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Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate

Trogga — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:47:51 GMT

Trogga: /* itch.io Description */

[[File:Roomisode-Triungulate-Steam-header.jpg|thumb|Dangeresque returns in a "some-new" point-and-click adventure!!]]
'''Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate''' is an upcoming point and click adventure collection, gathering the previously released [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]], the previously unreleased [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2]] and a brand new Roomisode 3. It is currently scheduled for a summer release on Steam and Itch.io via [[Videlectrix]].

==itch.io and Steam Description==
<blockquote>Join '''DANGERESQUE,''' the world's greatest private eye/crooked cop, as he puzzles his way through '''3 bite-sized roomisodes''' in this classic-style point and click adventure.

Each room is a separate, standalone mini-adventure with its own puzzles to solve, inventory items to collect, and other characters to interact with.

:'''ROOMISODE 1:''' Learn to fake-solve a cold case to prevent The Chief from sending you to jail!
:'''ROOMISODE 2:''' Team up with Renaldo to deal with car troubles at a seedy intersection!
:'''ROOMISODE 3:''' Take a side-gig doing security consulting for Perducci!

Sound mundane? No! Sounds mun'''DANGERESQUE!'''

 [[File:SBTireIronSwing.gif]] [[File:SB SpinSmile.gif]] [[File:SBPantsPut Barfbag.gif]] [[File:SB DartHit.gif]] [[File:SB_KickHub.gif]] 

What started as a Flash browser game back in 2008 has been remastered and expanded with all new graphics, animation, cutscenes, and FULL VOICE ACTING.</blockquote>

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*''{{w|Odd-toed ungulate|Triungulate}}'' is a rarely-used scientific term used to describe animals with three toes.
**It could be considered a [[malapropism]] of "{{w|trilogy}}", as this release consists of three games.
**It could also be a play on ''{{w|triumvirate}}'', a group of three people holding power.

===Remarks===
*The Steam storefront is copyrighted as "©2023 [[Harmless Junk Inc]]".

==External Links==
*[[videlectrixitchio:{{#URLFormat:}}|"{{PAGENAME}}" on itch.io]]
*[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2442020/Dangeresque_The_Roomisode_Triungulate/ "{{PAGENAME}}" on Steam]

{{stub}}
{{Dangeresque}}
{{VidelectrixGames}}

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Trogga — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:38:55 GMT

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Trogga — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:38:36 GMT

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== Licensing ==
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Trogga — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:38:18 GMT

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== Licensing ==
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Trogga — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:37:45 GMT

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== Licensing ==
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Trogga — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:34:11 GMT

Trogga: uploaded a new version of "File:Bloostar.PNG": Only took 15 year to get a HQ screengrab

==Summary==
A version of [[Wikipedia:List of characters in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends#Bloo|Bloo]] (from the ''[[Wikipedia:Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends|Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' episode "Bloo's Brothers") that looks suspiciously like [[Homestar Runner]].

==Licensing==
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Contributors

Trogga — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:08:26 GMT

Trogga: /* Companies */ For if we ever make a page

{{redirects|Contributor}} {{for|character|Anonymous Contributor}}
These people are all '''contributors''' behind the making of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]].
__NOTOC__
== [[The Brothers Chaps]] ==
Two brothers from the [[Georgia|Atlanta]] area who create and still run Homestar Runner (when not on [[hiatus]]).
<gallery>
Image:mikechapman.jpg|<center>'''[[Mike Chapman]]'''</center>
Image:mattchapman.jpg|<center>'''[[Matt Chapman]]'''</center>
</gallery>

== Other Contributors ==
The people who may or may not often contribute to Homestar Runner.
<gallery>
Image:craigzobel.jpg|<center>'''[[Craig Zobel]]'''</center>
Image:don.JPG|<center>'''[[Don and Harriet Chapman]]'''</center>
Image:donniechapman.png|<center>'''[[Donnie Chapman]]'''</center>
Image:baby_lady_real.jpg|<center>'''[[Jackie Chapman]]'''</center>
Image:Chad Eikhoff.png|<center>'''[[Chad Eikhoff]]'''</center>
Image:kingofpeasantry.jpg|<center>'''[[Z. Gillispie]]'''</center>
Image:Willem Hartong.jpg|<center>'''[[Willem Hartong]]'''</center>
Image:JHDC05.JPG|<center>'''[[Jonathan Howe]]'''</center>
Image:Little Girl.jpg|<center>'''[[Little Girl]]'''</center>
Image:MissyPalmer.jpg|<center>'''[[Missy Palmer]]'''</center>
Image:Other Little Girl.jpg|<center>'''[[Other Little Girl]]'''</center>
Image:paul slocum 2007.jpg|<center>'''[[Paul Slocum]]'''</center>
Image:ryan.jpeg|<center>'''[[Ryan Sterritt]]'''</center>
Image:Russ T Comb and Homestar.png|<center>'''[[Russ T.]]'''</center>
Image:Blue knight.png|<center>'''[[Lucky Yates]]'''</center>
Image:Very Very Little Girl.jpg|<center>'''[[Very, Very Little Girl]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===Bands===
<gallery>
Image:3 dee logo.PNG|<center>'''[[Poot-Slap|3-Dee]]'''</center>
File:aquashot.png|<center>'''[[The Aquabats]]'''</center>
Image:s Notebook.jpg|<center>'''[[DaVinci's Notebook]]''' (aka [[The Barbershop Trio]])</center>
Image:theskatepartylogo.png|<center>'''[[The Skate Party]]'''</center>
Image:TMBG.jpg|<center>'''[[They Might Be Giants]]'''</center>
Image:Y-O-U.jpg|<center>'''[[Y-O-U]]'''</center>
</gallery>

===Companies===
<gallery>
Image:Harmless Junk.JPG|<center>'''[[Harmless Junk, Inc.]]'''</center>
Image:fangamer.png|<center>'''[[Store|Fangamer]]'''</center>
Image:future.PNG|<center>'''[[The Future Animators of the Future]]'''</center>
Image:Telltale Games logo.png|<center>'''[[Telltale Games]]'''</center>
</gallery>

=== Pictures are not available for:===
*[[Dan Kubis]]
*[[Jacob Slutsky]]
*[[Randy Dudley]]
*Ruby Red Productions
*[[Ryan Bradley]]
*[[Ted Kotsaftis]]
*[[Karen Wagner]]
*[[Dana Swanson]]

== See Also ==
*[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects]]
*Explore all of the [[Characters]] in the Homestar Universe.

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:People|*]]

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Trogga — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:06:02 GMT

Trogga: Logo for Fangamer, taken from https://ablegamers.org/sponsors/

== Summary ==
Logo for Fangamer, taken from https://ablegamers.org/sponsors/
== Licensing ==
{{logo}}

Music Streaming Profiles

Trogga — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:26:34 GMT

Trogga: /* Fun Facts */

[[Strong Bad]] and [[sloshy]] have '''official artist pages on music streaming services''' such as [[wikipedia:Spotify|Spotify]], [[wikipedia:Apple Music|Apple Music]], [[wikipedia:Amazon Music|Amazon Music]], [[YouTube]], and more.

[[The Brothers Chaps]] use [https://songwhip.com Songwhip] to compile links to artists and albums across multiple services.

==Strong Bad==
[[File:StrongBadSpotify.jpg|thumb|160px|Famous ladies always like sbemail.]]
Strong Bad's artist page first uploaded in September 2019. On YouTube, this page was created on December 13, 2013. So far he has uploaded the albums [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]], [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP]], and [[Hooked on Decemberween]] to stream for free, as well as the first three volumes of [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack]]. Although all of the albums contain tracks from various [[characters]] besides Strong Bad, they are listed under Strong Bad's name; he [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019#1171907866246225920|explained on Twitter]] that "there were weird limits on compilations and various artists albums so [he] just took credit for it all [himself]." Strong Bad promises "more jams to come".

Strong Bad's artist photo on Spotify is himself as a rock star from [[rock opera]], and his page background is the stripe on the wall of the [[basement of the Brothers Strong]]. On other streaming services, Strong Bad's image is one of his album covers, depending on the service.

===Artist Bio===
On Spotify, Strong Bad's artist bio is:
<blockquote>
Strong Bad exists at the crossroads of [[style]], awesomeness, video games, and [[cheese]] dip(s). In addition to writing and performing his own Top Somehundred hits such as '[[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]]' and '[[Everybody to the Limit]],' he has surrounded and associated himself with all types-a high quality talent. [[Limozeen]], [[Cool Tapes]], [[Taranchula]], [[Brainkrieg]], the hip-hop stylings of [[Coach Z]], the hipster-slop stylings of [[Sloshy]], and more.
</blockquote>

On Songwhip, YouTube, and [[wikipedia:Google Play|Google Play]], Strong Bad's bio consists of an excerpt from his [[wikipedia:Strong Bad|Wikipedia article]].
<blockquote>
Strong Bad is a fictional character from the Homestar Runner series of animated Flash web cartoons, inspired by "The Strong Bads" from the video game Tag Team Wrestling. He is portrayed by Matt Chapman, the principal voice actor and co-founder of the series. Strong Bad enjoys pranking the other characters of the series, along with his ever-diligent lackey pet named "The Cheat" and his older brother Strong Mad. The main segment that Strong Bad is a part of is "Strong Bad Email", in which he answers emails sent to him by fans. The Strong Bad Email series grew to be so popular that seven DVDs featuring the emails have been released, as well as a podcast where emails could be downloaded to digital media players, since its first episode in 2001. 
The character's face resembles a red lucha libre mask, with 4 laces in the back and a blue diamond centered between his eyes. The diamond has the power to open bottle caps from "Cold Ones" and remove Homestar's hat, though he has only been seen doing this once. His eyes are green and shiny, and apparently turn grey when he is dead.
</blockquote>

==sloshy==
[[File:DegradestHits.png|thumb|160px]]
sloshy's artist page first uploaded two tracks ([[Record Store Day#The B-est of B-sides|B-est of B-sides]] and [[Sloshybowl|American Football Championship Game]]) on the album "[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects#Music and Music Videos|Air-Sea Dolphin / Sloshy Split - EP]]" on June 1, 2018. They have since released one full album, [[Degradest Hits]]. Depending on the service, their image is either the album cover of Degradest Hits, their split EP with Air-Sea Dolphin, or blank. Their name is always capitalized across streaming services.

===Artist Bio===
They do not have an artist bio on any streaming service, except for their [https://songwhip.com/sloshy Songwhip] profile. It simply reads:
<blockquote>
Fictional alternative/indie rock band created by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
</blockquote>
{{clear}}

==Albums==
<gallery>
File:StrongBadSings.jpg|<center>'''[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|Strong Bad Sings]]'''</center>
File:TrogdorRulebookAlbum.jpg|<center>'''[[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP|Trogdor!! the Board Game Rulebook]]'''</center>
File:HookedOnDecemberween.jpg|<center>'''[[Hooked on Decemberween]]'''</center>
File:HomestarRunnerOriginalSoundtrackVolume1.jpg|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 1]]'''</center>
File:HomestarRunnerOriginalSoundtrackVolume2.jpg|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 2]]'''</center>
File:HomestarRunnerOriginalSoundtrackVolume3.jpg|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3]]'''</center>
File:DegradestHits.png|<center>'''[[Degradest Hits]]'''</center>
</gallery>

==Fun Facts==
*All albums are copyrighted by [[Cheap As Free]] Music, with distribution by [[Wikipedia:DistroKid|DistroKid]].
*Trogdor!! the Board Game Rulebook has the correct artist's name listed alongside Strong Bad's for each song. This generates links to empty artist pages for each character or band (see [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1RTtt4pIdtprI7DkcJBjG2 Homestar Runner's], for example).
*[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] is simply released as ''Strong Bad Sings'', rather than its full name.
*The Bandcamp link in Strong Bad's Songwhip is for an [https://strongbad.bandcamp.com/ unrelated Denton, Texas band].

==External Links==
*[https://songwhip.com/strong-bad Strong Bad on Songwhip]
*[https://songwhip.com/sloshy sloshy on Songwhip]

[[Category:Social Media]]
[[Category:Albums|*]]

Music Streaming Profiles

Trogga — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:18:07 GMT

Trogga: /* Fun Facts */

[[Strong Bad]] and [[sloshy]] have '''official artist pages on music streaming services''' such as [[wikipedia:Spotify|Spotify]], [[wikipedia:Apple Music|Apple Music]], [[wikipedia:Amazon Music|Amazon Music]], [[YouTube]], and more.

[[The Brothers Chaps]] use [https://songwhip.com Songwhip] to compile links to artists and albums across multiple services.

==Strong Bad==
[[File:StrongBadSpotify.jpg|thumb|160px|Famous ladies always like sbemail.]]
Strong Bad's artist page first uploaded in September 2019. On YouTube, this page was created on December 13, 2013. So far he has uploaded the albums [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]], [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP]], and [[Hooked on Decemberween]] to stream for free, as well as the first three volumes of [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack]]. Although all of the albums contain tracks from various [[characters]] besides Strong Bad, they are listed under Strong Bad's name; he [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019#1171907866246225920|explained on Twitter]] that "there were weird limits on compilations and various artists albums so [he] just took credit for it all [himself]." Strong Bad promises "more jams to come".

Strong Bad's artist photo on Spotify is himself as a rock star from [[rock opera]], and his page background is the stripe on the wall of the [[basement of the Brothers Strong]]. On other streaming services, Strong Bad's image is one of his album covers, depending on the service.

===Artist Bio===
On Spotify, Strong Bad's artist bio is:
<blockquote>
Strong Bad exists at the crossroads of [[style]], awesomeness, video games, and [[cheese]] dip(s). In addition to writing and performing his own Top Somehundred hits such as '[[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]]' and '[[Everybody to the Limit]],' he has surrounded and associated himself with all types-a high quality talent. [[Limozeen]], [[Cool Tapes]], [[Taranchula]], [[Brainkrieg]], the hip-hop stylings of [[Coach Z]], the hipster-slop stylings of [[Sloshy]], and more.
</blockquote>

On Songwhip, YouTube, and [[wikipedia:Google Play|Google Play]], Strong Bad's bio consists of an excerpt from his [[wikipedia:Strong Bad|Wikipedia article]].
<blockquote>
Strong Bad is a fictional character from the Homestar Runner series of animated Flash web cartoons, inspired by "The Strong Bads" from the video game Tag Team Wrestling. He is portrayed by Matt Chapman, the principal voice actor and co-founder of the series. Strong Bad enjoys pranking the other characters of the series, along with his ever-diligent lackey pet named "The Cheat" and his older brother Strong Mad. The main segment that Strong Bad is a part of is "Strong Bad Email", in which he answers emails sent to him by fans. The Strong Bad Email series grew to be so popular that seven DVDs featuring the emails have been released, as well as a podcast where emails could be downloaded to digital media players, since its first episode in 2001. 
The character's face resembles a red lucha libre mask, with 4 laces in the back and a blue diamond centered between his eyes. The diamond has the power to open bottle caps from "Cold Ones" and remove Homestar's hat, though he has only been seen doing this once. His eyes are green and shiny, and apparently turn grey when he is dead.
</blockquote>

==sloshy==
[[File:DegradestHits.png|thumb|160px]]
sloshy's artist page first uploaded two tracks ([[Record Store Day#The B-est of B-sides|B-est of B-sides]] and [[Sloshybowl|American Football Championship Game]]) on the album "[[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects#Music and Music Videos|Air-Sea Dolphin / Sloshy Split - EP]]" on June 1, 2018. They have since released one full album, [[Degradest Hits]]. Depending on the service, their image is either the album cover of Degradest Hits, their split EP with Air-Sea Dolphin, or blank. Their name is always capitalized across streaming services.

===Artist Bio===
They do not have an artist bio on any streaming service, except for their [https://songwhip.com/sloshy Songwhip] profile. It simply reads:
<blockquote>
Fictional alternative/indie rock band created by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
</blockquote>
{{clear}}

==Albums==
<gallery>
File:StrongBadSings.jpg|<center>'''[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|Strong Bad Sings]]'''</center>
File:TrogdorRulebookAlbum.jpg|<center>'''[[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP|Trogdor!! the Board Game Rulebook]]'''</center>
File:HookedOnDecemberween.jpg|<center>'''[[Hooked on Decemberween]]'''</center>
File:HomestarRunnerOriginalSoundtrackVolume1.jpg|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 1]]'''</center>
File:HomestarRunnerOriginalSoundtrackVolume2.jpg|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 2]]'''</center>
File:HomestarRunnerOriginalSoundtrackVolume3.jpg|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3]]'''</center>
File:DegradestHits.png|<center>'''[[Degradest Hits]]'''</center>
</gallery>

==Fun Facts==
*All albums are copyrighted by [[Cheap As Free]] Music, with distribution by [[Wikipedia:DistroKid|DistroKid]].
*Trogdor!! the Board Game Rulebook has the correct artist's name listed alongside Strong Bad's for each song. This generates links to empty artist pages for each character or band (see [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1RTtt4pIdtprI7DkcJBjG2 Homestar Runner's], for example).
*[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] is simply released as ''Strong Bad Sings'', rather than its full name.

==External Links==
*[https://songwhip.com/strong-bad Strong Bad on Songwhip]
*[https://songwhip.com/sloshy sloshy on Songwhip]

[[Category:Social Media]]
[[Category:Albums|*]]

Cheap as Free

Trogga — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:18:00 GMT

Trogga: /* Real Products */

[[Image:Cheap as free.PNG|thumb|170px|Cheap? Maybe. Free? No.]]

'''Cheap as Free''' is the preferred brand in [[Free Country, USA]]. Their products range from toys to music, though none of them are free. Most sell for [[$11.01]].

==Cheap As Free products==

*'''Debut:''' The Christmas Tree in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]].

===Food===
branded as Cheap as Free Foodstuffs
*[[Cheat Commandos...O's]] [[breakfast cereal]]
*[[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar]]

===Publishing===
[[Image:Cheap as free publishing logos.PNG|thumb|Various Cheap as Free publishing logos.]]
Branded either as Cheap as Free, or Cheap as Free Comics
*The ''Total Adventures of [[Strong Badman]]'' comic books: [[superhero name]], [[haircut]], [[portrait]], [[narrator]], [[DNA Evidence]], [[hygiene]], [[winter pool]], [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]], [[Fan Costumes 2016]]
*The book ''[[Everyone is Different]]'' by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]] from "[[kids' book]]"
*The book "[[That Time of Year]]" also by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Sportsinterviews]] from "[[Decemberween In July]]"

===Record Producing===
branded as Cheap as Free Records
*"Not talkin' 'bout Butter" by DJ Teh Cheat and "The New Kot" ([[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2|Marzipan's Answering Machine 13.2]])
*The ''Strong Bad Email Show'' soundtrack ([[theme song]])
*[[Limozeen vs. Sloshy]]

===Toys===
Branded as Cheap As Free Toys
*[[Cheat Commandos]] action figures, including [[Firebert]]: "[[army]]"
*Action figure line of Strong Bad and friends, including [[Peanut Strong Bad]]: "[[action figure]]"
*Cheat Commandos vehicles, playsets and toys:
**Helicopter ([[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]])
**Troop Carrier (Cheat Commandos)
**Troop Transport (Cheat Commandos)
**Action Figure Storage Truck (Cheat Commandos)
**Reinforcements's [[Justice Rocket Backpack Rocket Rocket]] (Cheat Commandos)
**Reynold's Apartment Extreme Playset (Cheat Commandos)
**Blue Laser action figures (Cheat Commandos)
**Grappling hook zip line ([[Shopping for Danger]])
**Blue Laser Thanksgiving action playset ([[Let us give TANKS!]])
**Cheat Command-snowbile  ([[The Next Epi-Snowed]])
**The Ramshankle ([[2 Part Episode: Part 2]])

===Misc.===
*[[Thorax Corporation]]: Program: The Sky's the Limit! PRODUKT has an email address with the domain of "cheepasfree.com"
*Software at [[Wikipedia:GameStop|Babbage's]]: [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]
*The Strong Bad Email Show: [[theme song]]
*[[Homestar Runner Halloween Costumes & Products]]: [[Costume Commercial]]
*Fake Christmas Tree: [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]

===Real Products===
These real products by [[Harmless Junk, Inc.]] proudly carry the "Cheap as Free" logo.

*The [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|character figures]]
*[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] CD
*The [[Kick The Cheat]] plush doll
*[[strongbad_email.exe|strongbad_email.exe]] DVD
*The [[Store Accessories#Messenger Bags|Messenger Bags]]
*Everything Else, Volumes [[Everything Else, Volume 2|2]] and [[Everything Else, Volume 3|3]]

In addition, Cheap as Free Music ([[Wikipedia:Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]]) is the credited publisher of various songs written by [[The Brothers Chaps]] for Homestar Runner. The [[Wikipedia:DistroKid|DistroKid]] uploads for albums under [[Music Streaming Profiles|character handles]] (such as [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack]]) have "Cheap as Free Music" as a copyright and [[Wikipedia:Sound recording copyright symbol|phonographic copyright]] holder.

[[Category:Companies]]

Cheap as Free

Trogga — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 17:45:30 GMT

Trogga: /* Real Products */

[[Image:Cheap as free.PNG|thumb|170px|Cheap? Maybe. Free? No.]]

'''Cheap as Free''' is the preferred brand in [[Free Country, USA]]. Their products range from toys to music, though none of them are free. Most sell for [[$11.01]].

==Cheap As Free products==

*'''Debut:''' The Christmas Tree in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]].

===Food===
branded as Cheap as Free Foodstuffs
*[[Cheat Commandos...O's]] [[breakfast cereal]]
*[[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar]]

===Publishing===
[[Image:Cheap as free publishing logos.PNG|thumb|Various Cheap as Free publishing logos.]]
Branded either as Cheap as Free, or Cheap as Free Comics
*The ''Total Adventures of [[Strong Badman]]'' comic books: [[superhero name]], [[haircut]], [[portrait]], [[narrator]], [[DNA Evidence]], [[hygiene]], [[winter pool]], [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]], [[Fan Costumes 2016]]
*The book ''[[Everyone is Different]]'' by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]] from "[[kids' book]]"
*The book "[[That Time of Year]]" also by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Sportsinterviews]] from "[[Decemberween In July]]"

===Record Producing===
branded as Cheap as Free Records
*"Not talkin' 'bout Butter" by DJ Teh Cheat and "The New Kot" ([[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2|Marzipan's Answering Machine 13.2]])
*The ''Strong Bad Email Show'' soundtrack ([[theme song]])
*[[Limozeen vs. Sloshy]]

===Toys===
Branded as Cheap As Free Toys
*[[Cheat Commandos]] action figures, including [[Firebert]]: "[[army]]"
*Action figure line of Strong Bad and friends, including [[Peanut Strong Bad]]: "[[action figure]]"
*Cheat Commandos vehicles, playsets and toys:
**Helicopter ([[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]])
**Troop Carrier (Cheat Commandos)
**Troop Transport (Cheat Commandos)
**Action Figure Storage Truck (Cheat Commandos)
**Reinforcements's [[Justice Rocket Backpack Rocket Rocket]] (Cheat Commandos)
**Reynold's Apartment Extreme Playset (Cheat Commandos)
**Blue Laser action figures (Cheat Commandos)
**Grappling hook zip line ([[Shopping for Danger]])
**Blue Laser Thanksgiving action playset ([[Let us give TANKS!]])
**Cheat Command-snowbile  ([[The Next Epi-Snowed]])
**The Ramshankle ([[2 Part Episode: Part 2]])

===Misc.===
*[[Thorax Corporation]]: Program: The Sky's the Limit! PRODUKT has an email address with the domain of "cheepasfree.com"
*Software at [[Wikipedia:GameStop|Babbage's]]: [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]
*The Strong Bad Email Show: [[theme song]]
*[[Homestar Runner Halloween Costumes & Products]]: [[Costume Commercial]]
*Fake Christmas Tree: [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]

===Real Products===
These real products by [[Harmless Junk, Inc.]] proudly carry the "Cheap as Free" logo.

*The [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|character figures]]
*[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] CD
*The [[Kick The Cheat]] plush doll
*[[strongbad_email.exe|strongbad_email.exe]] DVD
*The [[Store Accessories#Messenger Bags|Messenger Bags]]
*Everything Else, Volumes [[Everything Else, Volume 2|2]] and [[Everything Else, Volume 3|3]]

In addition, Cheap as Free Music ([[Wikipedia:Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]]) is the credited publisher of various songs written by [[The Brothers Chaps]] for Homestar Runner. The [[Wikipedia:DistroKid|DistroKid]] uploads for albums under character handles (such as [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack]]) have "Cheap as Free Music" as a copyright and [[Wikipedia:Sound recording copyright symbol|phonographic copyright]] holder.

[[Category:Companies]]

Cheap as Free

Trogga — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:58:26 GMT

Trogga: /* Real Products */

[[Image:Cheap as free.PNG|thumb|170px|Cheap? Maybe. Free? No.]]

'''Cheap as Free''' is the preferred brand in [[Free Country, USA]]. Their products range from toys to music, though none of them are free. Most sell for [[$11.01]].

==Cheap As Free products==

*'''Debut:''' The Christmas Tree in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]].

===Food===
branded as Cheap as Free Foodstuffs
*[[Cheat Commandos...O's]] [[breakfast cereal]]
*[[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar]]

===Publishing===
[[Image:Cheap as free publishing logos.PNG|thumb|Various Cheap as Free publishing logos.]]
Branded either as Cheap as Free, or Cheap as Free Comics
*The ''Total Adventures of [[Strong Badman]]'' comic books: [[superhero name]], [[haircut]], [[portrait]], [[narrator]], [[DNA Evidence]], [[hygiene]], [[winter pool]], [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]], [[Fan Costumes 2016]]
*The book ''[[Everyone is Different]]'' by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]] from "[[kids' book]]"
*The book "[[That Time of Year]]" also by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Sportsinterviews]] from "[[Decemberween In July]]"

===Record Producing===
branded as Cheap as Free Records
*"Not talkin' 'bout Butter" by DJ Teh Cheat and "The New Kot" ([[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2|Marzipan's Answering Machine 13.2]])
*The ''Strong Bad Email Show'' soundtrack ([[theme song]])
*[[Limozeen vs. Sloshy]]

===Toys===
Branded as Cheap As Free Toys
*[[Cheat Commandos]] action figures, including [[Firebert]]: "[[army]]"
*Action figure line of Strong Bad and friends, including [[Peanut Strong Bad]]: "[[action figure]]"
*Cheat Commandos vehicles, playsets and toys:
**Helicopter ([[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]])
**Troop Carrier (Cheat Commandos)
**Troop Transport (Cheat Commandos)
**Action Figure Storage Truck (Cheat Commandos)
**Reinforcements's [[Justice Rocket Backpack Rocket Rocket]] (Cheat Commandos)
**Reynold's Apartment Extreme Playset (Cheat Commandos)
**Blue Laser action figures (Cheat Commandos)
**Grappling hook zip line ([[Shopping for Danger]])
**Blue Laser Thanksgiving action playset ([[Let us give TANKS!]])
**Cheat Command-snowbile  ([[The Next Epi-Snowed]])
**The Ramshankle ([[2 Part Episode: Part 2]])

===Misc.===
*[[Thorax Corporation]]: Program: The Sky's the Limit! PRODUKT has an email address with the domain of "cheepasfree.com"
*Software at [[Wikipedia:GameStop|Babbage's]]: [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]
*The Strong Bad Email Show: [[theme song]]
*[[Homestar Runner Halloween Costumes & Products]]: [[Costume Commercial]]
*Fake Christmas Tree: [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]

===Real Products===
These real products by [[Harmless Junk, Inc.]] proudly carry the "Cheap as Free" logo.

*The [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|character figures]]
*[[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] CD
*The [[Kick The Cheat]] plush doll
*[[strongbad_email.exe|strongbad_email.exe]] DVD
*The [[Store Accessories#Messenger Bags|Messenger Bags]]
*Everything Else, Volumes [[Everything Else, Volume 2|2]] and [[Everything Else, Volume 3|3]]

In addition, Cheap as Free Music ([[Wikipedia:Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]]) is the credited publisher of various songs written by [[The Brothers Chaps]] for Homestar Runner. The [[Wikipedia:DistroKid|DistroKid]] uploads for albums under Strong Bad (such as [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack]]) have "Cheap as Free Music" as a copyright and [[Wikipedia:Sound recording copyright symbol|phonographic copyright]] holder.

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File:HomestarRunnerOriginalSoundtrackVolume3.jpg

Trogga — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:45:10 GMT

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== Summary ==
The cover art for [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack]] [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3|Volume 3]]
== Licensing ==
{{albumcover}}

File:HomestarRunnerOriginalSoundtrackVolume2.jpg

Trogga — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:44:54 GMT

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== Summary ==
The cover art for [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack]] [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 2|Volume 2]]
== Licensing ==
{{albumcover}}

File:HomestarRunnerOriginalSoundtrackVolume1.jpg

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== Summary ==
The cover art for [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack]] [[Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 1|Volume 1]]
== Licensing ==
{{albumcover}}

File:rulebookEP.png

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== Summary ==
The album cover of the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP|Rulebook EP]] (from the [[hr:rulebookEP|Rulebook EP page]])
== Licensing ==
{{albumcover}}

File:DegradestHits.png

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== Summary ==
The cover art for [[sloshy]]'s album [[Degradest Hits]]
== Licensing ==
{{albumcover}}

sloshy

Trogga — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:41:24 GMT

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{{Infobox Band |
band_name=sloshy |
image= [[File:TwitterSloshySoundCheck.jpg|230px]] [[Image:Sloshy.png|230px]] |
origin= Unknown |
genre=[[Wikipedia:lo-fi music|lo-fi]] [[Wikipedia:Alternative rock|Alternative rock]] | |
member= ''Mitch Stockton'' — Lead vocals and guitar ''Clark Cross-Country'' — Backing vocals and bass guitar ''Doug Tarndner'' — Guitar ''Dan DiMinilliditto'' — Drums ''Mark D.'' — Guitar|
backup= N/A |
discography= sloshy (2007) [[Limozeen vs. Sloshy]] (2007) [[The B-est of B-Sides]] (2015) [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2#Message 26|Phoning This One In]] (2016) The Worst Fonts EP Instruments We Don't Play B-Sides Whose Baby Is This? (UK Import) We Need A Lawyer EP Final Assault EP All Tomorrow's Euro-Restrooms DVD Early Demos and Worse From Like, Forever Ago Because Girl Bassist, That's Why Architecture Jerk [[b/w]] Helvetica Chump [[Degradest Hits]] (2020) |
producer= N/A |
label= [[Cheap as Free]] Records Coolier Than Thou Records |
}}
The [[Wikipedia:lo-fi music|lo-fi]] band '''sloshy''' is a group that [[Strong Sad]] enjoys listening to. They were introduced in the Strong Bad Email [[concert]], where they were opening for a [[Limozeen]] concert. [[Strong Bad]] was at first unwilling to view their set (as he had not heard of them), instead choosing to come "fashionably late". Due to a general lack of women in the audience, Limozeen never came on to play, and so sloshy played both sets, becoming one of Strong Bad's favorite bands until he finally realized they are not [[Heavy metal|metal]].

The band has been around since approximately 2001, and initially had a total of three members: Mitch Stockton, the lead vocalist and guitarist; Clark Cross-Country, the bassist and backing vocalist; and Dan DiMinilliditto, the drummer. In 2018, it was revealed they had added two new members, Doug Tarndner and Mark D., who both play guitar. Overall, they appear somewhat apathetic to their performances; during concerts, the band just strings some Christmas lights over the bass drum for special effects, wear whatever they had been wearing that day, and display a general lack of courtesy for the audience. Clark looks strikingly similar to [[Wikipedia:Patrick Wilson (musician)|Patrick Wilson]], the drummer of alternative rock band [[Wikipedia:Weezer|Weezer]]. He wears regular glasses, not sunglasses, much to Strong Bad's astonishment.

One of sloshy's most noticeable traits is that their only backup singing consists of one of the members (very blandly) repeating previous lines with an echoey microphone effect, or in the case of "Because, It's Midnite," saying "Because, It's Midnight." This is similar to the spoken word style employed by influential indie/alternative rock band [[Wikipedia:Pavement (band)|Pavement]]. An example of this is in Pavement's song "[[Wikipedia:Stereo (Pavement song)|Stereo]]".

The members of sloshy were the antagonists of [[Limozeen: "But they're in space!"]] on at least one occasion. However, the [[page title]] of Limozeen vs. Sloshy ("The Label Made Us Do It!") suggests that sloshy and Limozeen are signed to the same record label.

The name ''sloshy'' is usually written in all lowercase even in running text, and their [[Wikipedia:Wordmark (graphic identity)|wordmark]] is rotated 180 degrees with the ''o'' being a different color, usually red ('''ʎɥsols''').

==Songs==
[[File:sloshy B-side.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Hope you had to wait in a long line]]
*[[We Don't Really Even Care About You]]
*ok fine ([[concert]])
*unripe ([[concert]])
*art troll ([[concert]])
*[[Limozeen vs. Sloshy#sloshy's cover of "Because, It's Midnite"|Because, It's Midnite]] [[wikipedia:Cover version|cover]] ([[Limozeen vs. Sloshy]])
*American Football Championship Game ([[Sloshybowl]])
*[[Record Store Day#The B-est of B-sides|B-est of B-sides]] ([[Record Store Day]])
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2#Message 26|Phoning This One In]] ([[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]])
*[[Forget the Rules]] ([[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP]])
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob (song)|3 Times Halloween Funjob]] ([[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show - 7 Oct 2016|Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]])
*[[No-Stalgia]] ([[Degradest Hits]])
*[[E-Mail Thunderclap]] ([[Degradest Hits]])

==Complete Filmography==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[concert]]
*[[Limozeen vs. Sloshy]]
*[[Sloshybowl]]
*[[Homestar Ruiner]], [[Strong Badia the Free]] and [[8-Bit is Enough]] (poster in Strong Sad's room)
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] (logo on a shirt)
*[[Record Store Day]]
*[[Fan Costumes 2015]] (logo on a shirt)
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]]
*[[@StrongBadActual]]
*[[No-Stalgia]]

==Quotes of the Week==
{{qotwstart}}
*{{qotw|"We don't really even care about you. Get out of my backyard or maybe don't. Cause I'm about to watch a movie movie movie oh!"|Extended [[concert]] song|Mirror:sloshy_wedont.mp3}}
|}
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File:sloshy B-side.jpg

Trogga — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:36:33 GMT

Trogga: Cover for sloshy's side of the split EP with Air-Sea Dolphin Source: https://chunklet.bandcamp.com/track/b-est-of-b-sides

== Summary ==
Cover for [[sloshy]]'s side of the split EP with Air-Sea Dolphin

Source: https://chunklet.bandcamp.com/track/b-est-of-b-sides
== Licensing ==
{{albumcover}}

The Brothers Chaps' Other Projects

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[[Image:Mellow Mushroom.png|thumb|Notice any similarities to the [[Main Pages]]?]]
[[The Brothers Chaps]] have participated in several '''side projects''' independent of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]], especially during [[hiatuses]].

==Websites==
*[[Mellow Mushroom]] — [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] and [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] designed this website in 2001 for a chain of [[pizza]] restaurants headquartered in [[Georgia]]. The layout, navigation, and [[sound effects]] are similar to that of Homestar Runner, and the voices of the brothers and [[Missy Palmer]] are very distinctive.
*[[Thorax Corporation]] — The Brothers Chaps, primarily Matt, created this website for a fictional company, and hid a link to the site in one of the [[Fortune Cookies]]. The Thorax Corporation is made up of stereotypical, overly aggressive domain-name owners who offer domain-name registration services while bombarding visitors with popups and ads.
*The Great World of Sound — The Brothers Chaps made [http://www.greatworldofsound.com/ this fake website] to promote the film they produced of the same name (see [[#Film|below]]). [[Forum:10623|According to Craig Zobel]], it was somewhat inspired by the Thorax Corporation website (see [[#Thorax|above]]).
*[[Ron Planet]] — A [http://www.ronplanet.com/ comic strip] written by Matt Chapman and Craig Zobel. Accessible from the Videlectrix site's game gallery, by clicking on the Ron Planet blurb on the [[Duck Guardian 2]] box.
*[http://games.adultswim.com/rick-and-mortys-rushed-licensed-adventure-adventure-online-game.html Rick and Morty's Rushed Licensed Adventure] {{inlinecontentwarning}} — Mike and [[Jonathan Howe]] helped create this ''[[Wikipedia:Rick and Morty|Rick and Morty]]'' [[Flash]] game for the Adult Swim website. Similar to [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]], it is a retro-styled point-and-click adventure game released in four episodes.

==Television==
*''[[Wikipedia:Sealab 2021|Sealab 2021]]'' — Matt performed two songs in a [[Larry Palaroncini]]-style voice for an episode entitled [http://www.tv.com/sealab-2021/sharkos-machine/episode/380484/summary.html "Sharko's Machine"].
:*[http://video.adultswim.com/sealab-2021/studying-montage.html Watch "Respek Knuckles"]
:*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070927223320/http://www.adultswim.com/downloads/tools/audio/sealab/sealab_knowledge.mp3 Download "The Knowledge Hat"] (mirror)
*''[http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.php?show_id=47 Twigger's Holiday]'' — Matt animated sequences for two episodes.
*''[[Wikipedia:Yo Gabba Gabba!|Yo Gabba Gabba!]]'' — Created an animated cartoon, ''Faldarz'', for the episode "Friends". Matt now writes and directs the show, starting in season three.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Aquabats! Super Show!|The Aquabats! Super Show!]]'' — From the creators of ''Yo Gabba Gabba!'', Matt is co-writer, director, and appeared in multiple episodes of the show. One of his appearances had him take the role of "Carl", a masked magician who resembles and talks like [[Strong Bad]]. [[Aquabats Concert - 18 Jan 2011|This is far from The Brothers Chaps' first collaboration with the Aquabats.]]
*Both of The Brothers Chaps have had a [http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/12/entertainment/la-et-disney-animation-20120312 development deal] with [[Disney]] [[Wikipedia:Disney Television Animation|Television Animation]]. According to Matt in a [[The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show Interview - 7 July 2014|podcast interview]], he and Mike created a pilot about a robot foreign exchange student for Disney.
**''[[Wikipedia:Gravity Falls|Gravity Falls]]'' — Matt has done some writing and additional voices in certain episodes of the show.
**''[[Wikipedia:Wander Over Yonder|Wander Over Yonder]]'' — Matt is a writer for the episodes "The Bounty" and "The Time Bomb", while Mike helped write "The Liar".
**''[[Wikipedia:Mickey Mouse (TV series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' — Matt did "brainstorming" for the short "[[YouTube:Q4uRnxBoYP0|The Boiler Room]]".

==Film==
*''[[Wikipedia:All the Real Girls|All the Real Girls]]'' — Among other things, Matt appeared as an extra known as "Strong Bad".
*''[[IMDB:tt0826547|Great World of Sound]]'' — [[The Brothers Chaps]] served as executive producers for this film, which was directed by [[Craig Zobel]] and produced by Missy Palmer. Matt and [[YouTube:3i9xJfBsTJc|Missy]] both make cameos as auditioning musicians. The film focuses on a scam in the music industry called "Song Sharking" and was shown at the [[Wikipedia:2007 Sundance Film Festival|2007 Sundance Film Festival]].
**[[YouTube:C6G609-TgDE|Watch the trailer]].
*Missy Palmer has a developing résumé of film credits, available at her [[imdb:nm0658371|IMDB page]].
*Matt and Craig wrote a [[stop motion]] film script entitled ''[http://screen-novelties.blogspot.com/2009/06/monster-safari-feature.html Monster Safari]'' for [[Wikipedia:The Jim Henson Company|The Jim Henson Company]] and [[Wikipedia:Screen Novelties|Screen Novelties]].
*Missy Palmer released her first documentary, ''[http://dartagnanmovie.com/ D'artagnan is the Champion]'', about the roots of a race horse.

==Music and Music Videos==
*[[They Might Be Giants]] — The Brothers Chaps have collaborated several times with this band: they animated a Homestar Runner based music video for their song "[[Experimental Film]]", and appeared with [[Puppet Stuff|Homestar Runner puppets]] at their concerts. The Brothers Chaps are also contributed a video, [[TMBW:Figure Eight|Figure Eight]] for They Might Be Giants' children's album, [[TMBW:Here Come the 123s|Here Come The 123s]].
**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m1hr9DIb3U Watch "Figure Eight"]
*[[Wikipedia:Of Montreal|Of Montreal]] — Matt and Mike directed the music video for the song "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse".
**[[YouTube:5VeIL7juFE0|Watch "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"]]
*[[Y-O-U]] — In exchange for their help with producing the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]] CD, Mike and Matt animated the music video for their song "LA Lindsay".
**[[YouTube:eARKVHzCDEQ|Watch "LA Lindsay"]]

==Family==
*[[If I Ran the Camera]] — Mike and Matt created this Flash slideshow for a poem that their sister [[Karen Wagner|Karen]] had written for their father, [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Don Chapman]], for Father's Day. The slideshow featured images of Don with his granddaughter [[Little Girl|Astrid Renee]] (Karen's daughter). This piece was a [[secret page]] originally posted on [[homestarrunner.com]], but it was removed sometime in 2003 after the Brothers Chaps realized that fans had discovered it.

==Miscellaneous==
*On December 16th, 2011, Mike created an animated feature for the mass emailing site, MailChimp. View the article and video [http://blog.mailchimp.com/happy-holidays-mike-chapman-style-2 here].

==See Also==
*[[Contributors]]

[[Category:Side Projects|*]]

What are you supposed to be?

Trogga — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:41:12 GMT

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[[File:Coach_Z_as_%3F%3F%3F.png|thumb|"Can't you guys tell? I'm the rapping paper!"]]
During [[Halloween]], the [[Characters#Main characters|characters]] dress up in [[Halloween Costumes|costumes]], in which they often go [[Wikipedia:Trick or Treating|trick or treating]]. Many of these costumes are icons or celebrities from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, leaving most of the other characters unable to identify '''who a particular character is supposed to be dressed as'''.

This is put quite frankly by [[The King of Town]] in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]], in which he says, "I wish you'd dress up as something I could recognize! Pop culture... mumble grumble!"

== Occurrences ==
===[[Sketchbook (museum)]]===
*The last [[:Image:Sketchbook Thirteen.PNG|image]] offered ten dollars to anyone who can identify all of the costumes. They have all since been identified.

===[[Homestarloween Party]]===
*[[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] thought [[Strong Bad]] was the [[Wikipedia:Chiquita Brands International|Chiquita Banana]] Lady, when Strong Bad was really [[Wikipedia:Carmen Miranda|Carmen Miranda]] (although the Chiquita Banana Lady's appearance was intentionally based on Miranda's).

