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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|Evil Figment]], and the rest of the staff and members led by Pie. | * [[Bulbagarden forums]] became Bananagarden, then a mock civil war broke out between the League of Neutral Posters led by [[Guillaume Hébert-Jodoin|Evil Figment]], and the rest of the staff and members led by Pie. | ||
* [[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 Orenospace (a play on [[wp:MySpace|MySpace]]) page. Pages for | * [[Dogasu's Backpack]] was changed to [[Ash Ketchum|Satoshi]]'s Orenospace (a play on [[wp:MySpace|MySpace]]) page. Pages for [[Brock|Takeshi]] and [[Harley]] were also created. | ||
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Revision as of 18:29, 8 July 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.
- Pokemon.Marriland.com claimed to have unearthed information about the third game in the Generation IV series, which they called Pokémon Zircon. [2]
Pokecharms: shut down?
Serebiimopolis
Legendary Pokémon
Meta-hoax
- Serebii.net revealed a number of English names for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl towns, attacks, abilities and items, which many incorrectly believed to be a hoax.
Miscellaneous
- Bulbagarden forums became Bananagarden, then a mock civil war broke out between the League of Neutral Posters led by Evil Figment, and the rest of the staff and members led by Pie.
- 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. Pages for Takeshi and Harley were also created.
Bananagarden
Satoshi's Orenospace
