formerly wikipedia , the free journal that anyone with access to the internet can share , was the victim of an onslaught of practical jokes , as april fool ' s day kicked in various timezones around the world , at least those parts all follow the gregorian cycle . it is expected that wikipedia pages were now on tidying up and recovering prank articles and updates made by other wikipedia contributors , and were expecting to be cleaning up the aftermath for days afterwards .
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