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This is a list of practical jokes and hoaxes by [[Tokiponists]] and Toki Pona [[communities]] that have occurred on '''April Fools' Day'''{{aside|1 April}}.
This is a list of practical jokes and hoaxes by [[Tokiponists]] and [[Toki Pona]] [[communities]] that have occurred on '''April Fools' Day'''{{aside|1 April}}.


==2009==
==2009==
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==2023==
==2023==
*{{tp|lipu tenpo}} published issue {{tp|kati tiki tu lili}}, written in the hyperminimal [[tokiponido]] {{tp|[[tuki tiki]]}}.
*{{tp|lipu tenpo}} published issue {{tt|kati tiki tu lili}}, written in the hyperminimal [[tokiponido]] {{tt|[[tuki tiki]]}}.
*{{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} rebranded to a Lojban server named {{lang|lbo|jbobau jbogu'e}}.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/328362891705319425/1091512321102327939|channel={{tok|ijo-sin}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|author={{tok|jan Kekan San}}|username=gregdan3|access-date=2023-04-01|quote=}}</ref>
*{{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} rebranded to a {{w|Lojban}} server named ''{{lang|jbo|jbobau jbogu'e}}'' ({{lit|Lojban {{wikt|Lojbanistan}}}}).<ref>{{cite Discord|url=//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/328362891705319425/1091512321102327939|channel={{tok|ijo-sin}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|author={{tok|jan Kekan San}}|username=gregdan3|access-date=2023-04-01|quote=}}</ref>
*[[jan Kekan San]] started an Esperanto learning series where the only word you ''learn'' is herbevitisto.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=Ywy9Fa8wcOI|title=I, We, You, He, She, They, It, Also They, - Learn Esperanto! Lesson 1|author={{tok|[[jan Kekan San]]}}|channel={{tok|jan Kekan San}}|handle=gregdan3d|date=Apr 1, 2023|access-date=2024-04-03|quote=}}</ref>
*{{tok|[[jan Kekan San]]}} published the first episode of a supposed "Learn [[Esperanto]]!" [[video]] series, teaching only the word ''{{lang|eo|herbevitisto}}'' ("chronically online", {{lit|occupational grass avoider}}; see "{{wikt|touch grass}}"). For the video, he changed his avatar to a green [//mariowiki.com/Power_Moon Power Moon] with a necktie, created by {{tok|jan Tekinowi}}.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=Ywy9Fa8wcOI|title=I, We, You, He, She, They, It, Also They, - Learn Esperanto! Lesson 1|author={{tok|[[jan Kekan San]]}}|channel={{tok|jan Kekan San}}|handle=gregdan3d|date=Apr 1, 2023|access-date=2024-04-03|quote=}}</ref>




==2024==
==2024==
[[File:Whiskers (5698423351).jpg|thumb|"Big Otter"]]
[[File:Whiskers (5698423351).jpg|thumb|"Big Otter"]]
*{{tok|[[jan Kekan San]]}} published the [[video]] "{{tp|tomo pi walo loje}}", a {{w|shaggy-dog story}} about three people who each stay at a pink house full of pink objects after their vehicles {{w|Breakdown (vehicle)|break down}}.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=liZCeOD9-gI|title=tomo pi walo loje|trans-title=The Pink House|language=tok|author={{tok|[[jan Kekan San]]}}|channel={{tok|jan Kekan San}}|handle=gregdan3d|date=Apr 1, 2024|access-date=2024-04-02|quote=}}</ref>
*{{tok|[[jan Kekan San]]}} published the video "{{tp|tomo pi walo loje}}", a {{w|shaggy-dog story}} about three people who each stay at a pink house full of pink objects after their vehicles {{w|Breakdown (vehicle)|break down}}.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=liZCeOD9-gI|title=tomo pi walo loje|trans-title=The Pink House|language=tok|author={{tok|[[jan Kekan San]]}}|channel={{tok|jan Kekan San}}|handle=gregdan3d|date=Apr 1, 2024|access-date=2024-04-02|quote=}}</ref>
*{{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} rebranded to a {{tp|tuki tiki}} server named {{tp|kiku tiki tuki tiki}}.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/328362891705319425/1224026630868176998|channel={{tok|ijo-sin}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|author={{tok|akesi Jan}}|username=janetblackquill|access-date=2024-03-31|quote=}}</ref>
*{{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} rebranded to a {{tt|tuki tiki}} server named {{tt|kiku tiki tuki tiki}}.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/328362891705319425/1224026630868176998|channel={{tok|ijo-sin}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|author={{tok|akesi Jan}}|username=janetblackquill|access-date=2024-03-31|quote=}}</ref>
*{{tp|[[sona pona]]}}:
*{{tp|[[sona pona]]}} ran a banner on the [[main page]] claiming that the policy for [[Project:Word articles|word articles]] would become more limiting and that "Big Otter is watching", referencing the novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.<ref>(1 April 2024). Main Page. {{tp|sona pona}}. <span class="plainlinks">Revisions [https://sona.pona.la/wiki/Main_Page?oldid=14997 14997] through [https://sona.pona.la/wiki/Main_Page?oldid=15009 15009].</span></ref>
**The [[main page]] ran a banner claiming that only articles about {{w|Láadan}} were allowed on the wiki and that "Big Otter is watching", referencing the novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.<ref>{{tp|sona pona}} editors. (1 April 2024). Main Page. {{tp|sona pona}}. <span class="plainlinks">Revisions [https://sona.pona.la/wiki/Main_Page?oldid=14997 14997] through [https://sona.pona.la/wiki/Main_Page?oldid=15009 15009].</span></ref>
**The pronunciation of {{tp|[[yupekosi]]}} was listed as {{IPA|[xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼupekosi]}}.
*The horror anthology zine {{tp|[[lipu monsuta]]}} released {{tp|kijetesantakalu monsuta}}, a special issue with humorous and absurd horror stories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lipumonsuta.neocities.org/kijetesantakalu-monsuta/|title={{tp|kijetesantakalu monsuta}}|author=|username=|date=2024-04-01|website={{tok|lipu monsuta}}|access-date=2024-04-02}}</ref>
*The horror anthology zine {{tp|[[lipu monsuta]]}} released {{tp|kijetesantakalu monsuta}}, a special issue with humorous and absurd horror stories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lipumonsuta.neocities.org/kijetesantakalu-monsuta/|title={{tp|kijetesantakalu monsuta}}|author=|username=|date=2024-04-01|website={{tok|lipu monsuta}}|access-date=2024-04-02}}</ref>
*{{tok|[[jan Ke Tami]]}} published the [[video]] "{{tp|yupekosi}}: No one knows how to pronounce the y", a compilation of different speakers finding different and creative ways to pronounce the "y" in {{tp|[[yupekosi]]}}.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=29ukNRx1Tzk|title= yupekosi: No one knows how to pronounce the y |author={{tok|[[jan Ke Tami]]}}|channel={{tok|jan Ke Tami}}|handle=IAmSamys|date=Apr 1, 2024|access-date=2024-04-02|quote=}}</ref>
*{{tok|[[jan Ke Tami]]}} published the [[video]] "{{tok|yupekosi}}: No one knows how to pronounce the {{tok|y}}", a compilation of different speakers finding different and creative ways to pronounce the "y" in {{tp|[[yupekosi]]}}.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=29ukNRx1Tzk|title={{tok|yupekosi}}: No one knows how to pronounce the {{tok|y}}|author={{tok|[[jan Ke Tami]]}}|channel={{tok|jan Ke Tami}}|handle=IAmSamys|date=Apr 1, 2024|access-date=2024-04-02|quote=}}</ref>
*{{tok|[[lipu tenpo]]}} published issue {{tp|nanpa lili}}, in a foldable zine format, about small things.
*{{tok|[[lipu tenpo]]}} published issue {{tp|nanpa lili}}, a small foldable zine with articles about small things.


