As a result of last year's chaos, new rules were passed prohibiting edit warring on the April Fools Day page; the page was also locked down in mid-March through April 4, meaning only experienced Wikipedians could edit it. Due to these changes, 2021 was much calmer than previous years. However, in the absence of the Great Edit War, Wikipedians played pranks in other mediums. Most notably, there were well over a hundred joke deletion nominations.
As a result of this record number of joke nominations, a consensus was reached to move April Fools' joke nominations onto a separate log page.
Wikipedians participating in the April Fools Day festivities also held an informal poll from the end of the 1st through the 7th to determine the best Articles for Deletion nomination. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ever Given, nominated by Narutolovehinata5 and with major contributions by Aseleste and Panini!, came in first place with eleven votes. More detailed results can be viewed here.