOKE".
*[[User:That'sBupkis|That'sBupkis]]
*[[User:That'sBupkis|That'sBupkis]]
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**All user page content {{p|l={{fullurl:User:That'sBupkis|oldid=697026}} turned into MediaWiki Syntax}}, and signature linked to [[Special:Random|the random page function]].
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**All user page content {{p|l={{fullurl:User:That'sBupkis|oldid=697026}} turned into MediaWiki Syntax}}, and signature linked to random page.
*[[User:The Knights Who Say Ni|The Knights Who Say Ni]]
*[[User:The Knights Who Say Ni|The Knights Who Say Ni]]
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:The Knights Who Say Ni|oldid=697191}} Changed user page}} to make it look as though it had been vandalized by Lumpy.
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:The Knights Who Say Ni|oldid=697191}} Changed user page}} to make it look as though it had been vandalized by Lumpy.
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**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:ColdReactive/sig&oldid=719442}} signature}} and {{p|l={{fullurl:User:ColdReactive|oldid=719443}} user page}} to act as if he was taking census for the HRWiki users, although no one had turned theirs in on his [[User talk:ColdReactive#Census for 2011|talk page]].
**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:ColdReactive/sig&oldid=719442}} signature}} and {{p|l={{fullurl:User:ColdReactive|oldid=719443}} user page}} to act as if he was taking census for the HRWiki users, although no one had turned theirs in on his [[User talk:ColdReactive#Census for 2011|talk page]].
*[[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]]
*[[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]]
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**Changed his user page to say it was bought out by Australian rock band [[Wikipedia:TISM|TISM]].
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Dagoth&oldid=719678}} Changed his user page}} to say it was bought out by Australian rock band [[Wikipedia:TISM|TISM]].
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**Changed his talk page to various wiki warning templates.
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**{{p|l={{fullurl:User talk:Dagoth&oldid=719679}} Changed his talk page}} to various wiki warning templates.
*[[User:Heimstern Läufer|Heimstern Läufer]]
*[[User:Heimstern Läufer|Heimstern Läufer]]
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Heimstern Läufer&oldid=719651}} Changed his user page}} to read "poop lol".
**{{p|l={{fullurl:User:Heimstern Läufer&oldid=719651}} Changed his user page}} to read "poop lol".
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==April Fools' 2012==
==April Fools' 2012==
===Main===
===Main===
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*Repeat of 2011.
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*Homestar was much more animated than usual. Sometimes he would appear upside-down and then fall from the top. Other times he'd peek in from the corners. Occasionally he'd be missing altogether. From time to time he'd say "Boring!" or, after looking around, say "Um... what's going on here?" These actions repeated randomly.
===Users===
===Users===
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*[[User:Color Printer|Color Printer]]
*[[User:Color Printer|Color Printer]]
**Claimed he had a printer error on his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Color Printer&oldid=730004}} user page}}.
**Claimed he had a printer error on his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Color Printer&oldid=730004}} user page}}.
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*[[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]]
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**Changed his  userpage to a fake blocked message.
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**Changed his signature to [[wikipedia:Macedonian language|Macedonian]] text translating as "You are so obsessed with Catherine Tyldesley and you're a fan of the band Mizar".
*[[User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|Gfdgsgxgzgdrc]]
*[[User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|Gfdgsgxgzgdrc]]
**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc&oldid=729959}} user page}} so all the text was written backwards. He also changed all the image descriptions to say "The Homsar", and changed all the quotes to Homsar, Senor Cardgage, and Drive-Thru Whale quotes.
**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc&oldid=729959}} user page}} so all the text was written backwards. He also changed all the image descriptions to say "The Homsar", and changed all the quotes to Homsar, Senor Cardgage, and Drive-Thru Whale quotes.
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**Removed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User talk:RickTommy/Archive&oldid=730014}} talk archive}}.
