[WikiEN-l] Re: Friday's featured article

Wed Mar 30 15:54:47 UTC 2005

Richard Holton wrote:

>Like many, I would not object to having an April fool's article on the
>main page this Friday. I am against the idea of a contest that
>involves inserting fake articles into the main article space. Even
>with all good intentions, the potential for mistakes is just too
>great.
>
>However, I would also suggest some very obvious indicator of some
>sort, such as a banner at the top of the article reading: "This is
>Wikipedia's Featured Article for April 1, 2005" -- something that
>inherently identifies the article as special for April Fool's day.
>Remember that this may find its way into mirrors or onto printed page.
>
Agree with above. I think having a *very* obvious link to 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer (with a 
section "Anything you see on April 1st could be a joke", or similar") 
would be a good idea.

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