==References==
==References==

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This is a list of practical jokes and hoaxes by Tokiponists and Toki Pona communities that have occurred on April Fools' Day (1 April).

2009[edit | edit source]

  • jan Sonja coined kijetesantakalu as a joke word. This also led to Alexandre Baudry coining sutopatikuna in response, and to April Fools' Day sometimes being associated with kijetesantakalu, as is evident in later practical jokes.

2021[edit | edit source]

2022[edit | edit source]

  • Several Toki Pona communities participated in Reddit's r/place social experiment, collaborating to create pixel art on a large public canvas.
  • lipu tenpo published issue nanpa kijetesantakalu, mostly consisting of repetitions of the word kijetesantakalu.

2023[edit | edit source]

2024[edit | edit source]

"Big Otter"
  • jan Kekan San published the video "tomo pi walo loje", a shaggy-dog story about three people who each stay at a pink house full of pink objects after their vehicles break down.[3]
  • ma pona pi toki pona rebranded to a tuki tiki server named kiku tiki tuki tiki.[4]
  • sona pona:
    • The main page ran a banner claiming that only articles about Láadan were allowed on the wiki and that "Big Otter is watching", referencing the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.[5]
    • The pronunciation of yupekosi was listed as [xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼupekosi].
  • The horror anthology zine lipu monsuta released kijetesantakalu monsuta, a special issue with humorous and absurd horror stories.[6]
  • jan Ke Tami published the video "yupekosi: No one knows how to pronounce the y", a compilation of different speakers finding different and creative ways to pronounce the "y" in yupekosi.[7]
  • lipu tenpo published issue nanpa lili, a small foldable zine with articles about small things.

References[edit | edit source]

English Wikipedia has an article on
April Fools' Day.
  1. ↑ jan Kekan San [@gregdan3]. (1 April 2023). [Message posted in the #ijo-sin channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. ↑ jan Kekan San. (1 April 2023). "I, We, You, He, She, They, It, Also They, - Learn Esperanto! Lesson 1". jan Kekan San [@gregdan3d]. YouTube. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ↑ jan Kekan San. (1 April 2024). "tomo pi walo loje" [The Pink House] (in Toki Pona). jan Kekan San [@gregdan3d]. YouTube. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  4. ↑ akesi Jan [@janetblackquill]. (31 March 2024). [Message posted in the #ijo-sin channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  5. ↑ sona pona editors. (1 April 2024). Main Page. sona pona. Revisions 14997 through 15009.
  6. ↑ (1 April 2024). "kijetesantakalu monsuta". lipu monsuta. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. ↑ jan Ke Tami. (1 April 2024). "yupekosi: No one knows how to pronounce the y". jan Ke Tami [@IAmSamys]. YouTube. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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