===[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]===
*Homestar thought Strong Bad was the [[Wikipedia:The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)|Spanish Inquisition]], and it is implied he thought Strong Bad was [[Wikipedia:Cab Calloway|Cab Calloway]] and Strong Bad Wearing a Yellow Turtleneck, when Strong Bad was really [[Wikipedia:Carmen Sandiego|Carmen Sandiego]].

===[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]===
*[[Marzipan]] doesn't know [[The King of Town]] is [[Mario]] from the long-running, well-known [[Wikipedia:Mario (series)|video game series]] by [[Nintendo]]. This could be because Marzipan insists she doesn't play video games, as said in the same toon.
*Strong Bad, who was in a Homestar Runner costume, said he thought [[The Goblin]] (in a Strong Bad costume) was the [[Wikipedia:The Green Hornet|Green Hornet]]. Strong Bad then thought The Goblin was a [[Witches' Brew]], while he was actually [[Bees|The Bee]].
*Homestar thought [[The Cheat]] was [[Witches' Brew]] when The Cheat was [[Wikipedia:Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids#Characters|Russell]].

===[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]===
*Homestar thought Strong Bad was [[Wikipedia:El DeBarge|El Debarge]], [[Bubs]] thought he was [[Wikipedia:Gloria Estefan|Miami Sound Machine]], [[Coach Z]] thought he was [[Wikipedia:Sananda Maitreya|Terence Trent D'Arby]], and he himself almost said he was Carmen Miranda again, while he was actually Ozone from ''[[Wikipedia:Breakin'|Breakin']]''.
*Homestar thought Coach Z was [[Wikipedia:Wesley Snipes|Wesley Snakes]], when in fact he was [[Wikipedia:Kool Moe Dee|Kool Moe Dee]] from The [[Wikipedia:Treacherous Three|Treacherous Three]].
*Homestar couldn't identify what Bubs's costume was, calling it a "dirty man outfit", when Bubs was dressed as [[Wikipedia:Mel Sharples|Mel Sharples]], the owner of Mel's Diner in the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore|Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]'' and the TV show it spawned, ''[[Wikipedia:Alice (TV series)|Alice]]''. [[Wikipedia:Vic Tayback|Vic Tayback]] played the role.

===[[Halloween Fairstival]]===
*Strong Bad asked Bubs, "So, Bubs, your approach this year was to ensure that absolutely no one recognized your costume?" Bubs was dressed as One of the 3 Most Important People in the World, from [[Wikipedia:Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure|''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'']].
*Homestar was confused about his own costume. He thought he was some sort of a golf cart. He was actually Carl Spackler from [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|''Caddyshack'']].
*Homestar thought The Cheat was a pile of leaves. The Cheat was actually Sigmund, from [[Wikipedia:Sigmund and the Sea Monsters|''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters'']].
*Coach Z thought Pom Pom was [[Wikipedia:Big Boi|Big Boi]] from [[Wikipedia:OutKast|OutKast]]. Pom Pom was actually ''Big Boy'', the mascot for the restaurant chain [[Wikipedia:Bob's Big Boy|"Bob's Big Boy"]].

===[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]===
*Homestar, seeing Strong Sad's [[Wikipedia:Devo|Devo]] member costume, comments on it, saying, "Nice fire hydrant costume."
*Homestar thought Strong Bad was [[Wikipedia:Blanche Devereaux|Blanche]] from [[Wikipedia:The Golden Girls|The Golden Girls]]. Bubs thought he was [[Wikipedia:Phyllis Diller|Phyllis Diller]]. Coach Z thought he was supposed to be his hot mom. The King of Town couldn't recognize his costume at all. Strong Bad was dressed as Jambi the genie, from ''[[Wikipedia:Pee-wee's Playhouse|Pee-Wee's Playhouse]]''.
*Homestar also thought Bubs was [[Wikipedia:Lando Calrissian|Lando Calrissian]]. He was actually the master of disaster, Apollo Creed from ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky II|Rocky II]]''.
*Strong Bad thought Pom Pom's costume, which was of Walter Sobchak from ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', was of "every guy at a truck stop."

===[[TrogdorCon '97]]===
*Homestar asked Strong Bad to guess who he is supposed to be, to which Strong Bad answers successfully with very little effort.

===[[Happy Hallow-day]]===

*Homestar remarked to Marzipan that he likes her "I have a caterpillar crawling across my forehead" costume. Marzipan was dressed up as [[wikipedia:Frida Kahlo|Frida Kahlo]].
*When Homestar sees Strong Bad's [[wikipedia:Father Guido Sarducci|Father Guido Sarducci]] costume, he thinks it is an evil [[wikipedia:Carmen Sandiego|Carmen Sandiego]] costume. Incidentally, Strong Bad ''did'' dress up as Carmen Sandiego [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|five years earlier]].
*Strong Bad teases Strong Sad asking him if his costume was Strong Sad at his 20-year high school reunion. Strong Sad was actually [[wikipedia:Tony Clifton|Tony Clifton]].

===[[Decemberween Short Shorts]]===
* The Homestar ornament thinks the Strong Bad ornament is dressed up as a [[Wikipedia:Rhinestone Cowboy|rhinestone cowboy]]. However, it isn't even Halloween.

===[[Jibblies 2]]===
*Homestar mistakes Bubs for Schnieder from ''[[Wikipedia:One Day at a Time|One Day at a Time]],'' The King of Town mistakes him for Monroe from ''[[Wikipedia:Too Close for Comfort|Too Close for Comfort]],'' and Marzipan can't figure out his costume at all. Bubs was really Ross from ''[[Wikipedia:You Can't Do That on Television|You Can't Do That on Television]].''
*Homestar mistakes The King of Town for a melted [[Wikipedia:Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]]. The King was actually [[Wikipedia:Al Sharpton|Al Sharpton]].

===[[Fan Costumes '07]]===
*Homestar thinks one of the photos is a picture of Marzipan, when it is actually of someone dressed as [[The Yello Dello]].

===[[yes, wrestling]]===
*In an Easter egg, Homestar thinks Strong Bad (dressed as his "il Cartographer" wrestling persona) is dressed up as Rudy from ''[[Bill Cosby|Fat Albert]]''.

===[[Costume Commercial]]===
*In an Easter egg, Coach Z is dressed as Marzipan, but he thinks he is dressed as himself.

===[[Most in the Graveyard]]===
*Homestar confuses his own costume for [[Wikipedia:Carrot Top|Carrot Top]], then turns around and [[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's relationship|"corrects" himself]] as being [[Wikipedia:Crocodile Dundee|Crocodile Dundee]]. He was actually [[Wikipedia:Yahoo Serious|Yahoo Serious]][[Seriously|(ly)]].
*Homestar confuses Strong Sad's [[Wikipedia:Sam Kinison|Sam Kinison]] costume for one of Ma Fratelli from ''[[Wikipedia:The Goonies|The Goonies]]''.

===[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre Teaser]]===
*As everyone stands silhouetted, Homestar thinks everyone is dressed in "covered-all-black-ink costumes", and accuses everyone of stealing his idea.

===[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]]===
*Speaking very quickly, Homestar identifies Pom Pom as "the underwater orange juice man" (he's a Pooka from ''[[wikipedia:Dig Dug|Dig Dug]]''), Strong Bad as the [[Wikipedia:Scarecrow and Mrs. King|Scarecrow and Mrs. King]] (he's the [[wikipedia:Recurring_characters_in_The_Legend_of_Zelda_series#Skull_Kid|Skull Kid]] from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: Majora's Mask''), The Cheat as "the [[wikipedia:Thorax|thorax]]" (he's actually [[wikipedia:The Lorax|The '''L'''orax]]), asks Coach Z if he stole [[Disney|Mickey Mouse]]'s pants (he's [[wikipedia:MC Skat Kat|MC Skat Kat]]), and claims Marzipan is "off-duty [[McDonald's|Ronald McDonald]]" (she's Lola from ''[[wikipedia:Run Lola Run|Run Lola Run]]'').

===[[Which Ween Costumes?]]===
*Strong Bad correctly guesses that Bubs is dressed as a character from ''[[Wikipedia:Die Hard|Die Hard]]'', but says that he is a "Die Hard costume man", to Bubs' consternation.
*Pom Pom is dressed as a snowglobe with all the characters inside him, but Homestar thinks he is dressed as a "last episode of ''[[Wikipedia:St. Elsewhere|St. Elsewhere]]''".
*Strong Sad is dressed as [[Wikipedia:A Christmas Story|Ralphie Parker]], but Strong Bad thinks he is dressed as a deranged [[Wikipedia:Easter Bunny|Easter Bunny]], while Homestar thinks he is [[Wikipedia:Donnie Darko|Donnie Darko]].
*The King of Town is dressed as the [[Wikipedia:Heat Miser|Heat Miser]], but Homestar thinks he is dressed as a "Devil Don King".
*No one knows what exactly Coach Z is dressed as, so Strong Bad decides to ask. Coach Z says he is dressed as "rapping paper" and demonstrates with a rap, to everyone's annoyance.

===[[I Killed Pom Pom]]===
*Homestar guesses that Coach Z is dressed up as a tube of "Evil [[Wikipedia:Aquafresh|Aquafresh]]". Coach Z is actually dressed as the mascot for hip-hop group [[Wikipedia:A Tribe Called Quest|A Tribe Called Quest]].
*Homestar thinks that Strong Bad is dressed as [[Wikipedia:Jay Leno|Jay Leno]]. Strong Bad is actually dressed as McDonald's Mascot [[Wikipedia:Mac Tonight|Mac Tonight]].
*Homestar mistakes Strong Mad for a [[Wikipedia:Kinkeshi|M.U.S.C.L.E. toy]]. He is actually Goro from the [[Wikipedia:Mortal Kombat|Mortal Kombat series]].
*Pom Pom is dressed as [[Wikipedia:Homer Simpson|Homer Simpson]] as portrayed in the episode [[Wikipedia:King-Size Homer|King-Size Homer]]. Homestar mistakes him for [[Wikipedia:Dom Deluise|Dom Deluise]].

== See also ==
*[[Hey, X, I really like your X costume]]
*[[Halloween Costumes]]
*[[Icon References In Halloween Costumes]]

[[Category:Clothing running gags]][[Category:Halloween Costumes]]

I Killed Pom Pom Costumes

Trogga — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:55:40 GMT

Trogga:

Costumes that the characters wore in [[I Killed Pom Pom]], Halloween 2014.

{|border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Image !! Character !! Costume !! Explanation !! External Links
|-
| [[Image:HomestarRunnerTobiasFunke.png|125px]] || [[Homestar Runner]] || Tobias Fünke || Tobias Fünke is a character on the comedy series ''[[Wikipedia:Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' played by [[Wikipedia:David Cross|David Cross]]. Tobias has been known to paint himself blue, in an attempt to join the [[Wikipedia:Blue Man Group|Blue Man Group]]. He also suffers from being a never-nude, which results in him always wearing a pair of jean cutoffs. One of the running jokes on the show was that Tobias would leave blue handprints around the house, like [[Lack of Visible Arms|the one that shows up]] at Marzipan's house. || [[Wikipedia:List of Arrested Development characters#Tobias Fünke|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:StrongBadMacTonight.png|125px]] || [[Strong Bad]] || Mac Tonight || Mac Tonight was a [[McDonald's]] mascot that first appeared in 1986 and was used in an attempt to lure customers to the restaurant for dinner. He had a crescent moon for a head, wore a suit and sunglasses, and was depicted as being a jazzy lounge singer. The name was a parody of the song "Mack the Knife". The song that played over the advertisements, called "It's Mac Tonight", was also a variant on that song, but with McDonald's-themed lyrics. At the end, Strong Bad spoofs the jingle in question. || [[Wikipedia:Mac Tonight|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:BubsMCA.png|125px]] || [[Bubs]] || Adam Yauch as MCA as Nathan Wind as Cochese || Adam Yauch (1964-2012) was a member of the rap-rock band [[Wikipedia:Beastie Boys|Beastie Boys]], where he used the stage name MCA. In the [[YouTube:z5rRZdiu1UE|music video]] for their song "[[Wikipedia:Sabotage (song)|Sabotage]]", which was stylized after 1970s crime shows, MCA played the actor Nathan Wind, who played the cop Cochese. The video was directed by [[Wikipedia:Spike Jonze|Spike Jonze]]. || [[Wikipedia:Adam Yauch|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:CoachZATribeCalledQuest.png|125px]] || [[Coach Z]] || A Tribe Called Quest || This costume references the character commonly featured on [[hip hop]] group A Tribe Called Quest album covers, most famously on ''[[Wikipedia:The Low End Theory|The Low End Theory]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Midnight Marauders|Midnight Marauders]]''. || [[Wikipedia:A Tribe Called Quest|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:KOTRamMan.png|125px]] || [[The King of Town]] || Ram Man || Ram Man was a member of the Heroic Warriors from the toyline, TV show, and comic series ''[[Wikipedia:Masters of the Universe|He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''. || [[Wikipedia:List of Masters of the Universe characters#Ram Man|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:PoopsmithMeanMachineAngel.png|125px]] || [[The Poopsmith]] || Mean Machine Angel || Mean Machine Angel is a recurring villain from the ''[[Wikipedia: Judge Dredd|Judge Dredd]]'' comic series. Rebuilt as a cyborg to fit in with the Angel family's gang, the dial on his head changes his level of aggression on a scale of 1 to 4. He enjoys headbutting opponents with his metal skull, which sometimes causes his dial to get stuck on 4½. His human left arm was lost in a battle with Dredd. || [[Wikipedia:Mean Machine Angel|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:HomsarDungeonmaster.png|125px]] || [[Homsar]] || Dungeonmaster || Dungeonmaster was a mysterious guide for the protagonists from the 1980's ''Dungeons & Dragons'' cartoon series.|| [[Wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)#Characters|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:PomPomKing-SizeHomer.png|125px]] || [[Pom Pom]] || King-Size Homer || Pom Pom is dressed as [[Wikipedia:Homer Simpson|Homer Simpson]], specifically as he appeared in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode with the same title as his costume. In the episode, Homer becomes morbidly obese so he can go on disability and work from home to avoid daily calisthenics he is being forced to do. Pom Pom is wearing the muumuu and white hat outfit that Homer purchased once his clothes stopped fitting.|| [[Wikipedia:King-Size Homer|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:StrongMadGoro.png|125px]] || [[Strong Mad]] || Goro || Goro is a character from the ''[[Wikipedia: Mortal Kombat|Mortal Kombat]]'' series of video games. He is a four-armed half human, half dragon and appears as the second to last boss in the [[Wikipedia:Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|original ''Mortal Kombat'' game]]. In that game, he was touted as a 500-year undefeated champion of the Mortal Kombat fighting tournament. || [[Wikipedia:Goro (Mortal Kombat)|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:TheCheatSpacemanSpiff.png|125px]] || [[The Cheat]] || Spaceman Spiff || Spaceman Spiff is an alter ego of [[Wikipedia:Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes)|Calvin]] in the comic strip ''[[Wikipedia:Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin and Hobbes]]''. The adventures of Spiff often see him crash landing on distant planets and encountering strange aliens, which usually turn out to be figments of Calvin's imagination running away with him.|| [[Wikipedia:Calvin's alter egos (Calvin and Hobbes)#Spaceman Spiff|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:StrongSadPaleMan.png|125px]] || [[Strong Sad]] || Pale Man || One of the more famous creatures from [[Wikipedia:Guillermo del Toro|Guillermo del Toro]]'s 2006 film ''Pan's Labyrinth'', physically performed by [[Wikipedia:Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]] (who also played Mac Tonight, the inspiration for Strong Bad's costume). The protagonist, Ofelia, gets assigned with retrieving a dagger from his lair. She fails to heed a warning not to eat any of the Pale Man's food, and almost gets eaten herself as punishment. || [[Wikipedia:Pan's Labyrinth|Wikipedia article]]
|-
| [[Image:MarzipanTomServo.png|125px]] || [[Marzipan]] || [[Tom Servo]] || Tom Servo is one of the robot co-hosts of the television series ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. Along with [[Wikipedia:Crow T. Robot|Crow T. Robot]] and a human co-host, Tom would watch many [[Wikipedia:B-movie|b-movies]] from the early days of the genre and make fun of them. || [[Wikipedia:Tom Servo|Wikipedia article]]
|}

{{halloweennav|nocat=yes}}

[[Category:Halloween Costumes]]

SBCG4AP Dev Blog

Trogga — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 05:11:35 GMT

Trogga: Don't mind me, I'm just changing every broken link to a mirror. Don't thank me, thank Wayback Machine. And yes, it has been four years.

[[Image:Dev Blog logo.png|thumb|300px|From the desk of Strong Bad.]]
[[Image:sbatdesk.jpg|thumb|Actually hard at work]]
[[Strong Bad]] regularly updated a '''Developer's Blog''' on the [[Telltale Games]] website to promote ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]''.

== Blog Entries ==

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Image !! Date !! Title !! Description !! Currently Playing
|-id="Abbreviation Ovrld!"
| [[Image:Sbdev_dvdrom3.jpg|100px]] || 24 Apr 2009 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141430/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-22 Abbreviation Ovrld!]''' || Strong Bad misappropriates the abbreviated phrase "SBCG4AP on DVD for PC DVD-ROM!" || "[[Wikipedia:Resident_Evil_(video_game)|RE1]] on [[Wikipedia:PlayStation|PSX]] - those floating door transitions are the scariest part!"
|-id="Double your Deuce"
| [[Image:Sbdev_dubblesales.jpg|100px]] || 10 Apr 2009 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-21 Double your Deuce]''' || Strong Bad is confused by increased sales since Nintendo fixed the Wii's storage problems. || "[[Wikipedia:Blackthorne|Blackthorne]] on the [[Nintendo|SNES]]. Nobody shoots a shotgun while looking the other way better!"
|-id="StoryBOREDs"
| [[Image:Sbdev storyboard.jpg|100px]] || 17 Nov 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-20 StoryBOREDs]''' || Strong Bad shows off his Dangeresque 3 ending storyboard. || "[[Wikipedia:Myst|MYST]] (I'm seeing who's taller, Strong Mad, or all the different versions of this freaking game stacked on top of each other)"
|-id="Deep Trax"
|[[Image:DeepTrax.PNG|100px]]|| 04 Nov 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027131353/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-19 Deep Trax]''' || Strong Bad offers up longer versions of the songs sampled in [[Baddest of the Bands]]. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20121027131353oe_/http://www.telltalegames.com/imagedb/sbdev_deeptracks.swf View the Flash file.]) || "These seven inches stupid!"
|-id="Total Cop Out"
| [[Image:Marzyboom.png|100px]]|| 15 Sept 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141414/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-18 Total Cop Out]''' || Strong Bad retools the decapitation game to be an exploding collar game. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141414oe_/http://www.telltalegames.com/imagedb/sbdev_collar.swf View the Flash file.])|| "''[[Wikipedia:My Aquarium|My Aquarium]]'' (hey wait! you can't even give these fish ICK! where's the fun in that?)"
|-id="Cheat Codes"
| [[Image:Sbdev_moosehead.png|100px]]|| 11 Aug 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-16 Cheat Codes]''' || Strong Bad reveals some (fake) cheat codes for SBCG4AP. || "Um, duh?"
|-id="Videlectricks"
|[[Image:Sbdev videlectrix render.jpg|100px]]|| 23 Jul 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-15 Videlectricks]''' || Videlectrix writes to Strong Bad about their treatment by Telltale Games. || "4 player ''[[Wikipedia:Warlords (video game)|Warlords]]''. Paddles man, paddles."
|-id="Large Decap Latte"
| [[Image:Marzychop.PNG|100px]]|| 10 Jul 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-14 Large Decap Latte]''' || Strong Bad is disappointed that his game didn't get a Mature rating. So he has some poorly created [[Severed Body Parts|decapitations]] to make up for it. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141459oe_/http://www.telltalegames.com/imagedb/sbdev_decap.swf View the Flash file.])|| "[[Badminton]]. It's nice out."
|-id="O Contest, Mii Contest"
| [[Image:Sbdev mii-strongbad.jpg|100px]]|| 26 Jun 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-13 O Contest, Mii Contest]''' || Strong Bad has his own comments about the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080701055923/http://telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-348 Telltale Mii Contest]. || "''[[Wikipedia:Metal Storm (video game)|Metal Storm]]'' (best death explosion ever)"
|-id="Payable Demo!"
| [[Image:SBCG4AP Tech Demo.png|100px]]|| 10 Jun 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141417/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-12 Payable Demo!]''' || Strong Bad shows off his [[SBCG4AP Tech Demo|"playable demo"]]. ([http://files.telltalegames.com/strongbad/videos/sbdev_demo2.swf View the Flash file]) (Link currently broken) || "''[[Wikipedia:Gold Rush!|Gold Rush!]]'' (lost the manual, anyone know when Sutter's Mill was built?)"
|-id="End Boss Feature"
| [[Image:sbdev box in.jpg|100px]]|| 04 Jun 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-11 End Boss Feature]''' || Strong Bad discusses stickers, game features, and marketing. || "''[[Wikipedia: Abadox|Abodox]]'' (I refuse to believe that logo says 'Abadox')"
|-id="Concept Art is a SCAM!"
| [[Image:Sbdev conceptversus.jpg|100px]]|| 21 May 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-10 Concept Art is a SCAM!]''' || Strong Bad bemoans Telltale's decision to take the game visuals in a different direction. || "''[[Wikipedia:Viking Child|The Viking Child]]'' for [[Wikipedia: Atari Lynx|LYNX]]. Best Handheld Ever Man."
|-id="The Endinning of The End"
| [[Image:Sbdev rhonda.jpg|100px]]|| 14 May 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-8 The Endinning of the End]''' || Strong Bad hates the French horn. || "''[[Wikipedia:Lost Eden|Lost Eden]]'' (the dinosaurs look REAL!)"
|-id="Logos Please"
| [[Image:Sbdev logos.jpg|100px]] || 7 May 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-7 Logos Please]''' || Strong Bad explains that video game success is proportional to the number of logos before the title screen. || "''[[Wikipedia:Trojan (video game)|Trojan]]'' (they still have cartoon sticks of TNT in the post-apocalyptic future!)"
|-id="New Screenshots!"
|[[Image:DevBlog042408.png|100px]] || 24 Apr 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-6 New Screenshots!]''' || Strong Bad shows off some new screen shots of the upcoming game... that have been altered slightly. || "[[Not X|Not]] [[MS Paint]]"
|-id="Anadigilogital"
| [[Image:Sbdev mig29 front.jpg|100px]] || 17 Apr 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-5 Anadigilogital]''' || Strong Bad complains about the game's lack of box art and dipswitches. || "[[Wikipedia:Star Wars: Rebel Assault|''Rebel Assault 1'']] (from a time when nasty looking full motion video was the future of gaming!)"
|-id="Nobody Listens to Strong Bandrew"
| [[Image:Puzzmaster.jpg|100px]] || 10 Apr 2008 || '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20121027141435/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog/id-4 Nobody Listens to Strong Bandrew]''' || Strong Bad decries the Telltale Team's rejection of his game ideas. || "[http://www.gamespot.com/nes/action/wagyanland/index.html ''Wagyan Land''] (the end boss is a word game!)"
|-
|}

== Fun Facts ==
===24 Apr 2009===
*The first expansion discusses comedic actor [[Wikipedia:Dick Van Dyke|Dick Van Dyke]].
*The second possibility has a doctor that resembles [[Wikipedia:Dr. Mario|Dr. Mario]].
*The third possibility says that Bubs is pursuing [[Wikipedia:McDonaldland#Characters|Grimace]] for giving out [[pizza|pizzas]].

===10 Apr 2009===
*The entry title is based on [[Double Deuce]].
*Strong Bad is complaining about how Nintendo has, in a recent update, allowed SD cards to store and directly play games on the [[Nintendo#Wii|Wii]], effectively allowing for unlimited storage.

===17 Nov 2008===
*The blimp is similar to the one seen in an [[web comic#Easter Eggs|Easter egg in web comic]].
*"Awexome Movie" is a reference to [[Awexome Cross]].
*Strong Bad saying that Myst has many versions is a reference to the fact that Myst has been re-released several times with updated graphics and sounds, either for PC and Mac, or for several game consoles.
*Strong Bad's proposed ending appears to have Dangeresque's [[death]] in it.
*The storyboard caption says "Int. Awexome Movie - Day", but the picture suggests the scene is supposed to be shot outdoors, not indoors.

===04 Nov 2008===
*The cover of the single "My Face (Don't Put Needles In It)" by [[Cool Tapes]] features [[Poodonkis]].
*Strong Bad writes "Click on a seven inch below to [[style]] yourself out!"
*The cover of "Left-Shift-Alt-Delete" has "[[Compy 386]]" on it.

===15 Sept 2008===
*In this dev blog entry, The Poopsmith is dressed as a [[The Municipality|Poopertrooper]]. Besides the exploding collars and different sound effects, this is the only change between this Flash file and the original from Large Decap Latte.
*The explosion animation is the same one used in [[Theme Song Video]].
*The explosive collars remain present after the explosions.

===11 Aug 2008===
*Strong Bad mentions [[Pom Pom's Hypothetical Family|Pom Pom's dad]], along with [[Trivia Time]] and [[Grumblecakes]].
*The Wii Shop channel is referenced, along with its downloading screen, which features [[Mario]] collecting coins.
*Soda Popinski is one of the opponents in the [[Nintendo|NES]] game [[Wikipedia:Punch-Out!!|Punch-Out!!]].
*The discount brick is a reference to [[the process]].

===23 Jul 2008===
*The Cheat was previously referred to as a "yellow dog" in [[army]], and was also called "The Squeak" (labeled as such in the image) in [[hiding]].

===10 Jul 2008===
*[[Wikipedia:Entertainment Software Rating Board|ESRB]] is an organization created for rating video games. "ESRB" actually stands for "Entertainment Software Rating Board".
**It was revealed in a [http://web.archive.org/web/20090521184821/http://omgnintendo.blogfaction.com/article/108144/one-year-of-wiiware-matt-and-mike-chapman-on-strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-people/ later interview] that having any sort of decapitation in a game warranted an automatic M rating.
*The Dev Blog entry has every main character [[Death|die]] in it.
*This is another instance of [[Strong Sad's Severed head|Strong Sad being decapitated]].
*In the Flash file, if you click play (after clicking on a button), it will show [[Strong Bad]]'s head being decapitated off of the previously clicked character's body. Additionally, that same "half Strong Bad" is also seen outside the frame of the menu.

===26 Jun 2008===
*The blog entry's title refers to [[Wikipedia:O Captain! My Captain!|O Captain! My Captain!]].
*The characters the Miis are supposed to look like are, in order, Marzipan, The Cheat, Strong Bad, and Bubs.
*Strong Bad sees the Marzipan Mii as [[Wikipedia:Alice the Goon|Alice the Goon]], a character from the [[Wikipedia:Popeye|Popeye]] series.

===10 Jun 2008===
*Strong Bad mentions a giant novelty toothbrush, which was also mentioned by Homestar Runner in [[from work]].
*[[Wikipedia:Lemonade Stand|''Lemonade Stand'']] is an early educational computer program, where players had to set the price for their lemonade depending on conditions.
*Strong Bad's request for the manual is because, like many [[Sierra]] games of the era, the game would periodically ask for certain words or facts from the manual as a form of copy protection.
**[[WIkipedia:Sutter's Mill|Sutter's Mill]] was built in 1847.
*Phensics is a [[portmanteau]].

===04 Jun 2008===
*Entry includes examples of [[deliberately poor English]].

===21 May 2008 ===
*Strong Bad refers to bull[[style]].
*Strong Bad also says that the "Smelly Guy" has "several months' worth of empty cans of [[Minor Foods#Bull Honkey|Bull Honkey]]".
*Strong Bad's [[Ultimate Strong Bad|concept art]] was seen at the end of the [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]].

===14 May 2008===
*The game Strong Bad is complaining about is ''[[Wikipedia:Pitfall II: Lost Caverns|Pitfall II: Lost Caverns]]''. Frogs and balloons were two of the new features in the game, as well as unlimited lives.
*Strong Bad should know that the "silver french horn" is a [[scorpion]], as he positively identified it as such in the commentary of [[In Search of the Yello Dello]].
*"Endinning" is a [[portmanteau]] of "end" (or "ending") and "beginning."

=== 7 May 2008 ===
*Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People would later be released with only two logos before the title screen.

=== 24 Apr 2008 ===
*Strong Bad alters a screenshot from the game and claims that it's a dating sim featuring [[Wikipedia:Kate Pierson|Kate Pierson]] of [[Wikipedia:The B-52's|the B-52's]].
*One of Strong Bad's fake screencaps reveals that Homestar's innards are filled with "Strawberry Quik". "Quik" was the original name of [[Wikipedia:Nestlé|Nestlé]]'s flavored milk drink [[Wikipedia:Nesquik|Nesquik]].
*Strong Bad claims to launch a "heat-seeking [[The Three Stooges|3-Stooges]] eye-poker missile" in his game. The hallmark slapstick comedy of the Stooges often included eye-poking.
*Another screencap shows Strong Sad attempting to "perform open heart surgery on his [[Own Dang X|own dang self]]."

=== 17 Apr 2008 ===

*''[[Wikipedia:Mig 29 Soviet Fighter|Mig 29 Soviet Fighter]]'' is an unlicensed game for the [[Nintendo#NES|NES]]. The switch on the back of the game triggers a [http://kevtris.org/mappers/lockout/camerica.html voltage spike] intended to temporarily disable the NES's [[Wikipedia:10NES|lock-out chip]] so that the unlicensed game can be played on an official console.
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad's Spelling|uses "it's" in place of "its"]] even though he considers people who do this to be [[local news|scalawags]].

=== 10 Apr 2008 ===

*The blocky 3D Strong Bad head in the [[Wikipedia:Sudoku|sudoku]] puzzmaster picture is most likely a reference to [[Wikipedia:Dr. Kawashima|Dr. Kawashima's]] representation in the [[Wikipedia:Brain Age|Brain Age]] series, which included sudoku in the North American version of its first installment. Dr. Kawashima's head also sometimes used an expression similar to Strong Bad's in the game.
**[[Wikipedia:NPR|NPR]]'s program [[Wikipedia:Weekend Edition|Weekend Edition Sunday]] includes a weekly segment with [[Wikipedia:Will Shortz|Will Shortz]], puzzle constructor (including [http://nymag.com/arts/all/features/17244/ Sudoku]), [[Wikipedia:The New York Times|New York Times]] puzzle editor, and referred to by NPR as the "[http://www.npr.org/templates/people/?typeId=1#S Puzzlemaster]".
*Strong Bad's idea of a "flame cubicle" in the Telltale offices gets "[[SBLOUNSKCHED!]]"
*The title makes a reference to the book [http://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Listens-Andrew-Elizabeth-Guilfoile/dp/0590093185 ''Nobody Listens to Andrew''].
*Unlike the other dev blog images, the [[Videlectrix:vii/puzzmaster.jpg|puzzmaster image]] is hosted on the [[Viidelectrix]] site.

== See Also ==
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]]

==External Links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20130517152608/http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/devblog Read Strong Bad's Dev Blog]

{{SBCG4AP}}

Subtitles:doughnutstand/en

Trogga — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:33:54 GMT

Trogga: We can tell that he's angry

{{subtitles|Donut Unto Others}}
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<transcript xml:lang="en" file="doughnutstand.swf" width="550" height="400">
<line start="16" end="66" speaker="sfx">music</line>
<line start="67" end="139">
<marzipan>Oh, that's sweet! Are you making me homemade donuts for the 16th anniversary of our 17th breakup?</marzipan>
<sfx volume="0.8">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="140" end="186">
<homestar>Um, no. No way. Um, no way.</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.8">music fades out</sfx>
</line>
<line start="187" end="233" speaker="homestar">You know how I've always dreamed of being my own boss at the donut factory!</line>
<line start="234" end="256" speaker="marzipan">No, since when?</line>
<line start="257" end="276" speaker="homestar">Why, just last night!</line>
<line start="277" end="339">
<homestar voiceover="yes">I dreamt that I was a French long-jump champion with eight wooden legs!</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.8">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="340" end="374" speaker="marzipan">Aaand that made you want to start a donut shop?</line>
<line start="375" end="416" speaker="homestar">Yes sir! Like I said, it's a boyhood dream of mine.</line>
<line start="417" end="433" speaker="homestar">Could you pass me that recipe?</line>
<line start="439" end="493" speaker="marzipan">There's just this square of TP that says "dog-nut" on it.</line>
<line start="494" end="521" speaker="homestar">Yeah, yeah. That's it. My secret recipe.</line>
<line start="522" end="530" speaker="marzipan" sfx="sfx">sighs</line>
<line start="531" end="552" speaker="marzipan">I'm gonna go talk to anyone else but you.</line>
<line start="553" end="588" speaker="sfx">music</line>
<line start="589" end="647" speaker="homestar">I honestly wonder how many million donuts I'll sell on my first day.</line>
<line start="648" end="690" speaker="homestar">Three? Four? Eight?</line>
<line start="691" end="743" speaker="homestar">I've gotta be ready for the 3:09 p.m. donut rush, you know.</line>
<line start="744" end="758" speaker="homestar">Ooh, here it comes.</line>
<line start="782" end="823" speaker="bubs">Well, hello, Hooomestar!</line>
<line start="824" end="857" speaker="homestar">Hey there, donut rush. What can I get for you?</line>
<line start="858" end="921" speaker="bubs">It's really great to very see you, Homestar!</line>
<line start="922" end="967" speaker="homestar">Uhhm...it's good to see you, too, I guess.</line>
<line start="968" end="1048" speaker="bubs">I'm delighted you've decided to set up shop about ten feet away from me!</line>
<line start="1049" end="1115" speaker="homestar">Yeah, we could be a conglomerate, like KFC-Taco Bell-Radisson-Texas Instruments-NASA!</line>
<line start="1116" end="1183" speaker="bubs">Yes! That is a really outstanding ideeeaaaa!</line>
<line start="1184" end="1213" speaker="homestar">Um, Bubs? Are we in a fight?</line>
<line start="1214" end="1228" speaker="bubs">What do you think, man?!</line>
<line start="1229" end="1279" speaker="bubs">You opened up a competing donut place right across the street from me!</line>
<line start="1280" end="1294" speaker="homestar">The street?</line>
<line start="1295" end="1317" speaker="bubs">Right across the way from me.</line>
<line start="1318" end="1353" speaker="homestar">But I thought you sold questionable medical coverage.</line>
<line start="1354" end="1376" speaker="bubs">That was two hours ago.</line>
<line start="1377" end="1398" speaker="bubs">Now I'm in the donut bidness.</line>
<line start="1399" end="1424" speaker="bubs">How's that coverage working out for you, by the way?</line>
<line start="1425" end="1441" speaker="homestar">Great so far!</line>
<line start="1442" end="1489" speaker="bubs">I gotta get ready for the big 3:09 p.m. donut rush.</line>
<line start="1490" end="1543" speaker="bubs">When next we meet, 'twill be on the donut field of battle!</line>
<line start="1544" end="1594" speaker="bubs" sfx="sfx">singing drum-like marching music</line>
<line start="1595" end="1625" speaker="sfx">clock ticking</line>
<line start="1626" end="1630" speaker="sfx">ding!</line>
<line start="1631" end="1637" speaker="sfx">poof!</line>
<line start="1638" end="1679" speaker="kingoftown">Oof! All right gentlemen, here's how this is gonna go down.</line>
<line start="1680" end="1704" speaker="kingoftown">I need fried dough so bad it hurts!</line>
<line start="1705" end="1805" speaker="kingoftown">According to the data I got back from Taco Bell-NASA, we're gonna need in the 3 to 8 million range to maintain my caloric intake.</line>
<line start="1806" end="1838" speaker="kingoftown">Now, commence marketing bombardment.</line>
<line start="1839" end="1841">
<homestar>...</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="1842" end="1858">
<homestar>Mine's is homemade!</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="1859" end="1954">
<bubs>Mine's is shipped from a 3rd world country named Homemáde, so I can legally print "From Homemade" on the prepackaged package.</bubs>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="1955" end="2007">
<homestar>I've got grit, gumption and an adorable speech impootaboot.</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2008" end="2043">
<bubs>My name's Bubs, I talk hard and fast.</bubs>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2044" end="2076">
<homestar>Available in 57 different varieties!</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2077" end="2117">
<bubs>One flavor, over a hundred different names for it.</bubs>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2118" end="2155">
<homestar>Marzipan raves "Hey! Get outta my kitchen, you!"</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2156" end="2179">
<bubs>Fights cavities! Cleans Teeth!</bubs>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2180" end="2216">
<bubs>(very quickly) The American Dental Association does not approve the preceding statements.</bubs>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2217" end="2222">
<kingoftown>All right, all right, all right.</kingoftown>
<sfx>record scratch</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2223" end="2236" speaker="kingoftown">All right, all right, all right.</line>
<line start="2237" end="2286" speaker="kingoftown">You both make excellent cases, but I've come to my decision.</line>
<line start="2287" end="2320" speaker="bubs">Health Inspector! Cheese it, everyone!</line>
<line start="2321" end="2326" speaker="sfx">closing sound</line>
<line start="2327" end="2332" speaker="kingoftown">Ooh!</line>
<line start="2339" end="2363" speaker="sfx">music</line>
<line start="2364" end="2411" speaker="homestar">Hey potential customer, would you like several million donuts?</line>
<line start="2412" end="2437" speaker="strongbad">No, I don't want one.</line>
<line start="2438" end="2485" speaker="homestar">But do you dough-not want one? Hmmm?</line>
<line start="2486" end="2526" speaker="strongbad">I'm the health inspector, here to hopefully shut you down.</line>
<line start="2527" end="2562" speaker="strongbad">Now rub this swab under your grease trap and bring it back.</line>
<line start="2563" end="2583" speaker="homestar">Yes sir, Inspector Heath!</line>
<line start="2584" end="2610" speaker="homestar" sfx="sfx">humming the Inspector Gadget theme song</line>
<line start="2611" end="2640">
<homestar sfx="sfx">humming the Inspector Gadget theme song</homestar>
<strongbad>And.. a little bit of this!</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2641" end="2660" speaker="homestar" voiceover="yes">Ah! My face!</line>
<line start="2661" end="2702">
<homestar voiceover="yes">My delicious fried face!</homestar>
<strongbad sfx="sfx">laughs</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2703" end="2767">
<homestar voiceover="yes">Bubs, is this covered by my questionable medical coverage? At least questionably so? Bubs?</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2768" end="2802">
<homestar voiceover="yes">Bubs, is this covered by my questionable medical coverage? At least questionably so? Bubs?</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2803" end="2816">
<homestar voiceover="yes">Bubs, is this covered by my questionable medical coverage? At least questionably so? Bubs?</homestar>
<sfx volume="0.9">music</sfx>
</line>
<line start="2817" end="2879" speaker="bubs" sfx="sfx">singing</line>
</transcript>
</pre>

Donut Unto Others

Trogga — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:57:03 GMT

Trogga: /* Real-World References */ Relevant?

{{toonnav|Shorts|doughnutstand|4 Gregs|Where U Goin' 2?}}
[[Image:Doughnut.png|thumb|"Do you dough-not want one?"]]
Homestar Runner opens his own [[doughnut]] stand, sparking a fierce marketing war between himself and Bubs.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]], [[Do-Nots]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]

'''Date:''' Monday, April 6, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 3:56

'''Page Title:''' Hey There, Doughnut Rush!

==Transcript==
''{Homestar is seen cutting out dough rings in Marzipan's Kitchen. Marzipan enters}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Oh, that's sweet! Are you making me homemade doughnuts for the 16th anniversary of our 17th breakup?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Um, no. No way. Um, no way. You know how I've always dreamed of being my own boss at the doughnut factory!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{looking annoyed}'' No, since when?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why, just last night! ''{Clouds fill the screen, then recede to the edges. A scene depicting Homestar's dream is shown. He is seen wearing a shirt with the Mexican flag on it, standing next to a high-jumping pit. He has only one leg}{voiceover}'' I dreamt that I was a French long-jump champion with eight wooden legs!

'''MARZIPAN:''' And...that made you want to start a doughnut  shop?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes sir! Like I said, it's a boyhood dream of mine. Could you pass me that recipe?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Picks up a small note from the table}'' There's just this square of TP that says... ''{cut to a close-up of the note}'' "dog-nut" on it.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, yeah. That's it. My secret recipe.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Sighs}'' I'm gonna go talk to anyone else but you.

''{Cut to The Field. Homestar is in a makeshift doughnut stand formed from a large [[cardboard box]] marked "Do-Nots" with a window cut out of it. A fat fryer can be seen bubbling in the back.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I honestly wonder how many million doughnuts I'll sell on my first day. Three? Four? Eight? I've gotta be ready for the 3:09 p.m. doughnut rush, you know? Ooh, here it comes.

''{Bubs, with a red face and an exceptionally furious expression, enters from the right. As he speaks, cartoon smoke clouds emit from his head.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{with forced restraint}'' Well, hello, Hooomestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey there, doughnut rush. What can I get for you?

'''BUBS:''' ''{continuing his forced restraint}'' It's really great to very see you, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{nervous}'' Umm... it's good to see you, too, I guess.

''{As Bubs says the following, we cut to a shot revealing that Homestar's stand is right next to Bubs', facing it, and that Homestar's legs are outlined under the window in dotted lines}''

'''BUBS:''' I'm ''delighted'' you've decided to set up shop about ''ten feet away'' from me!

''{cut back to Homestar and Bubs}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, we could be a conglomerate, like KFC-Taco Bell-Radisson-Texas Instruments-NASA!

'''BUBS:''' Yes! That is a really ''{holding out his right fist}'' outstanding ideeeaaaa! ''{places his fist down}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Um, Bubs? Are we in a fight?

''{as Bubs speaks, his face slowly returns to its normal blue color}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{slightly calmer}'' What do you think, man?! You opened up a competing doughnut place right across the street from me!

''{zooms out to the gap between the stores. Note that there is no street, but a field}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{examining the grass between the two stands}'' The street?

'''BUBS:''' Right across the way from me!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But I thought you sold questionable medical coverage.

''{Cut to a close-up of Bubs, with his Concession Stand visible in the background with a sign "Why not Donuts?" on the original sign.}''

'''BUBS:''' That was two hours ago. ''{changes to his normal expression, now speaking normally}'' Now I'm in the doughnut bidness. ''{with a straight line eyebrow}'' How's that coverage working out for you, by the way?

''{Cut back to the two and the box.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{holds up a big stack of paperwork}'' Great so far!

'''BUBS:''' ''{back to an angry face}'' I gotta get ready for the big 3:09 p.m. doughnut rush. When next we meet, 'twill be on the doughnut field of battle! ''{Cut to a silhouette of the scene. Bubs marches to his stand imitating a military drum cadence}'' Dubba dup dup dup, dubba dup dup dup, dubba dup dup da daa ba dup dup dup!

