April Fool's on Wikipedia
An interesting discussion is taking place here between Steve ( the US based administrator), Roderick and Kenneth about the Maltese Wikipedia. I think that Wikipedia is an excellent information tool that can be edited by users themselves and I urge readers to take a closer look at it. The growth rate and quality of Maltese Wikipedia will surely depend on the contributions of Maltese users. A commerce student at the University of Malta has alerted me to the Wiki entry about the history of April Fool's day which amongst the list of examples mentions the following:
In 1995, the National Television Station TVM in Malta announced the discovery of a new underground prehistoric temple. The discovery of a mummy eventually lead to the announcement that it was an April's Fool joke. This was done during a TV programme conducted by John Demanuele.
Another famous April's Fool Joke was carried out by newscaster Anna Bonanno, which announced that Malta shall follow the European continent in changing its motoring rules and motor vehicles would start driving on the right. At the end of the news, it was announced that this was nothing but an April's Fool Joke.
posted by Robert Micallef at 4/01/2005 05:54:00 PM
Who ever wrote the article made a confusion between left and right in the last part.
I did amend this one directly on wikipedia.
studentmalti
wouldn't "start driving on the right" be more humorous?
I clearly remember that particular TV programme conducted by John Demanuele! There were frequent live links from a "construction building" in Naxxar (if I'm not mistaken) where the discovery was unfolding.
yes it was in naxxar and there were frequent live links. i do remember the programme after all.it was a good joke lol
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