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FaviFake: removed Category:April Fools' Day comics using HotCat

2025-06-24T13:19:23Z

removed Category:April Fools' Day comics using HotCat

172.68.229.19: Thought of adding "at some point", or similar. But didn't.

2025-05-12T14:03:27Z

Thought of adding "at some point", or similar. But didn't.

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

2025-05-12T13:33:38Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

FaviFake at 21:43, 11 May 2025

2025-05-11T21:43:27Z

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

2025-05-11T21:10:53Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

2025-05-11T21:02:56Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

2025-05-11T21:00:30Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

FaviFake at 16:47, 9 May 2025

2025-05-09T16:47:52Z

FaviFake at 16:27, 9 May 2025

2025-05-09T16:27:49Z

172.69.79.139: /* Explanation */

2025-03-31T19:27:54Z

‎Explanation

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 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:No title text]] <!-- Do not remove this category, it doesn't have a title text and is a comic, hence it belongs -->
 [[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]

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 | next_title    = unixkcd
 | next_date     = April 1, 2010
-| extra_text    = In fact, [[April Fools' Day comics|2009 and 2017 are the only years]] in which Randall hasn't honored this day with a comic.}}
+| extra_text    = In fact, [[April Fools' Day comics|2009 and 2017 are the only years]] in which Randall hasn't marked this day with a comic.}}
 ==Explanation==

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 | next_title    = unixkcd
 | next_date     = April 1, 2010
-| extra_text    = In fact, [[April Fools' Day comics|2009 and 2017 are the only years]] in which Randall hasn't honored this day with a comic. This comic was released between the other two comics. [[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released on Monday, March 31, while [[405: Journal 3]] was released on Wednesday, April 2.}}
+| extra_text    = In fact, [[April Fools' Day comics|2009 and 2017 are the only years]] in which Randall hasn't honored this day with a comic.}}
 ==Explanation==

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 | next_title    = unixkcd
 | next_date     = April 1, 2010
-| extra_text    = This comic was released between the other two comics. [[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released on Monday, March 31, while [[405: Journal 3]] was released on Wednesday, April 2.}}
+| extra_text    = In fact, [[April Fools' Day comics|2009 and 2017 are the only years]] in which Randall hasn't honored this day with a comic. This comic was released between the other two comics. [[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released on Monday, March 31, while [[405: Journal 3]] was released on Wednesday, April 2.}}
 ==Explanation==

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 {{series
 | series        = April
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 | next_title    = unixkcd
 | next_date     = April 1, 2010
-| extra_text    =
+| extra_text    = This comic was released between the other two comics. [[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released on Monday, March 31, while [[405: Journal 3]] was released on Wednesday, April 2.}}
 ==Explanation==

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		+	{{series
		+	\| series = April
		+	\| number = 2
		+	\| date = April 1, 2008
		+	\| days_late =
		+	\| day_category = Tuesday
		+	\| prev_title = Syndication
		+	\| prev_date = April 1, 2007
		+	\| next_title = unixkcd
		+	\| next_date = April 1, 2009
		+	\| extra_text =
		+	}}
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	{{comic		{{comic
	\| number = 404		\| number = 404

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 | before    = <br><big><big><big><big><big>'''404 Not Found'''<br><br></big></big></big></big><hr>nginx</big>
 }}
 ==Explanation==
-{{Quote|I have always been of the opinion that http://xkcd.com/404/ is an actual comic, if a slightly avant-garde one. I actually went out of my way to modify the 'random' button to include it, but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it.|[[Randall Munroe]], ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya Source]''}}
+{{Quote|I have always been of the opinion that http://xkcd.com/404/ is an actual comic, if a slightly avant-garde one. I actually went out of my way to modify the 'random' button to include it, but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it.|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya Source]}}
 The "{{w|HTTP 404|404 Not Found}}" error message is a HTTP standard response code to indicate that the browser was able to communicate with a given {{w|Server (computing)|server}}, but the server could not find what was requested. The error may also be used when a server does not wish to disclose whether it has the requested information. The website hosting server will typically generate a "404 Not Found" web page when a user attempts to follow a broken or dead link; hence the 404 error is one of the most recognizable errors encountered on the internet. (For example, a nonexistent page like https://xkcd.com/fooo will display an identical error message.) Randall deliberately skipped the comic number 404, so when people try to view it, they get a "404 Not Found" error instead. He has said that he considers 404 [https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an "actual comic"] and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].

