April Fools' Day Request for Comments
Template:Short description A Request for Comments (RFC), in the context of Internet governance, is a type of publication from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Society (ISOC), usually describing methods, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the working of the Internet and Internet-connected systems.
Almost every April Fools' Day (1 April) since 1989, the Internet RFC Editor has published one or more humorous Request for Comments (RFC) documents, following in the path blazed by the June 1973 RFC Page Template:Visible anchor/styles.css has no content.527 called ARPAWOCKY, a parody of Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem "Jabberwocky". The following list also includes humorous RFCs published on other dates.
List of April Fools' Day RFCs
1978
1989
1990
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1991
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1998
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- Template:Sum RFC Updated by RFC 7168 in 2014.
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1999
- Template:Sum RFC Updates RFC 1149.
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- Template:Sum RFC Obsoletes MCMXCIX.
2000
2001
2002
2003
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2004
2005
- Template:Sum RFC
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- RFC Draft: "IP over Burrito Carriers"[1]Page Template:Block indent/styles.css has no content.An internet protocol recipe, to communicate while eating.
2006
- An April 1 RFC was not published this year, but an announcement on the IETF list about the appointment of the Sesame Street character Bert as member of the IAB appears to have been the April Fools' Day 2006 stunt.
2007
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2008
2009
2010
2011
- Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote".
2012
2013
- Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote".
- Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote".
2014
- Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote".
2015
2016
- An April 1 RFC was not published this year.[2]
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Other humorous RFCs
Submission of April Fools' Day RFCs
The RFC Editor accepts submission of properly formatted April Fools' Day RFCs from the general public, and considers them for publication in the same year if received at least two weeks prior to April 1.[3][4] This practice of publishing April Fool's Day RFCs is specifically acknowledged in the instructions memo for RFC authors, with a tongue-in-cheek note saying: "Note that in past years the RFC Editor has sometimes published serious documents with April 1 dates. Readers who cannot distinguish satire by reading the text may have a future in marketing."[3]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Flanagan, Heather (2 April 2016). "hey, guys, where 1 april 2016 RFC. Ups..." rfc-i (Mailing list).
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Instructions to Request for Comments (RFC) Authors". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."IETF RFC-Editor FAQ, Q20: How can I submit an April 1st RFC?". Rfc-editor.org. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
Further reading
- RFC Editor home page – hosts individual RFCs
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marsan, Carolyn Duffy (April 1, 2005). "Yet Another Foolish Network Protocol". Network World – on RFC 3751 and April Fools' Day RFCs in general.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Limoncelli, Thomas A.; Peter H. Salus (2007). The Complete April Fools' Day RFCs. Peer-to-Peer Communications. ISBN 978-1-57398-042-5.
