Talk:Practical joke

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Please don't put the "new messages" joke on your user page or user_talk if it will be visited by new editors, e.g. if you place vandal warning messages or welcome messages, or if you're a mediator or admin. Please stop making templates for it. -- Jeandré, 2006-12-10t08:01z

Contents 1 New messages joke. 2 Purim 3 Germany 4 Image 5 Unreferenced Tag 6 New Addition 7 Book title 8 Crass idiocy

[edit] New messages joke.

Re [1]

the above was intended as a good example of a practical joke for wikipedians. whats wrong with it being there? --NERD42  EMAIL  TALK  H2G2  UNCYC  NEWS  03:45, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Nothing at all! Does anybody know of any more Wikipedia practical jokes like the one above? Filmcom 03:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

The 'new messages' should be linked to Special:Mytalk, so when the person clicks the link it does link to their user talk page, so they will expect a new message even more. ~ Ghelæ ^talk_contribs 16:10, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

I made it into a template called Practial Joke. I can be found on the top of this page and my Userpage. The Republican 21:03, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

... which seems to have broken or been deleted. It really shouldn't be a template anyway. Reverted.  –Aponar Kestrel (talk) 05:16, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Purim

Is the Jewish holiday Priam? related here? (bad spelling, placemarker)

Do you mean Purim? It sounds plausible that practical jokes could be a part of that celebration since it does have a strong element of carnival and mischievous merriment. I'll look it up, and if that is the case I'll add it to the article. Jonas Liljeström 16:01, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Germany

Quote: Practical jokes are features of various kinds of holidays, such as April Fool's Day, Halloween, the Day of the Holy Innocents (in Spanish-speaking cultures), and the night before May Day in Germany.

As a German, I can safely say that I have never heard of pranks being done the night before May Day. There's the April Fool's Day in Germany as well, except that Germans call it "1. April" and whenever they've successfully managed to trick someone, they cry "April, April!".

17:11, 6 December 2005 (UTC) Judith

• • Same here. There's no such thing being celebrated on April 30 / May 1 in Germany. April Fool's Day is traditional, Halloween has also become a favourite kid's event over the past few years and there's still Rummelpott on December 31 where kids make some noise in order to get some sweets (similar to Halloween). Therefore I delete this part.

07:05, 17 February 2006 (CET) Sven

Judith and Sven, thats not true in large parts of Germany in the night before May 1 the Maibaum is stolen by neighbouring villages and lovelines are drawn between love interests.--Tresckow 09:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

I hate that image. It doesn't really resemble a practival joke. --GeorgeMoney^{Talk Contribs} 04:50, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

It's a good picture for the article, especially since it is difficult to illustrate most other types of practical jokes, involving some type of action or deception that can't be captured in a still photograph. I think the picture of the phone books is amusing and relevant to the topic. OneVeryBadMan 08:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

that image is hillarious. I'm gonna do that one day!

I agree with the first person. I'm going to remove popular Shakam 05:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unreferenced Tag

I am of the opinion that the following template:

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... is not needed in this article because the subject itself isn't one that would normally be written about, much less be cited. Whoever disagrees, respond here, or else I'll remove it. Kareeser|^Talk! 06:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Verifiability is one of Wikipedia's most important policies. -- Jeandré, 2006-12-10t08:01z

[edit] New Addition

Hello, I recently discovered a new website that contains extremly funny pranks to pull on other people. These pranks however are for your computer such as sending them through e-mail. The web site is http://www.lizardworks.com/pranks.html and I'm not sure if this should be added to the page. Any comments on wether it should or shouldn't be added?Azizza 23:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Book title

The correct title of the H. Allen Smith referred to is indeed THE COMPLEAT PRACTICAL JOKER. Mr. Smith used the archaic spelling of COMPLEAT, NOT the modern COMPLETE. The reason I know is that I own this book. 71.214.94.108 21:59, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed & changed in the article. -SCEhardT 22:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crass idiocy

The 'types of practical joke' section contains poorly written, ungrammatical nonsense. It desperately needs a clean-up. --Christopher 14:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I will be excited to see your improvements. Thanks. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 21:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)