User talk:Lapper

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Welcome!

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Sig

Hi Lapper. I moved your sig to User:Lapper/sig (with a slash), because that's the right format. (You may have been following Rogue Leader's example with the period, but that's actually incorrect and it's too late to fix it. Oops.) — It's dot com 00:14, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Also, you don't need to put a timestamp in your sig. Four tildes automatically adds one for you. — It's dot com 02:36, 23 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I think you mean five if you already have a premade /sig file and you just want the stamp. — Lapper (talk) 02:52, 23 Sep 2005 (UTC)

He means to post your sig do this:~~~~ and your sig and time stamp will appear automaticly, with out you having to put five tildes in your sig. Again, in STUFF you put three tildes. If you had five tildes in your sig and put it in stuff, it would be your sig and timestamp, when you don't need a timestamp.-- Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 03:27, 23 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Recent votes

Some of your recent votes in STUFF don't match with the edit summaries as you saved them. All of your edit summaries read "to decline" but your votes here and here were actually to accept. Just letting you know. — It's dot com 06:01, 17 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I actually did notice that. . . about three seconds after I pushed the save button. Thanks, Dot Com. Guess I was a bit overeager to vote. —Lapper (talk)

So the votes themselves are in the right places? That's what I'm most concerned about. — It's dot com

Indeed they are. Thanks for your concern. — Lapper (talk)

Just a Warning

I just wanted to tell you to not procrastinate on your Eagle rank if you can help it. In a few years your life will more than likely be a lot busier than it is now, making all the work you need to do much more difficult than it already is. Trust me, I know from experience. I earned Life when I was your age and put off a lot of things until last month (one month before my 18th birthday), which made it much more stressful. All that said, congratulations on making it to where you are now, and I wish you good luck in finishing what you have left to do. Username-talk 03:32, 22 Sep 2005 (UTC)

It's really great to know that there's an experienced scouter around here. I actually stopped procrastinating this summer, and started getting down to business. I have three merit badges to receive remaining; personal fitness, citizenship in the community, and citizenship in the world. They aren't so bad, so I'm not incredibly worried. Let me know if you have any good ideas on an Eagle scout project, Some HSR themed username. And thanks so much for your concern. — Lapper (talk) 6:23, 22 Sep 2005 (CST)

Yeah, those last few should be easy to finish up, but don't put them off because of that just to be safe. As far as a project goes, I'm not sure where you live exactly in Missouri but there were a variety of trails in my town that needed work, and that's what I ended up doing. If you can't or don't want to do that, I'm sure you could talk to local organization heads or town/city government officials for ideas as well. Hope that helps. Username-talk 14:23, 22 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I'm really not that outdoorsy for a scout. Ironic, eh? I actually have an idea for a fundraiser or book drive, and I'm also doing the Troop's website on the side. I also might do something for my temple or youth group. Thanks a bunch for the ideas, Some HSR themed username. — Lapper (talk) 15:09, 22 Sep 2005 (CST)

Gender

I am not a guy! Lol what I meant was that one of my biggest pet peeves was when people CALL me a guy. Thus, confusing my gender. Homestramy20|^Talk 05:48, 24 Sep 2005 (UTC)

No, I meant that you hated it when people confused your gender, but you confused me as a girl. The two sentences were miles apart in time, but it was still hilarious. — Lapper (talk) 13:59, 24 Sep 2005 (UTC)

OOhhh I understand now. But yeah it still was pretty funny.

Help Templates

Note: you can see the rest of this conversation at this post in Homestramy20's user talk page.

I think I may have a couple ideas, they may not be any good, but I'll give it a shot. Maybe you could show what to put for a welcomeing message (and how to sign up for the welcomeing comitee), and how to add links and all that minor stuff. They would of been useful if I had known them I was new. Homestramy20|^Talk 19:49, 24 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Okay, so a welcoming template and a links template. Gotcha. Let me know if you think of anymore. — Lapper (talk) 19:54, 24 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Will do Homestramy20|^Talk

Well, I think you may get alot of good ideas if you look through Help:Editing. May as well, everything like that is there. You could just keep on makin' it simpler. I think what you are doing is a great idea, for those less computer-smart people. Sure helped me :D Homestramy20|^Talk 21:47, 24 Sep 2005 (UTC)

BTW, nice new sig ;) Homestramy20|^Talk 22:21, 24 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Thnx on images

