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Jay: /* Angry Video Game Nerd */

Jay — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 06:16:54 GMT

Angry Video Game Nerd

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	AVGN did a review of wrestling games where he remarked that The Strong Bads were "strongly bad". [[User:Wolf O'Donnel\|Wolf O'Donnel]] 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)		AVGN did a review of wrestling games where he remarked that The Strong Bads were "strongly bad". [[User:Wolf O'Donnel\|Wolf O'Donnel]] 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
-	: And? Strong Bad was named for that very game, and that line sounds like the ~~AVG~~'s sense of humor. Without something more concrete, I don't believe it was a Homestar reference. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 06:16, 13 February 2024 (UTC)	+	: And? Strong Bad was named for that very game, and that line sounds like the AVGN's sense of humor. Without something more concrete, I don't believe it was a Homestar reference. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 06:16, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Jay: /* Angry Video Game Nerd */

Jay — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 06:16:08 GMT

Angry Video Game Nerd

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	AVGN did a review of wrestling games where he remarked that The Strong Bads were "strongly bad". [[User:Wolf O'Donnel\|Wolf O'Donnel]] 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)		AVGN did a review of wrestling games where he remarked that The Strong Bads were "strongly bad". [[User:Wolf O'Donnel\|Wolf O'Donnel]] 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
		+	: And? Strong Bad was named for that very game, and that line sounds like the AVG's sense of humor. Without something more concrete, I don't believe it was a Homestar reference. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 06:16, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Wolf O'Donnel: /**/Angry Video Game Nerd

Wolf O'Donnel — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:01:44 GMT

: Angry Video Game Nerd

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	::::::::I'm gonna throw an agree into [[Web Video Sightings]] as I've spotted a few quite large YouTubers make Homestar References but feel we need something much tidier than the current YouTube section before adding anything to it and making it messier. [[User:Guybrush20X6\|Guybrush20X6]] 23:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)		::::::::I'm gonna throw an agree into [[Web Video Sightings]] as I've spotted a few quite large YouTubers make Homestar References but feel we need something much tidier than the current YouTube section before adding anything to it and making it messier. [[User:Guybrush20X6\|Guybrush20X6]] 23:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
	::::::::We definitely need some kind of criteria for YouTube videos. Most sightings in that section are from channels with less than 1000 subscribers and videos with less than 1000 views. [[Image:Baby strong bad.png\|20px]][[User:Minecraft lover147\|<b><span style="color:#00ab33;">Minecraft</span><span style="color:#734e00;"> lover147</span></b>]] 00:44, 7 June 2023 (UTC)		::::::::We definitely need some kind of criteria for YouTube videos. Most sightings in that section are from channels with less than 1000 subscribers and videos with less than 1000 views. [[Image:Baby strong bad.png\|20px]][[User:Minecraft lover147\|<b><span style="color:#00ab33;">Minecraft</span><span style="color:#734e00;"> lover147</span></b>]] 00:44, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
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		+	AVGN did a review of wrestling games where he remarked that The Strong Bads were "strongly bad". [[User:Wolf O'Donnel\|Wolf O'Donnel]] 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Minecraft lover147: /* Organization and criteria for inclusion */

Minecraft lover147 — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:44:41 GMT

