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Wikipedia:April 1 guidelines

Not to be confused with Wikipedia:Rules for Fools, which contains serious information.

This page is intended as humor. It is not, has never been, nor will ever be, a Wikipedia policy or guideline. Rather, it illustrates standards or conduct that are generally not accepted by the Wikipedia community.

This page in a nutshell: Jokes are a must on April Fools' Day, please don't spoil them.

April Fools' Day is a day of celebration on Wikipedia where we test the limits of short tempered Admins by playing jokes and pranks. Some guidelines on making jokes have been established based on last year's complaints by a few of such short tempered Admins and their henchmen who were not amused. Sticking to these guidelines will guarantee that this year's April Fools' Day will be even better than last year's!

• Jokes and pranks in the article namespace have a big impact.^[1] Jokes in articles will be treated as vandalism by short-tempered admins. Therefore, that's precisely where the jokes should appear.
• Do not tag any jokes using {{Humor}} or similar templates, or the inline template {{April fools}}.^[2] Obviously tagging jokes amounts to spoiling the joke.
• Do not put April Fools' AfDs in the April Fools' section. See above.
• When you make a list of all of the day's pranks, please start a massive edit war about what to call the "miscellaneous" section.

Given last year's feedback, following these guidelines is a sure way to have even more fun on April Fools' Day. Note that even among the most short-tempered admins there is no consensus against a complete ban of jokes on April Fools'.^[3]

• Wikipedia:April Fools