Difference between revisions of "Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future"

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Instructions

You are free to work on whatever you want as long as it follows the rules.

Important: Unlike previous events, if no ongoing effort is made towards the actual event, it will be postponed. Acceptable ideas may be considered for future events, but please keep in mind that a collaborative effort is necessary to make the April Fools' event happen.

Please see our previous events to get a sense of what we're looking for:

Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day

Update procedure

The April Fools' Day event will begin at 00:00 UTC+0 on April 1st and terminate at 00:00 UTC+0 on April 2nd.

On April 1st (UTC+0):

Editors: Move April Fools' content to the main namespace.
Staff: Publish any YouTube videos and related content.
Staff: Update protected pages, e.g. {{Updates}}, {{Trending topics}}

On April 2nd (UTC+0):

Editors: Tag April Fools' content with {{Humor}} and {{April Fools|2024}}.
Editors: Move April Fools' content to the Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/2024/ namespace.
Editors: Create Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/2024 page, listing the contributors
Editors: Transclude {{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/2024}} onto the main April Fools' Day page
Editors: Clean up the Project status tracking on this page and archive the discussion.
Staff: Unlist YouTube videos and related content.
Staff: Restore protected pages.

Acceptable content

The following is allowed:

Original content
Steam Workshop content
- Items from the Steam Workshop are only accepted with the creator's express consent.
- To avoid concerns of bias, Workshop items should either be original (created for this event and then published on the Workshop) or at least 5 years old.
Content based on other Valve games
Content based on third-party media (case by case) - Fake promotional items are allowed as long as they're not direct copies of the originals and do not put us or Valve in legal trouble.
Off-wiki content (update pages, playable TF2 content, videos, fan-games etc.)

Adding new ideas

Check to see if your ides satisfies the criteria listed under Guidelines for April Fools' Events and Acceptable content.
Create a new section to the Ideas section below.

Note: If your proposal introduces a new item or game mechanic, you or someone must write a wiki article about it.

Voting

Vote for your preferred ideas by posting a + ({{c|+}}) or - ({{c|-}}) in topic.
Upon reaching 5 + votes, please update Project status tracking and start working on it.
1. To create a sandbox page, please make it a subpage of this one (e.g., /Future/April 1, 2024 Patch, /Future/Main Page etc.) and add __NOINDEX__ to it.

Note: Judges (Wiki Admins) have the authority to veto or approve ideas as needed.

April Fools has come and gone! Interested in participating? Please come back next March!

Project status tracking

Use this section to keep track of approved ideas.

Project tracking
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Ideas

Click here to add your idea
(For patch notes and main page themes, please use the sections below.)

Section: Main Page / Wiki Theme

Post your Main page ideas below. Please try to provide detailed explanations of your ideas and/or make a concept (you can do so on your user space or by editing an image).

For inspiration, check out:

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Section: Fake patch

Post your fake patch ideas below. Please remember that if you're suggesting a new item or feature, you should be able to write an article about it. While throwaway ideas are fun, wiki events should be focused on wiki work.

