Pikipedia talk:April Fool's Day: Difference between revisions

Pikipedia talk:April Fool's Day (edit)

269 bytes added , 3 years ago

Might as well add some info on convenient things to prepare the day before.

44,430

edits

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ==Instructions==
+* Preparations before the day:
+*# Write down the final article's text somewhere.
+*#* Make sure it is not categorized (except for [[:Category:April Fool's Day]]). If you want, use <code>nocat=y</code> on the templates, or replace them with raw calls to {{tem|box}}.
+*# Write down the front page's text somewhere.
+*# Write down the tweet text somewhere.
+*# Write down the text for the joke explanation section in [[Pikipedia:{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] somewhere.
 * When April Fool's Day begins:
 *# Upload all relevant articles, images, and wiki changes.
@@ Line 13: / Line 19: @@
 *## Add a <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:}}</nowiki> tag to the top that sets the page title, as to remove the "Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/" part.
 *## Add an {{tem|afd}} template above everything in the page.
-*## Make sure it is not categorized (except for [[:Category:April Fool's Day]]). If you want, use <code>nocat=y</code> on the templates, or replace them with raw calls to {{tem|box}}.
 *## If there is a possibility that users can stumble into this page while searching for something similar, place a [[:Category:Disambiguation link templates|disambiguation template]].
 *## Check [[Special:WhatLinksHere|what links to the old page name]], and make all links point directly to the new page's location. This includes other April Fool's Day articles as well.