Hi lapper. I checked out ur image help page, and now I know how to make an image. Thanks! --— _talk Bubsty _edits 16:15, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

You're very welcome, Bubsty. The help pages can be used as templates as well. Easy to post on talk pages. Glad I could help. By the way, is that a new signature? — Lapper (talk) 17:31, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

yes it is. howd u know? — _talk Bubsty _edits 18:24, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Subpages

Hi Lapper. Some of your subpages, like the help section, look to be quite useful. (Side note: I think a good long-term goal would be for them to move to the Help namespace. Ask me about that later.) However, the one called "chain" is not in compliance with our guidelines for user spaces. — It's dot com 20:58, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Wow, thanks, It's dot com. My simplifed help pages and I would be honored to appear on a Help namespace. The chain one is simply a list of chain conversations, kind of like a talk page, in which I post for user enjoyment. Please reconsider letting it stay. — Lapper (talk) 21:05, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

If dot com doesn't really want it to stay, you could just have a section on your talk page for it.-- Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 21:07, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm. Sounds okay, but It would take up an enormous amount of space, text wise. — Lapper (talk) 21:09, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

It really doesn't have to do with what I want personally. Subpages simply need to be furthering the knowledge base in some way. What you're planning sounds like it would be better on the Fanstuff. — It's dot com 21:11, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I was just thinking about that. I don't really want it to be there, for some reason or another. But the guidelines for the spaces allow things that would otherwise be on talk pages. Just a thought. — Lapper (talk) 21:12, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

It also says not to abuse the privilege. Why don't you want it on the Fanstuff? It would fit there. — It's dot com 21:16, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

You know, it was just off the top of my head anyway. Maybe I could just confine it to the talk page like you said. — Lapper (talk) 21:18, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Okay, let's do that for now. I'll give you a couple of minutes to move whatever you need to. Thanks for understanding. — It's dot com 21:21, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Okay, how's that? — Lapper (talk) 21:24, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks again. — It's dot com

So, It's dot com, do you really mean you'll put my help templates in a help namespace? That would be so cool. — Lapper (talk) 21:33, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Certainly. — It's dot com

Chain #1

Chain conversation #1

Featuring underdeveloped peaches, Steven becoming compost, and rockets shooting up the nose of a monkey-goat.

Cast: Lapper, Homestramy20, Rogue Leader, Some HSR themed username

Date: September 25, 2005

Running Time: Short - 9 sentences

{Begin transcript}

• Places are weird kinda and flipping sweet today.
• I hate everything and elephants like african countries, which have lots of underdeveloped peaches that melt when sunlight burns my carnations.
• Leaves become garbage and compost which becomes Steven.
• Mario and Yoshie jumped into water Bowser ate my croissant which had burned his cookie dough.
• Environmentally, the rain will soon burn away my brother's hat.
• Watching that crazy dog eat stuff makes me want to cringe and die.
• Launching rockets into the nostrils of the monkey-goat is loads of stupidity and not fun.
• Memories of armadillos crawling around scares the crap out of me.
• Democrats rock like Strong Sad.

{End transcript}

Page Move Revert

Why did you revert my move of Strong Bad Email Raps to Strong Bad Scroll Button Songs? -- Super Sam 12:43, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I don't want to sound like I'm speaking for him, but I think he made the right choice. You should hear from more than one person before making a significant change like that, and sysop backing would be helpful as well. Username-talk 12:47, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I asked for opinions on the 15th. That's nearly two weeks. -- Super Sam 12:51, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

But obviously nobody noticed. Just because no opinions have been given doesn't mean nobody cares. Username-talk 14:04, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

I think what Super Sam did was fine. Be bold and all. Homestar Coder 14:58, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

So sorry, Super Sam. In no way did I mean to impose anything negative. When you made the move earlier today, the troll Hydro was rampant on page moving and blanking. Going a bit too quickly to pay extreme attention to the intentions of the move, I simply didn't realize that your motives were benign. After all, it's been 'raps' for as long as i've been here. Feel free to continue regular editing activity as if I hadn't interfered, if you wish. — Lapper (talk) 20:04, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

It's okay. No probalo. -- Super Sam 21:09, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Hello, any tips on organising my user page?

I'm new to the wiki and still figuring out how to make my userpage look better. Any suggestions? You could even edit it if you want.