Organization and criteria for inclusion

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	:::::::I'm going to throw a (small) wrench at things and suggest "Social Media Sightings". The reason being that it took me a bit to find the "Twitter" sightings in the "Other" page. And "Youtube" (and other video sites) sort of count as social media. All that said, I actually don't like the suggestion itself as much since the relationship is tenuous and I don't see other strong social media sites like Twitter on the list (from a quick check, except maybe Omegle or and Reddit! But those entries are short) yet video sites like TED are clearly web video sites. Then again, there's probably other sites I've missed that could go in either bucket. --[[User:Stux\|Stux]] 08:54, 23 January 2023 (UTC)		:::::::I'm going to throw a (small) wrench at things and suggest "Social Media Sightings". The reason being that it took me a bit to find the "Twitter" sightings in the "Other" page. And "Youtube" (and other video sites) sort of count as social media. All that said, I actually don't like the suggestion itself as much since the relationship is tenuous and I don't see other strong social media sites like Twitter on the list (from a quick check, except maybe Omegle or and Reddit! But those entries are short) yet video sites like TED are clearly web video sites. Then again, there's probably other sites I've missed that could go in either bucket. --[[User:Stux\|Stux]] 08:54, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
	::::::::Social Media could work but we'd need pretty strict or clear guidelines for inclusion (something like "from official verified business/personality account, not just paid-for-twitter-blue") because otherwise we'll get "my friend's Discord channel has a Strong Bad emote" or "@dave1253442 tweeted 'watching strongbad' yesterday to his three followers" or "if you search tumblr for Homestar you'll find a lot of drawings". --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 17:31, 23 January 2023 (UTC)		::::::::Social Media could work but we'd need pretty strict or clear guidelines for inclusion (something like "from official verified business/personality account, not just paid-for-twitter-blue") because otherwise we'll get "my friend's Discord channel has a Strong Bad emote" or "@dave1253442 tweeted 'watching strongbad' yesterday to his three followers" or "if you search tumblr for Homestar you'll find a lot of drawings". --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 17:31, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
-	~~********~~I'm gonna throw an agree into [[Web Video Sightings]] as I've spotted a few quite large YouTubers make Homestar References but feel we need something much tidier than the current YouTube section before adding anything to it and making it messier. [[User:Guybrush20X6\|Guybrush20X6]] 23:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)	+	::::::::I'm gonna throw an agree into [[Web Video Sightings]] as I've spotted a few quite large YouTubers make Homestar References but feel we need something much tidier than the current YouTube section before adding anything to it and making it messier. [[User:Guybrush20X6\|Guybrush20X6]] 23:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
		+	::::::::We definitely need some kind of criteria for YouTube videos. Most sightings in that section are from channels with less than 1000 subscribers and videos with less than 1000 views. [[Image:Baby strong bad.png\|20px]][[User:Minecraft lover147\|<b><span style="color:#00ab33;">Minecraft</span><span style="color:#734e00;"> lover147</span></b>]] 00:44, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Guybrush20X6 at 23:15, 19 February 2023

Guybrush20X6 — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 23:15:50 GMT

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	:::::::I'm going to throw a (small) wrench at things and suggest "Social Media Sightings". The reason being that it took me a bit to find the "Twitter" sightings in the "Other" page. And "Youtube" (and other video sites) sort of count as social media. All that said, I actually don't like the suggestion itself as much since the relationship is tenuous and I don't see other strong social media sites like Twitter on the list (from a quick check, except maybe Omegle or and Reddit! But those entries are short) yet video sites like TED are clearly web video sites. Then again, there's probably other sites I've missed that could go in either bucket. --[[User:Stux\|Stux]] 08:54, 23 January 2023 (UTC)		:::::::I'm going to throw a (small) wrench at things and suggest "Social Media Sightings". The reason being that it took me a bit to find the "Twitter" sightings in the "Other" page. And "Youtube" (and other video sites) sort of count as social media. All that said, I actually don't like the suggestion itself as much since the relationship is tenuous and I don't see other strong social media sites like Twitter on the list (from a quick check, except maybe Omegle or and Reddit! But those entries are short) yet video sites like TED are clearly web video sites. Then again, there's probably other sites I've missed that could go in either bucket. --[[User:Stux\|Stux]] 08:54, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
	::::::::Social Media could work but we'd need pretty strict or clear guidelines for inclusion (something like "from official verified business/personality account, not just paid-for-twitter-blue") because otherwise we'll get "my friend's Discord channel has a Strong Bad emote" or "@dave1253442 tweeted 'watching strongbad' yesterday to his three followers" or "if you search tumblr for Homestar you'll find a lot of drawings". --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 17:31, 23 January 2023 (UTC)		::::::::Social Media could work but we'd need pretty strict or clear guidelines for inclusion (something like "from official verified business/personality account, not just paid-for-twitter-blue") because otherwise we'll get "my friend's Discord channel has a Strong Bad emote" or "@dave1253442 tweeted 'watching strongbad' yesterday to his three followers" or "if you search tumblr for Homestar you'll find a lot of drawings". --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 17:31, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
		+	********I'm gonna throw an agree into [[Web Video Sightings]] as I've spotted a few quite large YouTubers make Homestar References but feel we need something much tidier than the current YouTube section before adding anything to it and making it messier. [[User:Guybrush20X6\|Guybrush20X6]] 23:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Bleu Ninja: /* Organization and criteria for inclusion */ thoughts on soc me

