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The result of the discussion was moved to user space.--v/r - T P 14:35, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Example

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Mindless Apr 1 joke not belonging here; Wikipedia is serious and this is taking up space on the RfA page. I recommend speedy delete. Rcsprinter (gas) @ 09:22, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This is nowhere near main space, not being read by anyone but Wikipedia editors. We're allowed humor. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:28, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep we have no shortage of space on the RFA page and a long tradition of April fools there, of which this is but one example. Ϣere SpielChequers 09:30, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Clearly no respectable users would engage in tomfoolery such as this. I mean, that'd be like... A high-ranking Foundation employee voting in a request for an unobtainable right, using his official account. — PinkAmpers&^{(Je vous invite à me parler)} 09:58, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Look at the history of RFA's on April Fools day. Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 10:26, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for real, not a sarcastic remark. An encyclopedia is not the place for this kind of crap. +1 Rcsprinter! Humblesnore (talk) 11:20, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:HUMOR Vaca tion 9 11:27, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - it's obviously a joke. I don't think anyone could genuinely be "fooled" into thinking it's real. It has 12 hours to run which is less time that this MFD would probably have to run anyway. Once it's 2 April some crat with a sense of humour will do the right thing and we'll wait a full 12 month before having a laugh again. Ignore it and it will go away. Stalwart111 11:34, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Let's hope by the end of those 12 months, Stalwart111, Wikipedia has a lot more sense. Humblesnore (talk) 11:37, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha. Well I doubt it. But after what we've seen over the last couple of months inside en.wp, it's nice to see people acting foolishly for a reason, rather than just for the sake of it. Stalwart111 12:11, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You owe me a new monitor. I was drinking, and as soon as I got to "it's nice to see people acting foolishly for a reason, rather than just for the sake of it"... laughter wasn't the only thing that escaped. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:28, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Preston Passion to help ensure User: Example's future. DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 11:36, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Haha! Mediran (t • c) 04:17, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Good grief - this one is actually funny. The other two are dumb. The key here is to LIMIT the jokes on April Fools Day, not have 10 joke MFDs, 10 joke AFDs, and 10 joke RFAs. --B (talk) 12:55, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and close this MfD. Firstly I agree with B. Secondly, this is an actual example RfA that was turned into an April fools deletion of this would immediately turn into un deletion as happened twice today. At the end of today, about midnight, just revert all edits back into the usual format or separate the histories (is this possible?). John F. Lewis (talk) 13:34, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty sure it's possible to separate the histories. I'll consult a histmerge expert when the clock strikes 12:01. Now can someone please SNOW close this (and the other two MFDs), before the joke is entirely dead? If those of you in the humorless section want something useful to do, CAT:CSD needs some love (I've got a two-hour old G11 request), and I can think of at least one redlink that should probably be turned blue. — PinkAmpers&^{(Je vous invite à me parler)} 13:59, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it can be done. Splitting is easy; merging not always so easy. —Soap— 15:29, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete because I don't get it, so it must not be worth keeping.--The Humorless Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.}13:51, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Like Ryan Vesey 13:58, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per Category:Wikipedia humor Ryan Vesey 13:58, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Because only robots don't "get" it. —stay (sic)! 14:02, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I don't think I can actually say what I thought when I saw this without violating WP:CIVIL. EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:53, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Light-hearted humor; it was our choice to include the RfA on the main RfA page, after having removed it for a few hours earlier; if it's causing problems it could be removed again for the rest of the day without deleting the RfA itself. —Soap— 15:29, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - It's just a fun RfA. It's not like anyone's gonna see the RfA and think Example's a sysop. NFLisAwesome ^{(ZappaOMati's alternate account)} 15:39, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Example. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 17:15, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep No harm and it is April Fools' day. TB randley 21:37, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and tag as humor as per above and as per Category:Wikipedia humor and other else that is kept. Come on... this page is a joke and there's nothing wrong about that for it's for April Fools which is a Wikipedia tradition. This happens I think once a year, I'm not sure. But have you lost your sense of humor or anything? It's a joke but it's not worth deleting. It's part of our community and any other thing around. It's harmless I say!!!! Mediran (t • c) 04:17, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but move location, similar to Wikipedia:April Fools/April Fools' Day 2013/AutomaticStrikeout (that should have been done to every joke nomination... except... SOME people decided to delete them...) Zach 04:39, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, per WP:APRIL. FunPika 10:41, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There's too much drama at ANI about these, and this would only add insult to injury. April Fools is one tradition too precious to delete (especially among Wikipedians), I'm afraid. hmssolent\^{Let's convene} _{My patrols} 12:28, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:HUMOR. These kind of maniac stunts are performed only once an year..so it makes sense. :) TheStrike Σagle 13:22, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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