''{Cut to a shot of a clock that strikes 3:09. Cut back to a shot of the two stands. The King Of Town appears in a puff of smoke.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Oof! All right, gentlemen, here's how this is gonna go down. I need fried dough so bad it hurts! According to the data I got back from Taco Bell-NASA, ''{places a hefty stack of paperwork on the ground}'' we're gonna need in the 3 to 8 million range to maintain my caloric intake. Now, commence marketing bombardment!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Mine's is homemade! ''{holds up a spoon with some doughnut batter and a few hairs on it}''

'''BUBS:''' Mine's is shipped from a 3rd world country named Homemáde, so I can legally print "From Homemade" on the prepackaged package. ''{holds up a package of his doughnuts that says "FROM HOMEMÁDE!"}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I've got grit, gumption, and an adorable speech ''{exaggerating his usual speech impediment}'' impootaboot.

''{The King of Town pops his crown up in surprise and turns to see an angry Bubs putting his right arm in a curl.}''

'''BUBS:''' My name's Bubs, I talk hard and fast.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Available in 57 different varieties!

'''BUBS:''' One flavor ''{the word "regular" appears above his head}'', over a hundred different names for it! ''{various names that all are variations of "regular" appear around Bubs}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{holds up a newspaper}'' Marzipan raves "Hey! Get outta my kitchen, you!"

'''BUBS:''' ''{cut to a shot of a box of toothpaste labeled "Bubs' Donuts!"; as he says each descriptions, it appears onscreen}'' Fights cavities! Cleans Teeth! ''{A cartoon Bubs appears in the bottom right corner, bearing the following message in a speech bubble}'' The American Dental Association does not approve the preceding statements.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' All right, all right, all right. You both make excellent cases, but I've come to my decision.

'''BUBS:''' ''{sticks his right arm out in alarm}'' Health Inspector! Cheese it, everyone!

''{Bubs closes his stand}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh! ''{he disappears in another puff of smoke}''

''{Strong Bad, in silhouette, is seen coming up and walks towards Homestar with a clipboard in his hand.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey potential customer, would you like several million doughnuts?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No. I don't want ''one''.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But do you dough-''not'' want one? Hmmm?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm the health inspector, here to hopefully shut you down. Now rub this swab under your grease trap and bring it back.

''{Homestar takes the swab and rubs it on the fat fryer.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes sir, Inspector Heath! ''{Homestar starts humming the theme to Inspector Gadget}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{To himself}'' ...And we'll do a little ''{rolls the l}'' bit of ''this''! ''{Strong Bad slaps a note marked "F" on the side of Homestar's stand, causing it to fall over. Smoke begins to rise from it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah! My face!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughs and walks away}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' My delicious fried face! Bubs, is this covered by my questionable medical coverage? At least questionably so? Bubs?

''{Cut to a long shot of both stands in silhouette. Bubs opens the back of his stand and is seen sneaking away.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{to the tune of "Mysterioso Pizzicato"}'' Root, root, root, root, doodloodloodloodloodloo, doot doot doot doo...

''{A circle of "ends" appears, the top of which is pink. A back button appears.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
* The toon's title is a pun on the [[Wikipedia:Ethic of reciprocity|ethic of reciprocity]], commonly known as the "Golden Rule," which is often expressed as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

===Trivia===
*[[Trivia Time]] can be seen in the Kitchen.
*The [[News Articles|newspaper]] reads:
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 3px solid #999"
| style="color:#999; font-family:Times New Roman,serif; font-size:1.5em; line-height:1em; padding:5px; text-align:center;" | The Imaginary Newspapes
|-
| style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif; font-size:2em; padding:5px; text-align=center;" |MARZIPAN RAVES:
|-
| style="color:#999; font-family:Times New Roman,serif; font-size:1.25em; text-align:center;" | Hey! Get outta my kitchen, you!
|-
| style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif; font-size:1.1em;" | FCUSA - The Marzipan was stunned today when she woke to find a totally legit donut  enterprise operating out of her own dang kitchen. Mexican high jumper Homestar Garcia Colon was unavailable for comment but French long jumper Chateau 'Octo' Etoile broke out the ol' soft shoe.
|}
*At the end of the toon, if you remove Bubs' silhouette using a decompiler, you can see that he is wearing [[The Thnikkaman]]'s "tH".

===Remarks===
*In Marzipan's kitchen, the sink seen in [[Where's The Cheat?]] has disappeared.
*When Bubs warns that the health inspector is coming, he looks and points in a direction different from the one from which Strong Bad (as a health inspector) comes.
*Though he dreamt he was a French long-jump champion with eight wooden legs, Homestar is seen with a [[Spanish|Mexican flag]] on his shirt with one leg in front of the pole vault. ''(See Real-World References)'' ''(See Inside References)''
*As evidenced by the mat behind him, Homestar appeared to be in a high-jump competition, not a long-jump.
*Bubs's larger eye changes color depending on the color of his skin.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Bubs_head_fade_glitch.png|thumb|I'm delighted you've decided to set up a solid color line about ten feet away from me!]]
* Homestar's "secret recipe" is not on the table before he has his dream flashback.
* A line on Bubs's face delays changing color when he calms down after arguing with Homestar.
* As Strong Bad enters the scene in a silhouette, the left side of Homestar's doughnut stand is not completely touching the ground.
**As well, a piece of the yellow background is visible underneath the bottom-right corner of Bubs' Concession Stand, as if it were not level on the ground.
* When closing his eyes while speaking to Strong Bad, a part of Homestar's eye does not disappear, resulting in a small black spot on his forehead.

===Inside References===
*Homestar claims he was a [[French]] long-jump champion. The French name in the newspaper, "Chateau Etoile" roughly means "Home Star". ''(See Remarks)''
*[[Trivia Time]] is shown in the kitchen.
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] in this short.
*Strong Bad pulls the F slip out of [[hammerspace]].
*In Homestar's newspaper, Marzipan is once again referred to as "The Marzipan" as she was in [[Date Nite]]. This is another example of [[integral article]]s before names.
*When the Health Inspector comes up, Bubs says, "Cheese it!", which is what Strong Bad says to Strong Mad and The Cheat when they steal Marzipan's radish in [[The Reddest Radish]].
*Homestar also used the words "Dough-''not''" in place of "not" in [[Weclome Back]].
*"Do-Nots" is phonetically similar to the phrase "doe not", used by Senor Cardgage in [[Senorial Day]] ("You doe NOT want to miss any Senorial Day savings action!!")
*The song played when Bubs and Homestar "fight over" the King of Town is also played during [[No Hands on Deck!]].
*The fanfare playing during Homestar's dream sequence is the last half of the 2007 [[Strong Badathlon]]'s fanfare.
*The newspaper mentions Marzipan's "[[Own Dang X|own dang]] kitchen..."
*Bubs is said to sell [[Questionable Services|questionable]] medical coverage.

===Real-World References===
* Homestar hums the theme to [[Wikipedia:Inspector Gadget|Inspector Gadget]].
* The flag that Homestar wears in his dream is the [[Wikipedia:Flag of Mexico|flag of Mexico]].
* Several of the companies that Homestar lists as a conglomerate are real companies:
** [[Wikipedia:KFC|KFC]] and [[Wikipedia:Taco Bell|Taco Bell]] are restaurants owned by [[Wikipedia: Yum! Brands|Yum! Brands]] that often share a building.
** [[Wikipedia:Radisson Hotels|Radisson]] is a hotel chain owned by [[Wikipedia:Carlson Companies|Carlson Companies]].
** [[Wikipedia:Texas Instruments|Texas Instruments]] is a semiconductor and electronics maker.
**[[Wikipedia: NASA|NASA]] is the United States space agency, not part of a conglomerate.
*Bubs's line about being able to legally say his doughnuts are "from Homemade" is a reference to an [[Snopes:business/genius/usa.asp|urban legend]] in which Japan supposedly renamed one of its cities to "Usa" in order to claim that its products were "Made in USA".
*Homestar's line about "57 different varieties" refers to the slogan of the American condiment company [[Wikipedia:H. J. Heinz Company|Heinz]].
*The music Bubs hums at the end is a piece called "Mysterioso Pizzicato" and is commonly used as stock music for sneaking characters or villains.

==External Links==
{{extlinks|doughnutstand|15231|youtube=uAzzoGCYw2U}}
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Trogga — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:03:12 GMT

Trogga: redirect to Special:Random

#REDIRECT [[Special:Random]]

Disney

Trogga — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:04:01 GMT

Trogga: Per talk

[[Image:StrongBadCinderella.png|thumb|Strong Bad as Cinderella]]
Works produced by '''[[Wikipedia:Walt Disney|Walt Disney]]''' have inspired many animators, including [[The Brothers Chaps]]. The Brothers have also made references to popular [[Wikipedia:Disneyland Park (Anaheim)|Disneyland]] and [[Wikipedia:Walt Disney World Resort|Walt Disney World]] rides and attractions.

==Appearances==
*[[Homestarloween Party]] — [[The Poopsmith]] is dressed as the title protagonist of the 1982 Disney movie ''[[Wikipedia:Tron (film)|Tron]]''.
*Email [[12:00]] — In the VCR Easter egg, one of the VHS tapes has a label that reads ''[[Wikipedia:Condorman|Condorman]]''.
*Email [[vacation]] — [[Strong Bad]] complains that Pantsburg is more boring than [[Wikipedia:Mr. Toad's Wild Ride|Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]], but admits the ride was actually fun.
*Email [[theme park]] — The [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA#Riverquest Safariventure|Strong Badian Riverquest Safariventure]] is a parody of [[Wikipedia:Jungle Cruise|Jungle Cruise]].
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] — [[The King of Town]] dresses as the Mayor of Halloweentown from ''[[Wikipedia:The Nightmare Before Christmas|The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.
*Email [[animal]] — [[Sterrance]] is seen wearing yellow shoes that look like the ones [[Wikipedia:Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse]] wears.
*[[Ever and More!]] (Easter Egg) — [[Homestar Runner]] sings the ''[[Wikipedia:Ducktales|Ducktales]]'' theme song.
*Email [[licensed]] — Strong Bad shows a knock-off DVD that imitates ''[[Wikipedia:Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]''. Also, the outside wall of [[Papa Cardgage's PUDDIN' PATCH]] has an image of The Cheat as a mouse with antennae and holding a pot of honey, which is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Winnie_the_Pooh#Disney_media|Winnie the Pooh]].

[[Category:Entertainment running gags]]
[[Category:Inside Jokes]]

buried

Trogga — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:00:06 GMT

Trogga:

{{sbenav|191}}
[[Image:sbemail_191_screenshot_2.png|thumb|"Quit ruining my ruins, Jarassic Dork!"]]

Strong Bad and The Cheat try to discover what is under Strong Badia.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, [[Taranchula|Schenkel McDoo]], {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Bubs}}, [[Rejected Characters#Homeschool Winner|Homeschool Winner]], {{film|The King of Town}} (audio only, Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, March 3, 2008

'''Running Time: ''' 3:55

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, who's checkin' emails with his pants, who's checkin' emails with his pants! ''{brings up the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Ancient Ruins?</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Do you know whether or not there are ancient ruins 
buried deep under Strong Badia? 
Thanks, 
Paul M. Pasquella
</blockquote>
''{reads "Pasquella" as "Pathquaya"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Pauly Pasqually, I know for sure there's a lotta ''something'' buried deep under Strong Badia. Mainly cause I rent out the dirt to unsavory characters in need of a place to stash, ditch, or make disappear, the evidence of their choice. ''{clears screen}'' I never really thought that there might be ancient ruins down there, though. I think this calls for America's coolest children's game show consolation prize: the metal detector! ''{music starts playing}''

''{Cut to a blackboard with "SLOP! MESS! QUIZ!" written on it}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' And our stupid contestants will receive the [[Taranchula]] brand Black Metal Detec-tor! ''{While he speaks, Taranchula's logo and the metal detector appear, followed by Videlectrix Kidx logo.}'' From Videlectrix Kidx..sx!

''{Picture of Schenkel McDoo giving an "OK" sign moves in}''

'''SCHENKEL MCDOO:''' ''{voice}'' Yah, guys, maybe find some coin! ''{words appear as he speaks}''

''{Cut to Strong Badia. Strong Bad and the Cheat are standing in a large, shallow depression in the dirt with a shovel nearby. The Cheat is wearing a pith helmet. Strong Bad is using the Taranchula metal detector.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{questioning The Cheat noises}''

''{Close up on Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I already told you, man! Where there's ruins, there's riches! And booby-traps we can steal ideas from!

''{Cut back to wide shot}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, saluting}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, let's do thiiiiiiiiiis! ''{ends on a high pitch}''

''{Strong Bad switches on metal detector and moves it around. The metal detector makes heavy metal beats in changing frequency}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, we're getting warm! ''{takes a step forward, the metal detector starts playing a guitar solo}'' We've got something, The Cheat!

''{He steps back and The Cheat sweeps the ground with a small brush. A small red object appears in the dirt.}''

''{Close-up of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{dropping metal detector}'' It looks like the top of an enormous riches-filled structure! And wait, there's an inscription! ''{leans forward, reading}'' "Col...donesdry..." Must be the name of an ancient civilization!

''{Cut to close-up of Strong Sad in front of the fence}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{raising finger}'' Uh, me again! I think that's just the cap of a bottle of ''{cut to bottle cap in the dirt}'' Cold Ones Dry. You could probably just pick it up.

''{Cut back to wide shot}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What, are you crazy? I'm not touching that thing! It's booby trapped! It'll shoot a bunch of poison-tipped witch doctors at me!

''{Close up of Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Riiiiiight. Or, it's just a bottle cap, and you're crazier than ever.

''{Close up of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You may be half right, kid. ''{picks up metal detector}'' Now, help me find some dang riches. ''{cut to wide shot. Strong Bad starts moving the metal detector over the dirt again. The detector makes heavy metal beat in changing frequency.}'' Uh...uh... ''{metal detector plays guitar solo}'' Whoa! ''{Strong Bad drops to the ground}'' Check out this futuristic sheet of paper!

''{Close up of Strong Bad unfolding a sheet of metal foil with a picture of a smiling alien head with arms and legs and the caption "BABBY ALIEN"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. My. Geez. I knew it! Strong Badia was originally colonized by extra-terrestrials! ''{cut to close up of Strong Bad}'' That explains why I'm so brilliant! And why all beings look the same except for slight differences in our foreheads!

''{Cut back to wide shot}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, that's just a piece of tin foil with a picture Strong Mad drew of you when you were little. ''{close up of Strong Sad}'' There's even a petrified chicken nugget in there that he left you. ''{As he talks, shot of Strong Bad pulling said nugget out of a fold in the foil's edge}''

''{Cut back to wide shot}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{dropping nugget}'' Quit ruining my ruins, Jarassic Dork! This clearly says "Babby Alien". ''{close up}'' Which is probably the name of my true mother, who left me here as a young larva hundreds of years ago, until someone, I'm guessing an elderly oatmeal enthusiast, unwittingly disturbed my cocoon. ''{As he talks, the scene is described in a thought bubble by Strong Mad-style drawings}'' Oh, Babs! Why did you leave me stranded here?

''{Cut to shot of Bubs standing to the side}''

'''BUBS:''' Oh, sorry about that, Strong Bad. Was I supposed to come earlier?

''{Cut to wide shot of Bubs and Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? No, I said "Babs". ''"Babs".''

'''BUBS:''' Bubs, Babs, whatever. I take what I can get.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whahn?

''{Close up of Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' Anyways, I'm here for my weekly, ''Ahem'', "delivery". ''{indicates barrels of inTOXICatingly good WASTE beside him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, yeah, just bury it wherever. ''{cut to close up}'' But if you uncover any ruins, or hot aliens, or riches, they're mine, OK?

''{Cut to wide shot of Bubs and Strong Bad}''

'''BUBS:''' Uh, what about fellas named Rich?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wha-what? No, I don't know anyone named Rich.

''{Close up of Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' OK, good. ''{extreme close-up, with intensity}'' And he can stay where he is!

''{Wide shot}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, is there anyway I can unhear the last few sentences? ''{close up}'' Or years of my life?

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, no, Pascual Perez, there are no ancient ruins under Strong Badia. Or, at least, not one foot under Strong Badia. Digging is hard, man! Did you ever try to dig a hole? It's not all wipes and montages like in the movies. It takes forever! But who knows what wonders lie, say, one-and-a-half feet beneath Strong Badia? Or, dare I say it, a few feet beneath Strong Badia. Why it staggers the bad imagination.

''{An illustration of what might be a few feet under Strong Badia moves onscreen. After a moment, the [[New Paper]] comes down}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Not-The-Police Card.png|thumb|"Your Friendly Neighborhood Not-The-Police"]]
*Click on the text "rent out the dirt" after Strong Bad types it to see Strong Bad's business card.
*At the end, click on the box of peas in the "impenetrable diaper crust" to hear The King of Town describe how he'd like to eat the various layers of the Earth:
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh, that thing looks delicious! I'll take two slices of that, a piece of the igneous pie, and a molten core tart. 
:'''LADY:''' Oh, that looks sinful!
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Shut up, lady!
*Also at the end, click on "coldonesdry" to see a promo for Cold Ones Dry:
:''{A Cold Ones Dry bottle cap slowly moves across a purple background}''
:'''ANNOUNCER''': Cold Ones Dry, the official beverage of Taranchula.
:''{A picture of Schenkel McDoo appears with a word balloon reading what he's about to say}''
:'''SCHENKEL MCDOO''': Yah guys, Yold Ones Vry!
:'''ANNOUNCER''': That's right Sven, learn to speak American.

==Fun Facts==

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad believes that his parents are aliens in this email, but he showed us a picture of his parents (even if it was hidden by [[Le Restige]]) in [[the chair]].

===Goofs===
*After Strong Bad clears the screen following the business card Easter egg, the egg is still available for a few seconds by clicking the empty space.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad references [[pants]] at the beginning.
*The metal detector is made by [[Videlectrix]] Kidx.
*The bottle cap is from a bottle of [[Cold One|Cold Ones]] Dry.
*Buried underground in one of the bottom layers is what appears to be [[Homeschool Winner]]'s skull, a reference to his [[death]] from [[Sample of Style]].
*The lady who says "That looks sinful" in the Easter egg previously appeared in the email [[bottom 10]], describing a "Chocolardiac Arrest".
*The King of Town says "[[Shut Up, Lady|Shut up, lady!]]" in the Easter egg.
*The crate of [[peas]] in the top layer was where Strong Bad hoped the King of Town would be trapped in the email [[different town]].
*Bubs seems to be hiding the [[death]] of some fellow named Rich, whose coffin can be seen at the end of the email.
*Strong Bad believes his [[parents]] are aliens.
*The [[Generic Announcers|announcer]] for Cold Ones Dry was previously heard during the [[business trip]] and [[nightlife]] Easter eggs.

===Real-World References===
*Strong Bad's line about beings with different foreheads refers to the Klingons (and other such alternate species) of ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]]''. More specifically, it refers to the plot of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 'The Chase', in which the Enterprise crew discover a message from an ancient race who claim to have seeded the galaxy with other races that look like them, including humans and Klingons.
*"Jurassic Dork" refers to ''[[Wikipedia:Jurassic Park|Jurassic Park]]'', a novel by Michael Crichton which later became a [[Wikipedia:Jurassic Park franchise|movie series]].
*[[Wikipedia:Pascual Pérez (baseball)|Pascual Pérez]] was a major league pitcher.
*Sleestaks are ancient reptilian creatures from ''[[Wikipedia:Land of the Lost|The Land of the Lost]]'', which [[The Poopsmith]] has dressed up as in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] and [[TrogdorCon '97]].
*The cocoon uncovered by an old oatmeal enthusiast is a reference to Wilford Brimley in [[Wikipedia:Cocoon (film)|Cocoon]]. [[Wikipedia:Wilford Brimley|Wilford Brimley]] was also known for his Quaker Oatmeal commercials.
*[[Wikipedia:Black metal|Black metal]] is a style of heavy metal music.

==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}

licensed

Trogga — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:59:44 GMT

Trogga:

{{sbenav|190}}

[[Image:Sbemail190.png|thumb|"...and I just got in this shipment of Strong Bad brand ferret ointment."]]

Strong Bad discusses what sort of merchandise he has licensed.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, [[Biscuit Dough Hands Man]], {{Film|Senor Cardgage}} (Voice only), {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Papa Cardgage's Puddin' Patch]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, February 19, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:18

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Save the gross stuff up at the back of your throat, and hock it at an unsuspecting email. ''{brings up the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: famous</div>
Ok Strong Bad, you and the Cheat are like famous now, 
but why haven't you licensed anything yet? Like where's the 
strong Bad novels and fluffy pillows, I need more Strong 
Bad in my day, come on man help me out! 
From yours truly 
Pilmple-Faced Bill from receiving
</blockquote>
''{reads "Pilmple-Faced Bill" as written}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey! I paid that pilmple-faced bill months ago! You gotta tell grody Blackhead-Flaced Janice from accounting to update her records! ''{clears screen}'' As for being famous and licensing stuff, you've got it all wrong. You don't need to be famous to liscense stuff. Just look at Biscuitdoughhandsman. He licensed his likeness to a paper towel company—

''{Cut to shot of paper towel roll with pictures of Biscuitdoughhandsman and Basil.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —years ago, but no one knows who the crap he is.

'''OLD LADY:''' Get this, Vera, it's exorbitantly absorbent!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Shut up, lady! ''{cut back to Lappy}'' No, the true sign of being famous is in the ''unlicensed'' stuff! And we're all over that! In fact, we've got our own application process for becoming an officially licensed ''unlicensed'' seller of Strong Bad and The Cheat knock-offs.

''{An application form flies onto the screen with the header "So you wanna be an officially licensed unlicensed seller of Strong Bad & The Cheat knock-offs" and entries for "Name", "Number", and "I'll get back to you".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The main requirements are that the country of manufacture has—

''{"Country of manufacture" page comes up with a country-like shape in the middle. Names keep appearing and being crossed out.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —changed name five times since I was in seventh grade, that you sell your wares from a—

''{"Type of Store" page comes up, with a note "(Circle one)".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —blanket, ''{a "Dirty Blanket" appears and watches fill it}'' or inside a trench coat, ''{A "Dirty Trenchcoat" appears and watches fill it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' that you always refer to the selling of our items—

''{"You gotta yell this" page comes up, with a cartoony figure of a man and a table with 4 watches}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —as "numba one bargain!", ''{the phrase appears in a speech bubble}'' and that—

''{"The Two Guys" page comes up with pictures of Strong Bad and The Cheat}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —one of us has to have a human nose.

''{Noses appear on both. Cut back to the Lappy with a clear screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' One of our ''{he skips typing the word "our"}'' primary unlicensed licensees is shady daycares. You know, the kind that are open 24 hours and are surrounded by barbed wire.

''{Cut to outside view of Papa Cardgage's PUDDIN' PATCH, where a stylized version of Strong Bad holding a 24 HRS. book, a picture of The Cheat as a mouse with antennae and a honey pot, a human-faced Senor Cardgage saying "I TAKE KIDS", and a cross-eyed monster wearing a "GUFF" T-shirt are drawn. Above the entrance is the word "RESTROOM," which is crossed off.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' They ''love'' to illegally use trademarked characters to earn desperate parents' trust.

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{singing to the tune of "Frère Jacques"}'' Where is Tompkins? Where is Cole Slaw? Here I am!

''{Cut to a rear view of the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, if I ever have kids, I can't wait to drop 'em off at the puddin' patch every morning on my way to the dog tracks!

''{Cut back to the Lappy with a clear screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Another great knock-off is DVDs. The ones that are slight variations of slightly animated kids' movies. The kind they put right next to the check-out line, so Grandma might accidentally mistake it for the real thing. And they have titles like:

''{Cut to an orange background, each movie appears as Strong Bad mentions it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "The Secret Princess and Her Oppressive Authority Figure 4" and the always popular, "Jungle Animals in Decidedly Non-Jungle Situations". ''{The scene dims}'' Novelty confections have to be my favorite growth sector of the unlicensed merchandise industry,

''{Cut to a box with four "CHEETS".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' like these sugar-crusted marshmallow The Cheats, or this gummi ''{pan up quickly to a Strong Bad shaped blob with a human nose on a stick}'' gel-ular pop, from Strong Badge: The Movie. ''{A logo for said movie appears in the bottom right.}'' And who wouldn't want to rot the teeth ''{The blob disappears, replaced by a "Strong Brush"}'' right out of their kid's head with this spinning Strong Bad sugar toothbrush?

''{The head of the toothbrush spins around until it falls off, revealing a screw}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, Strong Bad, look!

''{Cut to Coach Z and Strong Bad in the computer room. Coach Z is holding a piñata of Strong Bad. Strong Bad turns around to face Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' You're twice!

'''STRONG BAD:''' A Strong Bad piñata!? Where'd you get that?

'''COACH Z:''' Bubs.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bubs!?

''{Cut to close-up of Coach Z}''

'''COACH Z:''' Yeah, he's the fellow who runs the concession stand—

''{Cut back}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I know who he is! He's an unlicensed unlicensed seller! I've been trying to shut him down for years. Come on, The Cheat!

''{He jumps off his stool and runs off the screen, The Cheat follows.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Hurried The Cheat noises}''

'''COACH Z:''' Ahhhh, what else?

''{Cut to rear of Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs is wearing a trench coat and talking to Pom Pom}''

'''BUBS:''' —and I just got in this shipment of Strong Bad brand ferret ointment. ''{Pulls open his coat, revealing merchandise.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{Bubbles}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' There he is, The Cheat!

'''BUBS:''' ''{Quickly closes his coat}'' Uh-oh, store's closed.

''{Bubs points to the right, Pom Pom leaves. Strong Bad runs on from the left with The Cheat. Cut to close-up of Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's up with that trench coat, Bubs?

''{Cut back.}''

'''BUBS:''' Oh. Uh... I'm a public flasher!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, right. ''{shakes fist in Bubs' face}'' You ain't got no nudity under there! Open 'er up!

'''BUBS:''' Okay, okay, you got me. ''{Opens his coat again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Just as I suspected! Totally legit looking stuff! Where are the human noses? The misspellings? The choking hazards?

'''BUBS:''' That's the kind of stuff I usually sell at the concession stand. ''{closes his coat}'' This is the black market, man!

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, wait a minute. Your shady bootleg operation peddles quality goods, while your legal store front sells dangerous crap?

'''BUBS:''' Exactly. I got a repatation to uphold!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, in that case... Will The Cheat have an adverse reaction to that ferret ointment?

'''BUBS:''' He'll swell up like a balloon.

'''STRONG BAD''' Then give me two cases!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angry The Cheat noise}''

''{Cut back to the Lappy with a clear screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, we finally shut down Bubs' operation. And not just because he was an unlicensed unlicensed seller either. Guess what all those piñatas were stuffed full of.... ''{Not typing}'' Homestar?

''{Cut to computer room, Homestar has many cuts on his face, some still with bits of glass protruding from them.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Singing}'' Broken glass, broken glass, broken glass, broken glass.

''{The [[New Paper]] comes down}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That junk was still my best birthdays ever.

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:ShadyDaycares.png|thumb|"Shady Daycares National Park"]]
*During the email, click on the words "shady daycares" to see a [[postcard]] from Shady Daycares National Park.
*After the final bit of dialogue, click on the star on Homestar's shirt to see a scene in the field.
*:''{Homestar is standing, still with his face covered in cuts and glass shards. The Cheat floats across the screen from the left, puffed up like a balloon.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing in the same tune as before}'' Ugly bird, ugly bird, ugly bird, ugly bird...

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*Strong Bad's mention of DVD movie releases refers to the practice of producing cheap versions of public domain stories that are rushed to the shelves to capitalize on the success of major children's releases.
*A flasher is someone who indecently exposes one's own private areas in public.

===Trivia===
*The changing names of the "country of manufacture" are, in order:
**Gunkistan
**East Paunch
**Republic of Wad
**Double [[G]]
**West Paunch
**Guttenberg
*The label on the [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#return to zork|return to zork]]".
*Some of the merchandise depicts [[Strong Bad smiling]].

===Remarks===
*The [[HR:menuswfs/menu_sbemail190.swf|preview image]] for this toon features the scene of Bubs showing his merchandise to Pom Pom (pictured at the top of this page), but all of the products are missing.
*The Strong Bad [[Store Accessories#Beanie Caps|beanie cap]], which is among the items in Bubs' coat, is actually a licensed piece of Strong Bad merchandise, and is sold in the [[store]].
*Strong Bad says "If I ever have kids..." even though in [[secret identity]], he claims to have kids.
*When Bubs shows Pom Pom his merchandise, the legs of the Strong Bad piñatas are below the bottom of the coat, yet they are not visible when his coat is closed.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad says "One of our primary unlicensed sellers...", he doesn't type the "our".

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad says "[[Shut up, lady]]."
*Strong Bad's mentioning of dog tracks is an example of [[Gambling|gambling]].
*The Easter egg where Homestar sees [[The Cheat Flying]] and thinks he's an ugly bird is a reference to [[helium]].
*Senor Cardgage mentions [[Tompkins]], a character from Teen Girl Squad.
*Homestar's glass-strewn face has [[blood]] coming out of several wounds.
*This email references the fact that Strong Bad has [[Lack of Visible Body Parts#Strong Bad's Nose|no visible nose]].
*Homestar says he had the "[[Best/Worst X Ever|best birthdays ever]]".
*Strong Bad dressed as a princess is an instance of [[cross-dressing]].

===Real-World References===
*Senor Cardgage sings to the tune of [[Wikipedia:Frère Jacques|Frère Jacques]]. His version is very similar to the [[Wikipedia:Alternative lyrics to Frère Jacques#Where is Thumbkin?|Where is Thumbkin?]] variation.
*The "Cheets" candies are similar both in name and shape to the chick-shaped marshmallow Easter candies called [[Wikipedia:Peeps|Peeps]].
*The picture of The Cheat as a mouse with antennae is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Winnie the Pooh|Winnie the Pooh]], who carried a similar honey pot.
*The cover of "Jungle Animals in Decidedly Non-Jungle Situations" shows The Cheat as a toucan, whose blue plumage and colored beak bear a strong resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Froot Loops|Froot Loops]] mascot [[Wikipedia:Toucan Sam|Toucan Sam]].
*"The Secret Princess and Her Oppressive Authority Figure 4" resembles [[Disney|Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Wikipedia: Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]''.
*The spinning [[sugar]] toothbrush is a parody of Cap Spin Pop candies. Strong Bad refers to it as a toothbrush becase novelty electric toothbrushes often have cartoon characters, moving parts, and bright colors in order to better appeal to children.

==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}

buried

Trogga — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:58:47 GMT

Trogga:

{{sbenav|191}}
[[Image:sbemail_191_screenshot_2.png|thumb|Quit ruining my ruins, Jarassic Dork!"]]

Strong Bad and The Cheat try to discover what is under Strong Badia.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, [[Taranchula|Schenkel McDoo]], {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Bubs}}, [[Rejected Characters#Homeschool Winner|Homeschool Winner]], {{film|The King of Town}} (audio only, Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, March 3, 2008

'''Running Time: ''' 3:55

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, who's checkin' emails with his pants, who's checkin' emails with his pants! ''{brings up the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Ancient Ruins?</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
Do you know whether or not there are ancient ruins 
buried deep under Strong Badia? 
Thanks, 
Paul M. Pasquella
</blockquote>
''{reads "Pasquella" as "Pathquaya"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Pauly Pasqually, I know for sure there's a lotta ''something'' buried deep under Strong Badia. Mainly cause I rent out the dirt to unsavory characters in need of a place to stash, ditch, or make disappear, the evidence of their choice. ''{clears screen}'' I never really thought that there might be ancient ruins down there, though. I think this calls for America's coolest children's game show consolation prize: the metal detector! ''{music starts playing}''

''{Cut to a blackboard with "SLOP! MESS! QUIZ!" written on it}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' And our stupid contestants will receive the [[Taranchula]] brand Black Metal Detec-tor! ''{While he speaks, Taranchula's logo and the metal detector appear, followed by Videlectrix Kidx logo.}'' From Videlectrix Kidx..sx!

''{Picture of Schenkel McDoo giving an "OK" sign moves in}''

'''SCHENKEL MCDOO:''' ''{voice}'' Yah, guys, maybe find some coin! ''{words appear as he speaks}''

''{Cut to Strong Badia. Strong Bad and the Cheat are standing in a large, shallow depression in the dirt with a shovel nearby. The Cheat is wearing a pith helmet. Strong Bad is using the Taranchula metal detector.}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{questioning The Cheat noises}''

''{Close up on Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I already told you, man! Where there's ruins, there's riches! And booby-traps we can steal ideas from!

''{Cut back to wide shot}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises, saluting}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, let's do thiiiiiiiiiis! ''{ends on a high pitch}''

''{Strong Bad switches on metal detector and moves it around. The metal detector makes heavy metal beats in changing frequency}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, we're getting warm! ''{takes a step forward, the metal detector starts playing a guitar solo}'' We've got something, The Cheat!

''{He steps back and The Cheat sweeps the ground with a small brush. A small red object appears in the dirt.}''

''{Close-up of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{dropping metal detector}'' It looks like the top of an enormous riches-filled structure! And wait, there's an inscription! ''{leans forward, reading}'' "Col...donesdry..." Must be the name of an ancient civilization!

''{Cut to close-up of Strong Sad in front of the fence}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{raising finger}'' Uh, me again! I think that's just the cap of a bottle of ''{cut to bottle cap in the dirt}'' Cold Ones Dry. You could probably just pick it up.

''{Cut back to wide shot}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What, are you crazy? I'm not touching that thing! It's booby trapped! It'll shoot a bunch of poison-tipped witch doctors at me!

''{Close up of Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Riiiiiight. Or, it's just a bottle cap, and you're crazier than ever.

''{Close up of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You may be half right, kid. ''{picks up metal detector}'' Now, help me find some dang riches. ''{cut to wide shot. Strong Bad starts moving the metal detector over the dirt again. The detector makes heavy metal beat in changing frequency.}'' Uh...uh... ''{metal detector plays guitar solo}'' Whoa! ''{Strong Bad drops to the ground}'' Check out this futuristic sheet of paper!

''{Close up of Strong Bad unfolding a sheet of metal foil with a picture of a smiling alien head with arms and legs and the caption "BABBY ALIEN"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. My. Geez. I knew it! Strong Badia was originally colonized by extra-terrestrials! ''{cut to close up of Strong Bad}'' That explains why I'm so brilliant! And why all beings look the same except for slight differences in our foreheads!

''{Cut back to wide shot}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, that's just a piece of tin foil with a picture Strong Mad drew of you when you were little. ''{close up of Strong Sad}'' There's even a petrified chicken nugget in there that he left you. ''{As he talks, shot of Strong Bad pulling said nugget out of a fold in the foil's edge}''

''{Cut back to wide shot}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{dropping nugget}'' Quit ruining my ruins, Jarassic Dork! This clearly says "Babby Alien". ''{close up}'' Which is probably the name of my true mother, who left me here as a young larva hundreds of years ago, until someone, I'm guessing an elderly oatmeal enthusiast, unwittingly disturbed my cocoon. ''{As he talks, the scene is described in a thought bubble by Strong Mad-style drawings}'' Oh, Babs! Why did you leave me stranded here?

''{Cut to shot of Bubs standing to the side}''

'''BUBS:''' Oh, sorry about that, Strong Bad. Was I supposed to come earlier?

''{Cut to wide shot of Bubs and Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? No, I said "Babs". ''"Babs".''

'''BUBS:''' Bubs, Babs, whatever. I take what I can get.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whahn?

''{Close up of Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' Anyways, I'm here for my weekly, ''Ahem'', "delivery". ''{indicates barrels of inTOXICatingly good WASTE beside him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, yeah, just bury it wherever. ''{cut to close up}'' But if you uncover any ruins, or hot aliens, or riches, they're mine, OK?

''{Cut to wide shot of Bubs and Strong Bad}''

'''BUBS:''' Uh, what about fellas named Rich?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wha-what? No, I don't know anyone named Rich.

''{Close up of Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' OK, good. ''{extreme close-up, with intensity}'' And he can stay where he is!

''{Wide shot}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, is there anyway I can unhear the last few sentences? ''{close up}'' Or years of my life?

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, no, Pascual Perez, there are no ancient ruins under Strong Badia. Or, at least, not one foot under Strong Badia. Digging is hard, man! Did you ever try to dig a hole? It's not all wipes and montages like in the movies. It takes forever! But who knows what wonders lie, say, one-and-a-half feet beneath Strong Badia? Or, dare I say it, a few feet beneath Strong Badia. Why it staggers the bad imagination.

''{An illustration of what might be a few feet under Strong Badia moves onscreen. After a moment, the [[New Paper]] comes down}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Not-The-Police Card.png|thumb|"Your Friendly Neighborhood Not-The-Police"]]
*Click on the text "rent out the dirt" after Strong Bad types it to see Strong Bad's business card.
*At the end, click on the box of peas in the "impenetrable diaper crust" to hear The King of Town describe how he'd like to eat the various layers of the Earth:
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ooh, that thing looks delicious! I'll take two slices of that, a piece of the igneous pie, and a molten core tart. 
:'''LADY:''' Oh, that looks sinful!
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Shut up, lady!
*Also at the end, click on "coldonesdry" to see a promo for Cold Ones Dry:
:''{A Cold Ones Dry bottle cap slowly moves across a purple background}''
:'''ANNOUNCER''': Cold Ones Dry, the official beverage of Taranchula.
:''{A picture of Schenkel McDoo appears with a word balloon reading what he's about to say}''
:'''SCHENKEL MCDOO''': Yah guys, Yold Ones Vry!
:'''ANNOUNCER''': That's right Sven, learn to speak American.

==Fun Facts==

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad believes that his parents are aliens in this email, but he showed us a picture of his parents (even if it was hidden by [[Le Restige]]) in [[the chair]].

===Goofs===
*After Strong Bad clears the screen following the business card Easter egg, the egg is still available for a few seconds by clicking the empty space.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad references [[pants]] at the beginning.
*The metal detector is made by [[Videlectrix]] Kidx.
*The bottle cap is from a bottle of [[Cold One|Cold Ones]] Dry.
*Buried underground in one of the bottom layers is what appears to be [[Homeschool Winner]]'s skull, a reference to his [[death]] from [[Sample of Style]].
*The lady who says "That looks sinful" in the Easter egg previously appeared in the email [[bottom 10]], describing a "Chocolardiac Arrest".
*The King of Town says "[[Shut Up, Lady|Shut up, lady!]]" in the Easter egg.
*The crate of [[peas]] in the top layer was where Strong Bad hoped the King of Town would be trapped in the email [[different town]].
*Bubs seems to be hiding the [[death]] of some fellow named Rich, whose coffin can be seen at the end of the email.
*Strong Bad believes his [[parents]] are aliens.
*The [[Generic Announcers|announcer]] for Cold Ones Dry was previously heard during the [[business trip]] and [[nightlife]] Easter eggs.

===Real-World References===
*Strong Bad's line about beings with different foreheads refers to the Klingons (and other such alternate species) of ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]]''. More specifically, it refers to the plot of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 'The Chase', in which the Enterprise crew discover a message from an ancient race who claim to have seeded the galaxy with other races that look like them, including humans and Klingons.
*"Jurassic Dork" refers to ''[[Wikipedia:Jurassic Park|Jurassic Park]]'', a novel by Michael Crichton which later became a [[Wikipedia:Jurassic Park franchise|movie series]].
*[[Wikipedia:Pascual Pérez (baseball)|Pascual Pérez]] was a major league pitcher.
*Sleestaks are ancient reptilian creatures from ''[[Wikipedia:Land of the Lost|The Land of the Lost]]'', which [[The Poopsmith]] has dressed up as in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] and [[TrogdorCon '97]].
*The cocoon uncovered by an old oatmeal enthusiast is a reference to Wilford Brimley in [[Wikipedia:Cocoon (film)|Cocoon]]. [[Wikipedia:Wilford Brimley|Wilford Brimley]] was also known for his Quaker Oatmeal commercials.
*[[Wikipedia:Black metal|Black metal]] is a style of heavy metal music.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|191|13681}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Places

Trogga — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:54:04 GMT

Trogga:

Here is a list of the many '''places''' in the [[Homestar Runner universe]], from [[Toons]] to [[Strong Bad Email]]s.

