POLICY:FOOLS

GoAnimate Extended Wiki enjoys April Fools' Day. To us, it is a day of shenanigans where most rules are optional and the only goal is to have fun.

Guidelines
Any user is free to participate in the festivities. Note however that while the rules are much more lax, they do still exist. Here are the do's and don'ts of a good joke:


 * DO almost whatever you want to your userpage.


 * DO post blatantly untrue news items or "did you know" facts.


 * DO post things that the majority of users would consider funny; overly-complex in-jokes are less desirable.


 * DO begin the tomfoolery at any time on April 1st. You can start a few hours before midnight, but don't get too far ahead. Note that the staff members who perpetuate the most jokes tend to aim for just after European midnight and just before American midnight.


 * DO connect with pranks made by other NIWA members, if it's not too much of a hassle.


 * DON'T post anything above (or should we say below) a certain maturity level. Keep it clean.


 * DON'T do anything that would make the wiki unusable. Garish colours are okay; invisible text is not.


 * DON'T be a spoilsport. Don't interrupt or overwrite others' jokes; synergize them instead if possible.


 * DON'T do anything that would take significant effort to clean up afterwards. Anthing more than a few undos is probably too much. Everyone is expected to clean up their own mess.


 * DON'T start anything new once most of the day is over. The average April Fools' joke is most visible in the morning.


 * DON'T pile the jokes too high. At a certain point things change from "funny" to "trying too hard to be funny".


 * DON'T prank this page in any way.

Chances are you won't get blocked just for defying these guidelines, but there is a line that can be crossed. Stay on the correct side of it.

Admins have a bit more free reign due to their command of more tools, such as global skins and editing protected pages, but they should still not do anything particularily abusive. Joke blocks on established users are not unheard of but should be applied for humorous durations that don't comprimise the user for a significant amount of time (unless of course the target is asked first and is okay with it, or is an admin themselves and can just unblock themselves).