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{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/SuggestionPatch
| voted-by = <!-- List of usernames... -->
| content  =
* Added something.   {{pro|0}} - {{con|0}}
* Removed something. {{pro|0}} - {{con|0}}
* Fixed something.   {{pro|0}} - {{con|0}}
}}
~~~~

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-* '''Editors''': Move April Fools' content to the main namespace.
+* '''Editors''': Move April Fools' content to the main namespace.<!--
-* '''Staff''': Use our social media platforms to announce the fake patch.
+* '''Staff''': Use our social media platforms to announce the fake patch.-->
 * '''Staff''': Publish any YouTube videos and related content.
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-* '''Editors''': Create [[Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/{{CURRENTYEAR}}]] page, listing the contributors (you can make this ahead of time if you like)
+* '''Editors''': Create [[Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/{{CURRENTYEAR}}]] page, listing the contributors
 * '''Editors''': Transclude <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/{{CURRENTYEAR}}]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> onto the main [[TFW:April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day]] page
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 The following is allowed:
 * Original content
-* Steam Workshop content - Items from the Steam Workshop are only accepted with the creator's express consent.
+* Steam Workshop content
+** Items from the Steam Workshop are only accepted with the creator's express consent.
+** To avoid concerns of bias, Workshop items should either be original (created for this event and then published on the Workshop) or at least 5 years old.
 * Content based on other Valve games
 * Content based on third-party media (case by case) - Fake promotional items are allowed as long as they're not direct copies of the originals and do not put us or Valve in legal trouble.
-* Off-wiki content (update pages, playable TF2 content, videos, fan-games, etc)
+* Off-wiki content (update pages, playable TF2 content, videos, fan-games etc.)
 === Adding new ideas ===
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 === Voting ===
 # Vote for your preferred ideas by posting a {{c|+}} ({{tlx|c|+}}) or {{c|-}} ({{tlx|c|-}}) in topic.
-# To be considered, an idea must receive at least 2 {{c|+}} votes.
+# Upon reaching 5 {{c|+}} votes, please update ''Project status tracking'' and start working on it.
-# Judges ([[Help:Group rights|Wiki Admins]]) will be able to veto or approve ideas as needed.
+## To create a sandbox page, please make it a subpage of this one (e.g., {{code|/Future/April 1, {{CURRENTYEAR}} Patch}}, {{code|/Future/Main Page}} etc.) and add {{code|<nowiki>__NOINDEX__</nowiki>}} to it.
+'''<span style="color: red">Note</span>''': Judges ([[Help:Group rights|Wiki Admins]]) have the authority to veto or approve ideas as needed.
+{{#switch: {{CURRENTMONTH1}}
+| 1
+| 2 = <div class="plainlinks" style="margin:1em -0.56em; background:#ededed; padding:0.65em 1em; font-size:175%; border:1px solid #aaa; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; text-align:center;">[[File:Pictogram wait.png|50px]] Preparations for April Fools haven't begun yet! Interested in participating? Please come back in March!</div><div style="display:none">
+| 3 = <!-- SHOW PAGE -->
+| #default = {{#switch: {{is event}} | April Fools = <!-- SHOW PAGE --> | #default = <div class="plainlinks" style="margin:1em -0.56em; background:#ededed; padding:0.65em 1em; font-size:175%; border:1px solid #aaa; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; text-align:center;">[[File:Pictogram nope.png|50px]] April Fools has come and gone! Interested in participating? Please come back next March!</div><div style="display:none"> }}
+}}<!--
+-->
 == Project status tracking ==
 Use this section to keep track of approved ideas.
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 == Ideas ==
-<div class="plainlinks" style="margin:1em -0.56em; background:#ededed; padding:0.65em 1em; font-size:175%; border:1px solid #aaa; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; text-align:center;">[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}|action=edit&section=new&preloadtitle={{urlencode:Wiki User Name Here's ideas}}&preload={{FULLPAGENAMEE}}/Template&preloadparams=~~}} '''Click here to add your idea''']</div>