== Main Places ==
<gallery>
Image:Bubs Last Stand.PNG|<center>'''[[Bubs' Concession Stand]]'''</center>
Image:FCUSAMaybe.PNG|<center>'''[[Free Country, USA]]'''</center>
Image:Strongbadia.png|<center>'''[[Strong Badia]]'''</center>
Image:The Field Welcome Back.png|<center>'''[[The Field]]'''</center>
Image:TheStick.png|<center>'''[[The Stick]]'''</center>
</gallery>

==[[House of the Brothers Strong]]==
<gallery>
Image:SB_bathroom.PNG|<center>'''[[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]]'''</center>
Image:ComputerRoomFull.PNG|<center>'''[[Computer Room]]'''</center>
Image:email processing room.png|<center>'''[[Email Processing Room]]'''</center>
Image:Brothers_Strong_Living_Room.png|<center>'''[[Living Room of the Brothers Strong]]'''</center>
Image:The Basement.PNG|<center>'''[[Strong Bad's Basement]]'''</center>
Image:LaundryRoom.PNG|<center>'''[[Strong Bad's Laundry Room]]'''</center>
Image:sb room.png|<center>'''[[Strong Bad's Room]]'''</center>
Image:origami.png|<center>'''[[Strong Mad's Room]]'''</center>
Image:sbemail6.PNG|<center>'''[[Strong Sad's Room]]'''</center>
</gallery>

== Other Houses ==
<gallery>
Image:lockerroom.png|<center>'''[[Coach Z's Locker Room]]'''</center>
Image:halloween2001.png|<center>'''[[The Halloween House]]'''</center>
Image:Homestar_house_interior.png|<center>'''[[Homestar Runner's House]]'''</center>
Image:marzipanscouch.PNG|<center>'''[[Marzipan's House]]'''</center>
Image:Stinkoman house.png|<center>'''[[Stinkoman Headquarters]]'''</center>
Image:Strong_badman's_appartment_outside.PNG|<center>'''[[Strong Badman's Apartment]]'''
Image:The KoTs Castle Grand.PNG|<center>'''[[The King of Town's Castle]]'''</center>
Image:grill.PNG|<center>'''[[The King of Town's Grill|The Cheat's House/The King of Town's Grill]]'''</center>
Image:sbemail142.png|<center>'''[[Trailer Home]]'''</center>
</gallery>

== Other Places ==
<gallery>
Image:Airplane.png|<center>'''[[Airplane]]'''</center>
Image:Candy product alley.png|<center>'''[[Alleyway]]'''</center>
Image:Arena 2.png|<center>'''[[Arena]]'''</center>
Image:thefootballfield.png|<center>'''[[The Athletic Field]]'''</center>
Image:Thank_You_5.PNG|<center>'''[[Store Thank You Messages#Back Door Message|Back Door]]'''</center>
Image:Barscene_badguy.png|<center>'''[[The Bar]]'''</center>
Image:behindfence.png|<center>'''[[Behind the Fence]]'''</center>
Image:twinkie.PNG|<center>'''[[Where the Crap Are We?|Blue Fadey Land]]'''</center>
Image:trogdorcon.PNG|<center>'''[[Booth 101]]'''</center>
Image:bestdecemberween.PNG|<center>'''[[The Brick Wall]]'''</center>
Image:Comedy Club 5.png|<center>'''[[Bubs' Ha-Ha-Halloween Comedy Club]]'''</center>
Image:Missing_Lappy.PNG|<center>'''[[Bulletin Board]]'''</center>
Image:Carnival tent.png|<center>'''[[Carnival Tent]]'''</center>
Image:cheatroom.png|<center>'''[[The Cheat's Computer Room]]'''</center>
Image:sbemail136.PNG|<center>'''[[Club Technochocolate]]'''</center>
Image:SB Classroom.PNG|<center>'''[[The Classroom]]'''</center>
Image:Contest.PNG|<center>'''[[Contest Area]]'''</center>
Image:CGNU Crest.png|<center>'''[[Crazy Go Nuts University]]'''</center>
Image:ween05.png|<center>'''[[Cliffs#Creepy Cliff|Creepy Cliff]]'''</center>
<center>'''[[The King Of Town's Grill]]'''</center>
Image:homestarquiz.PNG|<center>'''[[CGNU Prinicpal's Office]]'''</center>
Image:systemisdown.png|<center>'''[[Error Page]]'''</center>
Image:garage.png|<center>'''[[The Garage]]'''</center>
Image:graffiti wall.png|<center>'''[[Graffiti Wall]]'''</center>
Image:Gymnasium.png|<center>'''[[Gymnasium]]'''</center>
Image:The Jail.png|<center>'''[[Jail]]'''</center>
Image:Build-a-deck.png|<center>'''[[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]]'''</center>
Image:Marzipansgazebo.PNG|<center>'''[[Marzipan's Gazebo]]'''</center>
Image:cinema.png|<center>'''[[The Movie Theater]]'''</center>
Image:mud bath.png|<center>'''[[Mud Baths]]'''</center>
Image:theoffice.png|<center>'''[[The Office]]'''</center>
Image:sbemail44.PNG|<center>'''[[The Pond]]'''</center>
Image:racetrack.png|<center>'''[[Race Track]]'''</center>
Image:The Red Radish Patch.PNG|<center>'''[[The Radish Patch]]'''</center>
Image:sbemail66.PNG|<center>'''[[The Show]]'''</center>
Image:skatetownusa.png|<center>'''[[Skatetown, USA]]'''</center>
Image:Smokyoffice.png|<center>'''[[Smoky Office]]'''</center>
Image:Spooky Forest.PNG|<center>'''[[Spooky Woods]]'''</center>
Image:thestage.PNG|<center>'''[[Stages|The Stage]]'''</center>
Image:sbemail69.PNG|<center>'''[[The Stone Bridge]]'''</center>
Image:sbemailahundred.png|<center>'''[[Storybook World]]'''</center>
Image:Keep_cool.PNG|<center>'''[[Swimming Pool]]'''</center>
Image:Main21.PNG|<center>'''[[Vector Field]]'''</center>
Image:ShoppingshowFinal.PNG|<center>'''[[Shopping Network Studio]]'''</center>
Image:sbemail158.png|<center>'''The [[Cliff]] in [[cliffhangers]]'''</center>
</gallery>

==[[Made-Up Places]] ==
<gallery>
Image:Cubeland.PNG|<center>'''[[Cubeland]]'''</center>
Image:Da Huuuuuudge.png|<center>'''[[Da Huuuuuudge|Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure]]'''</center>
Image:Saddy Dumpington 2.PNG|<center>'''[[Folk Tale World]]'''</center>
Image:junkyard.PNG|<center>'''[[The Junkyard]]'''</center>
Image:MosesMaloneLand.PNG|<center>'''[[Moses MaloneLand]]'''</center>
Image:sbemail122.png|<center>'''[[Nuclear Class Submarine "Soccermom"]]'''</center>
Image:Peasantry Map.png|<center>'''[[Peasantry]]'''</center>
Image:Place Postcard.PNG|<center>'''[[Made-up Places#Place|Place]]'''</center>
Image:rottenegglund.png|<center>'''[[Rotten Egglünd]]'''</center>
Image:scalding-lake-close.gif|<center>'''[[Scalding Lake]]'''</center>
Image:scc.png|<center>'''[[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land]]'''</center>
Image:rainbow.PNG|<center>'''[[The Sweet Sweet Rainbow Bridge]]'''</center>
Image:TCYBCBY.PNG|<center>'''[[Teen Girl Squad Locations]]'''</center>
</gallery>

=== [[Cheat Commandos]] Places ===
<gallery>
Image:nanasbackyard.png|<center>'''[[Blue Laser Commander's Nana's Backyard]]'''</center>
Image:Bluelasercottage.PNG|<center>'''[[Blue Laser Cottage]]'''</center>
Image:CC HQ Screenshot.png|<center>'''[[Cheat Commandos HQ]]'''</center>
Image:price style screenshot.png|<center>'''[[Price Style]]'''</center>
Image:bluelaserdesert.png|<center>'''[[The Desert]]'''</center>
Image:Reynoldhouse.png|<center>'''[[Reynold's Parents' House]]'''</center>
</gallery>

== [[Old-Timey]] Places ==
<gallery>
Image:cholera acres.PNG|<center>'''[[Cholera Acres Cemetary]]'''</center>
Image:the cliff.png|<center>'''[[Cliffs#Old-Timey Cliff|The Cliff]]'''</center>
Image:hell.png|<center>'''[[Hell]]'''</center>
Image:kickthecan.png|<center>'''[[The Old Movie Reel Room]]'''</center>
Image:pietimer place.PNG|<center>'''[[The Old Pietimer Place]]'''</center>
Image:1936field.png|<center>'''The Factory/Circus District ([[The Field#Old-Timey Appearances|Old-Timey Field]])'''</center>
Image:parsnipdepot.png|<center>'''[[Parsnip Depot]]'''</center>
Image:punkin patch.PNG|<center>'''[[Punkin Patch]]'''</center>
Image:oldtimeystage.png|<center>'''[[Stages#Old-Timey Stage|The Stage]]'''</center>
Image:telegramroom.png|<center>'''[[Telegraph Room]]'''</center>
</gallery>

== [[Far Off Lands|Foreign Lands]] ==
<gallery>
Image:Main6.PNG|<center>'''[[Heaven]]'''</center>
Image:sbemail52.PNG|<center>'''[[The Island]]'''</center>
Image:The Moon.PNG|<center>'''[[The Moon]]'''</center>
Image:Mundelow address.png|<center>'''[[Mundelow]]'''</center>
Image:Neuconsin.PNG|<center>'''[[Neuconsin]]'''</center>
Image:COTAS.PNG|<center>'''[[Outer Space]]'''</center>
Image:planetk.png|<center>'''[[Planet K]]'''</center>
Image:far off lands map.png|<center>'''[[Prance]]'''</center>
Image:SB Vacation spots.png|<center>'''[[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots]]'''</center>
Image:Rekjavik.jpg|<center>'''[[West Rekjavik]]'''</center>
</gallery>
[[Category: Places|*]][[Category: Lists]]

Made-up Places

Trogga — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:51:19 GMT

Trogga:

[[Image:Place_Postcard.PNG|thumb|right|220px|Generic ''and'' non-existent]]
There are many times where characters (presumably) '''make up places'''. [[Strong Bad]] often makes these places up while recalling [[History according to Strong Bad|history that may or may not be true]], or to [[Blatant Lies|cover up the real truth]], usually unsuccessfully. Other characters will have fantasies take place in these made up locations.{{clear}}
==List of Made-up Places==
{| class="sortable" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=120 | Place !! Mentioned in !! Context
|-id="Bumdumbourge'''
| '''Bumdumbourge''' || [[secret recipes]] || A region near [[#Totalslava|Totalslava]] in which [[Strong Bad]] claims he grew up, and where his "poopaw" taught him to cook "the Chekt". Strong Bad invents this place to cover up his supposed recipe to cook [[The Cheat]].
|-id="Big Old Tree"
| '''[[Different Town Character Variations#Big Ol' Tree|Big Ol' Tree]] || [[different town]] || What Strong Bad would change [[The Stick]] to if he could make the town different.
|-id="Cory, North Dakota"
| '''Cory, North Dakota''' || [[cheat talk]] || The author of the email forgets to put his name and his state on separate lines so Strong Bad imagines a whole town emailed him.
|-id="Cubeland"
|'''[[Cubeland]]''' || [[the facts]] || Place where [[Strong Mad]]'s shape is normal, according to Strong Bad.
|-id="Folk Tale World"
|'''[[Folk Tale World]]''' || [[A Folky Tale]] || A product of [[Strong Sad]]'s imagination with some embellishments from [[Coach Z]] which is the time of [[Saddy Dumpington]].
|-id="Moses Maloneland"
|'''[[Moses Maloneland]]''' || [[bedtime story]] || A place where "The [[Internet Slang|Ch8t's]] Cheatventures in Moses Malone Land" takes place.
|-id="Mundelow"
|'''[[Mundelow]]''' || [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] || The place where [[What's Her Face]] lives, as well as the headquarters for the [[Thorax Corporation]]
|-id="Place"
|'''Place''' || [[different town]] || A vacation destination to which [[Strong Bad]] supposedly went at the end of [[different town]]. A [[postcard]] for Place features [[Monkey D]] against the [[Wikipedia:Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], but according to a map in [[modeling]], it is located near the Nautical Ocean (which also borders Haggleston and Land).
|-id="Rotten Egglund"
|'''[[Rotten Egglünd]]''' || [[Sick Day]] || A land Strong Bad compares Strong Mad's room to when his disease causes unbearable stenches.
|-id="Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA"
|'''[[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA]]''' || [[Theme Park]] || The theme park [[Strong Bad]] imagines when asked if [[Strong Badia]] had a theme park.
|-id="The Sweet Sweet Rainbow Bridge"
|'''The Sweet Sweet Rainbow Bridge''' || [[flashback]] || The path connecting [[The Moon]] to [[Free Country, USA]].
|-id="Totalslava"
| '''Totalslava''' || [[secret recipes]] || A region neighboring [[#Bumdumbourge|Bumdumbourge]].
|-id="Visitation Room"
| '''Visitation Room''' || [[your funeral]] || One of the places where Strong Bad would not like his remains to be displayed.
|}
{{stub}}
[[Category: Places|*]]

Talk:licensed

Trogga — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:47:30 GMT

Trogga: /* Daycares */

== What's new link ==
Dunno what i cans do about it, but the link to the sbemail is broked. It links to sbemail.190.html (that is, there's an extra dot). Someone with the privilege needs to fix this right quick. [[User:Telamon|-Telamon]] 06:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:Nvm. Fixed. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:02, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
== Blackhead-Flaced Janice ==
Should it be pointed out that Blackhead-Flaced Janice is a joke on the misspelling of Pilmple-faced Bill? Is it possible to over-"over-analyze"?
:Give the [[HRWiki:Standards]] a read. I'd say this qualifies as both obvious and explaining the joke. So... no. [[User:64.198.255.1|64.198.255.1]] 20:21, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

== Homestar's Song ==

although it's similar, the song homestar's singing isn't the one from [[anything]] and [[the paper]]. that one comes from "never-ending story", but this one is different. i don't know where it's from, but i'm still deleting that inside reference. --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 07:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:I'm considering the "Sail Away, Sail Away, Sail Away" part of [[Wikipedia:Orinoco Flow|Orinoco Flow]] by [[Wikipedia:Enya|Enya]]? -- [[User:Mithent|Mithent]] 08:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::i can see what you're coming from, but he says the line 4 times instead of three, so i'm guessing it's something else. --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 08:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::It reminds me more of the Hot Hot Heat song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdk8J1OOiJA Bandages], but again he says it four times instead of three. [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 15:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Sounds a lot like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GBn-BpkNsA "Walking on Broken Glass"] by Annie Lennox [[User:Havl|Havl]] 20:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::::That's really not how the song goes at all.[[User:LikeAsItself|LikeAsItself]] 00:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:It sounds to me like the Flintstone kids theme. "Yabba dab yabba dab yabba dabba do" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scpjpz3ReMI FSK]
::Well, apparently, if everyone thinks it's something different, it has to be TTATOT.--{{User:Johnny Jupiter/sig}} 21:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Not necessarily, because it's possible that all but one of those people are wrong. :)
::::Just to clarify: the song Homestar sings in [[anything]] is the same tune as the themesong from The Neverending Story; that's an objective fact that can be demonstrated by anyone who knows musical notation. If a bunch of people came in saying "I think it sounds like the theme from Night Court!" and "No, it's totally 'Yesterday' by the Beatles!" and "Wait, I could swear I heard that tune in a Bach fugue somewhere" and "Are you sure it isn't from Merzbow's new album?", that wouldn't make it TTATOT. It would still actually be a reference to The Neverending Story, and all those other people would just be wrong.
:::::No, it's not the same. It's starts the same, but the end is different enough to make it obviously not the same.--{{User:Johnny Jupiter/sig}} 08:30, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::I think you misread me. I'm talking about the song in [[anything]] ("The neverending soda"), not the one in [[licensed]]. I was using it as an example of a clear, indisputible reference, to make a more general point about the definition of "TTATOT." This new one isn't a clear, indisputible reference to anything I've heard, although obviously I haven't heard everything.
:::I agree with the Flintstones Kids theme. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 22:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::::There are a lot of unsigned posts here, but I am making the judgement that this is a TTATOT connection, and unless a really positive match arises for this to be a parody of, it's not anything. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
::I think the above people are onto something with the Flintstones Kids theme. For those who have knocked it, to clarify: this is referring to the 90's cartoon show, not the vitamin jingle, which is nothing alike. The idea's not too far-fetched, and we ''know'' TBC have heard of it from the [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7|TGS 7]] commentary. Shall maybe everyone give it a listen to be sure? I'm pulling it out of a decade-old memory here, avoiding listening to the link, and I think it's a fair match. Should they be doing it from memory, like I am, isn't a teeny bit of off-keyness expected? Plus, I mean...it's Homestar. He's flat allthedang time. -- [[User:Onamuji|Onamuji]] 14:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
::: Yes, it sounds sort of kind of almost like the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xomL0HKwS0k Flintstone Kids] theme song, but it sounds as much like everything else mentioned above. I vote for TTATOT. [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 14:57, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
::::The most convincing thing here is "walking on broken glass" which i have never heard, so i don't know if it sounds like it or not, but makes sense as it's ABOUT broken glass... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::Check it out. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GBn-BpkNsA "Walking on Broken Glass"] [[User:Havl|Havl]] 18:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::I have to go with "Walking on Broken Glass," too. Yes, the tune HR sings has similarities to other tunes as well (which can't really be avoided, it's essentially "three notes, pause, three notes, pause, etc)", taking the subject matter of that song into account, it'd be too big of a coincidence to ignore, imo. -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 22:35, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::::But "Walking on Broken Glass" goes note, up a note, down a note (ie, same as the first). Homestar's song goes note, note, down a half note (except for the first "Broken glass" which admittedly has almost the same pattern, ie note, up a note, down a half note). [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 01:42, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::::I agree that it's not exactly the same, which is why I'm actually more hesitant than my first post makes me out to be, looking at it again. -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 03:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::Juys. I'm that age where I know all these tunes. It's not any of them. At all. Trust me. I cannot yet divine what, if anything, that tune refers to. (Are you aware I perform and figure out songs professionally?) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 04:04, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::::::your job is to figure out what songs are being lampooned by others? huh. at any rate, no, i don't think most people were aware. --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 05:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

=="Human noses?"==

Does Strong Bad imply that he is not human? Has this ever happened before?
:I was wondering about that myself. I know it was in a quick joke, and may not hold a lot of weight, but I think something like whether or not you're human isn't something that you casually contradict in a joke with out paying attention. You wouldn't say "It looks just like me except with a human nose" even as a joke, unless it was already given that you weren't human, or at least weren't considered human.--{{User:Johnny Jupiter/sig}} 08:36, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::well, no matter how you look at it, he ''doesn't'' have a human nose, just like how homestar and the like don't have arms or pants, and those are mentioned all the time, too. i don't think it has much bearing on ''what'' anybody is. --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 08:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Except he said "human nose". It would have been just like Homestar's arms if he just said "nose". The humor in that, just like the humor in [[fingers]] is adding something to him that he should have but obviously doesn't. It's the same way with the word human. The humor in adding a human nose to him is that he has no nose and he's not human.--{{User:Johnny Jupiter/sig}} 09:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::::Naw, i agree with Neumannz, it's not notable beyond his lack of a visible one, whether he said human or not. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 09:02, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::I think that "human" here was intended to mean "realistic". These are not cartoon noses, or animal noses. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 09:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::I'm with E.L. Cool on this one. I definitely think he meant shaped noses, with nostrils and a bridge and all that good stuff, as opposed to a simple little ball nose, like the one Stro Bro has on the side of the Puddin' Patch. -- [[User:Onamuji|Onamuji]] 12:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I think this joke has been referenced in [[alternate universe]] before. [[User:Danny Lilithborne|Danny Lilithborne]] 15:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

TBC have frequently referred to the h*r characters as "funny animal characters." --[[Image:qod_22_-_reynold.PNG|20px]] [[User:Lelila|lelila]] [[User_talk:Lelila|(talk)]] 22:17, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

== A mousy description? / Coach Z can't talk. ==

First, I'm not sure about that description of the Cheat's mural picture. His pudginess and distinctive, if unlabelled, jar of Hunny seem to suggest Winnie the Pooh to me. (The antennae, obviously, are out of place.)

Second, does Coach Z say "You're toys" or "You're twice"? I definitely heard the latter, which I can imagine him saying because he's weird, but the former makes sense too. Any thoughts? -- [[User:Onamuji|Onamuji]] 12:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:yeah, i hear "twice" ---[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 16:06, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::I originally heard it as "toys" (and put it that way in the subtitles), but it now seems closer to "twice", even with Coach Z's accent. [[User:ZanderSchubert|ZanderSchubert]] 23:06, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:::I heard"toys" or "twoise". [[User:Justin Master of Nature|[[User:Justin Master of Nature|Master of Nature]]]] 19:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:"Twice" would make a lot of sense, as there are two Strong Bads in the room. One is, admittedly, a pinata.

== Shut up, lady! ==

Have this voice and Strong Bad's response appeared enough times now for us to consider it a running gag? I know it occurred in [[bottom 10]], and I think one other...though I wouldn't swear to it. -- [[User:Onamuji|Onamuji]] 12:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:as noted in inside references, the second one was [[your funeral]]. i don't know enough about the rules of running gags to say whether this should be considered one. --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 16:12, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

: I think "Shut up, Lady" should be considered a running gag. Three instances have warranted others to be added if my memory serves my correctly. The fact we've seen it in 3 toons set far apart from each other tells me that TBC find it funny and would add it into future toons. [[User:Stribbs|Stribbs]] 17:34, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::Ummm, it is. It's [[Shut Up, Lady|here]]. {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} 17:39, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Oh... so it is. Uh, well... I'll... sports team. [[User:Stribbs|Stribbs]] 17:43, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

== Bubs' Merchandise ==
<s>Doesn't</s> Isn't Bubs selling a Strong Bad beanie cap? Should that go into teh "fun facts" section? —[[User:SpazZataKc|SpazZataKc]]

Yeah. it should. -Coleslaw

Looks like the fourth item he's selling is The Cheat-shaped Post-It notes... see also [[secret recipes]]... [[User:Agnamaracs|Agnamaracs]] 22:12, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

== Gunkistan? ==

Why got the Facts about Gunkistan being a portmanteau and a inside reference to Gunk Iller deleted?

:It may be because they're wrong...The portmanteau is less obviously incorrect, but technically -stan and is a suffix, a word in some language (Arabic) meaning "land," which is why it's used at the end of so many countries (Afghanistan = Land of the Afghanis, Kazakhstan = Land of the Kazakhs, etc.). This would make it not a portmanteau. As for the other one, being a reference to the Gunk Iller, I see no reason why this was up there in the first place. Gunk is a very common term for any gross, ambiguous substance.

::I disagree with you on the portmanteau subject. if you look at the [[Portmanteaus]] page you'll notice "Millionzoic", "Tenthennial" and "Geographist", all words with a general suffix. Gunkistan should be there too. Maybe I was a little off by saying that it's in particular park Pakistan, but that's the only country that have the letter K to form -kistan (Gun-Kistan). I'm not readding it still so it won't start to be and edit war, but I think it should be discussed. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 21:59, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

:::What about Kyrkistan? And almost Kazakhstan... [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 01:45, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::::Ok, there's no Kyrkistan, but [[Wikipedia:-stan#Countries|there are]] Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as countries (as well as some made up ones in the section below). Is anyone else objecting to this fun fact? It's not TTATOT because of the many countries, but it's a reference to -stan in general. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 16:47, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

== Old Lady ==

Now that the Old Lady made a third appearance, should we revive her page? {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} 16:34, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

We should if we have pages like [[Europa-pean Lobster]]. [[User:Tojo940|Tojo940]] 05:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

== Two things ==
1.) Are we sure Homestar is singing "broken glass?" because I heard "working class". 2.) Will the shady daycare be haunting anybody else's nightmares or just mine?

:"Working Class" makes no sense. The pinatas were filled with broken glass as evidenced by the multiple lacerations and shards on Homestar's face. Since Strong Bad asked Homestar to reveal what was contained there-in. In true Homestar way he sung it. [[User:Stribbs|Stribbs]] 17:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:1) definitely broken glass, 2) just yours --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 17:51, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

:"Working Class" makes so much more sense that its more than a little surprising that someone would post it. The fact that they did it anonymously makes me wonder if it was another trollish post designed to incite an argument. Its a wonder that someone didn't call this person names. -[[User:JamesDean|JamesDean]]
::there's still time for that --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 02:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

== Bubs arms. ==

Has anyone noticed that Bubs arms are animated the same way they were in Nightlife and how Coach Z's were in Trogday 08?--{{User:Kirbychu HR'D/sig}} 20:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:Yes. It's a new style design. Individually drawn per frame. It seems to be the way things are done from now on. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::yeah, we're not worrying about mentioning it anymore, since it's become standard and it's under bub's evolution page --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 02:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

== Toucan Sam, Zazu, and Cinderella ==
[[Image:Toucans.png|thumb|fourcans]]
<blockquote>The cover of "Jungle Animals in Decidedly Non-Jungle Situations" has a variation of The Cheat similar to The Lion King (The Cheat resembles Zazu) and Toucan Sam, mascot of Froot Loops. The other is Cinderella.</blockquote> This is in desperate need of rewording, but first we need to decide what we're doing with it. It can't be Zazu and Toucan Sam. Isn't that TTATOT? I don't really think it's either. It's just a toucan. A random jungle animal. Also, are we sure the other DVD is a play on Cinderella? It seems likely, but not certain. But if so, it needs to be worded better.--{{User:Johnny Jupiter/sig}} 21:01, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

:Or is it just generally agreed that it's pointless to mention any of that crap? I'm for that, too.--{{User:Johnny Jupiter/sig}} 21:11, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::I think the refernce to Zazu can go, but Toucan Sam should stay. The Cheat looks nothing like Zazu, beyond the blue color and big beak, nor does he look much like a real toucan, but the striped beak gives him a strinking resemlance to Toucan Sam. {{User:Exhibit A/sig}} 21:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Yeah, if it looks like anything, it's Sam.--{{User:Johnny Jupiter/sig}} 22:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
::::I think it's generic, but the overall feel is the lion king. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 22:19, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::Zazu's not even a toucan. He's a hornbill. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 22:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::Although the colours are in a slightly different order, there is a clear similarity between Toucan The Cheat and Toucan Sam. This was the first thing I thought when I saw the DVD case.{{User:The Chort/sig}} 13:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::::I agree, the colors, especially the black followed by the pink, are particularly reminiscent of Toucan Sam. That's definitely what I thought too. -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 18:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Another one who thinks it looks like Toucan Sam. Follow your nose! [[User:Danny Lilithborne|Danny Lilithborne]] 08:40, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

== Bioshock Reference? ==

Does the singing child at the daycare remind anyone else of the 2nd little sister sighting in Bioshock? The little sister is heard singing a song to the same tune, in a very creepy way. The fact that they're both singing the same tune, both children and the fact that it is very creepy in both cases suggests a reference, no?

:Senor Cardgage is not a child. And it's a common kid's tune. And Senor is always creepy, so it might not be a reference. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:31, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

==Toys R Us==

I think I saw a Toys R Us reference. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 22:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
:We,, you may or may not be correct about that. It would depend on what you saw, which I have no idea what it was.... {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:32, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::The drawings on the building. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 02:43, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

== Ugly Bird ==

Anyone else think that Homestar calling the swollen, floating The Cheat an "Ugly Bird" is a reference to... um... the one other email (I forget which one) where Homestar called a swollen, floating The Cheat an "Ugly Bird?"
: Someone else sure does, thats why they mentioned it in the article: ''The Easter egg where Homestar sees The Cheat float by and thinks he's an ugly bird is a reference to helium. '' -[[User:JamesDean|JamesDean]]

==Blood?==
Just wondering how blood is an "Inside Reference." You don't have to be a Homestar Runer fan to fully appreciate blood jokes. [[User:Catman87|Catman87]]
:Because blood is a recurring element/gag in some toons. The [[blood]] page ties all appearances of blood together in a list. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 23:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
::Then shouldn't be called a "Running Gag" instead of a "Inside Reference?" [[User:Catman87|Catman87]]
:::It refers, within the Homestar Runner universe, to the "blood" running gag. Does that make it clearer? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

== This is like the best sbemail in a long while ==

It's awesome and good and classic and this is the best Bubs appearance since lunch special ;0
:that is a very forum-esque comment for a Talk page, so let's keep that to a minumum --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 02:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

== beanies ==

Aren't those strong bad beanies that Bubs has a real item in the store? I'd check myself but I'm far too lazy.--[[User:97.82.22.53|97.82.22.53]] 00:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:Yes they are (I own one), which is why it is mentioned in the article http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/licensed#Remarks [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 15:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

== Murdered person at the daycare? ==

What's with the outline of the person? It looked like a person had been murdered or something.
:mentioned on the [[Papa Cardgage's PUDDIN' PATCH]] page --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 02:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

It's just there too add a scary feeling to that daycare. -Coleslaw

==Disney DVDs==

The DVDs resemble Cinderella and The Lion King. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 02:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:One problem, however is that The Lion King does not feature non-jungle situations. I think "The Wild" would be a closer match. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 14:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
::Someone suggested TaleSpin. Huh? [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 23:07, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:::No, it represents The Jungle Book. [[User:76.173.92.70|76.173.92.70]] 23:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:::: Strong Bad makes it clear what these are and why they ''vaguely'' resemble Disney movies: "The ones that are slight variations of slightly animated kids' movies. The kind they put right next to the check-out line, so Grandma might accidentally mistake it for the real thing." When Disney releases an animated movie, knock-off companies rush their own ultracheap adaptations of the public domain source to the stores while the big budget version's still in theaters in order to get kids and grandmas to get all excited seeing "Aladdin" (or whatever) in the store and buy it. Go look at the cheap movie bin at a drugstore or the supermarket checkout racks sometime if you've never seen these. Not Bothering To Make An Account, 37:94 Forty-Terst Decembuary 20X8.
For reasons I can no longer remember, I originally thought the "4" in the title of the Cinderella parody was a reference to the fact Disney made a Cinderella 3 last year. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 00:34, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:Could be a reference to all the crappy sequals to old movies that they came out with for the past few years, cinderella 2 and 3 (and 4?) among them... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 00:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Strong Bad as a ''lion'' with a (king's?) ''crown'' makes me think it's supposed to be The Lion King. Of course, The Cheat looks a whole lot more like Toucan Sam than Zazu ... Maybe it's an amalgam of several things. (I certainly don't see TaleSpin, though!) The other definitely looks like Cinderella to me (though his dress reminds me more of Snow White's ...)--[[User:Bobsmith84|Bobsmith84]] 14:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:The TaleSpin thing is the desk, a reference to Sheer Khan's desk. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 02:19, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::That's wediculous. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 23:06, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
All this opinion on which real-world movie this is it, can only make you more understand the joke. The DVDs are almost one thing, but not quite the other. Almost like Cardgage's speech. Don't try to overthink what particular story is each DVD, or try to break it down to pieces and put each piece in the right movie. That's just the whole joke. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 16:53, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:As the article says (or said at one point, this cold makes me not bothering to check the page to see if it's still there), it's a reference to the slipshod animated features that two-bit companies come out with to coincide with Disney's feature film release dates. [[User:Danny Lilithborne|Danny Lilithborne]] 08:43, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Um, TaleSpin wasn't a Disney movie, it was a Disney tv show. but I digress. Anon, 20:50, 22 February 2008
:As Awexome said... huh? [[User:Danny Lilithborne|Danny Lilithborne]] 01:10, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
::Because it has the word "jungle" in it, I thought it was The Jungle Book if it's not The Lion King. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 22:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

==Toothbrush==

Could someone explain the toothbrush? [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 02:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:it's a novelty "sugar toothbrush" which i guess means it spins the sugary SB head against a kid's teeth --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 02:30, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

What's it supposed to be a parody of? [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 02:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:What that description brings to my mind is those Cap Spin Pop devices that spin the little lollipops while they are licked. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 02:48, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
::That's what I was thinking too. It's a lollipop, not a toothbrush. Evidence: electric toothbrushes don't spin like that, there is no evidence of bristles of any kind, it's extremely lollipop-shaped, and the usage of words like "rot the teeth out of" and "sugar". Also, given the other unlicensed merch (and unlicensed merch in general), a spinning lollipop fits much better than a toothbrush. As such, the explanation about novelty toothbrushes should either be reworded or outright destroyed. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:52, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Note also that he's talking specifically about unlicensed confections at that point (if we weren't already clear...). -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 04:57, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

== Broken-Glass Soda? ==

Anyone else find the Broken Glass/Ugly Bird song similar to the "Never-ending Soda" song from 'anything'?
:There is a thread above on this. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:24, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

==Toothbrush description==

I think the toothbrush description is incomplete. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 23:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
:I couldn't find a detailed enough link. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 23:38, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I think the toothbrush does something that isn't mentioned in its description. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 23:56, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
:It would be much easier for most of us if you could try to be specific. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 22:00, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
::Or better yet, add to the Fun Facts section whatever it is you think would make the description complete, and I'll try to tell you if it's true. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 22:12, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
::I think the top comes off. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 03:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

== Homestar's Birthday ==

When Homestar says that it was "his best birthdays ever", does this mean that his birthday is on February 19? {{User:The Teach!/Twig}}
:You're assuming Homestar knows what he's talking about. This is not a safe assumption. [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 01:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::So you're saying that he is so stupid that he doesn't even know whether it's really his birthday or not? {{User:The Teach!/Twig}}
::: Seeing as how he doesn't even know he's not wearing pants, yes, I am saying he's that stupid. [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 01:48, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::::he does know about the pants, it's just sometimes traumatic to think about it ([[long pants]]) --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 05:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::I says until they have a cartoon that specifically depicts his birthday, we can't really know. There's no guarantee that they had the party that day, or that the party was on the same day as his actual birthday, or, as aforementioned, that Homestar had any idea what he was talking about.--{{User:Johnny Jupiter/sig}} 06:18, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::That's like claiming that [[Nibbles|Nibbles']] birthday is on July 11 because that's the day [[bottom 10]] came out. The only birthdays we actually know are [[Happy Trogday|Trogdor's]] (Jan 13) and Stinkoman's (Jan 6). {{User:The Chort/sig}} 10:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::::And, I suppose, [[cheatday|cheatday]]. --[[Image:qod_22_-_reynold.PNG|20px]] [[User:Lelila|lelila]] [[User_talk:Lelila|(talk)]] 04:14, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

==Guttenberg==
Project Guttenberg is an online library. I think this should be mentioned somewhere - Owen
:guttenberg is a common last name, and a city, and this that and the other thing. No connection. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 03:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::Guttenburg is a reference to the Guttenburg Bible. All other uses of it are also references to that. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 04:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Which is, in turn, a reference to the man who made said bible, [[Wikipedia:Johannes Gutenberg|Johannes Gutenberg]]. [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 05:43, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
::::Which is also, in turn, a reference to the man's father. Moral of the story: unless there's a direct correlation between something and a common name, it's best not to make a reference to it. [[User:MNGoldenEagle|MNGoldenEagle]] 08:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::For what it's worth, when I first saw Guttenberg, I thought of [[Wikipedia:Steve Guttenberg|Steve Guttenberg]] ... So I agree. Not a specific reference to anything.--[[User:Bobsmith84|Bobsmith84]] 14:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

==Intro==

The intro sounds familiar. I'm thinking some kids show. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 19:48, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

==Disney==

Is Disney becoming a running gag now? [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 19:54, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:Show me the other references. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 20:25, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

==Jungle Animal DVD==

The desk on the Jungle Animal DVD reminds me of Becky's desk from TaleSpin. [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 19:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
:look [[#Disney DVDs|up]] {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 20:00, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

== Beginning email song ==

It appears that Strongbad is singing to the tune of "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair"
Can I get someone to second that? --[[User:68.166.201.226|68.166.201.226]] 23:42, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
: The first couple of notes sound like it, but not the rest of it. --[[User:97.82.22.53|97.82.22.53]] 01:48, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

== My Gym Partner Is A Strong Bad ==

The "Jungle Animals in Non-Jungle Situations" thing reminds me heavily of the Cartoon Network show "My Gym Partner is a Monkey." Anyone else? (Oops, mistakenly put this as an edit rather than an addition.)

== Papa Cardgage ==

For the record, the song Frère Jacques and the song Where Is Thumbkin have the same tune, and judging from the lyrics, I think it was meant to be an allusion to Thumbkin, not Jacques :P

== Internet Connection ==

So... that shot from the back of Strong Bad's computer? Yeah, there's definitely no phone or ethernet line connected back there, nor is there any card in his PCMCIA slot (not that I'd think the lappy was wifi-capable, anyway...) so I can only assume Strong Bad is not actually connected to the Internet. I don't really think this is significant enough to be mentioned in the remarks section, but I thought I'd bring it up, anyway. --[[Image:qod_22_-_reynold.PNG|20px]] [[User:Lelila|lelila]] [[User_talk:Lelila|(talk)]] 22:22, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
:It's especially not worth bringing up, as this [[Talk:isp#Lappy Back|isn't the first time we've seen the back of the Lappy]], either. Though I thought there was more discussion about his connection cables than that... --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 22:46, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

== Daycares ==

Is it noteworthy to point out that the unlicensed-characters-in-daycares is a reference to how Disney started cracking down on people harmlessly having disney characters painted on their walls at daycares?
:What connection is there to that specific incident? None. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 04:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
::[http://www.snopes.com/disney/wdco/daycare.asp What are you talking about, DeFender1031?] --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 21:47, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

== Broken Glass ==

Although Bubs says the items in his coat (among which the pinata is visible) are safe, the pinata had broken glass in it. Is this worth mentioning? [[User:Unbalanced|Unbalanced]] 19:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
:I think that's worth a Remark. Do it. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 19:41, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
::I think it's explaining the joke, and a remark would kinda insult the reader's intelligence. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:46, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, I tried adding it, but it got removed. Do you think we should STUFF it? [[User:Unbalanced|Unbalanced]] 17:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
:I strongly feel it's unnecessary. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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== Mean to young people? ==

You're my least favorite admin ever.
:Well, <s>''Bubsty''</s> (I was close. See below), one of the things you learn as an admin is that you can't please everybody all the time. I am, however, open to constructive criticism, so I'm a little disappointed that you didn't give me any more to go on than that one line. Or that you didn't at least sign your name. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
::What? Did Bubsty write that? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 20:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Indeed. ''EDIT: Actually, his sister said that it was she who wrote the comment.'' — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
::::Or perhaps somebody from his computer or something. He did [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Da_Basement&diff=prev&oldid=241561 refer to Bubsty in the third person]... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::How did this person edit da Basement? Didn't you block him for 3 days, TBird? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 00:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yes, he did, but I unblocked the IP, since the edit wasn't trolling or vandalism. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:38, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I see. And in response to Thunderbird's comment: I don't know that third person is really evidence it wasn't he; he could have been covering his tracks. What ''does'' baffle me, however, is that that IP wrote false information about Bubsty's guestbook being gone, when in fact Bubsty himself removed the deletion tag from his guestbook, something one would think Bubsty would know. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 01:14, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Haha, I just mentioned that point a minute ago. But on IRC- I didn't bother updating my theory here. Thanks for pointing that out. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 01:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::That was me! Not Erik! And he told me he left the wiki, so I thought he had deleted his guestbook too. [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 04:03, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::<nowiki>*</nowiki>Sigh*. So much for me leaving. Seems I have some explaining to do. Some things to clear this whole thing up:
::::::::::First off, I '''''DID NOT''''' write that comment above. I recently showed Sarah the comment you left on my user talk page a while ago telling me to stop using the list of users list to welcome people. Although I really didn't care that much about what you had written, she seemed to think of it as rude and insulting. I assume that comment was her "blowing off steam".
::::::::::It seems Dot Com thinks Thekillerdynamo is me. If you still have any questions about this whole thing, ''please'' tell me. I'll try to explain it.
::::::::::Finally, I'm really sorry (not to mentioned embarrased), that this whole thing happened. I'll '''try''' to have something like this ''never'' happen again. (Depends if a certain family member agrees).
::::::::::Sincerely,
::::::::::{{User:Bubsty/sig}} 04:22, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Well, as you can see below, all I knew for sure was that the edits were coming from your house. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
You do a lot on this wiki, but you're mean to the young people here. 10, 11, 12, and 13 year olds shouldn't have to act like a 28-year-old!
Can't you just be a ''bit'' nicer? I think more people would like you then.
Please; I'm not trolling - although I did blank your talk page. But that was so you would see this easier.
If you revert it (which I'm sure you will) can you at least think about being ''nicer''?
Once again, sorry for messing up your talk page. Just please read. Thanks! [[User:24.18.208.18|24.18.208.18]] 04:58, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:PS: I think you're still a good admin. Just show some commen sense. (Of course, I should talk; Look who's about to get themselves blocked!)
:PPS: Oh, and about my first edit on this page; I admit that was me. But that was back when I didn't know what a wiki was and didn't know who you were. You ''aren't'' my least favorite admin ever. In fact, you're one of my favs! If you want to block me for that, go ahead; I deserve it.
::Why don't you log in so we can discuss this. Talking through an IP address isn't the kind of conversation we should be having. I'm not going to block you. If I wanted to block you, I would have blocked your IP a long time ago. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Ok, I made a user. [[User:That One User|That One User]] 06:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I don't mean make a sockpuppet, I mean log in as yourself. You have obviously been around for a bit for you to hold the opinion you do, and, looking closely, you are either Bubsty or, at the very least, someone inside his house. So, c'mon now, Erik, Sarah, whoever... log in for real if you actually want to talk. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:05, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::How did you know? [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 00:49, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Hang on now, let me make sure I have this right... You're telling me that someone who has [[Special:Contributions/Thekillerdynamo|18 total contributions]] (as of this writing, none of which are in the article namespace) and to whom the only thing [[User talk:It's dot com/These Peoples Try to Fade Me#Hi_from_Thekillerdynamo|I've ever said]] is "Welcome to the wiki, Sarah! Ask your brother to show you how to sign your name," would suddenly and for no apparent reason get so annoyed with me as to [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&diff=240812&oldid=240757 put this] on my page? I'm sorry, but that just doesn't add up. Perhaps you could explain yourself a little... or come clean. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Seems odd right? Actully, I've just seen what you've said to other people (like the thing) and what you said to Bubsty that one time. That was why I said "you're my least favorite admin ever". When you said that thing about user welcoming... something like that. But I'm not mad anymore. [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 04:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::: Oh, okay then. Please allow me to speak to your points: Occasionally messages must be posted that are stern because it's urgent that the message be understood. (In the case of the message I sent your brother, it was because of the fact that edit summaries can't be changed, and so we have to be careful what we put in them.) I do try, however, never to be insulting, and as I said way back when, I do apologize if he took it that way. Also, I have nothing against young users, and I will happily give assistance to anyone who needs it (just have a look around this talk page). It should be noted that several of our exceptional users, including a sysop, are quite young, relatively speaking. Even though actual age doesn't matter, I don't see anything wrong with expecting a certain level of maturity from our users, once they've had a chance to get the hang of things. The wiki, after all, is not a toy. I think BazookaJoe put it quite well in his message to The thing when he talked about what [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:The_thing&oldid=242251 the purpose] of this wiki is. All of this can only bring us to one conclusion: ...Strong Sad's [[caffeine#Transcript|adopted]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

== Well this is (not) nice... ==

I'd just like to bring this to your attention: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Homestar_Coder&diff=242152&oldid=242150]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 03:54, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I noticed that. I don't know what that guy's deal is. He is addressing Coder, so I'd prefer she be the one to respond to him. That edit could be called trolling (in the true sense of the word), but it's not vandalism. Until and unless he causes more, bigger trouble, I'ma stay out of it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::I was thinking it was more along the lines of harassment. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:43, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Still, if she wants to block him, she has the power. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:45, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah. Very well I just thought I'd bring that up. Have a good night. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Thanks for bringing it up. I'll be keeping an eye on that guy for sure. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::This guy has some kind of anger management problem, and I think not responding to him is the best course of action. I don't even know where he gets this stuff; I've never blocked him (although I did warn him that he might be blocked for mucking up the Sandbox), called him any names (especially not "incredibly gay" - all the people I've known who are actually incredibly gay are far more mature than that guy ;) ), or confused him with Willy on Wheels. If he wants to periodically upchuck on my talk page, whatever. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 20:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
Apparantly this is all because of [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Character_Evolution&diff=next&oldid=175719 this revert]. I'm really confused as to how posting a few images constitutes two to three hours work as well as hating Homestar Coder for reverting it. Additionally, it didn't really fit; those images were all over the place. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 01:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought I [[User talk:Homestar Coder/MayAug2005#character evolution|explained reasonably]] that the pictures made the page cluttery; at the time, I was also trying to get that page deleted as I considered it redundant with [[:Category:Character Evolution]]. *shrug* {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 01:40, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== Whoa! ==

[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&diff=243608&oldid=242626 Wow.] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:02, 21 January 2006 (UTC) (And here I was trying to come up with some cool archive style for mine...)
:It's dot com has archived his talk page? Saddle up my flying pig; I'm goin' ice skating in hell! (But seriously—I'm digging the topical groupings.) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 07:24, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
::Wow. I love that format! Keep on... making-great-stuff! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 08:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Quite impressive. Looks snazzy, and loads alot faster. Now we've just gotta convince [[User talk:Tom|Tom]]... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 08:45, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
::::This is the greatest thing ever. Would you mind terribly if I bit your style and did a similar thing? :) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 19:35, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::With a comment like that, how could I possibly refuse? You are more than welcome to take my coolness and rework it to achieve your own brand of awesomeness. (Never mind all that GFDL nonsense.) :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::YAYZ. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 20:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

== what happened ==

Hey it's dot com, what happened to your discussion page? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

:well, he archived it. this means that at the top, you can just go to the links and they will lead you to the headlines. pretty cool, huh?