**Removed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User talk:RickTommy/Archive&oldid=730014}} talk archive}}.
**Replaced his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:RickTommy/Featured articles&oldid=730015}} Featured Articles list}} with a condescending note about the Featured Articles.
**Replaced his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:RickTommy/Featured articles&oldid=730015}} Featured Articles list}} with a condescending note about the Featured Articles.
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**Changed his old {{p|l={{fullurl:User:RickTommy/Sbemailwriteups&oldid=730048}} Sbemail Writeups page}} to display one of three pictures of Yoshi and a relevant caption about harming the Featured Articles.
**Added a lengthy STUFF discussion to the top of his {{p|l={{fullurl:User talk:RickTommy&oldid=730019}} talk page}} about whether or not Yoshi can talk, then changed the name beside every existing signature in his talk page to [[User:That'sBupkis|That'sBupkis]]'s.
**Added a lengthy STUFF discussion to the top of his {{p|l={{fullurl:User talk:RickTommy&oldid=730019}} talk page}} about whether or not Yoshi can talk, then changed the name beside every existing signature in his talk page to [[User:That'sBupkis|That'sBupkis]]'s.
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**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:RickTommy/sig&oldid=729874}} signature}} to read, ""Yoshi! Yoshi!" "'Cause that's totally the way I talk."" with a picture of a Yoshi sprite at the end, and the last sentence linking to [[fan club]], the toon where a similar line comes from.
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**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:RickTommy/sig&oldid=729874}} signature}} to read, ""Yoshi! Yoshi!" "'Cause that's totally the way I talk."" with a picture of Yoshi at the end, and the last sentence linking to [[fan club]], the toon where a similar line comes from.
*[[User:SamuelGuy10|SamuelGuy10]]
*[[User:SamuelGuy10|SamuelGuy10]]
**Inspired by a vandal attack that occurred just before April Fools', he wrote on his user page a sentence contradictory to the one the vandal repeatedly wrote, repeated several times.
**Inspired by a vandal attack that occurred just before April Fools', he wrote on his user page a sentence contradictory to the one the vandal repeatedly wrote, repeated several times.
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**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Super Martyo Brother/sig&oldid=730012}} signature}} to read, "I HAVE SPOKEN! don't question my methods!"
**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Super Martyo Brother/sig&oldid=730012}} signature}} to read, "I HAVE SPOKEN! don't question my methods!"
*[[User:Tenerence Love|Tenerence Love]]
*[[User:Tenerence Love|Tenerence Love]]
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**Replaced his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:Tenerence_Love&oldid=729863}} user page}} with a picture of the HRWiki's main page flipped upside-down.
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**Replaced his user page with a picture of the HRWiki's main page flipped upside-down.
*[[User:The Knights Who Say Ni|The Knights Who Say Ni]]
*[[User:The Knights Who Say Ni|The Knights Who Say Ni]]
**Treated his entire {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The Knights Who Say Ni&oldid=730088}} user page}} and {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig&oldid=729998}} signature}} as base 36 numbers, and converted them into base 10.
**Treated his entire {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The Knights Who Say Ni&oldid=730088}} user page}} and {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig&oldid=729998}} signature}} as base 36 numbers, and converted them into base 10.
*[[User:The thing|The thing]]
*[[User:The thing|The thing]]
**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The_thing|oldid=729997}} user page}} and {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The_thing/sig|oldid=729993}} signature}} to be typed in Yiddish.
**Changed his {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The_thing|oldid=729997}} user page}} and {{p|l={{fullurl:User:The_thing/sig|oldid=729993}} signature}} to be typed in Yiddish.
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== April Fools' 2013 ==
 
