User talk:Will

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Welcome!

Welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki! I wanted to extend a personal welcome, since I believe strongly that a Wiki should be a democratic and non-threatening place where everyone feels like they can contribute. Unfortunately it can be very frustrating at first if you make changes that are ignored or changed back by other users, but if so I encourage you to hang in there; as you get a feel for the way things are done around here you'll feel more at home. That was my experience, anyway!

If you need any help, feel free to ask anyone on the welcoming committee (like me!). You can also post questions on the FAQ talk page.

Here are some tips to get you started:

• If you need general information, editing tips, or answers to frequently asked questions, check out the help page.
• Before you do any significant editing, be sure to familiarize yourself with our wiki standards.
• Read up on the rules and guidelines for your user page. What you're reading right now, by the way, is the "Talk:" page that goes with your user page. It's a good way to communicate directly with specific users. The best way to respond, though, is on the same user page where the conversation was started. E.g. if you have a question, go to my user talk page and edit it, then watch my page (via Recent changes) for a response.
• If you're not sure what you can do to help out, head over to The Stick.
• If you're looking for more community interaction, you can also register over at our forum and get More Community Interaction Than You Or Your Grandmother Can Handle!
• Above all, be bold and have fun!

Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. (In general, it's frowned on to delete other people's input on talk pages, but this entry is just here to be helpful. When it's done being helpful, I guarantee you won't hurt my feelings by ditching it!)

Sincerely,
AbdiViklas and the rest of the welcoming committee (00:53, 8 November 2005 (UTC))

page

make a user page! it's fun-- Benol, aka Coach B 21:49, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

recent changes

Hi there seriously. Thanks for joinin the recent changes patrol. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I made a link to your user page (which does not exist... yet), and a datestamp, so that people can identify you a bit better. A suggestion: If you type four of these: ~~~~ it automaticly creates a link to your user page and a datestamp. Try it out! — _talk Bubsty _edits 04:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Sig Help

Hey Seriously, just thought I'd drop you a quick line to give you some help on signing. :) To sign your name in a STUFF vote, a Talk page or a Guestbook, type three tildes as follows: ~~~ - this signs your name and creates a link to your User page.

You can also type four tildes (~~~~) to sign your name and leave the current date - this is appropriate for Talk pages and Guestbooks, but not for STUFF.

Just thought I'd help. :) —  KieferSkunk (talk) — 17:51, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

i rock.

hi again

Hi again Seriously. Just to tell you, that template you were trying to put on Jerome is {{tobedeleted}}. However, unless you have a good reason to delete it, I think it's ok the way it is. — _talk Bubsty _edits 23:26, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey Seriously, Your Hair is Messed Up is an actual feature; it's just from the Everything Else DVD, which a lot of people don't have yet. That's probably why it hasn't been transcribed yet. We can't delete a legit feature like that, so I'm going to remove the template. Keep on tranglin'. Heimstern Läufer 23:50, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

woah, sorry. i didn't know that. i will edit right now. Seriously 23:58, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Don't worry; no harm done. I've already fixed it. In the future, you may want to read the talk page of an article if you think an article needs deleting; people may already have discussed this. That was the case for the article in question in this case. Oh, and you should sign your comments. You can do that by typing ~~~~ after your comments. Talk atcha later! Heimstern Läufer 23:55, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

thanks a lot. you are very nice for helping me learn how to do editing properly. i guess i should put my trigger-happy edit sign away for a while. Seriously 23:58, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I was like that too when I was new... just ask It's dot com. — _talk Bubsty _edits 00:44, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

I am bored

will someone put more on my talk page? how can i have fun on such an awesome website if i don't get messages n' stuff? Seriously 01:34, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

If you're bored you can always work on your userpage. You can also look around on other User's pages, and find Guestbooks, Quizzes, easter eggs, and other fun things. You can browse the Secret Pages, you never know what you'll find there. Then there's opening a random wiki page, and fixing it up. You can patroll the recent changes, and revert vandals, welcome new users, and help people who post questions on talk pages. Then there's the chat channel, the forum, other user's talk pages, and of course, the official site. There's all sorts of things to do, if you use your imagination! ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 01:52, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

well, i did, actually. you can read my userpage if you want. however, one question about vandals: if what they say is bad, then how do you fix it? and i have posted messages on a lot of STUFF and talk pages and noone has answered them. wah!

anyway, thanks. i like it when awesome people who know about this website (unlike me) set the standards for influencing new users. Seriously 01:58, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't quite understand your question about vandals. You mean what do you do if somebody changes a page for the worst? Well you can always edit it yourself after, to fix what they did. If it's just badly worded or something, just editing it is fine. If they add something obviously wrong, but innocent, then you can revert it, and if it's obviously blatantly vandalism, add it to the list of offenders or let a sysop know. They'll block them. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 02:04, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

sweet, thanks. i just tried it out. whoever the heck johnny is, your deletion of a goof in fall float parade is destroyed!!!!!