::Yeah, I just couldn't take all the whining from all you guys anymore. ;) But I figured out a compromise between keeping all the talk on this page and moving it all to an archive, so I went with it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

:::i wasn't whining. [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 00:39, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::::I know. But take a look through the archives and you'll find quite a few requests for me to do so, and there were innumerable chat conversations to that effect as well. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== i believe... ==
that you are an amazing user. you are just in everything you do. i think it is inspiring how much you care for the betterment of the wiki. you block only the most important users. you recently blocked someone i know. i just want you to know that you are doing the right thing. thank you.
:Is this from [[User:Thatkidyoualllove|Thatkidyoualllove]]? If so, why would you want me to block your brother? You guys must be like my brothers and I are. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::yeah, he hates my guts. and that's why he will never disobey me and come on a website too cool for him again. heheheh....{{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== I want to be a sysop ==

Do you no wen the next sysop election is gonna be? {{User:The thing/sig}} 16:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:Depends on several things. Why do you ask? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::I wanna be one. {{User:The thing/sig}} 16:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Really? How come? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I want to be a sysop. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Right. You just said that. I'm asking why you want to be a sysop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Because I want to be able to: Block, Delete, Edit special pages... all the stuff sysops can do. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:48, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Why do you want to be able to do all those things? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::I can't really explain it but I know stuff that should be done that no one has done. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:54, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, ''try'' to explain. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::I know stuff that should be done that no one has done. Like people that should of been blocked pages that needed deletion plus I want to help the wiki as much as I can. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Who needs to be blocked? Which pages need deletion? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:12, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::Well there gone now but there used to be some. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::What's gone? The people, or the pages? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:17, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::If there is a person abusing the Wiki, or a page that doesn't have any need, there are ways of alerting sysops even if you're not one (add abusers to [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]] and add the "tobedeleted" template to bad pages.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::Both are gone but the main reason I want to be a sysop is so I can help the wiki as much a possible. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::It's admirable to want to help the wiki. We need as many people—sysops and users alike—who will do that.     Around here, we consider several factors when choosing whom to make sysops, and the most important consideration is trustworthiness. A close second is participation in the project. Rounding out the top six are the ability to deal with other users (especially in mediating disputes or deciding when to step in), technical know-how, the necessity for another position (that is, whether or not the wiki needs more sysops at any given time), and finally seniority. ([[bottom 10|Number seven]] on the top-six list is [[Senor Cardgage|senority]], which is the ability to make bad H*R-related jokes.)     With those things in mind, at this time I would not be comfortable with making you a sysop. Not long ago, you vandalized this wiki and less than a day ago you were blocked from the fanstuff wiki for persistent trolling. I think it will take a while for people to trust you again after that. Additionally, you currently don't meet the [[User_talk:It%27s_dot_com/Let%27s_Get_Started_on_Doing_All_Those_Awesome_Things_I_Suggested#How_to_become_a_sysop|participation requirements]]. That is, you really don't have that many edits in the main or talk namespace nor have you done a big project. I haven't seen how you handle stress or abuse from problematic users and I don't know the status of your technical know-how (again, because I don't have a large sample of edits from which to judge). Last (and this one matters the least to me but is nevertheless important) there's the question of seniority: In other words, even if all else were equal, quite a few deserving people have been here a lot longer than you, and would thus be ahead of you in line whenever we promote the next user(s).     Please don't think I'm trying to be overly discouraging, but your persistence in asking has made me want to be as unambiguous as possible. (By the way, asking for a position of power—no matter where you are (except maybe Wikipedia)—is a sure way to guarantee that the position will ''not'' be handed to you. Just so you know.) I encourage you to read the link above about the requirements and follow its advice. Over time, perhaps a long time, if you make good contributions and keep your nose clean, then you might be more seriously considered. Until then, keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:45, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::::::::::::::Darn --{{User:The thing/sig}} 19:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

To The Thing: Personally, I'd love to be able to do all those things as well, but being given a position of power doesn't come free - [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig|You just gotta ''earn'' it!]] And to It's dot com: I found this whole conversation quite amusing. :) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 01:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps there should be a page devoting to answering the question "How do I become a sysop?" I see it asked a LOT. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 01:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:Perhaps part of the FAQ? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 01:57, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::I really liked your idea, KieferSkunk, and decided to '''be bold''' and add it myself. It's composed mainly from the large paragraph above, but also from the talk section it links to, and my personal knowledge. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 02:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:::'''It's dot com:''' Yada yada yada sysop yada yada trust yada seniority yada yada yada edits yada yada yada long speech yada yada... 
:::'''The thing:''' Darn 
{{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 01:59, 24 January 2006 (UTC) P.S. No offense to either of you. I just found that funny.
::::One other thing, Thing: as I'm sure any of the sysops can tell you, it might not be as fun as it looks from the other side of the fence. It means a butteload of ''work'', and a commitment to a certain amount of involvement and responsibilities. It's like the Spiderman thing (you know, "With great power...). (Except it ''doesn't'' come with the ability to swing through Manhattan streets in spandex.) Also, about helping the wiki: yeah, deleting pages and blocking folks help, but it's really only a small percentage of the work that improves the wiki: the bulk of it is regular users editting and reviewing each other's edits. In other words, you ''already'' have the power for the single biggest part of wiki-helping that goes on. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 04:02, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::Nevermind I'm a sysop on [http://weirdal.wikicities.com/ My own wiki] now. But it would still be cool to be one. {{User:The thing/sig}} 21:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

If I may throw in my own perspective on this, "with great power comes great responsibility." From what I've observed, being a sysop means making a lot of tough judgement calls, speaking nicely to people when you'd rather not, getting blamed for just about anything that goes wrong (real or perceived) and a lot of really hard work. Given all that, I'm not really clear on why someone would want that job so much, but I have nothing but admiration for the people who do it. [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 01:37, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== i'm back ==
hey, it's dot com. i just got unblocked this morning. i want to say you did the right thing, and that now i will probably be spending less time on the wiki, so when i get blocked the next time it won't suck so bad. ah well. anyway, like i said, you did the completely right thing, and i hope you become an admin for what you did. thanks.
p.s. if i get blocked another time, please make it indefinite. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:02, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:um....[[User: Yeltensic]] just made a rude remark on the guestbook discussion page, and you should check it out. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:55, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::I am aware of it and have posted comments. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:04, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:::good. that was just plain crude. if he pulls some stunt like that again just because [[User: Darth Katana X|Darth Katana X]] told him to, i suggest you block him. look on yeltensic's talk page if you don't know what i am talking about. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 15:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Well I found out about the discussion from Darth, but I didn't "pull some stunt like that" because Darth told me to, he didn't tell me to do that. So leave Darth out of it, he didn't do anything (well maybe he did, but if so it was unrelated). [[User:Yeltensic|Yeltensic]] [[User talk:Yeltensic|Save the guestbooks]] 21:21, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::I apoligize. I now understand. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 23:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== That image ==

Just so you know, the reason I restored that image for "[[It's like it was meant to be]]" is just because Homestar Coder and Abdi both expressed their support for it and I felt that the person who removed it was acting rather unilaterally. I don't mind its removal as much if there's actually someone else who agrees about removing it, though. Anyway, keep on tranglin'. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, and Thunderbird has added a different image. Maybe this one will work well? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::I don't have a super-strong opinion that page, but the first image just didn't seem to fit, in my opinion. I did have an idea, though (the Wagon Fulla Pancakes). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Yeah, I'd say the same about not having a super-strong opinion; I just wanted to see things done fairly. (I try not to be too committed to my own ideas around the wiki. I find it only leads to disappointment when your edit gets reverted or your Fun Fact gets crushingly declined in STUFF. Not to mention you get along in the community better if you just go with the flow and be ready to get REVERT'd a few times, eh?) And yeah, I saw your new idea, and I think it's hilarious. "Rondelman, you crack me up! Crack! Me! Up! That's why you're my doge!" Anydangway, talk atcha later! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 07:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I added a link to the article cuz i wasn't sure at first which article you were talking about. I definitely like the new pic! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 14:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

== CAPTCHA ==

I wanted to know what you did to get CAPTCHA up and running on 1.5.6. I stopped by the IRC channel & was told to ask you about it. :) On freenode, I am earthsound (registered user). Also, you can reach me at gmail.com (same user name).
Thanks!
:(He and I spoke via the chat channel, and the gist of the discussion was that I was not the author of the software, just an assistant implementor, and I directed him to the software author. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:41, 25 January 2006 (UTC))

== The ongoing saga ==
um, someone left a message on my talk page stating that it was weird that trendy totebag did not sign on while i was blocked. i know i may be wrong, but i suspect the anonymous user was, well, you know enough to figure it out. the writing, the splling....it's all the same. you probably can't match the ip addresses, but i would like it if you did. or he just didn't leave a sig, and you can check the contribs. thank you. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 21:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:Um, there's really no mystery, since he was logged in when he made that edit. I have taken care of it. *sigh* — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, you must be tired of our bickering. It seems i am stupid enough to not stop until i get blocked, so i guess i deserved to be. '''ah well.''' {{User:Seriously/sig}} 00:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
:::I don't mean to rub it in, but EIGHT MINUTES?! Nice, real nice. Eight min. is all it takes to get blocked. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 01:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

== Has Matt? ON WHEELS! ==

Thanks for clearing up all those page moves on my user space. I seriously was actually ''laughing'' the whole time it was happening. I think my userpage had at least 12 "ON WHEELS!" in the page title. My first time being WoW'd. Ever. Well, anyway, thanks a lot! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 04:14, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
:No probalo. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:17, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
::Wow! someone must really like you! Ooo! ooo! Here's an idea (stemming from our basement discussion that should really go there but i'm sure the discussion has been archived): use the Captcha (ok maybe it's not such as hot of an idea now that i see the page move history) for making moves for all users (since we move pages seldom). But i guess these moves ''were'' done manually! Interesting. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:21, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Actually, I believe the CAPTCHA image is used in move processes for all users. I had to use it. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 04:23, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh yeah! you're right! It is! I just saw it when i hit the move button in your pa— *points* LOOK! *Runs away* --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:41, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

== .swf decompiler ==

Where did you find a .swf decompiler? Stuntman021

:I use [http://www.eltima.com/products/flashdecompiler/ Flash Decompiler] by Eltima. A free download is available (which is the version I have, and it meets my needs pretty well), and the full version looks to have a lot of features. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:53, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== G'bye ==
dot, I think I am going to take a break from the wiki. I just wanted you to answer a question of mine: do you ever feel like the wiki ends up affecting more than just the wiki aspect of your life? I mean, Ciberdude's got my IM screenname and my email address, and he won't stop from either. I know you can't help me with this, but I think I have to make myself a little more discreet the next time I come on here. That's why I'm taking a break. Just act like I'm gone for good, okay? I'll be back soon, just not for a while. Thanks for all the privelages. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:41, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, giving out personal info can be useful, but it can come back to haunt you sometimes. Take care, man. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:44, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
::I will. And even if you lose your sysop privelages, block ciberdork while I am gone. I'll still edit anonymously. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:46, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Seriously, Seriously, you say the weirdest things. Talk atcha later. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Seriosuly, Seriously. I mean Seriously. What. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:53, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::So, i finally learned to block email addresses, and IM ones too. So.....I guess I'm on the wiki again, and once again I am wildly exaggerating like I always do. Ah well. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 22:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== What did you do ==
I would just like to make a counterpoint to hating guestbooks, even though the discussion is over. Have you ever thoguht how much sigs should be deleted? You must have, because if you are going to delete guestbooks like you did, the exact same reasons apply to sigs. People working on their sigs clutters up the recent changes, I know because I do it '''all the time'''. Sigs are not contributing to the wiki, just like you insist guestbooks don't. And finally, They give no proof that someone ever read your userpage, something that by the way is something that people either do or don't but that shouldn't matter to anyone else. I just think that What you and the admins did was entirely opinionated. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:45, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
:No proof, eh? Well, I guess that someone could read a user page in a matter of seconds and then promptly sign a guestbook. Not all sigs clog recent changes, just yours. Sigs are a means of identifying a user, and thus serve a purpose. I am not meaning to reply for It's dot com, but I just wanted to say this. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 22:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
::Also, I bet a lot of sig flooding could be stopped if people just used "Show Preview". --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::: Sigs exist anyway; you edit them in your user preferences (which does not show up on Recentchanges). The custom, however, is to create a User/sig template and use ''that'' as your sig. The User/sig versions are used because:
:::# They're easier to edit.
:::# If you edit one, ''all'' of your signatures change. If you edit the sig in your preferences, only ''future'' signatures change.
::: What's more, custom sigs of any sort allow links to your Talk or Contributions page, and make it easier to tell who's who (if you see a light blue sig with a green "Talk" area, it's probably me. If you see a gold-colored sig with symbols on both sides, it's likely Thunderbird. etc.) I'd take that over not being able to tell if I've previously read a user page. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:29, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
:::And, by the way, it was not the admins' decision to remove them; they may have started the voting, but ''everyone with a user name'' could vote. I abstained voting entirely because I don't really care. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Got it. Reluctantly. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

== Sorry ==

Sorry about re-making those User_talk:Drwho? pages. I wuz trying to mark them delete but you already deleted them. {{User:The thing/sig}} 23:47, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
:That's okay. Just remember to wait a couple of minutes between postings if you think that might be happening. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:35, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

== Two Questions ==

Hey Dot com, what's up? I have two questions. First, where did you post that discussion where someone was asking how to do links that were not underlined and you tried an example which didn't quite work correctly? (This is indirectly related:) I was wondering if you could take a look at [[User_talk:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects|this]] issue. Thanks! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
:See [[#Super-plain_link]]. Note: old how-to questions from my talk page are filed under ''The System Is Down → Technical help''. On your second question, I'm not sure what you're asking. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
::For the first question, I looked briefly and couldn't find it (actually i scanned the page twice) but couldn't find it. I was scanning too quickly. As for the second issue, it turns out to be a firefox issue :(. Nerd42's sig goes beyond the table borders for some reason. I looked at the sig code and all the tags were closed off. I hope you have a copy of firefox to look at this cuz i'm not gonna provide a screenshot of it right away! ;) I gotta eat! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I'd post it in a more central place, like the FAQ talk. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:31, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Good idea! Just so you know, I found out another reason why you wouldn't be able to see it: resolution. The problem only happens when you wrap text a certain way. As a result, I have [[User_talk:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects#Strange|posted]] an [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects&oldid=255516#Timeline_project update] and a [[:Image:Nerd42sigProblem.png|screenshot]] of the problem, as well as an inquiry in the [[HRWiki_talk:FAQ#Sig_image_bug|FAQ talk page]]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 14:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

== trolling ==

Just so I can learn the game a little more, how did you know that those last few blocks were Yeltensic, I looked in the user contribs and didn't see much. Teach me OB1, your my only hope :-P {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 16:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, often times he makes a remark that identifies him as, in fact, yeltensic. If he didn't do that, then I'll step aside and let dot comster answer this. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 17:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I just looked at the blcok log, and I have to admit I am confused. He must have matched the IP addresses. Also, there are two new users that are created. How do we know they're not yeltensic? {{User:Seriously/sig}}

:User:18593095NSMC90531234 wasn't trolling. I heard about the NSMC people but mabe this wasn't. {{User:The thing/sig}} 22:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yes he was. I didn't say vandalism, I said trolling. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:06, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::How? {{User:The thing/sig}}

::::I agree with The thing on this one. Even though he might look like NSMC at first glance, take a look at the article on Uncyclopedia [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/HRWIKI about our wiki]. At the near bottom, it says "If you happen to be new, register with the username: 18593095NSMC90531234 - Trust me, it'll be fun." This is the ''exact same username''. It seems to me that this guy just didn't know anything about NSMC or this wiki and got Punk'd. He wasn't doing anything bad (yet), so why block him because of "trolling"? Although I would suggest that he get a better username. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 22:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::::Yea. {{User:The thing/sig}} 22:13, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::::LLok at this '''North Shore Medical Center''' same first letters. {{User:The thing/sig}}

::::::I know exactly where he got the username, and it's the reason I knew what his intentions were. Trolling is the (usually intentional) provocation of a person or community with the aim of getting a negative reaction. Even if he just did it on a lark (which I doubt), he should know better than to blindly follow instructions he came across in a place like that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

== seriosly ==

i dont think its fair to bann me every tiem I talk to seriously, he is a big user on the wiki and if i am to become a good contributor i will have to stop pretending he doesnt exist. i think i've been banned enough to know not to fight with him.— {{user:Ciberdude444/sig}} 22:57, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

:<s>I think your mom goes to college is not the person who sent this. But that's just me.</s> {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:24, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Troll==
Really bad troll attacking for 2 days at the fanstuff wiki, Joshua says he needs help. [[User:Riley|Riley]]

:What do you mean? I'm not sure that dot comster is a sysop there. If he is, please elaborate. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:15, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yeah, he is. [[HRFWiki:User:Riley|Riley]]

:::Seriously: This is the third time ''in a row'' you have replied to messages on my page that weren't addressed to you. And in two of the three times, your reply was either wrong or didn't give any useful information. Please let me have the opportunity to reply to my own messages. Thank you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

::::Riley: What's this guy's deal? Is he Clan or someone who just doesn't like Clan? What course of action would you like me to take? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

It's dot com: Sorry. Just trying to be helpful. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

:Um, he stopped, joshua wanted me to tell you earlier. [[User:Riley|Riley]]

::I enabled some more security that should limit him to one new vandal account at a time, and I scrubbed out some of the filthier usernames. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:49, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks ==
Thanks for all the work with Babel! -[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 00:06, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
:You're welcome! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:12, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Babel ==

I understand why you think that the [[HRWiki:Babel|Babel]] towers will be better with the source code rather than the templates, but I really think that templates will make it a lot easier to use and more user friendly. I understand that there would be a lot, but noinclude tags could be used to keep track of them. Source code is fine, but do you think that I could at least try with Templates, and if it gets too confusing switch back to source code? -[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 00:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
:I think we should try with the source code first. It's not too hard to get the hang of. (Besides, it's just copy and paste for most people. ;) ) I don't have a problem with a generic template, but we don't need to create a whole slew of them for a non-mainspace thing such as this. Plus, this way, people won't be limited by just the ones in the templates (although we do ask that they be Homestar Runner (or wiki) related). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== ciberdude444 ==

im not ciberdude, hes my brother, my computer is auto loged on and he used it to post that talk, i didnt say anyhting cause of the warm welcome i had at the wiki compared to my brother's fued and destruction it was better not to connect me with him in any way. — {{user:Yourmomgoestocollege/sig}} 20:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== Recent block ==
Umm... are you sure that IP you blocked recently is the right guy? Because I checked his contribs and he hasn't done anything vaguely trollish. Except, maybe for editing Tampo's sig and page, but Tampo din't seem to mind, which leads me to believe he ''is'' Tampo. If he's not, he still seems like a fine user. Any reason why you blocked him? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:19, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as A fweakin' chair
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as Reverted
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as Christian
:Yep, I'm pretty sure. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:24, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
You've blocked a troll with the same IP adress as [[User:Tampo|Tampo]]. He is blocked for no reason. [[User:Stongbah|Stongbah]]
:Yea! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 20:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
::The IP in question was not blocked for no reason. It was being used (as you can see above) to create multiple accounts in a short amount of time, which were then being used for vandalism. I will unblock the IP for now, but I'll be keeping an eye on it. P.S. The thing: Exactly what was the point of your post? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I have no idea just kinda wanted to be in the conversation. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 20:32, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

== Arrested Development-apalooza ==
I wanted to make sure you heard about this. Fox is airing the last four episodes back to back on Friday, starting at 8pm. From one fan to another, {{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 23:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, we've already got the party planned! :) It's going to be bittersweet. I don't know whether to hold out hope for Showtime or not. And I wonder how they'll tie up the loose ends while leaving the door open a crack in case they do change networks. Hmm. Thanks for posting! Talk atcha later, [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:47, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
::Such a good show.....It pains me to see it go....{{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:59, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== Admin sigs ==
Why do none of the admins excepy JoeyDay have customized their sigs? I'm thinking maybe you guys are too busy to do that stuff. Just wondering if you knew. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:Well, that's not quite true, unless you have a very narrow definition of admin. If by admin you mean someone on the [[Template:adminteam|Admin Team]], then [[User:Stu|Stu]] definitely has a [[User:Stu/sig|signature]]. If you mean people who are on the Admin Team and are currently active in the day-to-day maintenance of the site, then you're right, only Joey has really customized his signature. Of the six of us, however, only [[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]] has no customization to speak of. [[User:Tom|Tom]], [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]], and I all have subtle modifications from the standard. If, on the other hand, when you say admins you mean sysops, then there is quite a bit of customization. [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird]] and [[User:FireBird|FireBird]] have had special sigs for as long as I can remember, as have [[User:Jay|Jay]], [[User:Homestar Coder|Homestar Coder]], [[User:Kilroy|Kilroy]], and [[User:The Paper|The Paper]]. [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]]'s modification is a slight tweak, and [[User:FortyTwo|FortyTwo]] and [[User:Furrykef|Furrykef]] haven't been here in a while. Even [[User:GrapeNuts|GrapeNuts]] (a bot) has a [[User:GrapeNuts/sig|sig]]. As for the heart of your question: Why do Tom, [[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]], and I have more or less "plain" signatures? Well, Tom's is like that because he's ornery about such things. BazookaJoe's and mine are like that because it just looks right. Since everyone else goes to such great lengths to customize their signatures, ''not'' doing so becomes a customization in itself. — [[User:It's dot com|''It's dot com'']] 23:30, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Cool font. I meant the admin team, without the sysops, By the way. Stu, well I've never actually seen him make an edit. Although I did hear that he was joey's friend. I just think that if you have a sig, you should make it have more convenience, like having a link to your talk page. Thnaks for the answer. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

:And Dot com has toyed with his signature in the past [[User talk:Thunderbird L17/Archive 8#Towards a more standards-compliant signature|once or twice]], a long while back. That special sig you just made looks pretty cool, if you ever did decide to change it for good. ;) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:35, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
::GrapeNuts has a sig? Dot com customizing his!? What is the world coming to!? ''This message is {{User:GrapeNuts/sig}} approved (not really, I just wanted an excuse to use his sig :).'' --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

:::Weird. And ''you'', thunderbird, had a blue sig. That scares me. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 05:10, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Um, I just wanted to know what subtle modifications you, Tom, and InterruptorJones have on your sig. Do you mean past versions? Also, what is DrHaggis's slight tweak? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:25, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Tom has a nonbreaking space in front of his (and used to have an empty link). I have an em dash. Interruptor Jones has both of those and uses small tags. Dr Haggis's real username is Drhaggis. All of us put the modifications directly in the preferences box, instead of using a sig template. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::So you don't have to put an em dash alll the time? That's really cool. I think Ill do that. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 03:00, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff on the knowledge base ==
By the way, you say I have to delete my caption contest, yet you don't seem to think about the amazing amount of people doing translations on their userpages. Also, you should think about Has Matt?'s page that includes homsar quotes that other people can edit. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:28, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:I can't realy think of many people who do translations. Even then, the translations themselves are direct quotes and the replies are occurring on the talk pages. The reason I had a problem with your activity is because not only were you inviting people to edit your user page, you were asking them to ''create new H*R-related content'' based on the toons, which is the very definition of fanstuff. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:38, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
::Ah. I realize that my above comment was a little bit too harsh; I apologize for that. I try to stay nice with users, since most already have a reason to hate my guts (including you). So, yeah. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:42, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Er, okaaay.... — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, DBK does, after the extremely insolent remark I made on his user page, And you have a reason because of [[User: Ciberdude444|Something I can't mention.]] Also, Firebird has an excuse because I was blocked by him for trolling, and Yeltensic has a reason (although he's not a user anymore) because I was one of the people who asked him to stop most. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::One of the coolest things in this wiki is that everybody generally treats each other with respect and with maturity. Most of the people I know here do their job (be it editing pages, commenting on behavior, or taking action nobody wants to have to take but that needs to be taken) and then move on if need be, and so we try not to harbor little things that may be divisive or in the long run inconsequential. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== Recap ==
Can I get a recap (no need to be brief, I have time) of the things that have happened here since the start of December? - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}
:''See [[Talk:Main Page#Recap|Talk:Main Page → Recap]]'' — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:36, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== guess what happened to me ==

Heloo there It's dot com, how are you, i've been doing great. About the heading, check out my talk page and user page, and you'll see what happened. Have you every got a similar award? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 07:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
:Cool, man. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, keep in mind, Nikolce, that the pizza trophy is superior to the Iron cup of <strike>beef</strike> brunswick stew. This means that that trophy is one of the greatest trophies you can get. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:14, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

wow, is there some sort of "lost of tropies or something?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

:Yes. Check the [[Hrwiki: Barnstars|Barnstars]] page. There's a lot of trophies you can get. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

== Mirrors and Such ==
Hello, It's dot com. I'm now direction your admin-y attention to [[Talk:Scroll Button Songs#HRWiki Mirror|this little discussion]] in the far reaches of the knowledge base. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 15:00, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
:Tom currently handles all the mirror-type stuff. I would ask him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:20, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
::Okay... - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 15:35, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes? ==

Hey there dotty, how are these last couple of days. can i ask you something, i've been looking at people user pages, and i've been finding these things called userboxes? what are they?

is there a list of them or something?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 06:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

:I might be able to help here. A list is located at [[HRWiki:Userboxes]], as well as directions on how to add them to your page. Let me know if you need any help adding some, if you want to do so. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:37, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Thunderbird, let me say sorry, about this message. Its because i don't like to order people around, but my user page is a bit of a mess, actually its chaos, please help its urgent. thanks a bunch. [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 08:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

:Nikolce, if you say please, it's perfectly fine. Don't worry about politeness, because it seems you almost unconsciously type in polite ways. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:46, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

== Idea and it's potential ==
Hi. Nikolce Kocovski sent me something on my talk page. It's the newest headline, I think you should check it out. I want to see if you think either his idea or mine would be of any potential. Thanks. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

== NSMC thing ==
What's the purpose of that page? Also, why'd you delete the talk page for it? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:Also, I'd like to congrat yoyu on the amazing amount of users you've managed to obtain. Truly amazing. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:48, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::"Amount of users"? What? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:49, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I mean the amount of sockpuppets that NSMC created. You just made a page listing all of the addresses. It looked cool. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh. Well, for an explanation of the page, see the section in [[HRWiki:A_History#NSMC|A History]]. I deleted the talk page because it was a user talk page, and therefore comments on it weren't addressed to me but to the vandal. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I find this extremely interesting. Y'know, I was here when NSMC hit. I didn't know how revert it, though, so I just didn't go on the Cheat Commandos section. Of Cuorse, that wasn't enough. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:02, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

== Paradoxes ==

So which came first? The [http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/User:Sannse/Please_leave_this_line_alone chicken], or the [[HRWiki:Introduction|egg]]? ref:[http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/User:Sannse] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 20:21, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure ours was modeled after [[Wikipedia:Template:Please leave this line alone|this]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::I hate it when we're not original. :(. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Ahhhh .... hence the similarities. I *now* remember seeing that before a long long time ago, once you showed it to me, even though it looks exactly like the other one... :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Cool! Where did you find [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email&diff=269724&oldid=269553 this one]? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 06:45, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I wrote it myself. See the fourth userbox on my user page. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:49, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

==18,000 views==

Hey, you've got a cool userpage. I agree, Marzipan's answering machine is underrated. {{User:Granola/sig}} 05:02, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks, man. Welcome aboard! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:03, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::With over 18,000 views, it ''has'' to be good. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::18,000 views?? When did that happen?! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm not sure I trust those counters anyway... The one at the bottom of this talk page currently shows only about 800 views, but surely ''that'' can't be right. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I've been having a similar situation on my user page. For some ''extremely'' odd reason, it says I have ''28,000'' page views. Seriously, I'm not that popular. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 19:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::You were talking to Dot com, not Seriously. {{User:Granola/sig}} 21:51, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Oh, Granola. That's one of the worst jokes I've heard all day. :P — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Of course, I, being a retard, do not understand that joke a bit. Also, dot com, you might as well delete that thing on the bottom I wrote, cause you asked the smoking monkey to delort it. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:58, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, you see, "Seriously" can mean both your username or "in a serious manner". Has Matt? meant that ''in reality'' he is not as popular as 28,000 page views would seem to indicate, but Granola took it to mean that he was addressing you directly. Hilarity ensued. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Or a total lack of hilarity, as it was a crappy joke. {{User:Granola/sig}} 22:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Oh good, I knew you weren't that popular :P Maybe with all the code fiddling you do, you somehow reversed the number of talk page views with the number of userpage views or something. I've gotta say this has shattered my confidence in those little counter things, before I would have trusted those things with my life. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:24, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::And I jumped from 2500 to 6000 in less than 24 hours awhile ago. That can't be right, either. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::The number is so small because the counter was reset to zero when this page was moved back incorrectly from a vandal. It had to be deleted and recreated, and that's probably what caused the problem. And Heimstern, do you have your preferences set to hold page caches? If you do, that's probably what caused the view count to jump. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 06:30, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::Aw, man! You're probably right, HSRusername. That really bums me out. I would reset my counter, except that I have no idea what to set it to. By the way, as far as I know, I've never messed with anything that would affect those numbers. Maybe they've gone up dramatically because an outside bot is gathering data or something (like for Google). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:34, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::At the very least, as of [[User talk:Thunderbird L17/Archive 16#6,000 views!|06:57, 7 December 2005 (UTC)]], you had over 6,000 talk page views, and just under 6,000 userpage views. I think it's safe to give yourself at least a 10,000 talk page view head start, as long as you give your userpage a 10,000 view handicap. That should get you somewhat back on track. ;) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::Well, I found an archive just before all the hubbub that put the count at 10,071. I added that to the 958 currently showing to get 11,029, and used that figure to reset my counter. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

==Autocolumn==

Btw, I wanted to say excellent work on the autocolunm feature. I was looking at the Strong Bad Email tables yesterday, thinking an autocolumn thing would be a nice feature, and lo and behold not two hours later it had been converted. Nice work. (I suppose for colunms such as the ones on my userpage though, it doesn't have any useful application, correct?) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I tried to use it for the ones in my page, but it just screwed things up. Although I did put it on [[The Field]] and [[Strong Badia]] and Has Matt? used it on [[Homestar Talker]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:47, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks! Yeah, when the columns are independent lists, they still have to be done the regular way. The autocolumns are for when you have one long list that just needs to be split up. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Very nice script, It's dot com. No more tiring counts of items-per-column to make sure each one is equal. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Wait, what was the difference? I don't see anything new...at least I don't think...{{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== The Smoking Monkey's talk page ==
Why isn't what he did bad to you? Before you say no, let me explain. First of all, he embarassed me ''and'' The thing on his talk page '''on purpose''', second of all, he said apology's to dot com, which means he knew this would have a certain outcome to certain people like me, you (which for some reason you find fine), and the thing. This is a perfect example of premeditated malice. And third of all, would you like it if someone made fun of you on their talk page for everyone to see? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I have asked The Smoking Monkey to revert or remove the thread. If you find it insulting, then it is a personal attack, which we don't want. I assure you this was not The Smoking Monkey's intent, but that is beside the point. Let me take this opportunity, however, to suggest that learning to laugh at one's self is one of the most difficult yet rewarding things a person can do. In addition, I think you should ''stop'' apologizing and ''start'' adding more content to this site. Whenever I click on your contribs, I notice that over the last week your user talk contribs outnumber your main namespace contribs 7 to 1. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:07, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::yes. I understand. Also, I've been adding to the wooky (a major overhaul of the site just because I feel sorry for it), so I havn't had much of a chance. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== Finding vandalism ==

Hey, just wanted to flag a sysop. [[other days]] was mildly vandalized. I fixed it but figured you might want to know about it. Feel free to delete this from your talk if you want. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:22, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Simple nuisance vandalism can just be fixed and then ignored. The best way to let us know about more serious vandalism is to post it on [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]]. Then we'll get it taken care of. Thanks for reverting that page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:41, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== The thing ==
Now that he's unblocked, I'm thinking you can put that template for his block reason on his talk page. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:32, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== Did I just miss that? ==

Did I miss something or is this just deja vu? I *just* noticed that the order of the "diff" and "hist" buttons are out of order from the other wiki's. In wikipedia, they are before the page title, here they are after the page title. How long has it been like that, and was that part of your recent tinkerings? Confused in Connecticut. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:You live in connecticut? Bodacious in Buffalo {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::I don't see what you're saying at all. Whistlin' in Washington, {{User:Jay/sig}} 22:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::You sure? On the Bonus Stage Wiki, they also go (diff)(hist), so... I dunno. Not Doing A Name Thingy Like The Rest Of You in Pennsylvania. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::I think what he meant, although I don't see it, is that he thinks that it was "{page title} (diff)(hist)" here. Lazing Around in Lynnwood, {{User:Jay/sig}} 22:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Hm. Odd. I see it the other way around. I mean, the correct way. Maybe Stux's internet is just going spastic. Not telling anyone my location, {{User:Teh_Frossty_One/sig}} 22:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Maybe it's a certain bug in the mediawiki 1.5 software, there were many other ones. {{User: Seriously/sig}}
::::::OT: Jay? Lynn would wash? Silly in Sammamish, {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:23, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::How very Strong Bad-ish of you. :p --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:25, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Wait, did anyone else just realizing us having this discussion that is getting off-topic on another user's talk page that isn't even responding? Confused in Crapland, {{User:Teh_Frossty_One/sig}} 22:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Yeah, I'm thinking it's either a bug in the software, or a bug in Stux's compy. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:30, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::I doubt that it's a bug in my compy since my watchlist is getting the code from the server as it's all server-generated. I know I have the "enhanced" recent changes turned on (I turned it off for a moment and it indeed showed it the other way, with (diff)(hist) first. But this must've been deja vu, cuz of that. Cuz I've had it "enhanced" for the longest time. So I dunno. I probably need sleep. As for my domicile: I actually don't live in Connecticut, nor have I ever even been in the state (sadly). I just picked the two words cuz they made good alliteration! (And I was surprised to be able to spell the state's name right.) I didn't think people would assume I lived in Connecticut. In fact I am Mindless in Michigan. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 23:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Mindless south of Montreal, Bamboozled west of Boston, Really Confused north of Rio, Dazed east of Dallas. {{User:Granola/sig}} 19:14, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Vandalism ==
The thing has recently vandalized a wiki. Check Benol's talk page for info. I suggest you block him, as per your rule posted on the main page. Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:Sorry I <big>LOVE</big> this wiki the trolling was my evil cousin! Plus it wasn't this wiki. I swear I'm crying right now. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::You should have thought about that '''BEFORE''' You trolled!!!--{{User:Benol/sig}} 16:58, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Please I'm really sorry! That was my evil cousin! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm crying harder than I ever have before! :'-( --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:01, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I'm sorry. Nothing we can do. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:02, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Please I '''LOVE''' this wiki! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:02, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::You probably won't be ''Permanently'' blocked.--{{User:Benol/sig}} 17:03, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::I'm to sorry to even say it in words! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:05, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Look, you guys. I'm pretty sure all this trolling went on before Dot com posted that message on the Main Page talk. Besides, he's now trying ''extremely'' hard to clean up the mess he's made, so he obviously knows what he did is wrong. Therefore, will a block ''really'' do anything to help this situation? I think not. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 17:06, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Do u see how hard I'm trying to get rid of the vandalizm! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Ok guys, The thing has more than repented for that vandalism. Seriously, I suggest that you keep your nose out of matters that do not involve you. The thing is currently reverting the vandalism with extreme diligence, and this situation is misunderstood by both Benol and Seriously. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 01:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::It wasn't that I was not minding my own business, but I saw many changes to Benol's talk page on the recent changes and decided to see what was up about it. I only meant to help, and I'm sorry if I failed to do so. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 12:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::I wasn't party to this at all, so I don't really know what happened in this particular case. But I will say this: I said once before that I thought the ops here were being too lenient on The Thing, as he's had a history of vandalism and trolling in the past, and everyone seems to be very quick to defend him. (Lots of "I'm sorry's" and "I won't do it again!'s".) I don't deny he's also made good edits here, but I have not seen discipline executed equally to him as has been to others who've done similar things, or less. That's kinda frustrating to see. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 18:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

You all need to complain to your teachers for not teaching you how to read. While you're at it, Seriously and The thing, go ahead and post a mailing address where I can send a bill to your parents for babysitting you. On the main page talk, I said that anyone caught vandalizing in our name would be dealt with. I have neither the time nor the resources to try and police other wikis. The message regarding other wikis means that if you vandalize Uncyclopedia, for example, ''in retaliation'' for something that happens here, then at that point you are speaking for ''all'' of us here, and I care very much that you don't do that. But random vandalism doesn't concern me. To The thing: I can't believe that you think vandalism is funny, especially given that you're an administrator at a wiki. To Seriously: you need to learn what is and what isn't important, and stop being such a tattletale. And stop speaking for me. In one place you say "No matter what, you must get blocked." You have neither the authority nor the experience to be making claims like that. To KieferSkunk: The thing didn't actually do anything (in this case) to harm our wiki or its good name, and therefore there are no grounds for blocking him. (And he ''has'' been blocked recently by BazookaJoe for spamming.) To anyone who needs to hear this: Stop vandalizing. Stop behaving so immaturely (and don't blame your actions on your age; I know several young good contributors). Wiki usage is not a right; it's a privilege. And for goodness' sake, stop apologizing. You've said you're sorry so much that the words have no meaning. Let your future actions be your apology. That's all for now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:38, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:In reply to your comment to me: I understand, and I'm not asking for him to be blocked in this case. I was making a more general comment about The Thing's history, seeing as how I have witnessed vandalism from him in the past and saw people, even sysops, defending him and going way out of their way to reason with him, rather than treating him as a vandal. I didn't understand it at the time, and I still don't, so I left my comments on the matter at "I think you're being too lenient with him". This was mainly just a follow-up on that, more to mention that I'm not surprised another "incident" has come up than anything else. That's all. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:26, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::Well, unless an account is being used for nothing but vandalism, then [[HRWiki:Blocking_Policy#Vandalism|reasoning should always be exhausted]] before blocking is implemented. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Just who do you think you are? ''Babysitting''? Y'know, it's not like I've ever done anything mean to you. Yes, I spoke for you. Just trying to help and to see it in the eyes of an admin. Yes, I've answered your talk page questions for you with crappy answers. Again, jsut trying to help. These things don't mean you have to insult me like that. Y'know, I've really never done anything bad to you on purpose. I always had great respect for you, and I've never purposely insulted you like you just did. You need to learn how a simple misinterpretation of a comment on the main page talk should'nt be an excuse for acting like that. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::When I vandalized I thought you were suppose to vandalize there. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:12, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::To Seriously: As one who has been an admin several times in other places, one thing I can say with certainty is that many admins feel very put off and are easily annoyed by non-admins (and especially relatively new people) trying to speak for them. Dictating policy to other users on behalf of the admins is usually a no-no unless you are an admin or are trusted by the admins to do so. (Obviously, I can't speak for It's dot com, but if I were in his place dealing with this crap, that's how I'd feel.) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 23:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::And if you haven't figured it out by now who I am, Seriously, then you've got deeper problems than I can fix in one afternoon. To The thing: whatever, man. To KieferSkunk: Hear, hear. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Okay. Here it goes, time for me to swallow my pride:

Look, Dot com, I just don't want to be treated like a baby. In my opinion, I think being a tattletale is the wrong was to think about it, I prefer "fighting trolls, and trying to help you with your rule". Yes, I was disrespectful to you. I just needed to prove my point and express my anger at you. Also, I know you are an admin. Maybe I ''was'' a bit overboard with you; that doesn't mean what I said was entirely wrong. I mean, I apologize, but it's not like I'll kiss your ring and beg for forgiveness. I've got to be a bit more defiant than that to ever prove my point. Just remember: I've always, ''always'' tried to help you, and I just found your comment a bit mean. Just forgive me, please, and let this whole thing disappear. Thanks a lot. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:Seriously, have you been reading this thread and understanding it? It's dot com has stated just 8 posts up: "And for goodness' sake, stop apologizing." You are still relatively new to this wiki, and your experience has been limited to editing User and User talk pages. You said yourself you give "crappy answers" to questions that don't concern you. When I first joined, I watched conversations like this unfold and saw how responsible admins reacted. I didn't try to solve everybody's problems; I knew I didn't have the knowledge. Just keep to yourself for a while and maybe see what it's like to make some main namespace contrubutions. (That is the idea of a wiki, you know.) {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 00:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Check this out: ==

Ok, so check out the current [[:Category:To_be_deleted|delete category]]. See something strange? The "Timeline" article is listed under the U's! Even though the tobedeleted tag uses the <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki> tag. Strange, no? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:51, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

== Dr. Who ==

HOW DOES HE KEEP COMING BACK! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:Hey man, I want you to know that Dr. Who vandalized your talk page. Could you block his IP for me? --{{User:The 386/sig}} 23:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::First of all, this is nothing to get excited about. He's a garden-variety vandal, nothing more, and he comes back because (a) he apparently doesn't have anything constructive to do and (b) he has access to a dynamic IP. Second, yes, I'm aware that he vandalized this page. Third, I already blocked him before you posted your message. Fourth, please list future vandals on [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]], not this page. Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:11, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Also, he never does much damage, besides vulgar content and stuff like that. What's weird, though, is how he always manages to come when there's no sysops around. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:03, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::You know what I hate? When this guy writes vulgar edit summaries. For people who patrol recent changes, especially kids, we don't have to see that. Really. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Yea. I'm 10 he on my page said This user is fulla ****. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Ugh. At least NSMC was was just racist. This guy swears like nobody's business. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:15, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::He can go to jail for this. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:17, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I doubt that severely... Though one can always wish... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:21, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::To this point: would it be possible to introduce a language filter? The rare times a swear is needed (an interview transcript, for example) a sysop can override. ?? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:24, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Probably impossible. That would interfere with this wiki, though, because the cartoon says crap all the time, among other things. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::We could allow the program to accept crap. Still, there are a lot of other issues... {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:33, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::It's definitely possible, but currently it's not worth the effort it would take to install it. As for "crap", we just wouldn't put that word on the bad list. Finally, I would appreciate it if comments that aren't actually directed to me be posted in a more public place: [[Talk:Main Page]], [[HRWiki talk:FAQ]], or [[HRWiki:Da Basement]], to name a few. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::OK. Although I think that everyone comes to you because you are the central hub of the wiki, pretty much. Everyone comes to you in hardships, whcih if I were you, I would be honored with. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:38, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::Oh, I know, and don't think I'm not honored, but I, like most people, don't like new-message false alarms, and would rather talk about projects I'm currently working on. Also, there are a lot of questions that anyone could more easily answer if they were just put in a more public place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Flashforward ==

I'm still at the conference, it was really great. IRC doesn't work on the terminals, but suffice it to say, I was here, got autographs, (not many questions) and it was really great. I'll try and get a writeup on Wednesday evening. --TBird

:That was not Tbird. Look [here]. The editor's IP starts with a 6. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 01:43, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::Thunderbird is not at home, so the IP address would be different. It could still be him, but I would like him to log in if possible. If he can't log in at the convention, he'll figure something out or log in when he gets home later tonight. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Too late. His IP's been blocked. He'll log in when he needs to, but I have one question: If he was TBird, why did he sign TBird instead of his IP (accidentally typed <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> without knowing he wasn't logged in) or with his sig (or siggie, I guess)? It doesn't seem right. I mean, if he can edit annonymously, he can edit logged on, and I think the first thing he'll ask if he can't log in is why he can't. Plus, he would know that an IP editing as a user would most likely be reverted. We could unblock the IP and see if TBird can log on now, I guess. Wouldn't hurt, but I still think it wasn't him. I dunno. Oh, also, if it was him, sorry, just don't want anybody impersonating you. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 03:50, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::We didn't block the IP. There are several reasons why he might not have been able to log in (if the computer he was using didn't accept cookies, for example). I think the edits by the IP match TBird's style, but I'm being cautious for now. I'm patient; if I have to I can wait for him to get home to confirm. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:01, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Ye of little faith :-P You didn't recognize my unique writing style? I just didn't really feel like logging in for one or two edits. I probably should have, but meh. In any case, all I said was true, and more. I left a message on the IRC with Phlip, but it should still be there if you scroll up, to see a brief summary of the event. I'll get a writeup started tomorrow night. For now, I've gotta be up in five and a half hours for work, so I'm going to bed. '''EDIT:''' Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention on IRC. Let's just say I'll be kicking myself for months for not bringing my DS to Flashforward... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 09:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::I thought it was you (see above where I say it sounds like your style), but the info was too good, so I thought it was best to wait for confirmation. I guess you'll log in from now on. :-P Actually, the only reason I had any question was because the IP you were using came up as being based in ''Chicago'', which was pretty weird. I admit it would have been quite unlikely for someone to be imitating you, but we've been burned before. Anyways, great jaerb!!! Many combolations on your successful mission!! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:21, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Parse error! ==

In HomsarQuote.php. You sure are good at bringing the Wiki to its knees ;) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:I always seem to forget semicolons at the end of lines. And it never fails that someone notices my mistakes, even when they're there for less than a minute. :P — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ah, missing semicolons, the bane of a programmer's existence. (Unless you're coding in Lisp. Then it's missing parens.) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:39, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I used to do C++ so remember the semi-colon plight, now I do mostly webdesign and so am plagued to make sure I have the same number of <nowiki><div>'s and </div>'s</nowiki>. If I don't comment every single one I'm lost. My lastest creation is [http://www.odua.org this] It's mostly done although I can't seem to get things to line-up the way I want and no matter what changes that I make, it will only look right on one browser at a time! Grrrrr. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

== You are s-smart ==

Brilliant random Homsar quote thingy!