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=== Main ===
 
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* All the page and tab links were changed to redirect to random pages. Where practical, the links stayed within the same namespace: Links for articles pointed to random articles, talk pages to random talk pages, project pages to random project pages, user pages to random user pages (not including user subpages), and so on. In addition, the tabs kept their functions: Clicking edit on an article would open an edit window of a random article; clicking history would show you the history of a different page in that namespace. For simplicity, generated links (like diffs on history pages and the recent changes page), interwiki links, and links to special pages just pointed to the main namespace. The sidebar links, personal user links (at the top of the page), and external links went unchanged.
 
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=== Users ===
 
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*[[User:Dagoth|Dagoth]]
 
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**Changed his user page to a notification saying that it was bought out by [[Wikipedia:Anthony Kiedis|Anthony Kiedis]] among others.
 
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**Changed his talk page to a message asking people to leave messages for Kiedis.
 
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**Tried to change his signature to an ellipsis, but he actually unintentionally erased it.
 
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*[[User:Jay|Jay]]
 
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**Changed his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Jay/sig|oldid=735472}} signature}} to the [[Template:homsarquote|random Homsar quote template]].
 
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*[[User:RickTommy|RickTommy]]
 
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**Replaced his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:RickTommy|oldid=735532}} user page}} with a fake transcript for Strong Bad Email 206, which, in this case, is a lengthy Strong Bad Email where Strong Bad answers lots of questions about things that annoy RickTommy.
 
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**Translated his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User talk:RickTommy|oldid=735476}} talk page}} to one of eight randomly selected lingo variations, including Pig Latin.
 
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**Changed his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:RickTommy/sig|oldid=735480}} signature}} to a lot of intrusive random quotes and pictures which linked to various pages across the wiki.
 
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*[[User:Stux|Stux]]
 
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**Created a {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Stux/sig|oldid=735484}} signature}} that was a picture of the [[Videlectrix mascot]] running.
 
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*[[User:Super Martyo Brother|Super Martyo Brother]]
 
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**Swapped his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Super Martyo Brother|oldid=735471}} Homestar Runner Wiki user page}} with his {{p|l={{FULLURL:tmbw:User:Super_Martyo_Brother|oldid=259682}} This Might Be A Wiki user page}}.
 
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*[[User:The Knights Who Say Ni|The Knights Who Say Ni]]
 
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**Deliberately {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:The Knights Who Say Ni|oldid=735488}} spammed}} his user page.
 
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**Inspired by the random linkage, he {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig|oldid=735491}} broke his signature to remove the links, and then turned it blue}}<!--so that it wouldn't be too similar to [[User:The thing|The thing]]'s prank in 2009-->.
 
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*[[User:The thing|The thing]]
 
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**Changed his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:The_thing|oldid=735481}} user page}} into an advertisement for the Magic Bullet blender.
 
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==April Fools' 2014==
 
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===Main===
 
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===Users===
 
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*[[User:The thing|The thing]]
 
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**Replaced his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:The thing|oldid=740466}} user page}} with a terms of service agreement, with the validation linking to {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:The thing/page|oldid=740467}} a page}} that contained his actual user page.
 
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==April Fools' 2015==
 
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===Main===
 
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*Repeat of 2011.
 
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*[[User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|Gfdgsgxgzgdrc]]
 
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**Changed his user page to {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|oldid=745951}} celebrate various holidays}} (except for April Fools' Day).
 
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*[[User:Mee|Mee]]
 
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**Replaced {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Mee/sig|diff=prev&oldid=745856}} signature}} with "tbd".
 
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*[[User:Purple Wrench|Purple Wrench]]
 
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**Assumed the identity of [[April Fool 2014|D. Lindo]] on his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Purple_Wrench|oldid=745811}} user page}} and [[User:Purple_Wrench/sig|sig]] (archived on current sig page).
 
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**Was seen transforming into this identity at the bottom of {{p|l={{FULLURL:User_talk:RickTommy|oldid=745817}} this page}}.
 
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**Replaced his talk page with {{p|l={{FULLURL:User_talk:Purple_Wrench|oldid=745813}} a giant "P."}}
 
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*[[User:RickTommy|RickTommy]]
 
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**Changed his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:RickTommy|oldid=745812}} user page}} to display the first chapter of one of ten randomly selected fanfics based on [[Nintendo]] franchises.
 
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**Changed his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:RickTommy/sig|oldid=745841}} signature}} to the [[Template:cardgagequote|random Senor Cardgage quote template]], followed by some question marks that linked to his user page. He also broke his signature so that all following text would appear in the font "[http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/984418 Mario Party 2/3 Textbox]".
 
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*[[User:The thing|The thing]]
 
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**Replaced his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:The thing|oldid=745966}} user page}} with "Today is not april fools day."
 
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==April Fools' 2016==
 
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===Main===
 
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*Repeat of 2011.
 
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*[[User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|Gfdgsgxgzgdrc]]
 
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**Changed his user page and pretended to be {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|oldid=756072}} a new wiki user}}.
 
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**Changed his talk page to look like {{p|l={{FULLURL:User talk:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|oldid=756074}} he had been blocked and his userpage had been deleted}}. There were conversations with sysops, saying he was vandalizing pages. At the bottom of the page, 67 users voted on deleting his userpage.
 
