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Starting in April of 2015, Pikipedia editors agreed on making ''' | Starting in April of 2015, Pikipedia editors agreed on making '''{{w|April Fool's Day}} jokes''' on the wiki. These pranks are made in good faith, and only exist to entertain the readers. Although pretty much nothing is to be taken seriously, none of the pranks are to go overboard, to the point of being offensive or destructive. Readers who came to the wiki to learn about a subject should still be able to, after all. | ||
Normally, these are created by staff members | Normally, these are created by staff members, are placed on the wiki at midnight (GMT) of the first of April, and are reverted back after 24 hours. After being reverted, the April Fool's Page gets updated with information about the year's prank, in order to enlighten readers on what the joke was. For a list of steps to take before, during, and after the events, please read the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}#Instructions|talk page]]. | ||
Editors can add to the joke articles at any time after April Fool's Day has passed, but they '''must''' have a good reason to do so. The idea of the joke and its core contents should be kept intact. For instance, adding an image to a gallery of funny images is all right. Changing the plot of a game is not. In addition, each article can also have extra contribution notes on its April Fool's Day disclaimer box. | Editors can add to the joke articles at any time after April Fool's Day has passed, but they '''must''' have a good reason to do so. The idea of the joke and its core contents should be kept intact. For instance, adding an image to a gallery of funny images is all right. Changing the plot of a game is not. In addition, each article can also have extra contribution notes on its April Fool's Day disclaimer box. | ||
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[[File:Bolbert.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The original Bolbert.]] | [[File:Bolbert.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The original Bolbert.]] | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Bolbert}} | {{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Bolbert}} | ||
The | The Bolbert article is Pikipedia's first April Fool's Day joke. It details information about a made-up enemy called a "Bolbert", that is actually a description of Bulborbs and mimics, said to be quite elegant, when in reality, the images show Bulborbs in hilarious poses. | ||
The idea for this joke article came from a post on [[Miiverse]] that, when shared, caused a lot of laughs within the editor community, half due to the incorrect name given to the [[Red Bulborb]], half because of the enemy's face in the screenshot. The article would focus on a fake Bulborb-like creature said to be quite majestic, only to have the images on the page show hilarious Bulborb poses. The name of the invented enemy and the main image come directly from the Miiverse post. In this joke, Pikipedia does '''not''' attempt to mock the player in the Miiverse post. We understand that not all players are familiar with the names of the enemies, and as such, would not dare to acknowledge such player mistakes, much less ridicule them. The image and name combination however, were just too funny for the community to ignore, leading to the creation of this light-hearted parody enemy article. | The idea for this joke article came from a post on [[Miiverse]] that, when shared, caused a lot of laughs within the editor community, half due to the incorrect name given to the [[Red Bulborb]], half because of the enemy's face in the screenshot. The article would focus on a fake Bulborb-like creature said to be quite majestic, only to have the images on the page show hilarious Bulborb poses. The name of the invented enemy and the main image come directly from the Miiverse post. In this joke, Pikipedia does '''not''' attempt to mock the player in the Miiverse post. We understand that not all players are familiar with the names of the enemies, and as such, would not dare to acknowledge such player mistakes, much less ridicule them. The image and name combination however, were just too funny for the community to ignore, leading to the creation of this light-hearted parody enemy article. | ||