yeah, i get excited when i find this stuff on the wiki. Seriously 02:07, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Well just make sure your edit is productive. If you looked in the comment of Jonny's edit, he had created that sentance, and then deleted it a minute later because it was already meantioned in remarks. Your re-adding has already been reverted by another user. Most edits are productive, so always check the comment before just assuming it's vandalism or counterproductive. Glad to see you taking an interest in recent changes though. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 02:22, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

things go a mile a minute around here! i just don't get it! it's like when mulder from the x-files is fighting to retrieve evidence from a broken train car in a navajo reservation, but fails spectacularly!

if you know what episode that's from, you get a gold star. Seriously 02:27, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

well, i'm signing off now. seeya later, thunderbird! Seriously 02:29, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I've never seen the X-Files before. Seya later. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 02:49, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Others' talk pages

Seriously, Ciberdude may have done some trollish things, but him blanking his own talk page is OK, now that the warnings are outdated. Please leave it alone. Homestar Coder 15:29, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

ok. sorry. Seriously 15:31, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

i shall revert it.Seriously 15:31, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

reverting my edits

that is not trolling, ciberdude. if you are unfamiliar with the concept of trolling, then you should look back at the things you've done. Seriously 15:43, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

im really interested to know how that isnt trolling

im really interested to know why you keep ruining my talk page, ciberdude. and by the way, get some grammar lessons. Seriously 15:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

grammar is for nerds.

Grammar is for people who wish to communicate in a clear, intelligent manner. Homestar Coder 15:53, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

i am logging off for now. if i see five messages from you when i get back, you are going down. Seriously 15:49, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Seriously, I didn't warn you about editing other people's user talk pages just for kicks. It can indeed be considered trolling. Other actions that can be considered trolling include telling someone to get grammar lessons and telling them that they are "going down." Consider this a second warning - further actions of the same nature will result in a temporary ban. Homestar Coder 15:52, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

i belive mesing with the troll page is trolling too, i've been baned for that you know.

ok, i'm leaving now, i do have a life to get to. see ya soon me

sorry. i have a lot to learn. i've been worse than ciberdude444 has. sorry. Seriously 18:07, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey, learning's what a wiki's about! (You didn't think by "knowledge base" it meant only what's coded in the pages, did you?) Thanks for doing it gracefully. And you know, if you're really interested in improving the wiki, an apology to Ciberdude would probably be a nice move; he seemed pretty ticked. (Yes, disproportionately and problematically so, but it's good to make the first move.) Again, the wiki isn't just binary code on a server; it's interpersonal relationships too, and patching them up is a direct way of contributing to the upkeep of the wiki. —AbdiViklas 18:21, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the meaningless stereotypical psychological nonsense, abdi (for once, that's not sarcastic.) i have already signed his guestbook, so i think everythings in order. Seriously 18:24, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Hm. I'm sad to see that you think signing a guestbook makes everything okay; given the two edits that followed that, everything is not okay between the two of you. And what I said above does have a meaning, actually; let me see if I can say it with fewer big words: users getting along is not just a nice thing; it actually matters to the wiki. The wiki's a community, and when you damage the community you damage the wiki—in other words, true trolling (worse, really, than vandalism). On the other hand, when you make the community better you improve the wiki (i.e. gnoming of the best kind). Bottom line: It would be great if you and Ciberdude get around to just co-existing peacefully while nursing grudges and just don't speak to each other. It would be a lot better, though, if one of you swallowed your pride, forgave the other's pettiness (by now this applies to both of you), and made the first move for peace (instead of keeping on insulting each other in little ways). And yes, I mean apologizing even though by now both of you could apologize to the other for exactly the same thing.

Of course all this is a suggestion; I can't force you to do anything. (Unless the resentment that you guys are keeping on low flares up and somebody gets banned.) But I mean it when I say the relationships between users are part of the wiki, and if you leave one damaged you're missing an opportunity to improve the wiki. If that sounds meaningless, try reading it a few more times until you find a meaning. —AbdiViklas 18:52, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

you said more on mine! meanie! kidding. read the thing i said on ciber's talk page. i did it before you even wote this, but thanks anyway. i was acting foolish, arrogant, and a ton of other words that really all mean the same thing: BAD. Seriously 19:12, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

pretty awesome quotes

Hey there, Seriously. Just dropping by to tell you something. I see you added a quote to the "Pretty Awesome Quotes" section on my userpage. While that is one of the funniest quotes I've ever heard, and I'm going to keep it there for that reason, the way it works is I have to find the quote and then I put it on there. Just letting you know so you won't do it again. Feel free to add quotes to the "Things I Wish Homsar Would Say" section though! — Has Matt? (talk) 16:54, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

sorry. didn't know. but man, some of those quotes are hilarious. Seriously 18:06, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

guestbook

sign my guesbook the right way, ciberdude. Seriously 18:32, 2 January 2006 (UTC)