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Created page with "{{Fun}} {{Needs work}} '''April Fools' Day'''{{aside|1 April}} is frequently the source of Toki Pona-related humor. This is a list of practical jokes and hoaxes by Tokiponists and Toki Pona communities. ==2009== *{{tok|jan Sonja}} coined {{tp|kijetesantakalu}} as a joke word. This also led to Alexandre Baudry coining {{tp|sutopatikuna}} in response, and to {{tp|kijetesantakalu}} sometimes being associated with April Fools' Day in general,..."
 
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'''April Fools' Day'''{{aside|1 April}} is frequently the source of [[Toki Pona]]-related [[humor]]. 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==
*{{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}} coined {{tp|[[kijetesantakalu]]}} as a [[joke word]]. This also led to Alexandre Baudry coining {{tp|[[sutopatikuna]]}} in response, and to {{tp|kijetesantakalu}}April Fools' Day sometimes being associated with April Fools' Day in general{{tp|kijetesantakalu}}, as is evident in later practical jokes.
 
==2021==
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==2023==
*{{tp|lipu tenpo}} published issue {{tptt|kati tiki tu lili}}, written in the hyperminimal [[tokiponido]] {{tptt|[[tuki tiki]]}}.
*{{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>
*{{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==
[[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>
*{{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} rebranded to a {{tptt|tuki tiki}} server named {{tptt|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]]''.
**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>
*{{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}}, a small foldable zine with articles about small things.
 
==References==
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