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Welcome to the best place to learn everything about the cartoons (and just about anything else) on [[HR:|homestarrunner.com]].  

"What is [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]?" you ask? Well, if you don't know who [[Homestar Runner]] or [[Strong Bad]] are, then this place might be a little overwhelming for you. Feel free to look around and discover all the characters and toons, but if you want to understand what we're talking about, you really need to head over to [[HR:|the official Homestar Runner site]] and start watching the toons. A good place to start is the [[HR:firsttime.html|First Time Here?]] page or the [[HR:sbemail.html|Strong Bad Emails]]. A lot of the [[Inside Jokes]] come from there.

What this means is that you could be an important author on the Homestar Runner Wiki, or you could be just a small [[HRWiki:WikiGnome|Wiki Gnome]]. Know about some [[Easter egg|Easter eggs]] that might interest other users? Wanna help us transcribe a new [[toon]] created by [[The Brothers Chaps]]? Go ahead! If you ever need to find something, use the search bar. It should help you find what you're looking for. If you know the exact page title of the thing you are looking for, click "Go" instead of "Search" to go directly to that page.

If you decide to stick around, use the [[Special:Userlogin|log in]] link at the top of this page to set up a username. To edit a page, click the "edit" link at the top of any page. Please be polite, and briefly describe any changes you make in the "Summary" text field on the edit page. Your "Summary" comments will appear on the [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] page. The one page where you have the most control over content is your [[HRWiki:User space|user page]], which you will receive when you [[Special:Userlogin|log in]].

This wiki is absolutely free, no money is ever paid unless one wants to [[HRWiki:Donations|donate]] for web hosting, but nothing is required.

If you're still unsure of how stuff works around here, you may want to check out the [[MetaWikiPedia:Help:Contents|MediaWiki User's Guide]]. There you will learn how to make '''bold''', ''italics'', and other wiki stuff. Out of courtesy, you really shouldn't edit pages unless you are adding something meaningful (fixing grammar and spelling mistakes is okay). You also shouldn't delete any content unless you have an extremely good reason. If you want to play around and get a feel for editing pages, please do so in the [[HRWiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]].  If you want to get a good grasp of how the pages here are put together, be sure to read about our [[HRWiki:Standards|Standards]] for pages.

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