+<div class="plainlinks" style="margin:1em -0.56em; background:#ededed; padding:0.65em 1em; font-size:175%; border:1px solid #aaa; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; text-align:center;">[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}|action=edit&section=new&preloadtitle={{urlencode:Wiki User Name Here's ideas}}&preload={{FULLPAGENAMEE}}/Template&preloadparams=~~}} '''Click here to add your idea''']<br><small>(''For patch notes and main page themes, please use the sections below.)</small></div>
 __TOC__
-== Main Page / Wiki Theme == <!-- do not remove this section -->
+== Section: Main Page / Wiki Theme == <!-- do not remove this section -->
 Post your [[Main page]] ideas below. Please try to provide detailed explanations of your ideas and/or make a concept (you can do so on your user space or by editing an image).
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 * [[Team_Fortress_Wiki:April_Fools%27_Day/2021/Main_Page|2021]]
-----  <!-- separator, do not remove -->
+=== Main Page ideas ===
-<!-- begin suggestions -->
-== Mikado282's ideas ==
-{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/Suggestion
-| status       = unreviewed
-| review-text  = <!-- Leave this blank if you're not a reviewer -->
-| review-date  = <!-- {{SUBST:#time:d F Y H:i e|now}} -->
-| yes          = 5 <!-- By: Tark, Profiteer, BEUFK, GrampaSwood, Andrew360 -->
-| no           = 0
-| content      =
-* Lego Update
-:: Legofy the characters and some of the items.
-:: It would probably be a lot of work to make Legofied versions one or two of the more notable taunts and Meet the Teams, but funny. (I'm thinking "Meet the Sniper" with a Legofied Sniper would be a natural.) (Or a stop action "Meet the Heavy" with actual Legos)
-::* 90% Gib odds with Lego gibs when Lego cosmetics are equipped.
-}}
-[[User:Mikado282|<span style="font-family: Impact"><font color="db9c1f">''' M I K A D O 282 '''</font></span><span style="font-family: Arial "><font color="00ff00"> <small>⊙</small>⊙⊙⊙⊙<small>⊙ ⊙⊙  ⊙⊙</small></font></span>]] </small> <!-- --
---> <small> ([[User:Mikado282/Contact Mikado282|Contact Mikado282 (SM)]]) | ([[Special:Contributions/Mikado282|'''''contribs''''']]) ([[User:Mikado282/Help Wanted!|'''''Help Wanted!''''']]) </small> 02:49, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
-== Light Weapons Guy's ideas ==
-{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/Suggestion
-| status       = unreviewed
-| review-text  = <!-- Leave this blank if you're not a reviewer -->
-| review-date  = <!-- {{SUBST:#time:d F Y H:i e|now}} -->
-| yes          = 2 <!-- By: GrampaSwood, Andrew360 -->
-| no           = 0 <!-- I disagree :(  -->
-| content      =
-* My idea is We make a fake weapon article for The gaster blaster from Undertale and a fake class about sans?
-}}
-[[User:Light Weapons Guy|Light Weapons Guy]] ([[User talk:Light Weapons Guy|talk]]) 13:58, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
-{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/Suggestion
-| status       = unreviewed
-| review-text  = <!-- Leave this blank if you're not a reviewer -->
-| review-date  = <!-- {{SUBST:#time:d F Y H:i e|now}} -->
-| yes          = 1 <!-- By: GrampaSwood -->
-| no           = 1 <!-- By: Andrew360 -->
-| content      =
-* My idea is a fake patch.
-. A new wave in MVM is added with Freddy Fazbear and co. attacking the mercy
-. Pyro is now an scp, specifically scp 69.
-. Medic x Heavy is canon
-. ✋︎ 🕆︎🏱︎👎︎✌︎❄︎☜︎👎︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ ☹︎⚐︎👍︎✌︎☹︎✋︎☪︎✌︎❄︎✋︎⚐︎☠︎ ☞︎✋︎☹︎☜︎💧︎ ☹︎⚐︎☹︎
-. ☞︎🕆︎👍︎😐︎ 👌︎☹︎✋︎☪︎☪︎✌︎☼︎👎︎ ☜︎☠︎❄︎☜︎☼︎❄︎✌︎✋︎☠︎💣︎☜︎☠︎❄︎
-. I̵ ̴h̶a̴v̷e̵ ̸p̵l̴a̷c̷e̷d̵ ̸a̵ ̴l̸a̶n̸d̷ ̷m̷i̵n̶e̵ ̷i̴n̶ ̵y̵o̵u̶r̶ ̷h̴o̶u̸s̵e̵
-. 01010000 01101111 01101111 01110000 01111001 00100000 01001010 01101111 01100101 00100000 01110111 01100001 01110011 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01100001 01101110 00100000 01100001 01100011 01100011 01101001 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000
-}}
-[[User:Light Weapons Guy|Light Weapons Guy]] ([[User talk:Light Weapons Guy|talk]]) 20:23, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
-== BEUFK's ideas ==
-{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/Suggestion
-| status       = unreviewed
-| review-text  = <!-- Leave this blank if you're not a reviewer -->
-| review-date  = <!-- {{SUBST:#time:d F Y H:i e|now}} -->
-| yes          = 2 <!-- By: GrampaSwood, Cheddar -->