02:41, 29 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for asking for my input, Arrow'd. Here's five ideas of mine.

• The GIFs, no matter how cool they look, (they rock), slow down even the fastest internet connections.
  • My solution? Save it as a png still image, viewing it from the front. It would still rock, but it wouldn't slow anyone down.
    • If bkmlb wants to hear it, I'd advise him to do the same.
• The light blue on your page somewhat fails to contrast with Wikipedia or Fanstuff links, as they are almost identical in color.
• Add a bit more content to the page, maybe including how you were introduced to Homestar or the Wiki. Good quotes always make things shimmer.
• Try not to clutter images. You don't, and that's good, but don't in the future.
• Provide content with a catchy introduction, a steady middle, and a powerful close.
  • Strong Bad Email blockquotes always make good intros. If you don't know how, come to the help page.

Try those and you'll have a kickin' userspace in no time! Don't hesitate to ask anything else. — Lapper (talk) 02:54, 29 Sep 2005 (UTC)

But blue is my favorite color, along with red and white. So my userpage looks great to me. And about the gifs, I can just reduce the number of frames it has. As for the content, I'm still working on that.

Like I said, it's just a suggestion, and it's your call in the end. Have a great time making your page, Arrow'd! — Lapper (talk) 15:03, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

A suggestion

Hi lapper, its me again. Um... I just realized that I have absolutely no idea how to upload images. I know you already made a help page on putting an image on the wiki, but it doesn't excactly say how to upload an image. It could just be my computer, but I can't at all. Do you think you could make a new help page, (or add onto your image help page on that? — _talk Bubsty _edits 01:18, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

(sorry to butt in Lapper)You can just read the Upload link and do what it says. Remember to check the Homestar Runner Wiki copyright box. It should be a png if it's from a homestar toon and a jpeg if it's from the DVD of live action. It should also be under 100kb, which you can find by lookin gat the Image info. If you want to also replace an existing Image, name it the exact same thing as it is on the wiki. If you upload something that looks the same as snother image, it can always be deleted.-- Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 01:33, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I guess I selected my words wrong. I know how to upload an image, but my computer won't let me. It's at that "choose file" thingy that I don't know what to do with. Even when I select an image that would work, my computer still won't let me. Any suggestions? — _talk Bubsty _edits 02:43, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Hmm...that is strange. I'm not much of a computer expert, but what browser are you using? You might have some wierd setting that won't let you. I'm not sure at all.-- Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 02:48, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

I'm using Safari. Does that make a differance? — _talk Bubsty _edits 02:58, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

I don't know. I'm using Safari also. You're on a mac I assume?-- Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 03:00, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

I should hope. Otherwise Apple might be all up ons on that one. And not in a good way. — Lapper (talk) 03:06, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

About the issue, though. When you click the button, you probably see a menu that morphs from your window's bar, or just a pop-up window. For the life of me, I really don't understand why your computer wouldn't let you upload a file. Perhaps try on a public computer, before blaming it on the compy. Good luck. — Lapper (talk) 03:10, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I am using a mac. Thanks for the help guys. — _talk Bubsty _edits 03:37, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Link notes

Hi Lapper, I just noticed your link help page and I thought I'd give a few notes;

For Thorax Corporation links, type Thorax: before the link. For Videlectrix links, type Videlectrix: before the link.

The Homestar Runner, Yahoo!, Videlectrix, THORAX CORP and Email icons will only show up in Mozilla Firefox. In IE, they just look like ordinary Wikipedia links.

Just thought I'd tell you. --ENUSY , 17:52, 3 October 2005 (BST)

Wait. What do those links look like in Firefox? Do you have a screenshot? — It's dot com 16:58, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Here's a screenshot. --ENUSY , 18:06, 3 October 2005 (BST)

Hmm. Those are cool and all, but I'm not sure I like them. Do they show up much in running text, because I know I'm not designing pages with them in mind. By the way, in IE (and therefore to a lot if not most users), there's a big gap after the V- in Venusy (also after your discussion speech bubble). (Most people probably don't have the Joystix games font, either, but my hunch is that you already know that.) — It's dot com 17:19, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Ooo. I totally forgot. Thanks a bunch. I'll add them soon. — Lapper (talk) 20:39, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Troll help

Hey Lapper. Good job on your troll help page! I would just reccomend adding how to add a troll to it.-- Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 23:48, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)