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This page contains material which is kept because it is considered humorous.

1 Introduction
2 Deletion discussions
- 2.1 Main BJAODN page
- 2.2 Subpages
3 Historical content
- 3.1 Best of
- 3.2 Hoax articles
4 Other funny stuff
5 External links

Introduction

It is no great secret that, over the years, Wikipedia has seen many colorful moments of fun. Also no great secret is that Wikipedia has seen many forms of vandalism. Occasionally, an edit falls into both categories: it is vandalism, needing to be reverted, but it is also creative, and some Wikipedians find it entertaining. For many years, the bits of vandalism and/or fun that struck people's fancy were kept on a page called "Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense", or "BJAODN". In fact, it was one of the oldest pages on Wikipedia, having been created some time before January 26, 2001. Here is the original explanation of the page:

We need a page where bad jokes and other deleted nonsense can rest in peace. So, here it is! [I'm half tempted to suggest keeping the jokes inline with the pages, as they must sort of give the encyclopedia some lively color. But I do know it'd just get carried away and turn into an encyclopedia of silliness, so look forward to frequent updates of this page. ;-)

– BryceHarrington

However, over time, consensus shifted against keeping BJAODN on Wikipedia (see Wikipedia talk:Silly Things), and it came to be viewed by many as encouraging vandalism. Things are no longer added to this group of pages on Wikipedia itself, but have been moved to another site, and only a few highlights are maintained below. (Please go to an external wiki to add to BJAODN. Thank you very much.)

Deletion discussions

To understand how the majority of the content here came to be deleted and moved off Wikipedia, please study the following discussions.

Main BJAODN page

March 25, 2004 - Miscellany for deletion #1 - Keep
March 24, 2007 - Miscellany for deletion #2 - Speedy close
March 31, 2007 - Miscellany for deletion #3 - Withdrawn, procedural keep
May 31, 2007 - Miscellany for deletion #4 - Nomination withdrawn
May 31, 2007 - Deletion review - Deletion endorsed
June 2, 2007 - Deletion review (of subpages) - BJAODN should continue to exist, but it must be absolutely free of GFDL violations
August 14 2007 - Speedy Delete
- ^{[citation needed]} Pages unilaterally deleted due to ongoing lack of progress on GFDL issues from June decision and vandalism concerns (WP:DENY). Minor controversy ensues, with some pages being undeleted, a Deletion Review being opened, and a MFD case (#5) being opened in parallel. The MFD case was closed in favor of the Deletion Review case, which itself was closed with the decision to relist on MFD (#6) for a formal communal decision.
August 14, 2007 - Miscellany for deletion #5 - Speedy close in favor of Deletion Review process.
August 14 - 18, 2007 - Deletion review - Transfer to MfD to allow full discussion
August 18 - 24, 2007 - Miscellany for deletion #6 - Basically delete

Subpages

April 28, 2004 - deletion debate about WikiSex subpage - Delete
July 19, 2005 - Articles for deletion (WikiProject Disinformation) - Delete
August 26, 2005 - Non-main namespace page for deletion (Willy on Wheels (on wheels)) - Delete
May 20, 2006 - Miscellany for deletion (Encyclopædia BJAODNonica) - Delete
March 21, 2007 - Miscellany for deletion (Close Encounters...) - Nomination withdrawn
August 16, 2007 - Miscellany for deletion (The Next BJAODN Page Title) - Deleted

Historical content

The original Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense, from our nostalgia Wikipedia

Best of

Hoax articles

Long-standing

Article Dušan Jocić was created in August 2005, as a fairly obvious thing made up in school one day. During the course of time, several wikipedians in good standing improved the article, so the end result looked far more plausible, while suspicion of hoax by an anonymous editor was quickly reverted as vandalism. It finally got deleted in July 2007.

Made-up content at Illyrian gods (now Paleo-Balkanic mythology) stood unchallenged and was embellished upon from October 2005 to February 2008.

The monarch was Canada's national insect from December 9 2004 to March 26 2008... But only in wikireality.

The Upper Peninsula War

This page was created by a single user, tjproechel, and was active for a little more than two weeks. The article had maps, portraits, photos, even references and footnotes! Its fictional nature was only discovered when no google search results were found for the Upper Peninsula War. (If it is not on google, it doesn't exist.)

Slow Blind Driveway

Despite the phrase being seen on road signs across the U.S. and Canada, this hoax survived for nearly 3 years and spread widely through the Internet via Wikipedia mirrors and blues websites. It included a link to his purported grave and an extensive discography.