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 {{Quote|I have always been of the opinion that http://xkcd.com/404/ is an actual comic, if a slightly avant-garde one. I actually went out of my way to modify the 'random' button to include it, but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it.|[[Randall Munroe]], ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya Source]''}}
-This was the first [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. The next became [[880: Headache]], released on Friday April 1, 2011. The [[403: Convincing Pickup Line|previous comic]] was released on Monday March 31, 2008, and the [[405: Journal 3|next comic]] was released on Wednesday April 2, 2008. This comic was released between the two, on Tuesday April 1st 2008.
+This was the first [[:Category:April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]] released by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. The next became [[880: Headache]], released on Friday April 1, 2011. The [[403: Convincing Pickup Line|previous comic]] was released on Monday March 31, 2008, and the [[405: Journal 3|next comic]] was released on Wednesday April 2, 2008. This comic was released between the two, on Tuesday April 1st 2008.
 The "{{w|HTTP 404|404 Not Found}}" error message is a HTTP standard response code to indicate that the browser was able to communicate with a given {{w|Server (computing)|server}}, but the server could not find what was requested. The error may also be used when a server does not wish to disclose whether it has the requested information. The website hosting server will typically generate a "404 Not Found" web page when a user attempts to follow a broken or dead link; hence the 404 error is one of the most recognizable errors encountered on the internet. (For example, a nonexistent page like https://xkcd.com/fooo will display an identical error message.) Randall deliberately skipped the comic number 404, so when people try to view it, they get a "404 Not Found" error instead. He has said that he considers 404 [https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an "actual comic"] and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
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 {{comic discussion}}
-[[Category:April fools' comics]]
+[[Category:April Fools' Day comics]]
 [[Category:No title text]] <!-- Do not remove this category, it doesn't have a title text and is a comic, hence it belongs -->
 [[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]

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 The word "nginx", below the heading, is the name of the web server software responsible for hosting the 404 Not Found error message. {{w|Nginx}} is one of many possible web server software packages capable of hosting web pages. It is quite common for error messages from web servers to add details about themselves.
-In some cases, this would also include other details, such as its internet address, and probably more operational details if the page requested exists but can't be served, to help discover the error. The software name may feature strongly in such pages, but some 404 messages, in addition to alerting the browser of the unfulfilled request, default to a very short and generic error message. Others are custom designed by the site owners, usually to blend in with the site's look and give more options to the user. The default Nginx page is near the minimal end of the scale (as shown above) and is something that many people would have seen, due to being a long-standing and widespread piece of back-end software that reveals itself to anybody who has ever followed a {{w|Link rot|dead-link}} within such a site.
+In some cases, this would also include other details, such as its internet address, and probably more operational details if the page requested exists but can't be served, to help discover the error. The software name may feature strongly in such pages, but some 404 messages, in addition to alerting the browser of the unfulfilled request, default to a very short and generic error message. Others are custom designed by the site owners, usually to blend in with the site's look and potentially give more options to the user: presenting portals to search-boxes and/or FAQs; the page-name changes made between an older version of the site and the current form; a site-map/menu of valid pages; related external resources; or other information the site designer considereds useful. The default Nginx page is near the minimal end of the scale (as shown above) and is something that many people would have seen, due to being a long-standing and widespread piece of back-end software that reveals itself to anybody who has ever followed a {{w|Link rot|dead-link}} within such a site.
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