April Fools' Day 2008 - Revision history

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SydLexia: April Fool's Joke 2008 moved to April Fool's Day 2008

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April Fool's Joke 2008 moved to April Fool's Day 2008

Tyop: New page: The April Fool's Joke 2008 was the second prank on an April 1st in the history of SydLexia.com. Syd pretented that he had to close down the site because of a cease and desist l...

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New page: The April Fool's Joke 2008 was the second prank on an April 1st in the history of SydLexia.com. Syd pretented that he had to close down the site because of a cease and desist l...

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The [[April Fool's Joke 2008]] was the second prank on an April 1st in the history of [[SydLexia.com]]. [[Syd]] pretented that he had to close down the site because of a cease and desist letter from Nintendo. While less elaborate than the [[April Fool's Joke 2006|first prank]] two years before, the ploy still caused quite some confusion.

== The preparations ==
[[Image:Nintendo_letter.jpg|thumb|right|Second scan of the fake Nintendo letter.]]
In order to make the fake cease and desist letter look as believable as possible Syd went through about 20 different real cease and desist orders. As a result the wording in his final version is similar, if not identical to what can be found in legitimate C&D orders. He then printed the letter out and scanned it back onto his computer.

== The prank ==

On April 1st Syd posted the scan of the fake cease and desist letter from Nintendo on the main site and announced that he was going to take the site and all its content down. He apologized to his [[:Category:Forum Members|forum members]] and all the fans of the site and promised to keep [[SydLexia.com Forums|the forums]] up for as long as possible.

What gave the whole announcement even more credibility was the fact that only four months earlier Syd had indeed received an automated email by an IP monitoring agency on behalf of Nintendo of America, in the which the company, called Cyveillance, asked him to remove sexually explicit pictures of Princess Peach, a Nintendo trademark, from the site.

While those who were around during the first April Fool's prank figured it out pretty quickly, some people did indeed fall for the fake announcement and there were no less than three threads on the forums dedicated to discussing it.

== See also ==
* [[April Fool's Joke 2006]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4370 The Cyveillance e-mail thread]
* [http://sydlexia.com/afd2008.htm Archived AFD main site]
* [http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4965 Response thread 1]
* [http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4971 Response thread 2]
* [http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4972 Response thread 3]
* [http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4975 April Fool's Day 2008 after-report]

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 What gave the whole announcement even more credibility was the fact that only four months earlier Syd had indeed received an automated email by an IP monitoring agency on behalf of Nintendo of America, in the which the company, called Cyveillance, asked him to remove sexually explicit pictures of Princess Peach, a Nintendo trademark, from the site.
-While those who were around during the first April Fool's prank figured it out pretty quickly, some people did indeed fall for the fake announcement and there were no less than three threads on the forums dedicated to discussing it.
+While those who were around during the first April Fools' prank figured it out pretty quickly, some people did indeed fall for the fake announcement and there were no less than three threads on the forums dedicated to discussing it.
 == See also ==
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 * [http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4971 Response thread 2]
 * [http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4972 Response thread 3]
-* [http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4975 April Fool's Day 2008 after-report]
+* [http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4975 April Fools' Day 2008 after-report]
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-The [[April Fool's Joke 2008]] was the second prank on an April 1st in the history of [[SydLexia.com]]. [[Syd]] pretented that he had to close down the site because of a cease and desist letter from Nintendo. While less elaborate than the [[April Fool's Joke 2006|first prank]] two years before, the ploy still caused quite some confusion.
+[[April Fools' Day 2008]] marked the second time that a prank on an April 1st in the history of [[SydLexia.com]]. [[Syd]] pretented that he had to close down the site because of a cease and desist letter from Nintendo. While less elaborate than the [[April Fools' Day 2006|first prank]] two years before, the ploy still caused quite some confusion.
 == The preparations ==
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 == See also ==
-* [[April Fool's Joke 2006]]
+* [[April Fools' Day 2006]]
 == External links ==

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 == The preparations ==
-[[Image:Nintendo_letter.jpg|thumb|right|Second scan of the fake Nintendo letter.]]
+[[Image:Nintendo_letter.jpg|thumb|right|A scan of the fake Nintendo letter.]]
 In order to make the fake cease and desist letter look as believable as possible Syd went through about 20 different real cease and desist orders. As a result the wording in his final version is similar, if not identical to what can be found in legitimate C&D orders. He then printed the letter out and scanned it back onto his computer.

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