Wikipedia talk:2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia/archive

Indeed. But holy crap! it's not April Fools Day in Hawaii. I was freaking out, you dirty guys you.

Woah

That was shocking. Was worried, as its only 8:30pm here (Canadian West Coast). Sad at first, as I thought that I was screwed out of adding to this. But then thought, didn't the founders say something like, "Imagine a world where everyone has free access to all information. We are trying to make that happen." Now, I'm happy that its only for fun. Just so you know, this is going to cause a lot of people to freak out when they read that.

Totally brilliant, and freaked me out at first. I was like, "Jimmy Wales sold us out for $140 million? Alright, understandable, it's $140 million, but come on!" Then I saw the surprising boilerplate, and instantly understood.

Excellent.

hahah, this is clever

Seconded!

Incredible

I pooped my pants for like 10 seconds there

Bravo, bravo!

First Joke

Thought, I was gonna get one from one of my colleagues, instead wikipedia got it first.

Yeah, right!!!

I was about to go on a rampage, then I noticed the date.

April's fools!!!

!!!daed s'obmiJ

Nice one, but you totally didn't catch me. Ghost Freeman 04:34, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hostile takeover

There's a contradiction in the artcle. By definition, a hostile takeover precludes the possibility of having any agreements or severance packages. --Itinerant 04:35, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• I was wondering about that too. If Wikipedia wants to be taken seriously, they can't make such obvious logical flaws. Telso 04:48, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This is an April Fools joke.

I think it is funny.

NICE TRY

lmao .. I thought this was too stupid to be true.

140 million...ya RIGHT! LG-犬夜叉 04:38, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

I almost had a heart attack!

Jokes shouldn't be carried so far.

I almost got asthma attack. Which reminds me...time to go to the pharmacy, 1 dose left.--SunTzu2 07:16, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Nice one!

Very nice. I was shocked too! WB 04:51, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

) :)  :)

Thanks for the laugh, you really got me ... Hostile Takeover ... LOLOLOL- Happy April's Fools all --Tigry 04:54, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

scared to death

JMJ you scared the hell out of me, but hey great joke!!!!!

Initially shocked

Only after I read that somebody is going to be crushed by elephant... Happy April Fool's day!

Nifty

Was worried for a moment... Then I saw all the strange parts, and realized what's really going on. Lawl.

May Wikipedia be free forever =)

!! You almost made me cry :)

Hehe congrats on this - that is gold! --Lisathurston

"Lichtenstein"

It's Liechtenstein, wit ie !, even on April 1st!

Good one ==

I was worried for a second.

S23 Wiki

s23 Wiki is waging war on Wikipedia! we must strike back. → JarlaxleArtemis 05:38, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

Oh Yeah

What a greaaaaaat NEWS........ How about Bill Gates take over world Linux system.......

Sorry

Can't fool me.PiccoloNamek 05:44, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

Happy April Fools Day! (In Eastern Time) ... I mean Britannica Buyout

Yay! The Puzzle pieces are going to be put in! Now Wikipedia has ascended to its glorious money farm that we thought... I mean Happy April Fools.

I mean April FODS day.

Lord of the Rings

The Ents are going to war.... The last march... of the Ents. Doo doo dooooo doo doo doo dooooo doo doo doo doo... doo... doo... doo... dooooooooo....

I, for one, welcome our new corporate overlords. --129.97.83.188 05:22, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Now the horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the Deep... one last time. For glory! For ruin! And for the Red Dawn! Death! Death! Death! Death! Death!

Ride! For Rohan!

The filth of Saruman... washes away....

One ring to rule them all,

One ring to find them.

One ring to bring them all

And in the darkness bind them

In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie.

Folk in those stories had lots of chances to turn back, but they didn't.

There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fightin' for.

Master looks looks after us. Master wouldn't hurt us.

Kill them, kill them, kill them all!

But the fat one... his eyes... always watching....

Then we puts them out.

We could... let her do it....

Yes... yes...

Then we takes it... after they're dead....

Brilliant!

• clap*clap* Triddle 06:05, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Holy shit

You fuckers almost caused me cardiac arrest. I depend on this site HEAVILY for my college career and the further development of my intellect.

I killed half a bottle of wine in grief.

Thank you for giving me a preview of the apocalypse.

Hey Guys!

Did u know that Encyclopaedia Britannica was now 100 percent free? Haha! NO MORE FREE TRIALS!! Well, the contents are also very satisfying.....Dun believe me ey? C 4 urself.... And DUN U KNOW that pigs fly nowadays? Haha!

I really expected this

I really expected this to happen on Wikipedia during April Fool's Day. Very funny article! -- Stevey7788 06:19, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

ROTFLMAO

Had lotsa fun editing this joke page so far.... Very funny.... LOL!!!!!! :) — Rickyrab | Talk 06:31, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

adrian

i peed my pants when i saw this.. then i saw something fishy... 133.7 million? thats elite.. then i saw the satilite comment, then osama, and it kept gettin worse... XD this was an excellent piece. you know how much my grade in APUSH would drop if i lost wiki and had to pay for it? ALOT! O_O!

Holy -- !

Man, I can't stop laughing.--Filby 06:35, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Good one

I almost fell from my chair while the article was still red on the mainpage, and only a few moments later realized what day was today. Just wondering, why not change the logo to something a bit more appropriate ? ^wS 06:36, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Whoever's resposible for this?

I hate you. I hate you all.

But in a good sort of way. :) Holy cow, that freaked me out before I got to the weirdness. Happy April Fools, Wikipedia! --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 07:05, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

New Messages

Was genius. I've been editing the page and that even got me.

Schools in Britipaedia

So I'm assuming schools are definitely out now... --Gene_poole 07:17, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

In really, really poor taste

I can't believe that you guys have created this. I really do not appreciate sick humor. Go to hell all of you! You gave me a heart attack! --User:Pope John Paul II 07:62, 1 Apr 2005 (VTC)

• At least you're not quite dead yet. Terri Schiavo 03:03 Eastern Standard Time, 1 Apr 2005