Talk:April 1

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== Opinion, Not fact 1993 - Tommy Argento, a very cool U.S. Baseball Player

This seems to be opinion. The article linked to is also a stub.

--86.138.50.92 12:17, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

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April 1: Independence Day in San Serriffe (1967); April Fools' Day; Assyrian New Year 1865 – American Civil War: Ordered to hold Five Forks, Confederate General George Pickett instead lost almost 3,000 men. 1918 – The British Armed Forces established the Royal Air Force. 1969 – The Hawker Siddeley Harrier aircraft was introduced at a Royal Air Force event, becoming the only one in the 1960s to successfully perform on a short runway. 1976 – Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple Computer to sell their first product (pictured), eventually offering them at a market-price of US$666.66 because they liked repeating digits. 1999 – Under the terms of two laws passed by the Canadian Parliament in 1993, the Northwest Territories was carved into two pieces. 2002 – Exactly one year after recognising same-sex marriage, the Netherlands legalized euthanasia. More events: March 31 – April 1 – April 2 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 07:22, June 9, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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What with the smiley and Japanese joke?

Contents 1 Link suggestions 2 I've got an idea 3 Merge 4 Nazis

[edit] Link suggestions

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[edit] I've got an idea

We should make the main page template display "March 32nd" rather than April 1st. Of course, all anniversaries would still remain factual and such. But we need something humorous for the day. --Nintendorulez [[User talk:Nintendorulez|talk]] 22:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

No, we don't. In my opinion, Wikipedia really, really, really needs to ignore April Fool's and make it hard for people to make "humorous" edits on that day. It is ridiculous enough as it is. mstroeck 19:22, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I thought the idea was funny. That is, funny to think that someone might take it seriously. We have enough trouble with date articles already. Rklawton 21:45, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

It has been suggested that April Fools' Day be merged into this article. --98E 17:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Uh, no. It should be a separate article. As an example, while it is on December 25, Christmas shouldn't be moved to December 25. — BQZip01 — ^talk 17:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I concur with BQZip01. This would also raise conflicts when more than one festival claimed the same date. For example, should 26 December be St. Stephen's Day or Boxing Day? — BillC ^talk 17:42, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Oppose the suggested merger for reasons stated above. In addition where would Easter Day, Good Friday and other movable feasts be put if such merges were to become common practice. --Drappel 17:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Absoloutely not! Not only the reasons above, but it is also already a well-established article (April Fools' Day, I mean) and far too long to merge here, even if cut down. It's also a very important and notable day internationally. --RazorICE 12:19, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Oppose as well. April 1 is about the date, not different from April 2 or March 31: April Fools' Day is about the special meaning the date has gotten and the pranks and so on performed. The two ar not interchangeable and are both too long and important to put into one article. Fram 13:14, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate this proposal has only been up for a little over 30 hours, but consensus seems pretty clear-cut to be, particularly since no rationale was provided in the proposal. I'll remove it from the article pages tomorrow, unless some defence of the idea has been raised by then, or someone else removes it sooner. — BillC ^talk 00:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the merge from April Fools' Day. I'm sorry, but it looks like WP:SNOW. --RazorICE 12:42, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nazis

Can I stress that the Nazis were not elected? That they were never elected under a democratic system, but that they were partially brought to power as a part of a coalition government by a decrepid old man, the senile President Von Hindenberg? Darkmind1970 (talk) 09:02, 1 April 2008 (UTC)