-| no           = 1 <!-- By: Andrew360 -->
-| content      =
-Fake Patch:
-*Players consume 1 [[Refined Metal]] per step.
-**If you have run out of your metal, your weapons are acceptable for us too.
-*Introducing :
-**Blind Mode: Your screen turns dark throughout the whole game.
-**Deaf Mode: All sound effects are disabled.
-**Dumb Mode: Players no longer use [[Voice command]] etc.
-***The above is enabled by default.
-}}
-祝编安/All the best<br><font color="Blue"> ||| [[User:BEUFK|BEUFK the nonsense]]</font> - [[Special:Contributions/BEUFK|contrib.]] - [[User_talk:BEUFK|have a talk]] 06:59, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
-== ShadowMan44's ideas ==
-{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/Suggestion
-| status       = unreviewed
-| review-text  = <!-- Leave this blank if you're not a reviewer -->
-| review-date  = <!-- {{SUBST:#time:d F Y H:i e|now}} -->
-| yes          = 3 <!-- By: GrampaSwood, Andrew360, Cheddar -->
-| no           = 0 <!-- I disagree :(  -->
-| content      =
-* The ''sweet surprise update''
-** Added the [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=97098728 Candy Apple] for the [[Heavy]].
-** Added the [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=110013737 Candy Crocket] for the [[Soldier]].
-** Added the [https://gamebanana.com/mods/193999 Waffle Cone] skin cosmetic for the Soldier.
-** Updated the [[Lollichop]] to prevent "crashes".
-** [[Pyroland]] now works on all maps.
-** Updated the [[Pyro]]'s giblet models to give them an extra kidney upon death.
-** Updated the [[Faerie Solitaire Pin]] with a unique stat; '''10+ jump height when equipped in the secondary weapon slot'''.
-** Updated the [[Second Banana]] to have enemy players slip on them when dropped by Heavy.
-** Downdated the [[Localization Files]].
-}}
-[[User:ShadowMan44|ShadowMan44]] ([[User talk:ShadowMan44|talk]]) 22:55, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
-== Slimyboi500's ideas ==
-{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/Suggestion
-| status       = unreviewed
-| review-text  =
-| review-date  =
-| yes          = 0
-| no           = 2 <!-- By: GrampaSwood, Cheddar -->
-| content      =
-* My idea is a new weapon called the Full-Zatoichi, a weapon based on this video:
-{{Youtube|y7kG8StL6ps}}}}
---[[User:Slimyboi500|Slimyboi500]] [[File:User Slimyboi500 Profile.jpg|25px|link=User:Slimyboi500]] [[User talk:Slimyboi500|Talk]] [[File:Speech voice.png|25px|link=User talk:Slimyboi500]] [[Special:Contributions/Slimyboi500|Contribs]] [[File:Wrench_IMG.png|25px|link=Special:Contributions/Slimyboi500]]
-[https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199515551163/ Steam]  [[File:Steam tray.png|25px|link=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199515551163/]] 23:12, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
-== Luno's ideas ==
-{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/Suggestion
+<!-- Add ideas above this message! -->
-| status       = unreviewed
-| review-text  = <!-- Leave this blank if you're not a reviewer -->
-| review-date  = <!-- {{SUBST:#time:d F Y H:i e|now}} -->
-| yes          = 0 <!-- I agree    :^) -->
-| no           = 0 <!-- I disagree :(  -->
-| content      =
-* Badly translated tf2 wiki.
-::In the vein of the popularity of running popular games or historical events through a translator to obtain funny reactions,
-::The main page of the wiki would receive its text (except language bar text) changed from a pool of X randomized variants that would have been passed ahead of time through a [https://www.ravbug.com/hypertranslate/ hyper-translator] 50–100 times or more (keeping only the results that are funny).
-::The language selection bar would have the current selected language being Australian instead of English. Below all the languages would be a notice informing in English that the viewer might want to click on a link present in the notice if they don't understand anything, bringing them back to the normal page, and cite between parenthesis that it may be due to lack of virility and a mustache in general.<br><br>
-::Example: <small>The Über Update is a major content update for Team Fortress 2 and was released on June 23, 2011 Patch. It was heralded as "The biggest, most ambitious update in the history of Team Fortress 2." Similar to other major updates, such as the Sniper vs. Spy Update and the Engineer Update, the Über Update followed a four-day-long system of daily content previews, the last of which featured the release of Meet the Medic.</small>
