https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=MewgirlBulbapedia - User contributions [en]2026-07-20T19:02:36ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.8https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_2008&diff=552730April Fools' Day 20082008-11-16T22:12:41Z<p>Mewgirl: </p>
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<div>'''April 1, 2008''' was an [[wp:April Fool's Day|April Fool's Day]] that fell on a Tuesday.<br />
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==Hoaxes==<br />
* [[Bulbagarden forums]] changed the default font on some of the forum skins to Wingdings.<br />
* [[Bulbapedia]] deleted its <nowiki>User:</nowiki> namespace.<br />
* [[Game Freak]] announced it was moving to the {{wp|Arctic}} to save the elusive snow {{p|Pikachu}} together with a "new" [[Nintendo DS]] game, ''Seasan''.<br />
* [[Bulbanews]] ran a story based on [[Game Freak]]'s hoax.<br />
* [http://www.feministgamers.com?p=373 Feminist Gamers] ran a story about police busting an illegal Pokémon fighting ring.<br />
* [http://www.deviantart.com deviantART] changed the avatar of all of its users to an animated {{p|Mudkip}} sprite.<br />
* [http://www.pokecommunity.com PokéCommunity Forums] changed every user's status to moderator.<br />
* [http://pkmn.net PKMN.NET] announced a new administrator. The administrator would be the person viewing the announcement.<br />
* [http://thepokemontimes.com The Pokemon Times] changed their theme for the episode to Digimon.<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:4-1-08 BMGf.png|Bulbagarden forums<br />
Image:4-1-08 Bulbapedia.png|Bulbapedia<br />
Image:4-1-08 Bulbanews-front.png|Bulbanews front page<br />
Image:4-1-08 Bulbanews-story.png|Bulbanews story<br />
Image:4-1-08 Game Freak.png|Game Freak<br />
Image:Snow Pikachu.png|Game Freak's snow Pikachu<br />
Image:4-1-08 Feminist Gamers.png|Feminist Gamers<br />
Image:4-1-08_deviantART.gif|deviantART avatar<br />
</gallery><br />
{{April Fool's}}<br />
[[Category:Events]]</div>Mewgirlhttps://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_2008&diff=552728April Fools' Day 20082008-11-16T22:11:44Z<p>Mewgirl: Added wtpt (thepokemontimes.com) april fools joke.</p>
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<div>'''April 1, 2008''' was an [[wp:April Fool's Day|April Fool's Day]] that fell on a Tuesday.<br />
<br />
==Hoaxes==<br />
* [[Bulbagarden forums]] changed the default font on some of the forum skins to Wingdings.<br />
* [[Bulbapedia]] deleted its <nowiki>User:</nowiki> namespace.<br />
* [[Game Freak]] announced it was moving to the {{wp|Arctic}} to save the elusive snow {{p|Pikachu}} together with a "new" [[Nintendo DS]] game, ''Seasan''.<br />
* [[Bulbanews]] ran a story based on [[Game Freak]]'s hoax.<br />
* [http://www.feministgamers.com?p=373 Feminist Gamers] ran a story about police busting an illegal Pokémon fighting ring.<br />
* [http://www.deviantart.com deviantART] changed the avatar of all of its users to an animated {{p|Mudkip}} sprite.<br />
* [http://www.pokecommunity.com PokéCommunity Forums] changed every user's status to moderator.<br />
* [http://pkmn.net PKMN.NET] announced a new administrator. The administrator would be the person viewing the announcement.<br />
* [http://thepokemontimes.com] changed their theme for the episode to Digimon.<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:4-1-08 BMGf.png|Bulbagarden forums<br />
Image:4-1-08 Bulbapedia.png|Bulbapedia<br />
Image:4-1-08 Bulbanews-front.png|Bulbanews front page<br />
Image:4-1-08 Bulbanews-story.png|Bulbanews story<br />
Image:4-1-08 Game Freak.png|Game Freak<br />
Image:Snow Pikachu.png|Game Freak's snow Pikachu<br />
Image:4-1-08 Feminist Gamers.png|Feminist Gamers<br />
Image:4-1-08_deviantART.gif|deviantART avatar<br />
</gallery><br />
{{April Fool's}}<br />
[[Category:Events]]</div>Mewgirl