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**Changed his sig to {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|oldid=756075}} the entire "Mr. Shmallow" wiki page}}. When it was reverted, he changed it to a {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|oldid=756252}} random Homestar Runner quote, linking to a special page}}.
 
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*[[User:Heimstern Läufer|Heimstern Läufer]]
 
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**Replaced his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Heimstern_Läufer|oldid=756100}} user page}} with the opening line of the Chinese song [[Wikipedia:Little_Apple_(song)|Little Apple]]; his edit summary was also a line from this song.
 
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*[[User:Jay|Jay]]
 
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**Announced a remake/sequel to his game, Jay's Journey, in his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Jay|oldid=755888}} user page}} and {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Jay/sig|oldid=755887}} signature}}. (This {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Jay|oldid=756487}} wasn't entirely a prank}}.)
 
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*[[User:Purple Wrench|Purple Wrench]]
 
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**Assumed the identity of "The Purple Wrench Preservation Society", claiming to have preserved the Purple Wrench behind plexiglass for being one-of-a-kind.
 
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***Encased his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Purple Wrench|oldid=755849}} user page}} and {{p|l={{FULLURL:User talk:Purple Wrench|oldid=755850}} talk page}} behind a CSS gradient, restricting access to both of the pages (preceding links only work on April 1; click {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:Purple Wrench|oldid=756140}} here}} to view the user page year round).
 
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***Changed his [[User:Purple Wrench/sig|sig]] accordingly (archived on current sig page).
 
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***Appended all of his edit summaries with "(edited by the purple wrench preservation society)".
 
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*[[User:RickTommy|RickTommy]]
 
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**Replaced his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:RickTommy|oldid=755893}} user page}} with a notification that the page had been nominated for some award. This was a reference to how he discovered Homestar Runner, which was via the [https://kr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Delete&diff=3939&oldid=3938 delete template at the Kanuri Wikipedia].
 
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**Translated his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:RickTommy/sig|oldid=755970}} signature}} into thirteen different languages that do not use the Latin alphabet.
 
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**Replaced his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User talk:RickTommy|oldid=756311}} talk page}} with a parody of a comment from [[wikipedia:User_talk:Ryoung122/Archive4#Please_stop_your_.27original_research.27|this discussion]]. It contained one of 32 randomly selected common misconceptions or "facts" that people get wrong on purpose, and was signed by [[User talk:202.76.162.34|his IP address from when he was in secondary school]].
 
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*[[User:The Knights Who Say Ni|The Knights Who Say Ni]]
 
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**Wrote all of the sentences on his {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:The_Knights_Who_Say_Ni|oldid=755917}} user page}} backwards.
 
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*[[User:The thing|The thing]]
 
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**Changed his userpage to a hilarious {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:The_thing|oldid=755889}} April Fools' Joke}}.
 
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**Changed his sig to say {{p|l={{FULLURL:User:The_thing/sig|oldid=755890}} Not The thing}}.
 
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==April Fools' 2017==
 
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===Main===
 
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*Repeat of 2011.
 
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===Users===
 
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*Users are no longer listed on this page.
 
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==April Fools' 2018==
 
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*Repeat of 2011.
 
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==April Fools' 2019==
 
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*Repeat of 2011.
 
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==April Fools' 2020==
 
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*The traditional April Fools' gag was superseded by the COVID-19 pandemic. The logo intermittently featured a sick Homestar Runner with a thermometer in his mouth, a door wrapped in yellow tape marked QUARANTINE, and Strong Bad learning that 423,827 viruses had been found.
 
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==April Fools' 2022==
 
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*The HRWiki logo was replaced with a screenshot from the recently released 209th Strong Bad Email, [[parenting]], showing [[Coach Z]] standing next to a sign reading "HEY! A GOOD PERSON".
 
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==Other Baleeted Nonsense==
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Let's keep this in mind for [[Holidays#April Fools' Day (April 1st)|April 1st]], 2009, eh?  Wah ha ha!  =]
Let's keep this in mind for [[Holidays#April Fools' Day (April 1st)|April 1st]], 2009, eh?  Wah ha ha!  =]
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