Wikipedia talk:2005 Britannica takeover of Wikimedia

i call BS! april fools joke.

oh yes

I concur! -- Yossarian

Woah

That was shocking. Was worried, as its only 8:30pm here (Canadian West Coast). Sad at first, as I thought that I was screwed out of adding to this. But then thought, didn't the founders say something like, "Imagine a world where everyone has free access to all information. We are trying to make that happen." Now, I'm happy that its only for fun. Just so you know, this is going to cause a lot of people to freak out when they read that.

Totally brilliant, and freaked me out at first. I was like, "Jimmy Wales sold us out for $140 million? Alright, understandable, it's $140 million, but come on!" Then I saw the surprising boilerplate, and instantly understood.

Excellent.

hahah, this is clever

Seconded!

Incredible

I pooped my pants for like 10 seconds there

Bravo, bravo!

Yeah, right!!!

I was about to go on a rampage, then I noticed the date.

April's fools!!!

!!!daed s'obmiJ

Nice one, but you totally didn't catch me. Ghost Freeman 04:34, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hostile takeover

There's a contradiction in the artcle. By definition, a hostile takeover precludes the possibility of having any agreements or severance packages. --Itinerant 04:35, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• I was wondering about that too. If Wikipedia wants to be taken seriously, they can't make such obvious logical flaws. Telso 04:48, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This is an April Fools joke.

I think it is funny.

NICE TRY

lmao .. I thought this was too stupid to be true.

140 million...ya RIGHT! LG-犬夜叉 04:38, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

I almost had a heart attack!

Jokes shouldn't be carried so far.

Nice one!

Very nice. I was shocked too! pmam21^talk_articles 04:51, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

) :)  :)

Thanks for the laugh, you really got me ... Hostile Takeover ... LOLOLOL- Happy April's Fools all --Tigry 04:54, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

scared to death

JMJ you scared the hell out of me, but hey great joke!!!!!

Initially shocked

Only after I read that somebody is going to be crushed by elephant... Happy April Fool's day!