-::⬇️
-::Turns into: <small>It was completely Up here is a major update released on June 23, 2011. It is called "the most big and fast" in the history of Army Squad 2. Technology has changed and improved, the It was completely Up here also includes the Meet the Medic app, which is supported in a four-day trial program.</small>
-}}
-<span style="background:#393939;padding:2px 12px;font-family: TF2 Build;font-size: 1em;border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;">[[User:Luno|Luno]] <span style="color:#FC0;letter-spacing:-2px">🪐🌕</span> [[User talk:Luno|<span style="color:#fff">Talk</span>]] <span style="color:#559655;letter-spacing:-2px">/</span> [[Special:Contributions/Luno|<span style="color:#fff">Contributions</span>]] <span style="color:#538AC5;letter-spacing:-2px">/</span> [[Team_Fortress_Wiki:Translation_progress/fr|<span style="color:#4d748b">T</span><span style="color:#fff">ea</span><span style="color:#ab4848">m</span>]]</span> 00:46, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
+== Section: Fake patch == <!-- do not remove this section -->
+Post your fake patch ideas below. Please remember that if you're suggesting a new item or feature, you should be able to write an article about it. While throwaway ideas are fun, wiki events should be focused on wiki work.
-{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/Suggestion
+Template:
-| status       = unreviewed
+<pre><nowiki>{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/SuggestionPatch
-| review-text  = <!-- Leave this blank if you're not a reviewer -->
+| voted-by = <!-- List of usernames... -->
-| review-date  = <!-- {{SUBST:#time:d F Y H:i e|now}} -->
+| content  =
-| yes          = 0 <!-- I agree    :^) -->
+* Added something.   {{pro|0}} - {{con|0}}
-| no           = 0 <!-- I disagree :(  -->
+* Removed something. {{pro|0}} - {{con|0}}
-| content      =
+* Fixed something.   {{pro|0}} - {{con|0}}
-* Fake patch or undocumented change.
-::* It is no longer possible for Soldier to pick up dropped Mad Milk and [https://youtu.be/UFtZMIWt0WI?t=35 use it as a banner item].
-::* Fixed not being able to play Team Fortress 2 from the [[w:International Space Station|International Space Station]] or Moon due to missing netcode feature support.
 }}
+~~~~</nowiki></pre>
-<span style="background:#393939;padding:2px 12px;font-family: TF2 Build;font-size: 1em;border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;">[[User:Luno|Luno]] <span style="color:#FC0;letter-spacing:-2px">🪐🌕</span> [[User talk:Luno|<span style="color:#fff">Talk</span>]] <span style="color:#559655;letter-spacing:-2px">/</span> [[Special:Contributions/Luno|<span style="color:#fff">Contributions</span>]] <span style="color:#538AC5;letter-spacing:-2px">/</span> [[Team_Fortress_Wiki:Translation_progress/fr|<span style="color:#4d748b">T</span><span style="color:#fff">ea</span><span style="color:#ab4848">m</span>]]</span> 01:07, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
+=== Fake patch ideas ===
-== Andrew360's ideas ==
-{{Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/Future/Suggestion
-| status       = unreviewed
-| review-text  = <!-- Leave this blank if you're not a reviewer -->
-| review-date  = <!-- {{SUBST:#time:d F Y H:i e|now}} -->
-| yes          = 0 <!-- I agree    :^) -->
-| no           = 0 <!-- I disagree :(  -->
-| content      =
-* Raised -unrestricted_maxplayers limit to 1000 (feature is now even more unsupported).
-* Added [[Saxton Hale]] as a playable class for all game modes.
-* Added controller support for the Wii Balance Board.
-* Crates now have a 100% chance of unboxing a [[Self-Made]] item.
-* Added Battle Royale as a game mode in [[Casual mode]].
-* Automatically added 'unbindall' to autoexec.cfg.
-* Updated the engine to Source 3.
-* Added [[Walkway]] to [[Competitive mode]].
-* Removed [[ÜberCharge]].
-* Added Role Queue to [[Casual mode]].
-* Removed every single [[localization files|localization file]].
-}}
-[[User:Andrew360|<span style="font-family:TF2 Build; color:#038d3a ">Andrew360</span>]] [[File:Edit_icon.png|20px|link=Special:Contributions/Andrew360]] [[File:Speech typing.png|25px|link=User_talk:Andrew360]] [[File:Photo Badge Decal Example.png|15px|link=https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=25&user=Andrew360&ilshowall=0]] 00:56, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
+<!-- Add ideas above this message! -->