http://thewikipedian.net/2013/01/15/wikifoolery/
" April Fools' Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Dayis still about 2 1/2 months off, butWikipedians are already planning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_featured_article/requests#Icelandic_Phallological_Museum_on_April_Fools.27_Day.3Ffor the big day. Every year, editors who maintain the front page arrange for silly, sometimes misleading, and even mildly offensive articles to run during the 24-hour period covering April 1st. But aswe noted in April 2011 http://thewikipedian.net/2011/04/01/wiki-fools/, not everyone is happy that such a serious project as Wikipedia, one focused on curating the world's knowledge, spends one day per year kind of, sort of, doing the opposite. And as of today, there's athread on Jimbo Wales' Talk page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#April_Fool.27s_Day_-_an_opportunity_about_to_be_squandered_againhosting a debate on the practice. This time in the mix: whether the juvenile pranks contribute to Wikipedia'snoted gender imbalance http://thewikipedian.net/2012/11/08/all-the-women-who-edit-wiki-throw-your-hands-up-at-me/. Best comments so far: from female editors defending standing up for "women's ability to both use and appreciate dirty or giggle-inducing language"."