Template talk:strongbadquote

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Quote templates for normal-style characters?

We created {{homsarquote}} to placate users who couldn't settle on just one quote for the Homsar page. It's grown substantially, but it's remained manageable because Homsar doesn't really have that many appearances, relatively speaking, and so we can put everything he says on a page. We then added {{cardgagequote}} and {{whalequote}} because they're in the same vein: characters that we don't see often that spout non sequiturs. On the other hand, I think a quote template for a normal-style character, especially the character that dominates the site, is not a good idea. Assuming just three or four gems per appearance (which for some toons is probably a very low figure), Strong Bad has literally said thousands of funny lines. We couldn't possibly hope to contain them all in a such a template, nor should we try. — It's dot com 04:03, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I agree with idc. Homsarquote was created for a specific purpose, and there isn't such a need here. Although, would this be a valid personal user subpage topic? -128.103.10.135 04:54, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Then why is there {{whalequote}}? Homsar and Strong Bad are easily quotable characters and you can make just as much an argument for Strong Bad as you can for Homsar. If you don't keep this, then there really is no reason for there to be any quote templates at all. --I slayed the Kerrek 06:37, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

It's not about easily quotable, it's about whether there will be edit wars over the caption. Since there have been none here, there's no reason for it. — Defender1031*Talk 04:54, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Then there's no reason for any of the rest of them, especially Whalequote because there was no edit war there either. --I slayed the Kerrek. Really. 04:18, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

No, stop! Hold it! It is absolutely vital that I point out to you that homsarquote, cardgagequote and whalequote are all being used as part of special Userboxes, which are in use by many users of this wiki. If we delete these templates, we end up glitching up a significant number of user pages. There is no way we can just go ahead and do that, for such an action would be discourteous to the people who come to this wiki. On the other hand, no one's using strongbadquote, so this can be deleted. – The Chort 18:56, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Then we can tell the users to stop using them because they will be deleted. I repeat, AGAIN, that there is no reason that this should be deleted while the others get to stay. They are all either equally useful or equally useless. --I slayed the Kerrek. Really. 19:57, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

If the Drive-Thru Whale has one, I see no reason the site's most frequently appearing character can't. Maybe we could just narrow the list to Quotes of the Week. BBG 04:09, 7 April 2009 (UTC)