You're pretty good at this, obviously. Take a look at [[Talk:Sound Effects#Ogg? why not mp3?|this discussion]] and my idea at the end - would this be something possible to improve usability? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:I guess you're gonna have to s-spell out what your idea is, because I'm not quite s-seeing it. S-sorry if that cancels out the s-smart. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:31, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::The ogg files. They confuse people, many players in use don't use them right out of then box. But Wikipedia has an interesting solution which we might be able to emulate. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:33, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I should have been more s-specific. What I meant was, when I went to the page about the s-symphony, I wasn't s-sure what their s-solution was. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::In the 1st paragraph, there's the Listen link (after the musical example) - there's a (listen (help·info)) thingy. The "Help" goes to instructions on how to get your player to play oggs. I mean, I was stymied by them until I was researchiong (on that page, actually) and stumbled upon that.

::::Of course, I don't know enough about Wiki to know a) if this can be done on our system, 2) how to do it even if it can be done, and III) if this sort of a thing would require "discussion" "someplace". SO that's why I ask you, Mr. S-smart. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

:::::Just copy the source code of [[Wikipedia:Template:Audio]] to [[Template:Audio]] (or something like that), adjust the help link to the media help page on this Wiki, and it should work fine (apart from maybe the speaker icon). --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 20:46, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::It's that easy, eh? :\ Well, it'd take me a few days to figure all that out! (I spent a good part of today trying, haven't gotten far. Will keep trying.) But if someone who already has all that figured out wants to take up the cause, we could have better usability sooner. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Talk page rate ==
These days, I've been trying to make more main namespace contribs and less user talk page contribs. The question is, has my diet (sorta) done any good for me? Check my contribs. On a rate of 1 to 10, how much would you say I've improved? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 04:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:Er, maybe we should give it a little more time before making a 1 to 10 rating. I say that because in the last three days, you have made more user edits than and ''twice'' as many user talk edits as all your main, main talk, HRWiki, and HRWiki talk edits ''combined'' (not counting sandbox). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:42, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::Gulp. Back to work on the random refreshings. :( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:59, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I just did like fifteen. Sweet. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:11, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah, you've been doin' a LOT of edits, Seriously. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 19:12, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Um, sorry about those things on tyhe videlectrix games. You're gonna be doing that for a long time. :( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:27, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Nah, you're fine. I've always been bugged by the word "exist" on those pages. How can we say that the games don't exist? I can see a screenshot right next to them! :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, that's true. At least I added some good edits to my reh—zoom. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

==WikiTroll==

OK then, I'll stop, but why don't you want me editing that page? {{User:Granola/sig}} 02:56, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:Because it's fine the way it is, and you really don't need to be editing meta-information about yourself. Besides, as you said on the talk page, that record isn't even that important anyway. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:01, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::Fair enough. I just wanted it to be accurate, even though it isn't necessary in the first place. {{User:Granola/sig}} 03:15, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

==Granola==

Why did you delete my old userpage? {{User:Granola/sig}} 07:06, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:That is not your user page. If you continue to claim that name, I will treat you as though it was still your username (i.e. I will go back to blocking you). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:07, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::OK...I just thought it would be useful to redirect it, so that people who went looking for it would come to the right place...<strike>can at least have the talkpage redirect? People have been known to still post on the old one, and I think it's useful to redirect that one, so that posts won't lie around unanswered for a long time.</strike> {{User:Granola/sig}} 07:12, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::Never mind about the talkpage, I logged in as Yeltensic, went into my preferences, and enabled the notification e-mail in case the old talkpage is edited, so it's covered now. {{User:Granola/sig}} 08:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:::You've said that I can't have "Yeltensic" as my sig, as I did for a while, or have "I'm Yelt" in parentheses; would it be OK if I included in my sig a link to my Wikipedia userpage, without the word "Yeltensic" visibly included, in this way: [[Wikipedia:User:Yeltensic42|With crap]], '''[[User:Granola|Granola]]''' '''([[User talk:Granola|T]]''' '''•''' '''[[Special:Contributions/Granola| C]])'''? I won't change it until you approve that suggestion (if you do). {{User:Granola/sig}} 03:57, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I see that you have a mention of it on your user page as well as a userbox linking to Wikipedia. Those are both fine with me. (By the way, just thought I'd point out that (H*R/wiki-related) userboxes are allowed here.) But I don't think it's appropriate for your sig at this time. You need to stop focusing on your old name and work on making a new, better name for yourself here. Crapfully crappy, [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:07, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::That sounds reas-ON-able. I'm pretty attached to the name Yeltensic, since I've been using it for quite some time before HRWiki, but it ''is'' my fault that the name is tainted here. Oh well. {{User:Granola/sig}} 04:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

== Cheddarlebbon ==
I hate to butt in with that conversation, especially because I've been under fire for that recently, but I am sure that IP address is not him. Cheddarlebbon does not type in caps, for example. He also has several spelling errors in his sentences. I'm just putting this up, because I want to make sure he does not get the password. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:57, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for your concern. Don't worry though: Per our policy, I will not be resetting the account without some kind of proof. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
::<s>grood</s>Good. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

== My Userbox ==

Hey! Jerk! Why don't you stay offa my userpage and let me make my own userbox there! I didn't put it on the userbox list! It was isolated to my page! I really don't know what your deal is, but you need to get over it if it upset you that much. Maybe I should edit your page without asking you, huh? I think I can safely say that I was following the guidelines for my personal image. Now If you'll excuse me, I'm going to put it back up. No thank you very much, {{User:Republic of Stan/sig}}
:''This discussion was originally continued at <nowiki>[[</nowiki>User talk:Republic of Stan → Userboxes]]. I had originally suspected him of being a sockpuppet of Drwho?, and that turned out to be correct.''

== Most of it? ==

Query: Why do you only own "most of" the figurine set 1? Don't use that old excuse of "oh, my dog ate Marzipan!" :p --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:54, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:My friend gave me them for Christmas... except he apparently gave some of them to his brothers first. Hmm... Well, he did at least assure me that I got the best ones of the bunch. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:: Oookay. Which ones didn't you get? (Looks up at all fourteen Homestar Runner figures - from both sets - currently sitting above his computer.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:12, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::: Oh, I knew you would ask that, but I'm really comfy here on the couch right now. :) I know for sure I have Homestar and Strong Bad, and Pom Pom I think. I don't have The Cheat or the KOT. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:::: KoT was the second set anyway. Sucks you wouldn't get The Cheat, though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Aren't you supposed to get those free when you buy stuff? Don't you have like every single DVD and CD ever. Like ever. Ok so at least all the H*R related ones...--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Well, I got these ''years'' ago, back when you didn't get them free with everything. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

== Blocking durations ==

As a senior sysop and an admin here, if we are being trolled by someone, for how long he or she should be blocked. I know that known trolls like NSMC, Dr. Who and others are blocked forever, but what about small calibar trolls? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:It's pretty much a judgment call in almost all cases. For IP addresses, 1 to 3 days, depending on the severity of the vandalism. For ''really'' bad stuff, a week or so. If a vandal is obviously changing IPs within a narrow range, blocking the range X.X.X.0/24 (or 23) usually works. Users who make useful contributions should be reasoned with first if possible, not blocked. Accounts created for no purpose other than to vandalize should be blocked infinitely. Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::Thank you very much. It sure will help! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

== New sysops ==

Was there a sysop nomination? If so, I'm surprised that Lapper wasn't one. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:34, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:''Anyone'' who had made any edit since around the beginning of February was considered. Of the ones we took, they were each chosen not only because they are deserving but also to fill certain niches. As we say, we will add new sysops as our circumstances warrant, and this time circumstances warranted the number and specific users that we took. I can name a half dozen other users who will someday make excellent sysops, and anyone who was not chosen this time should ''not'' read into it negatively in any way. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:58, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::When I posted the above, I couldn't say what I can say now: We were still considering some people, and some people simply don't check their email often enough! (Or they don't make their primary email available to the wiki, which is pretty much the same thing.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey, It's dot com, I see you having a lot of new sysops. Does that mean there won't be any new sysops for a while? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 05:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:Yes, I believe the seven new sysops that we have just inducted are it for a while. We've always got our eyes open, though. Remember also that ''all'' users can be important users. I did some of my best stuff (including STUFF) before I was promoted. (It's kinda funny too... what a lot of people don't realize is that sysop = more headaches.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
::So like how long? Because I signed on on Feb. 24th. {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 05:51, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:::It would be impossible to guess at this time, as there are just [[HRWiki:FAQ#How_do_I_become_an_admin_or_sysop.3F|too many factors]] that go into it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I missed something - is there a page that lists the new sysops? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

:[[Special:Listusers/sysop]] or [[HRWiki:A History#Later additions]]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
::Gotcha, thanks. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== User groups ==
I have a question: I know what a sysop does, and I know what a beaurucrat does, but what do you get to do as a developer that nobody else can? I'm just wondering what it means it have the promotion. Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
:For those of you following along at home, I was technically made a bureaucrat and a developer on the same day. The only reason I wasn't added to the developer group in the wiki software is because there's a subtle difference between being a developer and being in the developer group. At the time I was made a developer, the wiki developer group was inactive. Since then, we reenabled it, and when we did, I was put in the group, even though for practical purposes I was already in it. Make sense? Okay, now that we have that out of the way: Bureaucrats can assign and unassign users to groups (usually to make sysops), and can also rename users. People in the developer group can lock and unlock the database. That originally was the only function available, but since then I have extended it somewhat using my developer abilities. And here's the distinction: a developer has direct access to the server and database. They can see server logs, view raw database data, and modify system software (to improve upon it). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
::And is there anything special about Joey Day's "proprietor" group? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

:::No, it was created for purely narcissistic purposes (Joey's words, not mine). -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 22:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

:::: This is true. There is nothing special about the [[Special:Listusers/proprietor|proprietor]] user group. I'm not usually one to be so narcissistic, but I thought it made some sense, and I did it mostly because I could. We've never been able to create custom user groups before MediaWiki 1.5, or I might've created a proprietor group a long time ago. Actually, in a way this is the opposite of narcissistic, as it allows for the possibility of others having proprietorship at some time in the future, and adds a layer of abstraction between myself and the title of proprietor. In the past, we've always linked directly to my user page in places where we mention the proprietor, but we should change all those places to link to the proprietor list. I'll get right on that. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 23:26, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

== Dr. Who Never Strikes Again ==

Ok. I've got to admit, somewhat grudgingly, that you caught me earlier. I AM in fact Dr. Who. But I really wasn't planning on using this account for vandalism. Yesterday after I attacked the fanstuff wiki I saw that I had hurt someone's feelings and I felt terrible when it put a personal face on what I'd done. I'm ready and willing to talk to you about why and how I did all of that trolling if you just give me this chance. Of course, I would understand if you banned me right away, but I'm asking you to give it a try. Sincerely, [[User:Taco Salad of My Dreams|Taco Salad of My Dreams]]
:I can't speak for all the other sysops, but I won't ban you if you're willing to talk civilly. The whole reason I posted on your talk page was to find out about you and talk to you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ok then, here goes. I believe the first trolling I ever did was under the name "you smell", where I added that phrase several times to the [[Characters]] page. I decided that it was funny that someone coming to learn would see that (yes, I know, very immature and stupid of me). That was the full extent that I knew of what I was doing. I later learned of the concept of wiki vandalism from Uncyclopedia. I have been using this wiki for years without knowing exactly how maintenance worked; when I did I became jealous of the sysops. I wished to make a name for myself here without doing years of work (rather like WoW, I was trying to gain infamy). My attacks became somewhat meaner as I went on, and I attacked users when I got tired of simply tampering with content. I started thinking of ways to justify it to myself, such as that injustice was being done to me over userboxes, or that my name alone had gotten me banned. I guess I saw it as a way to "break loose" because I am normally NOT a rude or confrontational person. I just stopped for two reasons: I was ashamed of myself, and I was inspired by the way [[User:Granola|Yeltensic]] had turned himself around. In any case, I am deeply sorry. The least I can do is tell you how I did the vandalism so that you can better protect against anything that might happen in the future.
::I used two dynamic IP's: Safari and AOL. Aol has a set of three or four dynamic IP's that change within a narrow range from page to page. Safari's IP changes once every day, but it usually retains the first two segments (75.123.12.32, 75.123.32.34.... and so on). I opened numerous windows at once and typed in my edits and (sigh) summeries. This way the vandalism was at a high speed. I hope at least me telling you this helps (or rather, that you won't need it). [[User:Taco Salad of My Dreams|Taco Salad of My Dreams]]
:::I am willing to give you a chance. Several of your latest incarnations have actually showed some promise, and I hope you can build on that. Once again, I can't speak for all users and sysops, but in general we're a pretty forgiving bunch. I caution you that you will have to prove yourself (assuming others also give you a chance), and our collective patience with you might not be what it would be for a normal new user.
:::Thanks for the technical info (although I did already know that, by the way; that's how I was able to post on your talk page before you'd even made any real edits). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


== Message from Nikolce Kocovski ==

Greetings Dotty, how are you. I havn't spoken with you in a while. how have you been these couple of weeks? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 11:32, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:Uhh Dotty, where are you, are you busy or something? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::Hello, Nikolce. I'm fine, and I hope you're well. Yeah, life can be kind of hectic sometimes. But we gotta keep on tranglin'! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:14, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== SPONGE 001 ==

Who is your favorite H*R character?[[User:SPONGE 001|SPONGE 001]] 19:18, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

== Documentary ==
Thanks for that page move. As I saw the whole thing unfold on Recent changes, I thought "what the heck is he doing"? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 02:54, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
:No problem. Hey, do me a favor: Instead of pressing [edit] over on the right to start a new topic, please press the [ + ] (plus) button at the top of the page (in between the main edit button and the history button). (Or, at the very least, please clear the old subheading from the edit summary.) Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I always wondered what that button did. Cool, I'll try hard to remember to. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 03:09, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

== New special page ==

I've been seeing a lot of pages with the name Test being deleted, along with images. May I ask what going on? {{User:Dantheburgerking/sig}} 03:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

:We're testing something. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 06:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

::What I meant was what are you testing. {{User:Dantheburgerking/sig}} 11:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

:::It's a special page that has to do with [[Special:Personalimages|image management]]. <s>It's not ready yet,</s> but when it is, it will be linked from an HRWiki page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:55, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
::::That's really, really cool. I've been waiting for something like that... A way to see who owns what image(s) quickly. This should certainly be helpful in managing 'em, eh? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::::Indeed. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

==H*bad==

I would like to request to have my user name changed from H*bad to something else, at the fanstuff wiki, how do I do that?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 03:56, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

:If the name of our [[HRWiki:Changing username|changing username]] page is any indication, I estimate it would be at [[HRFWiki:HRFWiki:Changing username|HRFWiki:Changing username]]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 13:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

== IP Checking ==

There's been a fair amount of debate about accounts that seem to be all created by H*bad. Since we lack any ability to check for IP addresses, would you be able to see if the following accounts share the same IP?: [[HRFWiki:User:H*bad|H*bad]], [[HRFWiki:User:H*bad1|H*bad1]], [[HRFWiki:User:Darth Homestar Runner|Darth Homestar Runner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Darth Homestar runner|Darth Homestar runner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Guyforerunner|Guyforerunner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Godzillarunner|Godzillarunner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Homestarrunner101|Homestarrunner101]], [[HRFWiki:User:Running along|Running along]]. Any info you could get would be much combobulated. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 01:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:They're the same (except I'm not sure about Guyforerunner). See also [[User_talk:Tom#Emergency|this discussion]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:41, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::What in the world. My friend created H*bad1 at my house. Thats why he has the same IP address as mine, I believe. He called me up and told me that you guys are like people who want to put salt in an open wound. Why you do this to him? I will keep on fighting this little thing about H*bad1. I explained all of this cwap at [[HRFWiki:My dark side|My dark side]]--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 05:52, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Um... yeah. Okay. First of all, don't let people make accounts using your computer, and if you do, have them choose a different name from you. (That still doesn't explain all the other names, by the way.) But I don't really want to get into it here, as it has been discussed on other pages, like you point out. Super Sam simply asked me whether the IPs matched and I answered him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:02, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki Extensions ==

Cool, two headings in a row. Alrighty, I have two things to talk about. One - would you be able to post your source code for the extensions you wrote somewhere, such as [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mediawiki_Extensions here]? Two - do you know how to add a tab from within an extension? I figured out how to do it by editing SkinTemplate.php, but is there any way to have the same effect through an extension? (I'm trying to add a purge tab next to watch/unwatch). - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 10:22, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:I do plan to publish the extensions I have written. They need a bit of polishing, standardizing, and commenting before I would post them in a public place, however. As for the tab thing, I'm guessing you want more of an add-on file rather than a patch in the original file? I'm not currently familiar enough with how the tabs are generated to be able to give you a good answer to that one, but I would be surprised if it could be done with a standalone extension. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 10:37, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::Alrighty, thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 11:42, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

:::Here's a little way to add a purge button using [[User:Super Sam/monobook.js|your monobook.js]] that I came up with and Dot com fixed to actually work properly:
<pre>//Add purge cache button
function addPurgeButton()
{
var href = document.location.href;
{
var historyHref = document.getElementById( "ca-history" ).firstChild.href;
var div = document.getElementById( "p-cactions" );
var ul = div.getElementsByTagName( "ul" )[0];
var newLi = document.createElement( "li" );
var newA = document.createElement( "a" );
newA.setAttribute( "href" , historyHref.replace( "=history" , "=purge" ) );
var text = document.createTextNode( "Purge" );
newA.appendChild( text );
newLi.appendChild( newA );
ul.appendChild( newLi );
}
}
if ( window.addEventListener ) window.addEventListener( "load" , addPurgeButton , false );
else if ( window.attachEvent ) window.attachEvent( "onload", addPurgeButton );</pre>
:::Let us know how that works. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

== Dr.... Who? ==

Who was Dr. Who? why did he/she get kicked off so many times? I am asking this because as I travel around this Wiki I saw alot about Dr. Who. Just curious, {{User:Grit7/sig}}
:See [[#Dr. Who Never Strikes Again]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

== Captcha on move page ==

I'd like to ask you a question, and if it's been asked before, I'm very sorry. I'd just like to ask what the purpose of applying a CAPTCHA to the Move Page over on the Fanstuff Wiki is. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 23:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:It's to prevent a bot from being able to move pages as vandalism, and to discourage human vandals from doing the same. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
::If that's the case, why isn't it the same here? If I recall correctly (which is unlikely), this knowledge base has had more page-move vandalism than the Fanstuff. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 00:01, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Er... It ''is'' the same here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh. I must be out of date then. Never mind. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 00:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Actually, it's not. Well, at least, it's not for me with my almighty sysoply privilages. Is it like that for ordinary users? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:20, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, it is. I had to use it until a couple weeks ago when I was sysopped. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:26, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Oh. Huh. I didn't even realize. That puts WoW in a whole new light of non-life. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:27, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Grizzly Chomps ==

Hi It's dot com,

I had a question, and I'm not sure where else to put it. Can you explain why you didn't you think my "Grizzly chomps" fun fact in the Candy Product was a good one? I may be biased, but I think it applies pretty well. TBC have been known to reference old and obscure pop-culture items in the past, and I can't think of any other "pre-bitten" candy product sold in stores. I'd like to think they had this product in mind when they made the toon. You can even Google for it and read up on it.

Anyhow, I just wanted to know what my options were for debating this fact. Is this is something I could put in STUFF for debate? And if so, how?

The submission was:
*The "built-in bite" shape of SBLOUNSKCHED! may refer to Grizzly Chomps, a [[Wikipedia:Hostess|Hostess]]-brand treat introduced in 1992. The package included two chocolate cupcakes with a bite-mark shape cut out of them, and the package bore a cartoon bear saying, "I start 'em, you finish 'em."

:I removed it because the Grizzly Chomps are so old and obscure that any similarity to SBLOUNSKCHED is likely just a coincidence. None of the secondary details match, especially the reason for the bite. In the case of Grizzly Chomps, the bear helps you eat it for some reason, but Strong Bad calls the bite in his candy a security measure to deter others from eating it. I think that TBC independently thought it was funny to have a bite missing from the candy, and to suggest otherwise is too much speculation for my taste.
:    That said, I am more than willing to help you set up a STUFF item. The relevant instructions are at [[HRWiki:STUFF/Newfact]]. You need to start at "2. The STUFF subpage". Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:37, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::I went ahead and STUFF'd it for you. You can have the next one. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Thanks! I appreciate that. [[User:Compdude|Compdude]]

== Another recent block ==

Looking at the [[Special:Ipblocklist|Block list]], I saw that you banned User:Fire Man. Are you sure you've got the right guy? Looking at [[Special:Contributions/Fire Man|his contribs]] he only made one edit and it wasn't anything bad. He seems like a perfectly fine user. I think he's innocent so you should unblock him. Any reason why you blocked him in the first place? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 02:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
:You are correct about the number and type of contribs for that account. I am unblocking it on a provisional basis. I remind whoever needs to hear it that vandalism and flagrant abuse of the wiki's policies will not be tolerated. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:50, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

== The Clamburger ==

Could you please mark [[HRFWiki:User:Clamburger|Clamburger]] as a bot on the fanstuff? It's really cluttering Recent Changes. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 13:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:Why are you asking ''me'' when [[User:Tom|Tom]] has [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 4#The Clamburger Bot|already given you an answer]] on this one? If you want to appeal, you'll have to take it up with him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:03, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Extensions ==

Can you please put the autocolumn and random Homsar quote extensions onto the Fanstuff? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 12:41, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
:Done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Declaring War ==

Isn't there a rule against declaring war? Isn't that anti-Wiki? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I don't think anyone's ever enumerated a list here that specifically included "do not declare war," but I can say for sure that it's a very [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=It%27s+dot+com&page=User%3AHeadbad+and+strongbody bad idea]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&curid=18299&diff=295049&oldid=295009&rcid=242036 Indeed]. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:26, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::: *sigh* Yeah, that. If he keeps it confined to what he's already said, then I'm probably not going to worry about it too much (although I did have to [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&diff=295074&oldid=295057 remove some trolling] ''(for those just passing by, note the difference between trolling and vandalism)''), but if he actually moves the article against consensus or tries to escalate his "war" in any other way, there will be trains dropped. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm just glad I'm on your side. Trains are dangerous! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::See, that's the thing. I hate that sides even have to be taken. I had hoped when I made [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&diff=293660&oldid=293654 this edit] that we could reach a suitable compromise (which seems to be fine with everyone except him). *sigh* again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Politics are inevitable. Take it from an old man. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Heh. If you're older than me, I'll be surprised. I tried to find it in your user space but came up empty. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Hmm... I've just been informed that you ''are'' in fact older than me. Huh. Now I'm just the ''third''-oldest user (that I know of). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:06, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::So who's the oldest (or 2nd oldest, if it's me)? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::[[User:Bill|Bill]] is in his early forties. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::That makes me #2, and you #3 AFAWK. Interesting. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::I left a note on his talk page, and I think it knocked some sense into him. He's actually a good guy—assuming that he doesn't offend people so much anymore. Anyway, back to my wikivacation. Preeow. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

==[[HRFWiki:User:Stinkobad1|Stinkopuppet]]==
Super Sam was going to ask you this, but he says he did not have enough time. There is a user by the name of Stinkobad1 on the Fansguff Wiki. He requests an IP address check to make sure there is not another feud, and another reason to hate H*Bad. ;) Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 02:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
:Um, please? I know you're on, and it's urgent...:( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
::I think I'd like Super Sam to ask his own questions. If he doesn't have the time, then it must not be that urgent. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Hooray! It's me! Anyway, could you please crosscheck the IP addresses of Stinkobad1, H*bad, and while you're at it, The thing? Many thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 03:35, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::::None of those users coincide. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Flagrant System Error ==
Your userpage is [[car|pimp-ed out]]! How'd you get it like that? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 03:22, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Oops! You bwoke it! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::Now that it's all over, you can tell me how you did it! [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|Wheeeeeeee!]] - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 05:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Er, well, I put special clauses in the PHP code itself (that actually builds each page) that suppressed the header and footer and changed the background to blue and the text to white for any page called "[[User:It's dot com]]". Then I just changed the text to the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:It%27s_dot_com&oldid=299269 error message]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== My editing a-broke ==
Hey. This is Seriously. For somereason, my account can't edit. An internal error keeps happening. I'm seeing if I can use this to edit...The thing is, though, is that everyone else is still editing. It's getting strange. {{unsigned|Seriously}}
:What is the error? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::I'll look into it and try to fix the problem. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== 'Tavi monobook ==

Look, 'Tavi is somehow halting the appear of my monobook.css. Is there anyway to make it so that there are styled links to homestarrunner.com, and other sites? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:21, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Try editing [[Special:Mypage/tavistyle.css|the right page]]. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 04:24, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::I wouldn't even bother doing that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot net]] 04:26, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Okay. I'll do it, and you won't. ;-> (Ima try!) {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Actually, it's working, but, you may have another reason for telling me not to bother doing that. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:33, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::::Who, me? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot net]] 04:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== what happen to your userpage ==

Hey dotty, last time i checked your userpage, there was the blue fragment erroe page, what happen? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:55, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, 'twas an April Fool's joke. See [[#Flagrant System Error|Flagrant System Error]] above. (By the way, I'm really not very keen on "dotty", just so you know. See the top of my (working) user page.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
OOO i'm sorry, i'll just call youi dot com then, if you like?
:"It's dot com". Or "Dot com". Either one, really. They both fit. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

I just thought I'd thank you for unblocking me. Sorry about that joke, I guess I'm just ''way'' different than everyone else here. What I did was still kind of disruptive, though, sorry. {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}

==IP check==
Can you please do me a favor? I need you to check if Crusaders IP is 69.160.0.227. Please answer as soon as you can.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
:Access to that information is restricted, and unfortunately it's above your paygrade. Sorry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:35, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
::I need to know, because I believe that he trolled the Funny Stuff in which he is on. Come to the [http://www.editthis.info/funny_wiki Funny Wiki] and tell me there please?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Theme song ==

There's some sort of unwritten rule that I live my life by: Every awesome person, by default, needs a theme song. Yes, you heard me right, a theme song. Why don't you try a song already titled after you: [http://www.msu.edu/~larowebr/Brent%20LaRowe%20-%20Dot%20Com.mp3 Dot Com]. (Just to note, we still need one for Abdi. ;)) - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}

==My bro==
Is it ok if my brother creates a user on here. This is so you guys don't think that I am creating sockpuppets. He is also wanting the User:lil H*bad.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:He should ''not'' have that name. Have him pick something original. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:13, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
::He said "The cheatman". Would that be fine? Just you know FYI.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:41, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes ==

Hey there Dot com, I just have a question about my [[User:DBK/userbox|userboxes]]. When I try to make it align to the left side, it only goes to the right. Then, when I put it in my about me section, it goes above my text so it looks weird. Do you know what to do? {{User:DBK/sig}} 04:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
:I tweaked it a bit, removing divs in certain spots and putting in some in other places. It was mostly trial and error, though. Maybe that will get you started. (I can't really say that all the scroll boxes make your page especially easy to read, but that's just my opinion.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:38, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah I realized that, I was pretty much experimenting with that stuff before. I got rid of some and just kept scroll buttons on the lists in my page, like my favorite music and cool users. Any way I was just curious why it wasn't aligning to the right, and now I'll experiment more. Thanks! {{User:DBK/sig}} 04:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
:::No probalo! :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:04, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

== TaviStyle ==

Hello. Is there any way to put the TaviStyle skin as a choosable skin on the Fanstuff Wiki? Thank you. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 14:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
:Hello? --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 22:50, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
::I'm not ignoring you. TaviStyle will be included when we upgrade to 1.6 soon. Until then, we've frozen changes to the software so that we have a correct frame of reference. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:52, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Oh, okay. Thank you. (I just wanted to know when it will be uploaded.) --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 23:14, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

::::Any chance we could get a version we could use on Wikipedia? Or one that I could at least install on the test Wiki I've got on my PC? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 04:35, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== Email ==
Hey Dot comster. Can you check this email I sent you real quick? Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:I saw that. Why don't you ask a fanstuffer to send that for you. Better yet, use the fanstuff's email features to send it to him. By the way, what happened to pressing the [+] button at the top for new topics? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
::Sorry, forgot about that. I'll try to be better (though it doesn't really matter anymore, I'm just here for the email). I tried emailing it to him, but he doesn't have an email address in his preferences. I'll copy the sent email and send it to someone. Sorry for all the trouble. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:00, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Wait, I can't. Since I did it from the wiki and not from Gmail, I can't cut and paste from any source. Looks like you're stuck with the burden. Once again, sorry for all the trouble. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:01, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== <nowiki>[[Wikipedia: </nowiki> Extension]] ==

I'm not sure whether you made the extension that lets you link directly to Wikipedia articles using the <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Article]]</nowiki> syntax, but if you did, can you share it? I'd like to use it on my own wiki. If you didn't, do you happen to know who did or where it's available? Thanks. --{{User:Soapergem/sig}} 06:59, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

:That's a standard feature of every MediaWiki install. See [[Meta:Help:Interwiki linking]] for more information. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 07:47, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet vandels ==

They might just have the same IP. Maybe not the same peson. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 21:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:There are only a few ways that could be true, The Thing, and that's been taken into account, I'm sure. With only a few exceptions, if it's the same IP it's the same user. That's just how they work. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== IP ==

Do you use a special page to find the IPs? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 21:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, I got special pages all right, The thing. I'm like, Discount Special Pages Warehouse over here. Some of my special pages are of such significance that they can't be shown in anything but WIDESCREEEEEEEEEEEEN. Left side: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAH! Right side... — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
::What do you use? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 22:53, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:::I've got ones on this wiki. The fanstuff wiki. Even wikis we've just made up! How can I make these pages any cooler? Just ask for me, the guy that works here at the special page place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== Question ==

If I wanted to program a WikiBot, would it be HAVE to be in PHP, Python, or MySQL? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 22:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, I'm pretty sure the answer there is yes in most cases, it's moot if you want to use one here. Only developers can run Wikibots. - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}
::While that's true, Kookykman, he might asking in general. Sorry, Bluebry. I'm not the one to ask about bots. You might try Joey, Tom, Phlip, or even others. I'm much more content to hack the software from the inside rather than use a bot from the outside. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:42, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Unless you have über-1337 haxx0r access like our friend It's dot com here, the only way you're going to be doing anything to the wiki is with normal page loads, ie exactly as if you were editing it by hand, just automated. So any language that you can use to access the net you could theoretically use to write a bot. However since many languages have packages to simplify HTTP, these languages would be easier to use, and some languages (like Python) even have pre-built wikibot frameworks for you to work off. But this doesn't say you can't go and write your wikibot in pretty much any language – it's simply a matter of how hard it is to write. Python is a simple-to-learn language anyways. I doubt you would ever write a bot that used PHP, and rarely would you write one that used MySQL. And of course if you prefer to work with <code>socket</code> and <code>connect</code> in C, there's nothing stopping you from doing that either... it would just be extremely tedious to write. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 23:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Now, I'm still new to programing, but I heard C. Would C be anything like C++? And I don't want to hear anything about developer status either. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 23:52, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== Dangeresque change ==

(First off I'm new here so I don't know if I'm doing this right. Just so you know)

I'm the guy that changed the Dangeresque character page to note that dangeresque's glasses somehow stay on his head despite his total lack of ears. You changed it back, saying "(that's true, but it's not really very notable)"

Not notable? This is homestarwiki! You've got an entire page on the battle of strongbadia, despite the fact that it only applies to one email. And allow me to quote some other character pages...

Homestar: "Though he lacks a visible pair of arms, he is still able to function as though he has them, being able to carry and throw things and even type proficiently. It's generally accepted that either he does have arms, but for reasons that are never explained, they are invisible, or that he has limited telekinetic powers. "

Bubs: "His facial configuration is puzzling; in Pumpkin Carve-nival, he appears to have a safety pin stuck through his face above an internal ear."

Marsipan: "Like Homestar, Marzipan has no visible arms, though she is able to interact with the world as though she did, being able to pick up and move objects, and even play a guitar. It is generally accepted that either her arms are invisible, or that she has limited telekinetic powers."

Strong Bad:"He has boxing gloves for hands (that always have square window reflections on them, no matter where he is), and a lucha libre mask for a head [...] Strong Bad may also have a Homestar-like telekinesis"

Um...so yeah. I'm not mad or anything. I just wanted to point out that dangeresque's floating glasses can probably be considered significant if all this other stuff is on the site. (Hey, you could even tie it in with Strong Bad's rumored telekinesis, right?)

In conclusion, sorry this comment was so long. I guess I'll check back on this page later to see if you offer a counter-argument. Thanks for reading!

:First of all, let me say thank you for taking the time to write such a lengthy comment. Why not take a second and [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]]? I agree with you that Dangeresque's glasses do not seem to have anything supporting them (although I suppose one could argue that they are held to his face by tension or even glue). My main problem with noting it on the Dangeresque page is that it really breaks up the flow of that sentence (which is based largely on the [[Dangeresque (theme)|Dangeresque theme]]). In addition, the information isn't really that central to the character; it's more like [[TBC]] just worked in the glasses as best they could given the features of Strong Bad's head. I'm not suggesting that we not note the information ''anywhere''. Perhaps you could put it in the list of [[Lack of Visible Arms#References to Other Apparently Invisible Body Parts|references to other apparently invisible body parts]]. Again, thanks for your note, and welcome to the wiki! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:07, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

== Broken link ==

Just letting you know, the link near the bottom of your page that is supposed to lead to the discussion concerning the email blockquote styles is broken. That discussion was archived, so it should link to [[Talk:Strong Bad Email/Archive#New email format...]] instead. See ya! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 13:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

== I need some help ==

Hey there its dot com, how are you, how;s easter in america(if you celebrate it?)?

I need to ask you something, do you happen to know any Homestar runner wikipedias that are star wars fans?

by the way, happy easter

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

:A [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Search?ns2=1&ns3=1&search=star+wars&searchx=Search quick search] in the user and user talk namespaces turns up a number of users who may be fans of Star Wars. Hope this helps. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 02:05, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== Just a little hello ==

Hey there, It's dot com.
Homsarroks here. I just wanted to drop by and say hey and that you're cool.

{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 13:32, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Just out of curiosity, why did you revert my edits on the HR Wiki article on wikipedia? I tried to include the most important users on the wiki there (e.g. you, Tom, BazookaJoe, Some H*R Themed Username, etc.) and put accurate descriptions on what you did there. I'm not mad or anything, just a bit confused. Get back to me when you can. 

P.P.S. I left this message on your account on Wikipedia first, but I decided to put it on both your accounts so that you might get it sooner.

See yas!

