April Fools' Day 2007: Difference between revisions

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* Pokecharms.com was taken down ''impending action over the Copyright Infringements taking place on domain: Pokecharms.com under a claim by Plaintiff: Nintendo United Kingdom; relating to the franchise: Pokémon.''
* Pokecharms.com was taken down ''impending action over the Copyright Infringements taking place on domain: Pokecharms.com under a claim by Plaintiff: Nintendo United Kingdom; relating to the franchise: Pokémon.''
* [[Pokemopolis]] announced and effected a merger with [[Serebii.net]].
* [[Pokemopolis]] announced and effected a merger with [[Serebii.net]].
* [[Legendary Pokemon]] announced and effected a merger with [[Serebii.net]].
* Legendary Pokémon announced and effected a merger with [[Serebii.net]].


==Unverified==
==Unverified==
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* [[Bulbagarden forums]] became Bananagarden, then a mock civil war broke out between the League of Neutral Posters led by [[Guillaume Hébert-Jodoin|A Figment]] and the rest of the staff and members.
* [[Bulbagarden forums]] became Bananagarden, then a mock civil war broke out between the League of Neutral Posters led by [[Guillaume Hébert-Jodoin|A Figment]] and the rest of the staff and members.
* [[SPPf]] removed all avatars and custom user titles due to "server errors". Some forums were also deleted.
* [[SPPf]] removed all avatars and custom user titles due to "server errors". Some forums were also deleted.
* [[Dogasu's Backpack]] was changed to [[Ash Ketchum|Satoshi]]'s MySpace page.
* [[Dogasu's Backpack]] was changed to [[Ash Ketchum|Satoshi]]'s Orenospace (a play on [[wp:MySpace|MySpace]]) page.


[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Events]]

Revision as of 00:27, 2 April 2007

April 1, 2007 was an April Fool's Day that fell on a Sunday.

Hoaxes

  • Sunain announced her departure[1] from #pocketmonsters and the community in general on March 26, then returned on April 1 itself.
  • #pocketmonsters also released a fake episode of School Rumble falsely labelled as a subtitled DP024.
  • Pokecharms.com was taken down impending action over the Copyright Infringements taking place on domain: Pokecharms.com under a claim by Plaintiff: Nintendo United Kingdom; relating to the franchise: Pokémon.
  • Pokemopolis announced and effected a merger with Serebii.net.
  • Legendary Pokémon announced and effected a merger with Serebii.net.

Unverified

  • Serebii.net revealed a number of English names for Diamond & Pearl Towns, Attacks, Abilities & Items, of which many believed to be false.

Miscellaneous

  • Bulbagarden forums became Bananagarden, then a mock civil war broke out between the League of Neutral Posters led by A Figment and the rest of the staff and members.
  • SPPf removed all avatars and custom user titles due to "server errors". Some forums were also deleted.
  • Dogasu's Backpack was changed to Satoshi's Orenospace (a play on MySpace) page.