[WikiEN-l] April Fool - how to prepare for the onslaught

Stan Shebs stanshebs at earthlink.net
Mon Mar 19 22:11:46 UTC 2007


MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
> Based on my experience in previous years, I have no doubt April 1 will bring
> out a lot of pranksters.
> We had a lot of mess before. Are there any preparations to keep things under
> control this year?
> If not, we should organize something ASAP.
>   
You could get a two-fer by announcing that WP is now "completed" and 
that therefore no further editing is necessary, then protect (or 
semi-protect?) all pages for the 48 hours necessary to catch all timezones.

:-)

Stan




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