[WikiEN-l] April Fool's Day Lame-O-Rama

Thu Mar 31 09:00:13 UTC 2005

I sent the message below to the list yesterday, trying to learn if I have 
any jurisdiction (morally, and by courtesy--I know I haven't legally) over 
a page in my userspace, namely the ETPH article that has been discussed 
such a lot on this this list. After all, it's name isn't "European toilet 
paper holder", it's "User:Bishonen/European toilet paper holder". 

I'm disappointed that none of the experienced wikipedians reading this list 
has addressed my question, but I suppose it was a difficult one. Anybody? 
See, if the community goes with Jimbo's 1 April Lame-O-Rama" suggestion, I 
really would like to be able to stop ETPH from being used  for it. Input so 
far on "User talk:Bishonen/European toilet paper holder" shows that other 
contributors feel the same way. 

So, again: anybody? Can/will my userpage be from my userspace untimely 
ripp'd and used in a way I protest against? Or not? What do you think? 
Should I hurry up and try to get it speedied?

Bishonen

Daniel Mayer wrote on 2005/03/30 23:21:

> --- "Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales" <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> > Just for fun, why don't we have a game on Friday to create an
> > alternative main page, linked from the main page?  "Click here to see
> > our April Fool's Page."
> 
> I think that is a great idea. :)
> 
> -- mav

> I think it's a really lame idea. :-( I just joined the mailing list, I 
hope I'm doing this right. May I ask a question? > Do I get any say in 
whether or not [[User:Bishonen/European toilet paper holder]] is moved out 
of my  
> userspace into the article namespace for April 1? 

>Bishonen