:Actually, you didn't include BazookaJoe. I put him in shortly before removing the list. The reason I took it out is that it's so subjective. What makes a user notable? That list could have easily been four times as long. I decided that it would be better not to have it at all. As something of a compromise, I inserted a link that pointed to the list of sysops (even though I know that not all of the sysops are active). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:20, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I can understand that. THanks for the reply.--{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 22:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== We need the "Recent Changes" notice to be at the top of every page. ==

Yeah. Not everybody checks that. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:13, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
:Why do you need a sitenotice? People who don't check the recent changes just won't find out. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:16, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
::So it's not really that big of a deal? --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Personally, I'd recommend putting the notice, or something like it, on the Main Page. This is big news, and there are a lot of fans who may not find out because they don't have accounts, don't check their user pages, Watchlist or Recent Changes, etc. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 19:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:48, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

:::::People who visit the wiki on such an informal basis as you describe are not likely to have the same feelings towards the situation as regular and power users like us. These types of users are the ones the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:recentchangesnotice&oldid=310518 current message] is directed towards. We've added it to the [[H*R.com updates 2006|historical record of events]], but we will not add it to the [[Template:whatsnew|current updates]] if [[The Brothers Chaps]] don't mention it on H*R.com. The general community can find out through the [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Don Chapman]] article, as well as various other mentions throughout several articles. Death is a touchy subject, especially when it effects our heroes. The Admins are treating this with the utmost discretion, please respect our decisions and the feelings of the Chapman family. Thanks. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:58, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

== hAcKEr ==

Why did you write hAcKEr in binary in your User Box? Oh well... You don't have to answer. By the way, people say your cool. I guess I agree. [[User:Steve|Steve]] 22:01, 22 April 2006
:I wrote hAcKEr, eh Steve? Heh, that's been there for months, and to the best of my knowledge you're the first one to decode it. (If you're not the first to decode it, then you're certainly the first to say anything.) I write extensions and make changes to the [[MW:How does MediaWiki work?|MediaWiki]] software at the [[Wikipedia:Source code|source-code]] level, which is called [[Wikipedia:Hacker|hacking]]. I am a MediaWiki [[Meta:How to become a MediaWiki hacker|hacker]] for this wiki. Thanks for noticing and posting! Talk atcha later! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

== Special Pages ==

Can only Sysops edit Special Pages? --{{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 00:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

:Generally, pages listed as [[Special:Specialpages|Special pages]] are ones that are protected or generated by the wiki. As such, they are not editable by the common user, or by anyone. What makes a page uneditable to a common user like you or I is the protect template. See the image on the Main Page for an example, no edits can be made to it by someone lower than sysop. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:50, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
::I understand, but how did someone add the template to recent changes? --01:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC){{User:Dacheatbot/sig}}
:::The text on most special pages (including the recent changes page) is handled by pages in the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=8 MediaWiki namespace]. And yes, only sysops can edit these pages. The text in the message at the top of the recent changes, watchlists, and login screen is sub-controlled by a template ({{tl|recentchangesnotice}}) that we placed on the relevant MediaWiki pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:34, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

==Appropriate Username==
I have a question about the user [[User:Old timey Strong Bad|Old timey Strong Bad]]. Is that username appropriate, because I think it isn't really due to the similarity to [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]. {{unsigned|Lopp3|21:35, 26 April 2006}}
:Our general prohibition against using the name of a character only seems to extend to the main characters. Secondary or variant characters are generally okay. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

==Username Change==
If at all possible, please get around to changing my username. I left two notes on the [[HRWiki:Changing username]] page, but I still haven't had my name changed after a few days. {{User:Lopp3/sig}} 14:32, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

:You left your first request for a username change at 00:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC), fourteen hours and twenty-one minutes before posting your note here. You left your second request for a username change at 12:37, 27 April 2006 (UTC), only twelve hours and sixteen minutes after your first request. It has not even been one day, let alone a "few days." Please be patient. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 21:38, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== 65.167.69.XX ==

Hey, I did a little investigation. This IP range is notorious. I found blocks on it back to November, and comments that it is probably WoW. I know we gotta be reluctant to block a range, but I wanted to call your attention to this particular case. Take a look at the Block Log for the last 6 months to see what I am saying. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 13:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

== Poughwhatsie? ==

Actually, that's what I thought when that addition showed up a few days ago. It seemed like ''completely'' random trivia until I looked down at the context; "Poughkeepsie" is the destination in Homestar's word problem about trains entering tunnels. I guess this addition was an attempt to explain its significance (otherwise, why should two guys in Atlanta choose it aside from the funny-sounding name?). But if it's reinstated, it would need some rewrite to explain that (so the reader doesn't have to do the same thing I did). —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:07, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
:Meh, I don't see the point of including all that info, especially if there's any kind of link that can be clicked. It's barely mentioned in the toon. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:13, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

== Patrolling ==

Perhaps you can clear something up for me? Are all users allowed/encouraged to patroll recent changes, or only those who have committed to the official "recent changes patrol"? [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:07, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
:It's not necessary to sign up (although it's nice to know who has committed to the work). I never patrol an edit unless I am pretty sure of (1) the overall content of the article, (2) the intent of the editor, and (3) whether or not the edit is good for the article. (Vandal edits still get marked as patrolled, but the article is immediately reverted. Likewise, edits that add incorrect information are either reverted or reworked as the situation warrants. By marking an edit as patrolled, I am saying either that an edit was good or that I'll fix it.) Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
::It does. Someday I may sign up for the patrol, but I think I want to observe for a while first. I'm still really new at determining the validity of edits, as my [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Template:STUFF/senior_prom| recent adventure]] with STUFF demonstrates. [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
As you might have already noticed, I have finally joined up. However, patrolling has brought a new question: What standards do you use for the Talk pages? I assume they still need to be patrolled, but is that just to watch for cursing, flaming and the like? - [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:35, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

== Even more recent block ==

I was wondering about the IP address you just blocked. I looked at his contributions, and his vandalism wasn't much. At least it didn't deserve a month-long block, in my opinion. So why did you blcok him for that long? Also, how did you know he was using the computer system at that school? Quizzical in someplace beginning with Q, — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:09, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
: I understand that you want to feel like you're in the loop, but unfortunately you do not have the standing here to question my actions in this way. Rest assured that I know exactly what I'm doing and have discussed matters with other admins. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:49, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
:: Sorry. I wasn't trying to question your authority. I know well enough through my experience here that you have some of the best judgment I've ever seen. I would never question your actions. If you took it seriously, I apologize. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== Recent change of the template that says "do not create this page"==
Absolutely brilliant. I had tried to edit the weather in london before, and it had the normal template. Now it's completely redone, including hatred by Strong Bad. Dot com, you truly do rock. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:03, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, now I get it. There's a template for each one. Both are really funny, actually. Great job. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:05, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

== Expanded basic cable ==

Hi. Master Chief has this friend and Masterchief always goes to his house. Yesterday i went to his house and When I went on this site, I saw that he had the same IP as me. So when Master Chief went to his friend's house he created sockpuppets and vandalized the wiki. Now he isn't Master Chief's friend anymore because they got into some fight. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:Dude, you've fed us all so much crap over these last few months that I'm amazed that you think we're listening anymore. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::WHAT?!?! I didn't type that! It was probaly My brother or my cousin because I left myself logged on when I had to answer the phone. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 22:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Sure. Please see my above reply, and treble it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Is the rule about, "my (Some family member) did this" not allowed here as well.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 23:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::It isn't a rule per se, but without proof it is sure looked at with skepticism here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

==Checking IPs==
I know I can't check them on here, but I was wondering were you go to check who has what IP.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 21:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
:There are around half a dozen ways, none of which I'm going to elaborate on here. If you look through the MediaWiki documentation, it might give you some insights. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
::What is the link in the special pages that let me check Ip addresses. (The reason for my asking is because of my wiki.) The thing that I know that if I go there here, I will just get an error.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 16:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::If you installed your wiki yourself, then you already have the access necessary to check IPs. If it's a wiki-in-a-can, then it's likely that you don't have the extensions installed that you would need for that. Again, check your documentation. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:04, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

== Dot com & Tom ==

Do both of you guys live in New York, as both of you were at a Yankees game? [[User:72.150.230.125|72.150.230.125]] 01:40, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

:No, I'm from Texas (see my user page for more info). The cap I have on is the official hat of the [http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=tex Texas Rangers Baseball Club]. I was in the Tri-State area for three games that particular week: starting with Mets–Phillies (in Philadelphia), then Yankees–A's ([[:Image:Dot com & Tom.jpg|pictured]]), and finishing with Rangers–Yankees (which I am pleased to report [http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20060515&content_id=1455525&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=away Texas won], 4–2). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
::Wow, so you were right near me and I didn't know it. (I'm about 45 minutes or so west of Philly with good traffic.) You shoulda stopped by. ;)
::Also, I jus' have to say it, coz you know someone's thinking it: as one collective entity, you make It's Dot Tom. =3 --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::You see, Dorian? That joke was already thought of on IRC. Why won't you log there some time? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you ==
Thank you very much. I don't appreciate being spoken about, especially when it was way back when. I've been thinking for a long time about how truly ungrateful he is, and it seems he's lost his privilege. Thanks so much. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:54, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:Do you think he'll go crazy like last time? Do you think he'll make tons of sockpuppets? Is he immature enought o retaliate like this every time he gets blocked? {shudders} — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::Meh, I don't really care that much. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah, I don't think many people care at all. I suppose we can just revert it again and again. It's not even like he's doing much inconvenience. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

==IP address change==
My Ip I think has changed. I need you to check my Ip address and tell me what it is. If I am right then my Ip address has changed for some reason.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:To check your IP, just log out. It will tell you your IP where your username usually is. If it doesn't show it there, then edit the sandbox and check the history. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Am I allowed to say what it is?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::Um, if you want to. Some people try to protect that kind of info. (It won't be news to me, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:33, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Here is the difference, this is my now 68.184.181.214, and here is what it was, 66.169.190.116. What is up with that?-{{User:H*bad/sig}}
::::Those IPs are both used by the [[isp|ISP]] in your area. Speaking of, are you a Rangers, Mavs, or Cowboys fan? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Mavs fan. I also love the rangers. Do you happen live in the Dallas/ fort worth area?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::No, but I do live in Texas. (I did live in Mesquite and work in Plano for a summer, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:51, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Hey, maybe we will run into each other at like a mavs or rangers game. I'll hear your name and look over and see you. Wouldn't that be nice?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:59, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::::That'd be cool. I'm planning on going to the one about a week from now (Sunday night). You can see what I look like (in a Rangers cap even) in the photo on my user page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:There is a major problem though, I kind of told my parents that I know everyone here from school, so I can't say hi to you.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::That's okay. Although I traditionally wear my Homestar running shirt to ballgames, so that other H*R fans can spot me. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Although, I could make up a story that would make it ok for me to be talking to you.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

==Idea'd==
I have thought of something, that I think that needs changing. I believe that the fanstuff wiki should be able to use the Tavi style for our skin. Can that be arranged?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:Well, is there a way to put it in a monobook? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 15:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
::I was talking about a way to have it as a seperate option.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:37, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:::I know. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 15:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
::::See [[#TaviStyle|above]]. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 15:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Wait we haven't upgraded yet??--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:55, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

==User page==

Are we allowed to have Wikipedia links on our userpages? [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:25, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, yes. Check [[User:DorianGray|my page for a lot of them]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::See also [[HRWiki:User space]] for restrictions and conditions. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:30, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:::OK, thanks. I wasn't sure if maybe it causes a problem, like there being offensive content on Wikipedia articles (vandalism or not) that HRWiki can't do anything about. Well then, going to add my links... [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

== Contribs ==
Do you think you could add the 'ctrbs' extension to the Fanstuff Wiki's recent changes? It'd make my job there a little easier. Thanks in advance. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 17:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
:That is standard in 1.6 (where it will be spelled 'contribs', incidentally). I recognize that it's taking us longer than we originally anticipated to make the upgrade. Don't give up hope of its happening, though. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:01, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
::You added it here... is it difficult to implement? - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, it involves making changes in about six spots of existing code. It's not just like adding an extension. If we don't upgrade real soon, then I'll see about making an exception to our lockout of changes to 1.5. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Troll sockpuppet==

Could you please not be so quick to assume that's what I am? Chris/Yeltensic/Granola has relatives just like everyone else. [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Should I..==

..remove the vandalism thing from Darth's userpage? Or should I wait for him to do that or what? [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 23:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Where's the page?==

When I try to get into the "Where's the Cheat?" page from the H*R updates page, it says "no page with that title exists," but when I get into it from the "Toons" section, it works fine. Is there a broken link, or is the problem at my end? [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 14:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

:To clarify, the link found at [[H*R.com updates 2002#Tuesday, February 26, 2002]] for [[Where's The Cheat?]] doesn't work, but the one at [[Toons#Big Toons]] does? What's really odd is that the error you're receiving is [[MediaWiki:Nogomatch]], which I thought was only shown when there's no exact match for a search done with the "Go" button. Is that the message you're seeing? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 14:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

::The closest I came to duplicating this problem is to type "Where's The Cheat" (without a question mark) in the search box. It also gives a similar error if you type "Where's The Cheat?" (with or without the question mark) in the URL. I'm going to make a redirect to fix those two things, but otherwise I can't recreate the problem as described. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

== When STUFF gets contradicted... ==

Hi, It's dot com. Here's a question that's been on my mind for a very, very long time (4 months):

What happens if we decline a STUFFed reference, thinking that it's unlikely, but then it turns out it was a reference after all? Say, for example, and I'm not saying that it is (even though I admit voting in favor), [[Happy Trogday]] WAS a homage to All Your Base, and that it is confirmed by TBC themselves on, say, the DVD commentary? {{User:The Chort/sig}} 18:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

:Well, we just write a nice letter to TBC explaining how they must be mistaken. Once we vote here, that's the end of it. :) Actually, this has happened several times (none springs to mind right this second, but I'm sure someone will list an example here shortly). In cases like that, we simply overturn our vote and note that TBC said so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:33, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
:: I haven't yet looked it up, but I believe that "Ryan S." from [[theme park]] was such an example. You're welcome. :D --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:38, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
:::[[Talk:rampage#I.27m_on_a_Rainbow_.28originally_DECLINED.2C_now_ACCEPTED.29|Here]] is the one example of which I'm aware. And concerning AYB: Even though I voted to decline, I have always felt it was ''possible'' that fact was correct, and will not be surprised if we do have to un-decline it (nor will I be surprised if we don't). {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 18:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

==Sockpuppetness==
I know sockpuppetry when I see it and I know that kk is a definate sockpuppet person. (I know how ironic) Anyways, I was wondering why it is that when someone creates an account on here, 2-3 others are created. So my question is, that do you beaucrats check every new user if they have another log in name?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 17:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
:You have already asked me questions like this two or three times on this page, but I'm still not going to give you a straight answer. Nothing against you, but I don't like to post details of something like that. Nevertheless, it's probably not hard to infer certain things by posts I've made elsewhere. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:02, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

== Thatkidsysop ==
Do you think you could make [[HRFWiki:User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] a sysop on the Fanstuff Wiki? There's been a concensus for him to be added to the team. (I actually posted this on the official forum's admin thread a little while ago, but it's been hours without a response and there's already a bit of excitement on the wiki.) - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 19:22, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:No wait. Lets make a discussion about this.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem. For some reason that forum wasn't showing as having new messages for me. I know what it's like to be offered a promotion and then have to wait and wait for it to go through (in my case, the whole wiki was locked down for the server move). So I will not tell you to keep your pants on, for real. ;) H*bad, this talk page is not the right venue for a discussion on the promotion. In fact, simply by Joshua's posting here I assume that all the necessary discussion has already taken place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:05, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, sorry. The reason was only because I was just wondering about it. Thats all.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:35, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

== For you and all the others... ==

For You, Tom, Thunderbird, Joey, Stu, Bazooka, Rogue Leader, Phlip, Heimstern, Abdi Viklas, Drhaggis, E. L. Cool, Firebird, Qermaq, Coder, Jones, Jay, Kilroy, Lapper, Username, Dorian, Paper, and all the others...
Hey, I just want to thank all of you for what you do for the Wiki. I used your page because you seem to be the only one logged on. [[User:65.6.55.229|65.6.55.229]] 20:17, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:Hey, Anonymous, why don't you write a really nice thank-you note and then not attribute it to yourself. (Oh, kids can be so cruel. Just kidding.) Thanks, man! It's nice to be appreciated! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks from me, too! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 22:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Why thank you very much, it's always nice to hear that our work is appreciated. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks, man. That really makes a sysop feel good. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 03:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Thenk you very much, Mister .229! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 06:46, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::Thanks! (And gee; if you know all of us well enough to abbreviate names, you really ought to think about getting one of your own!) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 23:29, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I'm very flattered. Thank you for your kind words, 65.6.55.229. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 02:52, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Note: DprianGray isn't a sysop. Just a note. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Neither is Qermaq, but there you go. =) --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::::::::Both DorianGray and Qermaq, if I may speak for the community, are quite respected users. They have the right to be named in that list of thanks. And after all, 65.6.55.229 never once said the word "sysop" in his note. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 00:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Okay, it seems I misunderstood. Since almost every user on that list was a sysop, I figured it was thanking the sysops only. >.> — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

== Magical Sysop Powers? ==

I've noticed that you and the other sysops around here are able to identify a user by their IP number. I have my own little personal wiki, running on the exact same version of MediaWiki as this one, of course without any changes made to this wiki after installation. As far as I can tell, I have no such all knowing, ip reading powers as the sysop of my wiki. Is this something you guys have edited the HRWiki to be able to do or am I completely missing a huge power of being a sysop? —{{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 00:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
:I have already asked. They won't say.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
::Eh, okay then. Another mystery of the HRWiki goes unsolved. —{{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 00:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
:::I think they want to do this to us.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
::::The bureaucrats at this wiki have installed the position of "developer". On some wikis it is called checkuser. It allows users to check IP addresses of users in addition to the normal sysop powers. So yes, it's edited in. - {{User:Bub/sig}}
:::::That's not quite right, but it's kind of close, so, yeah, let's go with that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

== Paranormal Idol ==

Could you check the IPs of Paranormal Idol and HomeTron V20 on the fanstuff wiki? I think they might be the same person. - {{User:Bub/sig}}
:Sorry, but a request for that info would have to come from a fanstuff sysop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
::Okay, could you please check the IPs of the following Fanstuff users: [[HRFWiki:User:HomeTron V20|HomeTron V20]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol|Paranormal Idol]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol2|Paranormal Idol2]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol3|Paranormal Idol3]] and [[HRFWiki:User:Ytmnd Boy|Ytmnd Boy]]. Here's the reason. (edited version of reasons written by Bub on [[HRFWiki:User talk:Joshua]].)
::HomeTron V20 was a player on an interactive game which Bub created. HomeTron apparently quit the wiki because his Fake Characters were getting deleted by Joshua (as per a different discussion). A couple of days later, a new user, Paranormal Idol joined the wiki. He then created two new accounts, Paranormal Idol2 and Paranormal Idol3, claiming that he lost the password to his original account. Paranormal Idol3 then joined the same interactive game. After playing it for a while and then dying (in the game), he left the wiki. A few minutes after this, Ytmnd Boy signed up and requested to be in Bub's interactive game using the same character as HomeTron V20. All of these users share the same style of grammar, spelling and the way they transcribe.
::In my opinion, this seems like valid grounds for an IP check. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Based on the IPs, they are the same user. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 07:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::A few minutes ago, I got the new messages flag, and an e-mail saying that my talk page had been created by you. Do you know why this has occurred? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 07:24, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yes. I edited and saved your page without making any changes in order to force the system to send you that message but without creating a new version of your page. I hoped you would then guess that I had replied to you here, which you did, so it worked. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

==Help Another Wiki?==
Greetings from [[Wookieepedia:|Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki]]. :) I'm one of the administrators over there ([[Wookieepedia:User:Jaymach|Jaymach]], if you'd like to check) and I have been told by [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]] that you may be able to help us with something we are attempting to implement over there. We're looking into possibly using your "Image Code" verification, but only want to use it for Page Moves rather than every Page Edit. Do you know if this is possible at all and, if it is, is there any chance you could inform us how to do so? Feel free to contact me on [[Wookieepedia:User_talk:Jaymach|my talk page]]. Many thanks. (I'd sign this, but it'd be from my anon IP so there seems little point)
:We are pleased to help you here, Andrew. Tom is sending you more info by email right now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

== hello from Nikolce ==

Hi Its dot com, how have you been these last couple of uummm time?? Anyway how are you doing in school? By the way, are there any user that play warcraft 3 on battle net by any chance? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 06:58, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
: I've been doing well, Nikolce. I hope you're well as well. I don't currently go to school (I graduated from college six years ago). Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the game you mention. Keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

== Finals ==
Do you watch the Dallas Mavericks?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 14:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:I checked in on them four or five times yesterday [Game 1 of the NBA Finals, for those reading along] during the game, and I was happy they won. I'll probably see more of the later games in the series. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::Also, their next game is Sunday, Sunday, Someday. Ok, bye.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Interwiki links ==
Hey It's dot com. I need some help with a link, it's [[Meta:Help:User style]]. It works here, but not on the Fanstuff User Preferences. Do you know why this is?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:30, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:It should work now. (I updated and synchronized the knowledge base and fanstuff interwiki tables.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::Ok, thanks. Now I can continue to make it more updated like.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 19:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== The latest most recent block ==
Why did you block Strong bad roks!, because it doesn't appear that he did anything wrong.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 19:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:No, but he was going to. Thanks for your concern. Please look over my talk page here and find every thread with the words "recent block" in the title before posting another thread like this one. Thanks again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Archives ==
Sorry if my last post was worded rude, mainly because I didn't word it very well. Anyways the reason I bring it up, is because anytime I post something on your talk page it takes forever for it to bring up your talk page.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 20:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:It's okay, but you should be aware that people generally already know when their talk page has gotten pretty long. Pestering them about it rarely does more than annoy them. If you look at the top of the page, you'll see that I've already archived once before. Maybe I will again someday. Who knows, maybe even soon. There are a lot of other projects I'm working on, however, that require more of my attention right now (like the long-overdue upgrade). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Master Chief's name ==

Hey, dot com. How did you know Master Chief's real name was Ryan? That is his real name. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:03, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:Well, Brendan, you'd be surprised what information is out there if you know where to dig. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:22, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::You mean on my talk page's history? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:28, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, there's that, but he created [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Log?user=!!!!_Ryan_ON_WHEELS! this account] as well. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, how'd you know my name? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::Like you said. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::But you knew my name before I said On my talk page's history. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::That's true. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:24, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

== Upgrade to 1.6 at the fanstuff wiki ==
Hey, awesome job, you and Tom really work harder than most people notice. The log in page is the best part, though. however, do you think you'll be able to add the poopsmith border again? I'm just wondering if 1.6 can't do that. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:54, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
:I love the RSS upgrade....But one question: Why did you upgrade the HRFWiki before the HRWiki? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 02:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
::We try to shake down any problems we're going to encounter there before we apply the upgrade here. Not all fanstuffers are happy with this arrangement, but it's the best we've got, as it allows us to identify problems using a database that already has an enormous amount of content. If it's any consolation to them, we did spend an extensive amout of time testing the new features before we committed them to the live wiki. As for the Poopsmith, I don't know when or whether we'll be seeing him again soon. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

==Unblock==
Please unblocking 82.42.237.114 on a provisional basis. the vandals
are gone! [[User:Go-glow|Go-glow]] 13:42, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
:Forget it. I have records of at least a dozen vandal accounts from that address over the last six months, and the content of the vandalism is worse than most. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

== Hi ==

I was just lookin around on the wiki this morning and decided that I'd leave a brief hello message for you. 

Hi, It's Dot Com. 
I haven't really talked with you too much, so I felt like leaving you a message. What's up with you in real life lately? Anything cool happening that you'd like to talk about? Any interesting stories or other stuff? Are there any Wiki projects that need serious cleaning up or any pages that need creating? If so, I'd be glad to help with them. I don't really have too much wiki time any mroe, but I have a chance to be on this morning for a little while. I'd be glad to assist with any ongoing projects that are in need of serious help. If you get a chance, please reply on my talk page.

{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 13:27, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Could I add you to my friends list? I'd like to recognize you on my userpage for your remarkable work on this wiki over the time you've been here. Thanks for your time.

:Well, sure. You can't have too many friends. To answer your other questions: The Rangers are still doing well, and that makes me happy. I can't think of any projects off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's some good ideas over at [[HRWiki:The Stick]]. I also can't think of any pages that need to be created. I wish they would release the next toon so we can make a page for ''it''. (By the way, I replied here instead of your talk page because it's generally better to keep discussion in one place.) Talk atcha later! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
::Alrighty then. ADD'D!!!!!--{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 16:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki pages==
What exactly do MediaWiki pages do? I'm confuzzled...— {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
:See [[Meta:Help:MediaWiki namespace]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:03, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

== A troll's IP ==
Hey, Dot com. I found a trolls IP address, and I was wondering what I should do with it.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 15:06, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
:I guess you should just hang on to it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:46, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, but he is a pain in the neck. I know him. He has trolled on the fanstuff before. And I just want to be done with him.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 15:50, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

== Deleting user names ==
Hey Dot com. I heard from some very reliable sources that you guys can delete user names.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:09, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:"Can" is such a big word. Of course I ''can'' delete usernames. I can delete the whole wiki. (Not that I'm going to.) As for whether I ''will'' delete usernames, the answer is no; in general our [[HRWiki:Privacy policy#Removal of user accounts|policy]] is not to do that. Who said otherwise? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:18, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::It just seems like its not a very good idea to keep a username on the list, like NSMC, some inappropriate usernames, Willy on wheels, etc. Well maybe not NSMC, for historical reasons. And I never said anyone said otherwise.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:23, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, can can also just change there username to something else. I'm not saying that he's going to. He ''might'' but I doubt it. --{{User:the thing/sig}} 14:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::Yes you did. You said, "I heard from some very reliable sources." — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, well, I was on the mediawiki channel asking questions.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Yes, it is technically possible, and yes, in certain very unusual circumstances it has been done, but no, we don't do it otherwise. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:43, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::Really? When was it done? Also, I found out mediawiki 1.7 will be coming out in July.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::Great. I'd hate for them to actually use a version for a while. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:50, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Yeah, they told me that its going to look much better than 1.6.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::In reply to the other question: It was used after NSMC's vandalism was cleaned up. All the individual accounts were deleted and consolidated into [[User:NSMC vandal|one account]]. - {{User:Bub/sig}}

== El Cid... lcid... Are Cid... rcid... ==

Hey! [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Cutepetsrus&diff=next&oldid=338955 What's] "rcid"? —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 16:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
:It's the "Recent Changes ID". Each entry in the [[Meta:Recentchanges table|`recentchanges` table]] has a unique ID, which shows up in the URL when you click "diff" from [[Special:Recentchanges]] on an edit that hasn't been patrolled. The "rcid" part tells the system to display the "park as patrolled" link as you view the diff (even if the edit has [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&curid=710&diff=338906&oldid=338904&rcid=287736 already been patrolled]), and so it's not necessary to be included in a link on a talk page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:09, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

== Rangers ==
Hey just in case you didn't get my memo, I am going to a rangers game on wednesday. I know your most likely going to erase this, but just so you know.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 04:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
:That's cool. I am thinking about going on Tuesday for the Fourth and the fireworks, but I'll have to see. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
::I would figure thats when its going to be the most crowded.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
:::And I just got back. They won! Back to back homeruns. It was cool. Hey were you there? Or were you there at the July 4th game?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 03:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
::::No, I didn't get to go to that one. (That's too bad, 'cause I love patriotic-themed fireworks.) Glad your game was good, and hey, they're tied for first right now! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

== Bad wording... ==
Hey Dot com. I was wondering about your accually typing the word (A good way of saying it) whatsit on a page. I know you already know this, but there are little kids on here. Can you reword it, please?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 04:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
:No, I'm not going to reword it. There is a difference between ''using'' a word and referring to a word ''as a word''. Assuming that the user doesn't already know what his name means, then there would be no way to explain to him what the problem is without resorting to pedantic euphemism or a click-through, both of which are unnecessary given that (1) we should be mature enough to calmly discuss any subject, (2) the whole name itself is already as offensive as or more offensive than its components, and (3) the likelihood that a random user will find that page is close to zero. If it makes you feel better, I'll put a language warning there. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
::Sorry, I was just making sure that everything is G or Pg rated here.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

== Marshie Face ==
[[Image:foodfaces.png|thumb|Both a little creepy]]
Okay, you win. I hadn't compared them side-by-side and was going solely by memory. They DO, after all, have a similar artistic style, even though I can now see that I was wrong in thinking they were the same. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:09, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
:Cool. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

== Subst signatures ==

Hi, this is CapitalQ from TMBW.net. We just upgraded to MW 1.6 yesterday (only to see 1.7 stable released today, but that's another story), and after seeing that templates in signatures automatically turn into substrings, ACupOfCoffee pointed us [[HRFWiki:HRFWiki talk:Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.6#Substituted Signatures of Death|here]], where you state "I have created a new variable that allows me to disable this so-called feature, which I now have done." If you could tell me exactly how you went about doing that, I'd be very greatful. Thanks. :) -[[TMBW:User:CapitalQ|CapitalQ]] 02:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
:No problem. I have replied on [[TMBW:User talk:CapitalQ#Subst'd sigs|your talk page]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks, all set up! You rock. -[[TMBW:User:CapitalQ|CapitalQ]] 12:09, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== Homsar's Speech ==

DaAaaAAaaAaahhh! Hi, It's dot cayommm! It's KieferSkuunnk! I just wanted to thank you for the <s>flowers you sent me while I was in the hospital</s> help on my Homsar's Speech project! We're almost done now, but I still can't feel my leeeggs. Okay, bye-dee-bye! {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:26, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
:Nowowowow, this is the thrill of a lifetime. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:57, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== /wiki/ redirect ==

I asked Interruptor Jones about this, and he told me to tell you, so... I think /wiki/ should redirect to /index.php/ because whenever I want to look something up in HRWiki by typing in the URL, I invariably end up typing "/wiki/" and getting the ol' 404. I'd just add <tt>Redirect permanent /wiki/ http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/</tt> somewhere in the .htaccess file, and it should work automatically. I think it'd be even better to do it the other way around and make "/wiki/" the canonical form and have index.php redirect to that instead, but not having used the MediaWiki software, I don't know the exact configuration options. Oh... and ever thought about moving some of the stuff on this huge talk page to an archive page? ;) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 16:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

:Isn't typing the URL out a bit cumbersome? Why not create a [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html smart-keyword] instead? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 20:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

::It's the way I've always done it, and it doesn't feel so cumbersome after having done it a million times with Wikipedia. Other people might not be aware of smart keywords (I wasn't until just now). Besides, what's the harm in setting up a redirect? :) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 21:26, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

:::I'm not inclined to hack the wiki to aid one person's "way of always doing it". There are easier client-side options for what I percieve to be a client-side issue. Sorry. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 00:38, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

::::But is it just one person's way of always doing it, or are other people doing it, too? And I still don't see the harm in just adding a line to .htaccess; you wouldn't even have to restart the server or anything. - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 03:08, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

:::::It's not that your request isn't easy to fulfill. I presented you with an alternative that would actually be quicker than if I made the change and you typed the entire URL. I don't see this as a problem with the wiki, I see it as an issue that is unique to a single user's behavior. Though I have to admit, I still might consider changing the <tt>index.php</tt> in the URL to <tt>wiki</tt> (making <tt>wiki</tt> the canonical form), but I'd want to go over the consequences of such a change with others first. (Note that this was [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 2#Mod rewrite to remove index.php from URLs|discussed once before]].) -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 04:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm unindenting so this doesn't get too wide... anyway, we still haven't even established that I'm the only one who types /wiki/ -- do you have error log statistics to back it up, maybe? I also think the redirect would be a good idea because it would be more consistent with other wikis (I believe most of the most popular MediaWiki sites use /wiki/); inconsistency is why I make this error in the first place. I could make further arguments, for example, that the URL is part of the user interface of a website, and any user interface should anticipate user error. (It's not uncommon for a text-based program to understand both "exit" and "quit", for example.) I could make an analogy with "typo redirects" on wikis. I know, it sounds silly to back up such a little thing like this with so much, but it just feels like a redirect is the Right Thing. (I guess becoming a webmaster is having this effect on me.) Well, I don't suppose there's any more I can say on this subject, so do what you're gonna do. :) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 20:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

== PHP upgrade ==

[[Special:Version]] still says that we're running PHP 4.4.2. Upgrade to PHP 5 unsccessful? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 06:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:Delayed. Turns out we need to upgrade [[Wikipedia:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|RHEL]] so that we can upgrade [[Wikipedia:Apache HTTP Server|Apache]] so that we can upgrade [[Wikipedia:PHP|PHP]] so that we can upgrade [[MW:|MediaWiki]]. We're going to try again over the weekend. (We ''did'' upgrade from 4.3.x to 4.4.2, for any of you keeping score at home.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:42, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
::Upgrading RHEL and Apache might not be necessary after all. We should have the CAPTCHA problem (which is really a missing libraries problem) fixed with the upgrade as well, which according to my information should be any time now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Special:Countedits ==
Could you please install the Count Edits extension on the Fanstuff? Many combolations, {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 08:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:That function is a server-intensive function (which is why it's restricted to sysops on this wiki). Perhaps you could elaborate on why you need it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
::Honestly, we don't. I was simply interested (in counting edits). - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I see. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I am looking for documentation and an implementation of Special:CountEdits. If you can help, please contact me at the e-mail address here: http://en.csharp-online.net/index.php?title=User:WikiSysop.

Thanks for your help. --- Editor C# Online.NET

== Ni hao! ==

Hey, Dot com, just wanted to say hello from China! Hope all's going well for you. Things have been crazy in China (in an awesome way), but I can't imagine I'll get much time to tell all you guys until I return to the USA... anyway, just wanted to give you a long-distance greeting. Zaijian! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:China man that's gotta be fun! Some day I hope to visit China. Just won't be any time soon. I do plan to go to Kansas City Missouri for a few days this summer! Hi Dot com! :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 02:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
::Hey juys! Looking forward to your return! (Although, Heimstern, it's kinda like you never left. What an increasingly small world we live in.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I think I'm in a bit of an abnormal situation here, to be honest. I'm in about the nicest hotel in Shuangliu county and stuff like that. So in some ways, I have a lot of the conveniences of home. A lot of places in China aren't like that, or so I hear. But then again, China is growing like crazy in terms of technology and modernization. It seems like ''everyone'' here has a cell phone. Like, ''more'' oft than in the USA. I don't have time to say much more now, though. We'll talk more when I return. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 05:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Olsen Twin'd!! ==

How did you know that the pictures in Teen Girl Squad 11 came from that M magazine? {{User:Salty/sig}} 01:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
:Well, I have to admit that I'm a big Mary-Kate and Ashley fan (Ash is my fave), and I've had a subscription to ''M'' since I was a twelve-years-old boy.  — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
::Nice. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 03:52, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


== Old main page style ==

Don't get me wrong, I love the new style, but there are still people complaining (well, on the forum). Is there a way to put that old style as one of the skins in the preferences? If it's too much work, it's fine with me, I like this style better, but some people don't. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}
:We're not going to create and maintain another skin just for that old style. There are instructions out there somewhere on customizing one's personal CSS to make the main page like the old style. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
::That works. I'll just tell people that. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}

== Quick reference guide ==
Ok, this has been bothering me for a while, why on the [[Template:stuffinstructions|STUFF instructions]] page is the words quick reference guide, in red?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 03:43, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
:It's not red; it's kind of a goldish color. It's a different color so that it will stand out. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
::Really? It really looks bold red. Not even close to a goldish <s>colour</s>color. Weird.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 03:18, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, it is a '''reddish-gold color,''' but not '''as red as a broken link.''' — '''[[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]''' 03:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

== Guitar riff from "Personal favorites" ==

I noticed that the QotW page lacks the sound file for the "Wicked Guitar Solo". I have a copy of that file lurking here, though the file upload page seems to want images, so I figured I'd better not chance it. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

--Ian.

:Hi there Ian. Please email the file to [mailto:tom@hrwiki.org tom@hrwiki.org]. Thanks. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

== No fan of zeugma? ==

Aw, I loved [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Pi&curid=26404&diff=353018&oldid=353017&rcid=302440 that line]... {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:33, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
:I am a fan of zeugma, but not when it seems unintentional. My personal fave: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana" (Groucho Marx). Close runner-up: "You held your breath and the door for me" (Alanis Morissette). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:37, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

::Or the classic "If we do not hang together, we shall certainly hang separately." {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:40, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

== 1 Username ==
Ok, I was looking through the system messages when one of them caught my eye, it said: "Sorry, you have already created $1 accounts. You can't make any more." is it possible to make the number a 1. So that there can't be anymore sockpuppets or something like that.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 05:41, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
:Ok, I know that there is an option that will let you set the amount of accounts in one day, so why not have you and/or Tom turn on the option everyday?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
::Because this isn't that important to me personally. If you think this is something the entire wiki should consider, then you should bring it up in Da Basement. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:16, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you from Super Martyo Brother ==

I'd like to thank you for: 
*Changing my username
*Putting up with my noobish comments on talk pages
*and for just being so awesome!
You really do deserve a pizza trophy! --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 05:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
:You're welcome, SMB! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

==Help, please?==

Sorry if I'm bothering you, but I'd like to patrol recent changes, and there's no one else to really ask. What do the red "!"s and "N"s mean? Sorry if I'm bothering you. {{User:The Joe/sig}} 20:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
: "!" means the page has not yet been marked as patrolled. "N" means that the page was created with the edit in question (and, thus, there will be no "diff" available for that edit.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
::Oh! Now I understand. Thanks. {{User:The Joe/sig}} 21:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you! ==
I wouldn't have lasted a week. Even though yes I am not on as much anymore because of band and whatnot, but still.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
:No problem, just see that it doesn't happen again. If it does, I won't be able (which is to say, willing) to unblock the IP so quickly. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:37, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah I was about to say, "wait your an admin!". I get it, don't worry he won't be getting on the wiki anymore. I locked the internet with a very special password, that even with your "great" detective like skills couldn't get. Unless of coarse you have 20 life times tucked away with you..... anyways, thanks again. And I do mean again. --{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
:::I guess he won't be a problem for you guys anymore.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 21:41, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

== long time no see ==

Hey there It's dot com, how have you been, havn't spoken in a long time, but now i can bacause its the school holidays for me. What's been happening with you?

Guess what: i recently had a maths and science test, and i got GOOD scores. 100% for science, and 107% for maths.

ps: i need to ask you something, you remember the time i asked you why you don't like the later seasons of simpsons, well on your userpage, it also says you don't like the later seasons of family guy either, whats the reason? Can i say , to me sometimes the ''recent'' episodes aren't the same as before. some of them use the same joke as before eg: marge and homer repeatetl arguing. Marge has changed alot, before she was a likeable character, now she seems.... different, do you get me?

Final note: What would be your favourite quotes of the simpsons, from the top of my head it's:

"And i say, a monkey ''can'' mown our lawn". Homer of the distance.
"I fell 8000 feet onto a pile of jagged rocks". Abe Simpson.
"(Austrian accent)Good-moring and welcome to advanced physics,1-0-1, i see alot of new faces, but as the old saying goes: "Out with the old, in with the Nuclues".(everyone laughs except homer). "Now let me just- whoops(drops notes). Homer stars laughing hard:"aha aha hah haha, a did you see that jerk, ah ah ah ha hah , AAAAAA he DROPED HE'S NOTES, AAAAAAA HAH HA H AH H aAAAAAAAAAA HA HA H A.

To me, this is one of my favourite episodes, mostly becasue i can make jokes to my brother about him being in University himself: "Have you spoken with your Austrian professor yet", and "Have you found your secret "Dungeons and Dragons lairr, thats has Nerds secretly studing and playing with characters at level 40" etc.

talk atch you later (sp)
[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:17, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

i forget to ask you so so, something serious: How do you make those things on wiki that link to other websiter, like insted of having this website in full writing: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nf1VMk0o4Iw, you shorten it into a small thing, how's it done?

ps: at this video on youtube, go to the time 09:26, this is where the joke is where homer is laughing.

==Text could not be found==

On the [[Strong Badman]] page I got an error that says that the text could not be found, and I should report it to an administrator. Do you think it has anything to do with the recent maintnance? - {{User:The Joe/sig}} 00:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
:That page seems to be working fine to me... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 00:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
::If that happens again, you can fix it by purging the page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki Question ==
Hey, IDC. I was wondering if you could let me know how you "hard-coded" the header for [[HRWiki:Sandbox]] to appear from [[MediaWiki:Sandbox]] all invisible-like. I just noticed it and I thought it was pretty nifty. --'''[[User:porplemontage|Steve]]''' (''[[User talk:porplemontage|talk]]'') 02:24, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
:I inserted some hooks into Article.php and wrote a hook function that draws on these [[Mediawiki:Sandbox|two]] [[Mediawiki:Introduction|pages]]. The procedure might change when we upgrade to 1.8. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:06, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
::Could you show me the code you used? --'''[[User:Porplemontage|Steve]]''' (''[[User talk:Porplemontage|talk]]'') 05:07, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

== Permanent Edit Removal ==
I remember how the last time the Fanstuff got attacked by a troll who placed highly unappropriate images on pages, you permanently deleted those versions of the pages from the database. You may want to do that again with edits by the troll [[HRFWiki:Special:Contributions/NKSCF|NKSCF]]. Most of the pages he put images on were deleted (not sure if you still want to delete them from the database), but there's one on Y2K's [[HRFWiki:User:Y2K|userpage]] that still remains. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 08:52, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
:You could just delete the page, and then restore all the edits except that one... it would still be in [[Special:Undelete]], but you don't need admin powers to do it. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 08:59, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

== Update Icons ==

It's dot com, I noticed a bit of some messy whitespace on the edges of two of the Main Page update icons ([[Image:update-cs.png]] and [[Image:update-ps.png]]). They look fine when they're situated at the top of the Main Page, where the gradient is lighter, but as you add more saturation to the background, the white edges really start to come through. Take a look toward the bottom of the [[Main Page]] to see what I mean. Anyways, I went ahead and tried to clean them up for you a bit, but unfortunately I was unable to upload new versions, since they're both set as protected pages. (As an aside: why are they set as protected pages in the first place?) The versions I made might look rougher on a purely white backdrop, but I think they blend pretty nicely on the gradient background on the main page, comparatively speaking. So here they are, use them if you like:
* http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8674/updatepsqm5.png
* http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7750/updatecsej0.png
--{{User:Soapergem/sig}} 00:12, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
:The problem with the images you made is that they use an 8-bit transparency, which is currently not recognized by Internet Explorer. Enough of our readership still uses IE that we have to go with the older 1-bit transparency. Thanks for trying, though! The images are protected because they are on the main page, and otherwise it would very easy for someone to upload something very objectionable in their place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes and Homsar Quotes ==

Hi there its dot com!! Loafing redirected my problem to you. I made a Homsar random quote userbox (see my User Page - first on the userbox list) and was trying to add it to the Userbox page for the benefit of the Wiki. So everyone could see it and enjoy the bounty of it's... well whatever it is the same as I do. So I go to the Userbox page and try to add it in. Problem. It won't add into the <userboxsample> tag because of the homsarquote template. Of course, it works OUTSIDE of the tag, so it works on my page and everywhere else. I just can't make it display in the table on that page. Any way that can be fixed? Thanks a ton. --{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 08:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
:Yes. The braces around the homsarquote template have to be escaped inside the userboxsamples tags. View [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Userbox&diff=377189&oldid=376519 this edit] to see the method and the result. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 13:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
::: Hey thanks. I thought the random homsar box would be a good idea. Heh, I like the change to "Words of wisdom" better than just Homsar Quote. Good call. lol.--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 00:44, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

== ParserFunctions ==

A little late on this, but I just noticed: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User%3AQermaq%2FWords_said_or_seen_once&diff=374614&oldid=374198 good work], and thanks. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 09:30, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
:No prob, Bob. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 13:50, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

== Happy X0th birthday, Dot com! ==

Happy birthday, to my twin sysop brother and world's youngest man! —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 16:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:Happy X0th! 86% of the way to being eligible to run for president — plus, you've already got a winning slogan: "Vote for Ben, He's dot gov!" Eat a cake, {{User:Trey56/sig}} 16:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
::Herzliche Glückswünschen zum Geburtstag! Have a great day, and may you never get the black lung. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 17:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:::Happy thirtieth email, Dot com! -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 17:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
::::Happy birthday, Dot com. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 17:51, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::Tanjyobi Omedeto, Dot com-san. =3 --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::::Wow... that's just a little bit less... than 32... I learned that in school! --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Welcome to deadness. You'll see, it's not so bad after all ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 19:02, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Yom huledet shloshim same'akh! It's dot old... Just kiddin'. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 23:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Happy B Day Dot Com. May you eat some cake :) {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 23:57, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Oh, I missed your birthday, happy late birthday. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 14:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Dude, how did I miss this? Happy birthday....late... late birthday.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 23:57, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::Happy birthday, Ben. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 01:43, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::I'm also a little late in saying this, but happy birthday, Dot com. {{User:Kilroy/sig}} 02:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::<nowiki>*</nowiki>Spits out coffee* Dot com's name is Ben??! Which is said in the first line of a page that I've read but I still didn't know??!?! {{User:Salty/sig}} 02:40, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::Happy hundredth birthday, Strong Bad! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:27, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::Hey, I didn't know it was your Bday... Happy uh... Bday!!--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 03:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::::Oh. I missed it. Still. Hope you HAD a happy Bday!!--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 03:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::::Wow, you and my sister have almost the same birthday. Difference of one day. ;) {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 05:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::::::Ah, I missed it. Happy REALLY late birthday. [[User:Powered by The Kate|Powered by The Kate]]

== Error ==

Look at [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] - at this moment, it offers:

<blockquote>The database did not find the text of a page that it should have found, named "The House That Gave Sucky Treats". 
This is usually caused by following an outdated diff or history link to a page that has been deleted. 
If this is not the case, you may have found a bug in the software. Please report this to an administrator, making note of the URL.</blockquote>

This is abnormal, no? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 01:02, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
:I just purged it. Looks normal now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:05, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

== poll ==

Sorry it the poll is not quite what you were looking for. Let me know if I can help in any way. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 20:31, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
:Sure thing. As Loafing just pointed out, it's still early for a poll. I feel that there are more ideas and discussion to be had first. Also, I don't think we need to have all 21 or whatever the number is now be included in the eventual poll. Just the best finalists. By the way, I do agree that we need to start organizing the page, and possibly start a new page at, oh, say, [[HRWiki:Logo redesign 2006]] or something. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:35, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
::If we are still that early I might make a few of my own then. I usually say that and get busy with the family but for something like this I might just carve out some weekend time. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 20:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
:::also you might want to put a note after Lapper's comments so that others don't take their cue from him like I did. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 20:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

== Sticklyman = Poopsmith 20X6? ==

You mentioned in one of your edit summaries that you would divulge any evidence that Sticklyman is the Poopsmith's 20X6 counterpart, but I can't find your answer. Does the commentary of "Under Construction" shed any light on the subject? [[User:Strong Sader|Strong Sader]] 20:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
:Alas, it does ''not'' seem like Sticklyman and the Poopsmith are related in any way. They mentioned a couple of other generic references (under-construction icons in general; fighting stick-men in animé), but no mention of everyone's second-favorite guy (he's No. 2). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
::That sucks. [[User:Strong Sader|Strong Sader]] 21:12, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

== Tampo ==

Can you please unblock [[User:Tampo|Tampo]]? He's really sorry for...... whatever he did (if any) and I think he's done his time. You don't have to but I'm just asking nicely if you please would. And uh.... Mr. Peanut was a good boy. {{User:The thing/sig}} 00:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

:Tampo {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AIpblocklist&action=search&limit=&ip=Tampo isn't blocked}} and {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Tampo never was blocked}}. Why are you making such an odd request on behalf of a user that left on his own volition and hasn't been around in months? If he wanted to edit, he could quite literally just edit. Are you acting as his proxy by his request or is this your own doing? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 01:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
::His IP address is blocked, at least that's what he told me. He can't edit. {{User:The thing/sig}} 15:41, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
:::{{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AIpblocklist&action=search&limit=&ip=24.77.42.48 Oh yeah.}} We'll think about it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
::::Dot com can feel free to revert this if he wants, but let me mention this - in real life, sometimes you run out of chances. You show up to work late too many times, eventually you are not going to be welcome there, and no amount of pleading will help. When you hurt a friend enough times, it can happen that they will no longer be your friend, despite any of your attempts to make up for it. I think if a person violates a wiki's way of doing business often enough and persistently enough, it's not unfair to say "Sorry, you aren't welcome here" at some point. I'll leave it to others to determine whether Tampo's abuses of the wiki were "too much", but honestly, if the decision were left to me and me alone, there's be no way someone with an established history of abuse would be allowed back in. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
The thing, after reading [[wikipedia:User talk:Danny Fenton#Tampo|this discussion]], it appears that a) this is more your idea than Tampo's and b) that he did not at all say that he's sorry. Please do not contact vandals with the aim of bringing them back to the wiki and then lie to us about what they said.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 23:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
:Hold on... he's not blocked from fanstuff!?!?!?!?!? {{User:The thing/sig}} 18:20, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
::So what? This is the knowledge base. Please stop posting on my page about this. I have said we will think about it and at present that is all we are planning to do. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

==Inactive on Forum==
You're an admin here and on the forum, right? Well, I registered to the Forum a long time ago, and I've been inactive all this time cause I didn't know what it meant, and I deleted the confirmation email. Now that I finnaly know (thanks to Joshua on the Fanstuff), can you please do something about my inactive-ness on the Forum? I'd really like to be there, where it's really active on topics. {{User:Spyrox6/sig}}
:I went ahead and marked your account as active. Enjoy. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

== Knowledge Base - Fanstuff Redirects ==
Correct me if I'm wrong, but <s>are you asking for a challenge</s> I believe there's a column in the `interwiki` table named `iw_local` that allows redirects between local wikis. Could this be enabled for the Knowledge Base on the Fanstuff and vice versa? There are currently 18 such redirects currently on the Fanstuff and 3 on the Knowledge Base. It was prolly be more convenient if this was enabled. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:You are correct; that does work. I will have to discuss whether we want to enable it. Some might appreciate the click-through as notice that they were leaving the knowledge base. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:19, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

::We've enabled this kind of redirect from Fanstuff to the Knowledge Base on a provisional basis. Let us know how it works. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 17:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

== do we see the similarities? ==

[[Image:Internetdotcom.PNG]] 
Your It's dot com, it's Internet dot com...you talked to Karen just last week...you think she put in a good word for you? {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 12:54, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

==Sorry==
Note to self: "Keep your mouth closed more often Ilko." Sorry that I seem to be defeating myself (and the process to some extent) in the logo discussion. I keep telling myself to just sit back and be quiet and not keep reacting to things, but so far have been far too reactionary. Just wanted to appologize for being too. . .well too whatever you want to call it. - [[User:Ilko Skevüld's Teh C|Ilko Skevüld's Teh C]] 00:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

== Move Page Modification ==
I was thinking that it would be convenient to have an option for sysops (and other people with the 'delete' permission) to have a checkbox when moving a page that would delete the redirect automatically without having to do it manually. So, I went and made some code changes to SpecialMovepage.php, and I have what I think is a working implementation of my idea.

