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-'''April 1, 2008''' was an {{wp|April Fool's Day}} that fell on a Tuesday.
+{{Unsatisfactory}}
+'''April 1, 2008''' was an {{wp|April Fools' Day}} that fell on a Tuesday.
 ==Hoaxes==
-* [[Bulbagarden forums]] changed the default font on some of the forum skins to Wingdings.
+===Fan sites===
-* [[Bulbapedia]] deleted its <nowiki>User:</nowiki> namespace.
+====Bulbagarden====
-* [[Game Freak]] announced it was moving to the {{wp|Arctic}} to save the elusive snow {{p|Pikachu}} together with a "new" [[Nintendo DS]] game, ''Seasan''.
+* [[Bulbagarden forums]] changed the default font on some of the forum skins to {{wp|Wingdings}}.
-* [[Bulbanews]] ran a story based on [[Game Freak]]'s hoax.
+* [[Bulbapedia]] deleted its <nowiki>User:</nowiki> {{bp|namespace}}.
-* [http://www.feministgamers.com?p=373 Feminist Gamers] ran a story about police busting an illegal Pokémon fighting ring.
+* [[Bulbanews]] ran a story based on [[Game Freak]]'s hoax. (''see below'')
-* [http://www.deviantart.com deviantART] changed the avatar of all of its users to an animated {{p|Mudkip}} sprite.
+====Other fan sites====
 * [http://www.pokecommunity.com PokéCommunity Forums] changed every user's status to moderator.
 * [http://pkmn.net PKMN.NET] announced a new administrator. The administrator would be the person viewing the announcement.
-* [http://thepokemontimes.com The Pokémon Times] changed their theme for the episode to Digimon.
+* The Pokémon Times changed their theme for the episode to {{wp|Digimon}}.
 * [[Psypoke]] made several edits to their website.
-** Visitors either saw a dancing Psyduck-Slowpoke hybrid (named Psypoke) at the bottom of the screen, or would have a Seaking burst through the top of the page.
+** Visitors either saw a dancing {{p|Psyduck}}-{{p|Slowpoke}} hybrid (named Psypoke) at the bottom of the screen, or would have a {{p|Seaking}} burst through the top of the page.
 ** The forums were completely shuffled out of order. Furthermore, the icons and descriptions did not match up with the forum listed, and clicking the link to enter a forum would send the visitor to a random forum.
 ** An interview with an exclusive story on a supposed Pokémon Opal version was posted to the site.
 ** After the interview was posted, the site instead displayed a notice of closure following a cease-and-desist notification in relation to the interview. After 15 seconds, the visitor was returned to the real main page.
+===Others===
+* [[Game Freak]] announced it was moving to the {{wp|Arctic}} to save the elusive snow {{p|Pikachu}} together with a "new" [[Nintendo DS]] game, ''Seasan''.
+* [http://www.deviantart.com deviantART] changed the avatar of all of its users to an animated {{p|Mudkip}} sprite.
+* [http://www.feministgamers.com?p=373 Feminist Gamers] ran a story about police busting an illegal Pokémon fighting ring.
+==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-Image:4-1-08 BMGf.png|Bulbagarden forums
+File:4-1-08 BMGf.png|Bulbagarden forums
-Image:4-1-08 Bulbapedia.png|Bulbapedia
+File:4-1-08 Bulbapedia.png|Bulbapedia
-Image:4-1-08 Bulbanews-front.png|Bulbanews front page
+File:4-1-08 Bulbanews-front.png|Bulbanews front page
-Image:4-1-08 Bulbanews-story.png|Bulbanews story
+File:4-1-08 Bulbanews-story.png|Bulbanews story
-Image:4-1-08 Game Freak.png|Game Freak
+File:4-1-08 Game Freak.png|Game Freak
-Image:Snow Pikachu.png|Game Freak's snow Pikachu
+File:Snow Pikachu.png|Game Freak's snow Pikachu
-Image:4-1-08 Feminist Gamers.png|Feminist Gamers
+File:4-1-08 Feminist Gamers.png|Feminist Gamers
-Image:4-1-08_deviantART.gif|deviantART avatar
+File:4-1-08_deviantART.png|deviantART avatar
 </gallery>
-{{April Fool's}}
+{{April Fools'}}<br>
+{{Project Fandom notice}}
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