Bleu Ninja — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:31:11 GMT

Organization and criteria for inclusion: thoughts on soc me

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	::::::I agree with "Web Video Sightings". I've noticed confusion on whether YouTube videos should be listed under "Website" or "Other", and feel like monopolizing with "YouTube Video sightings" is too specific. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 03:12, 23 January 2023 (UTC)		::::::I agree with "Web Video Sightings". I've noticed confusion on whether YouTube videos should be listed under "Website" or "Other", and feel like monopolizing with "YouTube Video sightings" is too specific. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 03:12, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
	:::::::I'm going to throw a (small) wrench at things and suggest "Social Media Sightings". The reason being that it took me a bit to find the "Twitter" sightings in the "Other" page. And "Youtube" (and other video sites) sort of count as social media. All that said, I actually don't like the suggestion itself as much since the relationship is tenuous and I don't see other strong social media sites like Twitter on the list (from a quick check, except maybe Omegle or and Reddit! But those entries are short) yet video sites like TED are clearly web video sites. Then again, there's probably other sites I've missed that could go in either bucket. --[[User:Stux\|Stux]] 08:54, 23 January 2023 (UTC)		:::::::I'm going to throw a (small) wrench at things and suggest "Social Media Sightings". The reason being that it took me a bit to find the "Twitter" sightings in the "Other" page. And "Youtube" (and other video sites) sort of count as social media. All that said, I actually don't like the suggestion itself as much since the relationship is tenuous and I don't see other strong social media sites like Twitter on the list (from a quick check, except maybe Omegle or and Reddit! But those entries are short) yet video sites like TED are clearly web video sites. Then again, there's probably other sites I've missed that could go in either bucket. --[[User:Stux\|Stux]] 08:54, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
		+	::::::::Social Media could work but we'd need pretty strict or clear guidelines for inclusion (something like "from official verified business/personality account, not just paid-for-twitter-blue") because otherwise we'll get "my friend's Discord channel has a Strong Bad emote" or "@dave1253442 tweeted 'watching strongbad' yesterday to his three followers" or "if you search tumblr for Homestar you'll find a lot of drawings". --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 17:31, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Stux: /* Organization and criteria for inclusion */ throwing a small wrench...

Stux — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 08:54:09 GMT

Organization and criteria for inclusion: throwing a small wrench...

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	:::::{{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 00:04, 14 June 2020 (UTC)		:::::{{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 00:04, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
	::::::I agree with "Web Video Sightings". I've noticed confusion on whether YouTube videos should be listed under "Website" or "Other", and feel like monopolizing with "YouTube Video sightings" is too specific. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 03:12, 23 January 2023 (UTC)		::::::I agree with "Web Video Sightings". I've noticed confusion on whether YouTube videos should be listed under "Website" or "Other", and feel like monopolizing with "YouTube Video sightings" is too specific. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 03:12, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
		+	:::::::I'm going to throw a (small) wrench at things and suggest "Social Media Sightings". The reason being that it took me a bit to find the "Twitter" sightings in the "Other" page. And "Youtube" (and other video sites) sort of count as social media. All that said, I actually don't like the suggestion itself as much since the relationship is tenuous and I don't see other strong social media sites like Twitter on the list (from a quick check, except maybe Omegle or and Reddit! But those entries are short) yet video sites like TED are clearly web video sites. Then again, there's probably other sites I've missed that could go in either bucket. --[[User:Stux\|Stux]] 08:54, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Bleu Ninja: /* Organization and criteria for inclusion */ +1 for "Web Video"

Bleu Ninja — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 03:12:36 GMT

Organization and criteria for inclusion: +1 for "Web Video"

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	:::::#{{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=792099#The_Opining Where should sightings from these works go?}} More recent Googling shows Arby the Archer and MoDCAMeRa to be webcomics, but I can't seem to find info on Finding Sushi, and searching "Super Mechrio World" returns things that I'm not sure are the original Super Mechrio World. That's in addition to the ones that are ambiguous, or have entries that would fit on multiple pages (though there are some that I strongly feel should have, say, one entry on [[Game Sightings]] and another on [[Website Sightings]]).		:::::#{{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=792099#The_Opining Where should sightings from these works go?}} More recent Googling shows Arby the Archer and MoDCAMeRa to be webcomics, but I can't seem to find info on Finding Sushi, and searching "Super Mechrio World" returns things that I'm not sure are the original Super Mechrio World. That's in addition to the ones that are ambiguous, or have entries that would fit on multiple pages (though there are some that I strongly feel should have, say, one entry on [[Game Sightings]] and another on [[Website Sightings]]).
	:::::{{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 00:04, 14 June 2020 (UTC)		:::::{{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 00:04, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
		+	::::::I agree with "Web Video Sightings". I've noticed confusion on whether YouTube videos should be listed under "Website" or "Other", and feel like monopolizing with "YouTube Video sightings" is too specific. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 03:12, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

DEIDATVM: Web Video Sightings? And where these should go?

