Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Log/2021 April 1

Time to close some of the joke nominations

We should really close some of the oldest nominations as they are getting excessive. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 18:54, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Split April Fools' nominations to separate page

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This year was huge. So huge, the transcluded nominations aren't even showing up at the bottom of the page. There are 147 joke nominations but only 135 are showing due to the transclusion cap. Loading the page also takes a long time given how many nominations there are. Splitting the page will solve both problems. --Diriector_Doc├─────┤^Talk_Contribs 01:46, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Support - Takes forever to load the page. ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 01:59, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Support - This year set a record, best move it to it's own subpage for the sake of people looking at the log for serious matters. —moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 02:06, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• Support There are so many on the current page that keeping them there is going to cause problems for the normal functioning of Wikipedia. Honestly, I’d say be bold and make the split. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 02:18, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
• Support for this year and future years. Common-sense solution to the lag problem. The April Fools page should be prominently linked to on the main log page so people know where to find it / so they don't put jokes in the main log. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 02:25, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
• Support Clean up the page and can be precedence for future years to set up in such a way from the start. WikiVirusC^(talk) 02:34, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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My joke requests

May I ask why were my Soroka and Robinhood joke requests deleted? The "Donald Trump (2nd Nomination)" was raised on the AfD log itself, while some IP addresses successfully made April Fool's requests (for example, that for the Milky Way. Thank you! --2001:569:7B92:5500:B02B:997B:1CF9:16F5 (talk) 02:23, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

• Sometimes, joke AfDs get deleted at the end of the day if participation in the AfD was low. Also the Trump one might have been deleted because joke AfDs for living people — and especially politicians — can be magnets for WP:BLP violations. —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 02:27, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
  • First, thank you. Second, what I am saying is that I think my request should not be removed solely because it is at the wrong place, because the Trump joke listing is also made directly on the log page. --2001:569:7B92:5500:B02B:997B:1CF9:16F5 (talk) 02:32, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Also, all that I seek is a joke reason for Soroka and Robinhood. --2001:569:7B92:5500:B02B:997B:1CF9:16F5 (talk) 02:40, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
    • I see. Well, we gave Robinhood to the poor, but they didn't like it, so we gave it back to the rich. As for Soroko, it was deleted because it was being confused for Copoka. --Diriector_Doc├─────┤^Talk_Contribs 02:43, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Replacing stuff like "Keep - April Fools over" with joke reasons?

Other people has closed the joke requests with serious phrases. Can I change them to jokes? --2001:569:7B92:5500:B02B:997B:1CF9:16F5 (talk) 04:13, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

No. —moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 18:23, 2 April 2021 (UTC)