DEIDATVM — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:05:00 GMT

Web Video Sightings? And where these should go?

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	:::Just wanted to call attention to this once more, since there's been a bit more activity on the sightings pages recently. If there are no objections, I plan to go ahead within a week or two with organizing the pages as above, incorporating any intervening edits that users have made. I'll keep the video entries in Website Sightings for now, until we decide what to do there. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 20:17, 7 June 2020 (UTC)		:::Just wanted to call attention to this once more, since there's been a bit more activity on the sightings pages recently. If there are no objections, I plan to go ahead within a week or two with organizing the pages as above, incorporating any intervening edits that users have made. I'll keep the video entries in Website Sightings for now, until we decide what to do there. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 20:17, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
	::::No objections from me (again). {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:21, 7 June 2020 (UTC)		::::No objections from me (again). {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:21, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
		+	:::::[[Web Animation Sightings]] and [[Webcomic Sightings]] are up and linked, and the others are reorganized. Hopefully I didn't omit anything. A few questions I have now:
		+	:::::#Should [[Web Video Sightings]] be split from [[Website Sightings]]?
		+	:::::#{{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=792099#The_Opining Where should sightings from these works go?}} More recent Googling shows Arby the Archer and MoDCAMeRa to be webcomics, but I can't seem to find info on Finding Sushi, and searching "Super Mechrio World" returns things that I'm not sure are the original Super Mechrio World. That's in addition to the ones that are ambiguous, or have entries that would fit on multiple pages (though there are some that I strongly feel should have, say, one entry on [[Game Sightings]] and another on [[Website Sightings]]).
		+	:::::{{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 00:04, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Gfdgsgxgzgdrc: /* Organization and criteria for inclusion */ go ahead

Gfdgsgxgzgdrc — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 21:21:29 GMT

Organization and criteria for inclusion: go ahead

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	::I've done the reorganization. Here are the pages and the entries that would be on them as proposed: {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791251 Game Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791254 Web Animation Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791256 Television Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791257 Animation Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791259 Comic Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791261 Webcomic Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791263 Website Sightings (version with video)}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791264 Website Sightings (version without video)}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791265 Web Video Sightings}}. The ones I've mentioned {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791201 here}} as ambiguous, unknown or having entries fitting in different categories mostly stay where they are for now, though I put YouTube in Web Video since it'd fit better there than the more general Websites page. So, there are a few questions I have: Did I miss/miscategorize anything? Do the splits/mergers seem good? Do these pages seem good to go? Should Video be separate from Website? What should be done for the borderline/dunno/multiple entries? {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791408 I've put my opinions on this last question at the bottom of this edit.}} {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 01:26, 6 May 2020 (UTC)		::I've done the reorganization. Here are the pages and the entries that would be on them as proposed: {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791251 Game Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791254 Web Animation Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791256 Television Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791257 Animation Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791259 Comic Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791261 Webcomic Sightings}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791263 Website Sightings (version with video)}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791264 Website Sightings (version without video)}}, {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791265 Web Video Sightings}}. The ones I've mentioned {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791201 here}} as ambiguous, unknown or having entries fitting in different categories mostly stay where they are for now, though I put YouTube in Web Video since it'd fit better there than the more general Websites page. So, there are a few questions I have: Did I miss/miscategorize anything? Do the splits/mergers seem good? Do these pages seem good to go? Should Video be separate from Website? What should be done for the borderline/dunno/multiple entries? {{p\|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:DEIDATVM/sandbox&oldid=791408 I've put my opinions on this last question at the bottom of this edit.}} {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 01:26, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
	:::Just wanted to call attention to this once more, since there's been a bit more activity on the sightings pages recently. If there are no objections, I plan to go ahead within a week or two with organizing the pages as above, incorporating any intervening edits that users have made. I'll keep the video entries in Website Sightings for now, until we decide what to do there. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 20:17, 7 June 2020 (UTC)		:::Just wanted to call attention to this once more, since there's been a bit more activity on the sightings pages recently. If there are no objections, I plan to go ahead within a week or two with organizing the pages as above, incorporating any intervening edits that users have made. I'll keep the video entries in Website Sightings for now, until we decide what to do there. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 20:17, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
		+	::::No objections from me (again). {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:21, 7 June 2020 (UTC)