All the technicalities out of the way, I'm asking if you could put this onto the Fanstuff. It would be of great convenience when reverting the page move trolls which are all too frequent now-a-days, and when fixing things such as Text Adventures subpages, which are a large problem. The code for 1.8.2 is [http://simpedia.5gigs.com/files/SpecialMovepage.txt here], and the system messages required are [http://simpedia.5gigs.com/files/RedirectDeletionMessages.xml here].

Could you please think about this and let me know? Thanks a plenty, {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 16:04, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

:I believe there already is that function. I've done it a couple times this week. You have to press the move page button, and then another page will come up with the Delete & Move option. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 16:08, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

::That's a similar function - it deletes the page you're moving to, rather than the redirect it leaves. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 01:59, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== A History - logo ==

Hey It's dot com, for {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:A_History&diff=next&oldid=395453 this edit}}, was this discussed on the wiki on IRC? Either way, I think it would be good nugget of history if we knew when the discussions began in their most primative forms. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 17:02, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== duplicate accounts ==

Hey. I noticed that the user account [[Special:Contributions/Rico crazy?|Rico crazy?]] was created on 12/20/06 and [[Special:Contributions/Rico*crazy?|Rico*crazy?]] was creadted on 12/21/06. Is this the same person? If so, where do we state that people can only have one account? {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 17:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
:On the one hand, duplicate accounts like that are not allowed, but on the other hand, we usually don't mess with trying to fix it unless there's some good reason. It seems to me (without actually looking anything up) that accounts like those don't tend to have many contribs, so it's not worth bothering over. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== And A Merry Decemberween to You As Well ==

'''It's''', it's good to hear from you. Wishing you and your fine group of admins the best and continuing success at running my favorite Homestar Runner resource. ''Huttah!'' — {{User:Thesmokingmonkey/sig}} 00:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

== Transclusion templates ==

Hi Dot com,

The reason I had 4 different templates was in order to have a separate category for each language, thus making it easier for speakers of specific languages to know which pages need to be verified in their language as well. A generic template wouldn't do that. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:14, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
:Yes it will. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
::'''EDC:''' Ohhh! nevermind I see it now! oops! Hey what about the {{tl|subtitlesLinks}} template, it doesn't seem to work. I was too slow to get to you first ;) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
::Oh i see the language template, sneaky! I'm slow. And tired. Thanks for the fix! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:19, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
:::[edit conflict] The {{t|subtitlesLinks}} template (which could probaby use some non-transcluded documentation) adds links to the subtitles pages over underneath the external links (below the toolbox and search box) on the left side there. What seems to be the problem? It looks like it's working correctly to me. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:22, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks for the info! Although I *just* saw the reply. (I'm rusty, I know.) I [[HRWiki_talk:Subtitles#Adding_Subtitles_section_and_other_Issues|figured out]] what was going on just as Loafing had left me a message. It's all good now! But yeah documentation and some "advertisement" would help. My eyes are trained to pretty much avoid looking at the left column unless there's something there I know I need. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:08, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::I added some documentation. As for the placement of the links, we felt that they should be easily accessible for those who know where to look and yet completely out of the way for those who are simply reading the article. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
::::::Noticed the doc. Looks nice! As for the link placement... Ah! Makes sense! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

== New year? ==

Pushing the season, are we? Not a new year anywhere for at least 4 hours! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 08:02, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

== Logo redo ==

Hey, If you made the new logo on Flash, may I see the .fla file? Im makning a new logo for the Fanstuff (most likely only used for my monobook), but I cant just get it correct. {{User:X66x66/sig}}
:I didn't use Flash. The logo was made using a raster, rather than a vector, process. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
::Whats a raster? And if it isnt too much to ask, could you make a redone Fanstuff logo?--{{User:X66x66/sig}} 22:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
:::A raster image, also called a [[ahd:61/61/B0286185.html|bitmap]], is an image formed by a grid of pixels (rather than a mathematical formula). JPEGs, GIFs, PNGs, and TIFFs are all examples of raster formats. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
::::<s>Ooohh did you use Photoshop or one of those art programs and if you dont want to make a redone fanstuff logo, thats ok with me and I'll understand!{{User:X66x66/sig}}</s>
What program did you use?--{{User:X66x66/sig}}20:25, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
:Photoshop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
::Then how do you make it animated?--{{User:X66x66/sig}}20:55, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
:::Using two frames in an animated GIF. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
::::Thanks for the tips! {{User:X66x66/sig}} 20:58, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

== Sorry ==

I'm sorry Dot Com! I'll wait for a concensus. I was just doing what Qermaq suggested. Also, I thought I did address your points on the talk page, but I guess I didn't do a very good job of it. Okay, no more literary present edits! (Sorry again!) {{User:4kai2lyn6/sig}} 17:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
:There's really no need to apologize (especially not three times). As I write this, I have the last post in that thread, so I'm not sure where you addressed my points. The addition you made to the project page is not the way we currently write, and therefore we need to get a lot more input (and perhaps hash out the wording) on the talk page before any changes are made to the project page. (On the other hand, if all you want to do is enunciate what we already do, then that can be easily added—but we need to figure out what that is.) All in all, keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:01, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

== HRWiki Forum ==

I've tried to register on the forum two times, under NachoMan and NachoZ, and I never get the account activation email. Is it because I'm using an AOL email address or something else? -- [[User:NachoMan|NachoMan]] 19:59, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
:I don't know what the problem was, but I activated the NachoMan account. Cheers! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:28, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks a bunch! -- {{User:NachoMan/sig}} 20:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

== <s>My name change</s> ==
<s>I don't mean to bug you... sorry if I am, no really sorry. Anyways, I think that it is time for my name to be changed. It's not like I am leaving the wiki... not pulling a rainer... seriously... or whoever else. 
Cheers, 
--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 23:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)</s>

==An Epic Apology==
*Dear It's dot com, in regards to my stupidity in creating a sockpuppet, I would like to say a few things for myself:
*Even though I lost a bet (an NFL Playoff bet), I still could've chosen not to be dishonest and jeopardized the Wiki. Sockpuppetry is a very treason-esque thing to do to a community, and I am truly sorry and embarrassed that I partook in such a sort of action. My reputation and my judgment from others is now set back to 0, and I must start over. I never should of started a fake account.
*Well, on the other hand, during my block, it was literally ''killing'' me, seeing all of the unwelcomed visitors, flash artifacts to be reverted, and the act of helping confused users... it all made me go crazy.
*I, also, starting now, will not edit namespace unless needed. I noticed on my contribs that is is getting monotonous that I am adding to my "edits" every twenty minutes or so. I'm just gonna leave it all alone. Who cares how much edits I have? Anyway, yes, I am going to edit articles for the majority from now on.
*I gravely hope you accept this apology, and I am now looking forward to a problem-free era here.

Sincerely,

{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}}

P.S. Did you receive my email?

:I'm not Dot Com, but I certainly forgive you for giving in to a stupid bet. Everybody makes mistakes and you don't have to kill yourself about just one, so you learned a valuable lesson from this experience and that is that sockpuppets are a very bad thing. I'd still like to see you around the wiki as much as I have before this ordeal and I hope you'll do just that. Regards, -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 18:51, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
::Yes, yes. I plan to have a future here. I'll still be around often, but I'm not going to edit userspace often. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 19:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
:::That's good. I only edit my userpage when information on it becomes outdated, so you might try that. I hope Dot Com shows up to see your apology relatively soon. I'm sure he'll forgive you as well. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 19:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
::::Yeah, he's a nice guy. And smart. Definitely smart. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 19:19, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
:::::I hope you can make good on your promise to stay out of the user space. I wish you well with that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:48, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

== Notice on [[Subtitles:sbemail/en]] ==

Your notice, though it would be useful, made the subtitles not work. I moved it to the talk page. --[[User:Addict 2006|Addict]] [[User talk:Addict 2006|2006]] 15:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
:It looks like it wasn't the note itself, but rather the comment under it, that was causing the trouble. Can you confirm? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
::The subtitles viewers strip templates and <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tags from subtitles scripts. Everything else remains, and if something is left outside the <nowiki><xml></nowiki> element, the viewers won't be able to parse the script. It works now.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 21:32, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
:::A comment can go anywhere after the <code><?xml ?></code> line – it can be outside the <code><transcript></code> tags without any problems, but it is important that the <code><?xml ?></code> line is the first thing on the page after <code><pre></code> tags and templates are removed, or the parser will fail. Incidentally, the box at the top doesn't ''have'' to be a separate template in order to be stripped out... <code><nowiki><noinclude></noinclude></nowiki></code> also works. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 00:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
::::Well, a template was where I was headed anyway, since it should also be used on the corresponding pages once the page gets translated. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

== Trendy Totebag's Nintendo Thing ==

Does that count as a guestbook? Sorry for signing it; I really didn't know. Also, you probably should've asked him before you deleted a whole section on his userpage. Even though it probably needs to go, he needs to delete it himself. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 03:43, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
:Yes, it counts as a corollary to a guestbook. Just so you know, I did exactly what I should have done. According to our [[HRWiki:User space#Ownership and editing of pages in the user space|user space policy]], users, especially administrators, can edit another's user page "to bring it in line with policy," which is what I was doing. It is true that in most cases, a talk page note is preferred; however, the user in question is no longer active, and the mere fact that you signed the list showed that it needed to be removed. Talk atcha later. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
::I'm sorry. If I see anymore guestbooks, I'll report them at Da Basement or something. I assume only admins/sysops are allowed to delete guestbooks, so I won't delete them myself. Anyways, see you later! -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 21:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

== Tsk, tsk, Dot com... ==

Hey Dot com, just wanted to let you know that your [[User:It's dot com/welcome|welcome template]] is not XHTML 1.0 Transitional {{pl|l=http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hrwiki.org%2Findex.php%2FUser%3AIt%2527s_dot_com%2Fwelcome&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1 compliant}}. I found out while validating {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk%3AStux&diff=429512&oldid=429508 my own page}} (that was the only correct way for me to fix it). Oh BTW, you might want to consider re-archiving {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/User_talk:It%27s_dot_com#Trogdor.21 your talk page}}! ;) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
:I'll get ''right'' on that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

== Profound Fanstuff Contributions ==
Hello Dot com. I just wanted to say that you did the best Poopsmith impression ever [[HRFWiki:Character Impressions#The Poopsmith Impressions|here]]! Oh, man. I never laughed so hard! Good day, and keep kickin' sockpuppet butt! ;-) --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 21:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks! For those who wonder, I really did record it myself. I even got it on the first take! (My impression of Pom Pom, which is also on that page, took several takes to get right.) Talk atcha later. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:02, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah I saw that. Keep on tranglin. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 22:23, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

==Redirects A-Plenty==
Hey Dot com, out of curiosity what are [[User:It's dot com/redirects|these]] [[User talk:It's dot com/redirects|pages]] for? If you're keeping track of all redirects, wouldn't a script do that? (Or doesn't Media Wiki already?) Also, unless it gets rv'd here's {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=SBLOUNSKCHED%21_Jingle&curid=32839&diff=430323&oldid=429198&rcid=382058 another one}} for ya (I dunno if you want anyone else to edit any of those pages). --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
:It's some research I'm doing for a linking project I'm working on, which will be rolled out with the next upgrade. It's for a special class of redirects, not all of them. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:41, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

== Look! The Doc Agees With Me ==

You don't understand t5hat article, do you!!!!!!!!! It has all the features it should have!!!!! Very Angry, {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} P.S. Your off my cool peeps list.
:Dear Sam. When someone nominates an article for deletion, and the article describes something very small within the entire Homestar Runner body of work, then we have a discussion about whether to keep it. You, as the creator of the article, should not remove the TBD notice until some time has passed and several people have had a chance to weigh in. The fact that one other user agrees with you does not mean that there is a consensus for the article to stay. I personally don't have a strong opinion either way; I'm just trying to make sure we follow the correct procedure. Let me caution you against editing the wiki while you are angry, by the way. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

== Main Page Redirection ==

Hello Mr. Its dot com[[Names_ending_in_-erson|erson]] If you don't know, I'm a new member here. I was wondering how to edit the main page of the wiki and make redirect pages. Both of them I've tried to do but couldnt figure out. I thoght you could tell me. -[[User:Homestar-winner|Homestar-winner]]
:Hello, Mr. Homestar-winner. Several things on the main page are locked to help prevent vandalism, but there are a couple of sections you can edit, most notably the [[Template:whatsnew|whatsnew]] page. ... Redirects are pages that have text in the following form at the top: "<code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[page to redirect to]]</nowiki></code>", and are otherwise blank. See [[Meta:Help:Redirect]]. Cheers! Incidentally, to sign your name, just type four tildes, like this: <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>, and the system will automatically insert your name and a timestamp, like this: [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks man, but I had gotten that far before (with the redirect page I mean). How do you automaticly make the page redirect such as with [[sbemail 1]] instead of the redirect page i tried to do: [[User:Homestar-Winner]]? [[User:Homestar-winner|Homestar-winner]] 16:46, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
:::The problem is that you had a space between the number sign and the word "REDIRECT". Incidentally, that redirect is unnecessary. I will be deleting it soon. If you would rather that your second name begin with a capital letter, say so [[HRWiki:Changing username|here]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:00, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
::::Ok, I don't mind you deleting it. I was just trying it out. My name is fine like it is. [[User:Homestar-winner|Homestar-winner]] 17:04, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

== Plan G ==

If you don't want me to delete [[Email Intros]], please comment on [[Talk:Email Intros#Organize into a transcript|my suggestion]] on how to revise it. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 20:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:There is no reason to delete or merge that article; it describes a specific, separate feature. On the other hand, if you can make it into a better article, then by all means do so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

== April fools ==

who was in charge of the main page and image code thing? Is there any other April fools stuff I missed? You should check out what I did. It took me almost all day yesterday.[[User:Homestar-winner]] 09:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

== More about sysops again ==

When is the 2007 sysop's nomination? And how can I be a sysop? {{User:Sam the Man/sig}}
:See [[User talk:It's dot com/Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested#How to become a sysop|here]], [[User talk:It's dot com#I want to be a sysop|here]], [[User talk:It's dot com#New sysops|here]], and most importantly [[HRWiki:FAQ#How do I become an admin or sysop?|here]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

== In the future... ==

Hey. In the future please don't edit my page even if it's something like that. Ohhhh, but thank you anyways. I've been wanting to ask you a question. Who do you like more, Mark Texaira or Hank Blalock (Yes it's a Rangers question). I'm a big baseball fan too. {{User:Sam the Man/sig}}
:Sam, fixing technical issues on a userpage (including removing deleted images) is permitted and, indeed, is the right thing to do. So please don't give DC grief over it. Thanks. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 22:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
::Teixeira. Although somebody once gave me a Blalock jersey, and I think he's cool too. I wore the jersey to Yankee Stadium last year the night the Rangers beat the Yankees in the opening game of their series there. Oh, and, in the future, please read [[:Category:HRWiki Policy|all of these]] (especially [[HRWiki:User space#Ownership and editing of pages in the user space|this part]]) before posting here again. Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

== MediaWiki 1.9 ==

You and [[User:Tom|Tom]] are doing an excellent jorb administrating, patching, updating, doctoring, and running our version of MediaWiki (and everything that goes along with it). Thank you so much for your hard work. ^_^{{User:Loafing/sig}} 20:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks for saying that! And you're welcome. It really is my pleasure. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::It's likewise our pleasure to have someone as diligent and thorough as you running this process. You do so much to keep our wiki running both in technical sense and in a community sense. There's no one I'd rather have doing it. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 21:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

:::Thanks guys. To echo Dot com, it's my pleasure as well. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 04:39, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

==Something's Fishy...==
Hello Dot Com. I have a question. I am aware that the wiki upgraded to 1.9 and something doesn't seem right. In the Recent Changes, there used to be numbers by each change in the wiki showing how many bytes have been added/removed from the page. It is funny, because they do not show up on my computer anymore. Is there a reason for this? Thanks. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 02:31, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
:See his last post in [[HRWiki:Main_Page_Talk_Archive_19#And_what.2C_pray_tell.2C__might_those_be.3F|this thread]].{{User:Loafing/sig}} 02:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks Loaf. I haven't been here for a few days, so I kinda miss some conversations, if you know what I mean. {{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 02:38, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

== Welcoming Committee ==

What are those things that appear now when a new account is made? And does this mean we won't need a welcoming committee anymore? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 21:57, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
:See [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 6#Welcome Messages|this]] and then [[HRWiki:Da Basement#Automatic links for new users|this]]. The welcoming committee is just as important now as ever, perhaps more, since it requires a little more attentiveness and creativity to make a good welcome. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

== More unblock ==

Hi, dot com. Can you PLEASE unblock me?? I am sorry for vandalizing the wiki, and I promise I wont do it. again. You don't have to, but I'm only asking nicely. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 02:26, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
:You seem to be able to edit the wiki. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:38, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
::That's NOT what I meant. What I meant about unblocking me is unblocking my IP 24.77.42.48. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 22:23, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
:::I know what you meant. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:37, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
::::So,      '''DEAL''' or '''NO DEAL'''?
:::::I really can't stand that show. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::Sorry, I find that show kind of annoying too because people always say "DEAL or NO DEAL", I hear it every day. But I'm just asking if you can unblock my IP. I'm editing from a cousin's house. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 00:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::I think we've made our position clear in the past. The fact is, we gave you plenty of chances and we're just not ready to give you another one yet. Sorry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::And now with your {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:It%27s_dot_com&diff=470748&oldid=423770 continued commitment to vandalism}} (please don't try to deny it; I have the logs to prove it), I doubt if we will ever unblock your IP. I also blocked your username, since it's pretty clear that you have no intention of ever contributing positively here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

== Sorry about behaving-like-a-jerkism ==

Umm, hey. I didn't mean to be a jerk about [[Talk:Audio Quality|either]] of [[Talk:The Cheat's Privileges|these]]. And don't feel like I'm being predatory or anything, it happens all the time and I always want to give articles and stuff a chance. I know, it sucks to see your brain child get shot down. Maybe we can make it work. Anyway, I didn't mean to be nasty bow dat. {{User:Ten Ten/sig}} 00:31, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

== replacement ==

Hey It's dot com. I was wondering, why did you [[User:It's dot com/replacement|make a subpage]] that is almost identicle to [[replacement]]? And is there any specific reason you chose that email? I'm not telling you to delete it though. I'm just curious. And by the way, I hope what I [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=466482 put in the Sandbox] the other day didn't affend you or anything. I just wanted to make up funny ideas for reasons someone would block someone else, and you're like the most important sysop here to me. Eat a Steak! {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 19:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
:That page is for testing a proposed infobox format, one that didn't quite catch on. Feel free to read its [[User talk:It's dot com/replacement|talk page]] for more information. I'm not sure why I picked [[replacement]] (maybe because the infobox would replace the current format? That's kind of a lame guess, but it's the best I've got). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

== a comment to it's dot com ==

hey it's dot com, you are awesome. that is all i have to say. [[User:74.245.20.195|74.245.20.195]] 04:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks, anonny! Every time that I look at myself, I can't believe how awesome I am. I mean, how awesome I ''aaaaaaaaaaaam...'' Out of curiosity, what prompted you to say so? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
::You are awesome for all you do for the wiki. [[User:74.245.20.195|74.245.20.195]] 22:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Now I'm curious, too! Good old Dot com really keeps the inner workings of the wiki going. But most of his awesomeness would not be visible to a "[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=prev&oldid=445985 random IP editor]" as you once called yourself ;-) How did you notice? And have you thought about [[HRWiki:Why create an account?|creating an account]]?{{User:Loafing/sig}} 00:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
::::I have been here for awhile, I just haven't thought about creating an account. I just see a lot of good things that It's dot com and some other editors do.

== Order! ==

I've been making a lot of revisions to the [[alternate universe]] article lately (as you've probably noticed, seein' as how you're a recent changes junkie, according to your user page), and I've noticed that the Fun Facts aren't in any apparent order. Maybe my subconscious just made this up to confuse me, but don't they go in order according to the portion of the email they refer to, from first to last? Also, I was wondering about the validity of the "Senor Cardgage's legs" goof (in the same email). I can clearly see his right leg past Keyboard Strong Bad, and I'm pretty sure the only reason his left leg isn't visible is because it's obscured by his glove. Perhaps it's a fixed goof...? {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 03:54, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
:In general, yes, fun facts are supposed to be presented in the order the things they refer to appear in the toon. This is just a guideline, though, so as long as it's kinda close, it doesn't have to be exact. In other words, it's not worth fixing unless it greatly improves the readability of the section. As for your specific comments regarding Senor, I'm not familiar with that. Perhaps try bringing it up on the talk page of the toon. Cheers! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks. I just thought that while I was asking about the page I'd see what you knew about it. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 04:42, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

== Randomizer ==

This conversation is copied from the IRC channel and edited to remove lines irrelevant to the point i'm bringing up:
<blockquote>
[2007-07-30 02:31:56] <DeFender1031> hmm.. hrwiki's page randomizer seems to be biased... 
[2007-07-30 02:32:15] <Bluebry> DeFender: a conservative or liberal bias? 
[2007-07-30 02:33:41] <DeFender1031> Bluebry, in other words, there are a lot of pages that i've gotten 10 times and there are a lot i've never gotten 
[2007-07-30 02:34:32] <Phlip> DeFender1031: You'd expect there to be a lot of pages you get 10 times, and some you've never gotten... if you get all of them the exactly same number of times, that would be an anomaly 
[2007-07-30 02:35:32] <DeFender1031> Phlip, but it should be close to the statistical mean, shouldn't it? 
[2007-07-30 02:37:26] <Phlip> hmm... it looks like the randomiser can be biased... 
[2007-07-30 02:37:37] <Phlip> to make it run fast 
[2007-07-30 02:38:38] <Phlip> each page has a random number assigned to it in the DB, which is changed every time the page is edited 
[2007-07-30 02:38:56] <Phlip> Special:Random picks a random number, and picks the page that has the closest number assigned to it 
[2007-07-30 02:39:33] <Phlip> so if the random numbers in the table aren't uniform, which they won't be, then the pages that're in the clumps will be chosen less often. 
[2007-07-30 02:40:26] <DeFender1031> well that's just stupid 
[2007-07-30 02:40:38] <Phlip> but it's much faster than any other method 
[2007-07-30 02:40:58] <DeFender1031> each one should have a number from when it's created, from 1 - 17XX and then the randomizer should pick like that 
[2007-07-30 02:41:12] <Phlip> when your site gets as many hits as WP, probably including a lot of bored users pounding the SP:R button, every speed increase helps 
[2007-07-30 02:41:27] <Phlip> DeFender1031: how would you handle page deletions? 
[2007-07-30 02:42:29] <DeFender1031> Phlip, very simple. when a page is deleted the last numbered page takes on that number instead, and the randomizer max goes down by 1 
[2007-07-30 02:45:15] <DeFender1031> Phlip, here's the thing. all pages get numbered. 1-1769 right? and the randomizer max gets set to 1769. then let's say #537 gets deleted, 1769 becomes 537, and the randmax becomes 1768 
[2007-07-30 02:45:28] <Phlip> hmm... that'd work 
[2007-07-30 02:46:14] <DeFender1031> Phlip, yeah it'd work, i've used that method many times in my own programs and it's the fastest method i've seen/tested. 
[2007-07-30 02:46:23] <Phlip> there'll be some extra SELECT MAX()s in various places... but I don't think they'd slow it down too much 
[2007-07-30 02:46:47] <DeFender1031> Phlip, so why this random value ridiculousness? 
</blockquote>
So now I ask you, why this random value ridiculousness? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:57, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:MediaWiki is a wonderful tool, but there are some screwy things about it, and it's not always geared toward smaller wikis. Feel free, however, to bring it up with the main MW developers and see if they'll change it. As for our wiki, the expense of hacking it from the default and maintaining it each time we upgrade outweighs the marginal benefit of doing so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:17, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
::Garr! Every time i suggest a useful improvement you shoot me down. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 03:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:::That's an unfair generalization. In this case, however, it's just too trivial an issue to worry with changing it on our wiki only. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:Here's my input. "Dice have no memory." Each roll of the dice is random; therefore, each outcome could be whatever. You could roll twenty 6's in a row. It's improbable, but it's certainly very possible. The question is, then, if changing the way the randomizer works would effect a real change? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
::It's not quite that simple. The way the pages are chosen makes it more likely that—at any one time—certain pages will be favored over others. Suppose we have six pages. Instead of being numbered 1 to 6, each time a page is edited it is assigned a random value between 0 and 1, which are not guaranteed to be uniformly distributed (let's say ours are .01, .40, .67, .68, .69, and .92). Each time a random page is loaded, it selects the lowest value higher than another random value. If it chose .25 as the value, the .40 page would be returned. Under this system, .40 is 39 times more likely than .01 to be returned, and .67 is 27 times more likely than either .68 or .69. On a very large wiki, like Wikipedia, you probably wouldn't notice this. On a smaller wiki, apparently it is noticeable. It's not a perfect system, but it gets the job done well enough not to worry over. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:::It's not "well enough". I sometimes do editing by clicking on random and reading the page to see what i can improve. It is annoying when the same page that i just read comes up 15 times without 75% of the other pages on the wiki coming up once. My system is just as fast and is even more efficient. And for the frequency that the wiki upgrades, i don't think it's that big of a deal. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 04:21, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
::::No, it does work well enough. I clicked on the random page button repeatedly, and it wasn't until the 49th click that I got a page that I'd seen before. Maybe the glitch happens enough to annoy someone looking for something to edit, but it's fine for someone looking for something to read, which is what the link was designed for. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:::::I had the chance to discuss this in depth with Phlip and Dot com, and what I learned is that the only way to make the results more balanced than they are now entails a lot more wear and tear on the server. Unfortunately, the way MW is set up this is the best they can do. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:06, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
::::::We didn't say it was the best we could do. There are ways to make the distribution even that wouldn't adversely affect the server, but doing so would require rewriting the code and maintaining it later. At this time, there's just no need to do something like that, because the function is already doing the basic job it was designed to do. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:57, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

== Things to Do? ==

Hi again, Dot Com. I haven't been making many important edits to real pages (meaning not user talk pages) recently and I was wondering: Is there anything on the wiki that you or another sysop needs help with? I will try to help out with anything that I can. Sincerely, {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 01:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
:Well, there's not just a whole lot to do during the baby break. As always, however, you can head over to [[HRWiki:The Stick|The Stick]] for some ideas. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

== You are my parson of the week! ==
[[User:Kanjiro#Person of the week|Yep.]] --{{User:Kanjiro/sig}} 18:09, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

== Questions and waffles. ==

Why can't I get on the forums? I can't log in because I am inactive and I can't make a new account because my email adress is in use. {{User:Homsar44withpie/sig}} 04:02, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
:I've activated your account. Use it in good health. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

== Yay! ==
You won Person of the Day! {{unsigned|Numa Numa|17:26, 24 August 2007 (UTC)}}
:Yay! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

== Autopipe/Autodirect ==

Hey, I was wondering if you'd mind sharing the Autopipe / Autodirect extension you wrote. I just started a MediaWiki wiki of my own, and I'd really like to be able to have page titles starting with lower-case letters without causing a bunch of broken links due to capitalization--the Autopipe / Autodirect extension would be perfect. FWIW, I'll mention on the wiki where I got the extension from...

(If you've seen the post on the forums about this...yeah, that was me; that was before I checked the Talk page of the Autopipe/Autodirect page (can't believe I hadn't thought to check that before) and saw that you wrote the extension, so I figured asking about it on your talk page might be more appropriate...) [[User:Alun Clewe|Alun Clewe]] 20:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
:Well, it's not an extension so much as a direct hack to quite a few of the core pages. Given that it's all about to change when we upgrade in a few weeks, I'm not sure I'm comfortable releasing it into the wild at this point. I'll let you know if there are any developments, though. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

::Hm, OK, I can't say I'm not a little disappointed, but I understand. If it ever does get to a point where you're comfortable releasing it, please let me know. Thanks. [[User:Alun Clewe|Alun Clewe]] 21:26, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

== Where would we have it? ==

Regarding [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&action=edit&section=new this] edit summary, where exactly would we have it? The first page that came to my mind was [[Talk:Swears]], because it has a language warning already, but if you can think of something better, or if you don't think we should have it (the vibe I got from the edit summary is that you agreed we needed to have it, but I'm not a psychology expert), tell me. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 03:45, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
:Patience. We already have something [[HRWiki talk:Swears|in the works]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

== Nice Jorb on the Stinko Comic Strip Image ==

I really liked your take on it, making it "informational" on how to create one. Very well done, showing off the features. I was thinking about doing that earlier, but I didn't have time. Still, very nice. Shows all the cool things you can do and different backgrounds that can be used.--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 05:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

==Clarification on Pseudocharacters==

My understanding was that [[pseudocharacters]] were ''never'' added to the cast lists, yet you readded [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]] to [[montage]] with a note saying that when they act as a character they are in the cast list. I looked all over the Wiki for something to back this up, and the best I could find was [[HRWiki:Da_Basement/Archive_2#Problems]] to cover this issue. Is there a hard fast rule about this situation, or is it a judgement call by the sysops for each toon? Does this need to be documented somewhere? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 04:13, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
:To quote myself from [[Category talk:Pseudocharacters]], I guess it depends on whether each one is more ''pseudo'' or more ''character''. If a pseudocharacter behaves like a character (as, say, [[The Paper]] in [[the paper]]), then it should be listed in the cast just like any other character. Whenever it's just an object (as in almost all the other emails), it should not be in the cast. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:47, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

== Missy's B-day Card cont'd ([[User talk:Invisible Robot Fish#Missy's Card?|from here]]) ==

Hey Dot Com,

{{User:Invisible Robot Fish/sig}} suggested that I talk to a sysop if I want to get together a Birthday card for Missy. Since sysops only have access to TBC's mailing address, I figured I'd talk to you if I wanted to get involved. I just feel like I'm dead weight on the site right now, and really want to do something. {{User:Homestarmy Commando1/sig}} 23:05, 22 October 2007
:Before I talk about this idea specifically, let me suggest that if you're looking for something to do there are a lot of projects (see [[HRWiki:The Stick]]) that are more practical than this. As for a card for Missy (do we even know her birthday?), anything being sent on behalf of the wiki would have to go through an administrator (Joey, Tom, or me), not just a sysop. In other words, someone would have to send it to one of us and we'd then forward it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:14, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
''For more on this subject, see [[HRWiki:Da Basement#Birthday cards for TBC et al.]]''

== Happy birthday, dude ==

祝你生日快乐！ Well, it may be the twenty-fourth in my time zone, but as it's past midnight in yours, I'm going to jump the gun. Happy birthday to a superb administrator and a good friend. Do what you can to have some fun in today's days. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 05:56, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

:Oho! Happy X1st birthday! I went ahead and buried some of your number one jams in a time capsule, and I've instructed all the groupies to convert your royalties into $X0,000 World Series tickets right behind the Red Sox dugout. They should be arriving right about.... NOW. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 08:29, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

::Wear a bikini and have a time!{{User:Loafing/sig}} 09:12, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

:::Party! Birthday party! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 11:31, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
::::[[The Best Decemberween Ever|Oh birhdayween, oh birthdayween]], you're 6 days before [[Holidays#Halloween (October 31st)|Halloween]]. With [[Special:Ipblocklist|vandals]] running for their lives, [[Strong Bad]] will give you a [[high five]].
::::Oh birhdayween, oh birthdayween, you're 6 days before Halloween. What the [[crap]] am I talking about? It's your birthday, so jump and shout!
::::Oh birhdayween, oh birthdayween, you're 6 days before Halloween. I've got all types of crazy crap, if you want i'll get you ''deep impact''.
::::Oh birhdayween, oh birthdayween, i think i drank too much [[Listerine]]. [[Seriously]]... I can't believe I wrote all that... Well, happy birthday, [[Broternal Order of Different Helmets|supreme overlord]]. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:05, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

:::::There are thirty-one days in the month of October! -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 14:04, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

::::::Mazal-tov, man! I wish you the best and may the zombies have mercy on you. In 2046. On March 31st. At 2:03 pm. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}}

:::::::H.P. B.D.! —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 18:30, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Thanks, every person! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:51, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

==Collectible Figurines==
I'm kind of curious about your userbox that says "This user owns ''most'' of Set 1 of the Collectible Figurines." Did you lose some? (Also, happy belated birthday). {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 03:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
:No, I never had all of them. See [[#Most of it?|this thread]] for more. (And thanks!) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:51, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
::Oops. Sorry. Should have probably scanned your talk page first. {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 04:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
:::Oh, it's no problem. With hundreds of threads to choose from, it's easy to miss. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:45, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
::::True. Here's to hoping TBC comes out with "Strong Bad Sings & Other Type Hits 2" so you can get a few more archives. (PS: If they actually do, here's to hoping that there are some [[sloshy]] songs on it). {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 04:58, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

== Turkish subtitles ==

Hello, do you remember me? Or an IP starts with 85? Don't remember? Then, look at subtitles requests and choose Turkish(TR) from the navigation menu? Yeah, I did what you say, and it passed some time, but I was looking continually the page whether a reply comes before you reply. And, that's your answer: I'm Turkish, and so, I can read and write Turkish subtitles. I know English, of course, but not all Turks. (Or some of them are know at least). Anyway, I want Turkish subtitles add to the list, and my goal is that HR cartoons have loved by Turkish kids, adults, and everyone. Is this wrong? Say if it is. Anymore, I already tested a SB Email cartoon. Look if you want. [http://subtitles.hrwiki.org/sbemail167/tr Here comes.] OK, I think it (my reply) is long enough. I talked you and if you want, you talk atcha later, too. Thanx. [[User:Homesturk|Homesturk]] 16:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
:Of course I remember you. Glad to see you created an account. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:05, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
::''This message copied to and further reply at [[HRWiki talk:Subtitles#Turkish (TR)]]''
OK, thanks, Dot Com! I'm subtitling the toons (only toon now) from now on. Even I wish to present my first subtitled cartoon to you. P.S:I'm working yet. Click [http://subtitles.hrwiki.org/sbemail167/tr me]! That cartoon also can accessible from the my message, above. [[User:Homesturk|Homes Turk]] 13:50, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
:You're welcome! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

==Sabotage?==
Hey It's dot com. As you may know, my password got changed recently not by me. Even my Fanstuff account was switched. Is there some way of tracking what IP or username requests password changes? I know I should not assume malice, but... I think someone did this to me on purpose. Thanks, --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 04:16, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, that information is not stored in the logs (and even if it were, server logs only last about a day). Sorry. The only way your password could be reset is if someone either knows your old password or if they have direct access to your email account. Hope that helps you narrow down who might have done it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:01, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
::It's alright. Thanks though. I just hope nobody does that again... --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 15:25, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

== Why no delete? ==

Why won't you delete my user and talk page? The reason I want them delete is because I don't want people looking at the history. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 21:25, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
:Preserving the history is the primary reason I don't want to delete your talk page. Why should the history be deleted? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
::I don't want people to view stuff like [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Trogga&oldid=92076 this] the wrong way. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 01:08, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
:::So, are you going to do it? Sorry if I'm bothering you, it's just that you haven't responded in two days.--[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 18:48, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
::::No, I'm not planning on deleting them. I still don't see a compelling reason. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:37, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::It's just that I had my user page at Wikipeda deleted. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 01:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

== [[User:No Cash Value]] ==

This is actually [[User:Cow Puncher|Cow Puncher]]. Could you talk to him about creating multiple accounts and spamming, he doesn't seem to listen to me. {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} 02:08, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
:(God, how long do I have to say this?) I have a chain of losing my password and not entering an email >:@

Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes

Trogga — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:46:47 GMT

Trogga: /* Explanations */ What I meant to say was the first fact explains the joke, while the second just seems wrong; "Sassyfrass" is most likely just slang for "behind"

[[Image:dween scc.PNG|thumb|Eh! Steve's mouth explodes the universe]]

The [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] gang do their usual crazy things on [[Decemberween]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Sherlock}}, {{film|The Worm}}, {{Film|The Wheelchair}}, {{Film|Eh! Steve!}}, {{film|Keyboard Strong Bad}}, {{film|Ready For Primetime}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land]], [[Homestar Runner's House]]

'''Date:''' July 12, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 1:34

'''Page Title:''' The Sweet Cuppin Cakes Pops Orchestra featuring Eh! Steve!

== Transcript ==
''{The Sweet Cuppin' Cakes logo appears against a pink background. It disappears for an instant, then a title saying "Cactus Coffee and the No Tell Motel" appears. It is then flooded from the bottom by a black liquid-like substance, which turns into a night sky. The camera pans down to the normal Sweet Cuppin' Cakes tableau. Sherlock and The Worm are present.}''

'''SHERLOCK:''' ''{mumbling}''

'''THE WORM:''' Up, down... Up, down... Up... ''{sounds like "uhh, yah" in a Strong Sad-like voice}''

''{Sherlock jumps up, then bites The Worm and starts pulling.}''

'''SHERLOCK:''' ''{grunting}''

''{Sherlock pulls out a pot that flips end-over-end and lands on top of him. The Wheelchair appears and pops the lid off the pot.}''

'''THE WHEELCHAIR:''' Mmm-mmm! Burled holiday cabbage!

''{Eh! Steve slowly rises out of pot, covered in Christmas tree ornaments.}''

'''THE WHEELCHAIR:''' Eh! Steve, get your sassy-frass out my burled holiday cabbage!

''{Eh! Steve! jumps into the air, and the scene freezes. His mouth starts shining, and rises into the air.}''

'''EH! STEVE!'S MOUTH:''' Eh! Steve!

''{Eh! Steve's mouth disappears; Gothic blackletter reading "EH! STEVE!" appears and drifts back down toward Earth.}''

'''THE WORM:''' ''{cartoonish Mexican accent}'' Is a miracle.

''{Words "IS A MIRACLE" appear from The Worm's cartoonishly large mouth.}''

''{Keyboard Strong Bad pops into existence and plays Jingle Bells. Everyone starts dancing.}''

''{Cut to a scene of Strong Mad's "Ready For Primetime" 'brow style dancing. Then cut to Strong Bad and Homestar at Homestar's house watching the show on TV.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... Didn't I invent this cartoon?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, I think so.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then how come I can't understand a lick of it?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What's not to understand? ''{Strong Bad turns to Homestar.}'' Eh! Steve!'s mouth exploded the universe, and that blond guy did a tiny, tiny dance.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastic}'' Oh, right. The true meaning of Decemberween.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah yeah; right right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pff. Whatever. I'm-a go "re-nog."

''{Strong Bad holds up a half-empty glass of eggnog and leaves the room. The scene dims, the back button appears. After a few seconds:}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whispering}'' Will you turn the lights back on when you come back in?

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*It is believed that [[Keyboard Strong Bad]]’s head is a [[Wikipedia:VL-Tone|Casio VL-Tone]], but the song at the end of the Toon is played on a Casio playtime-keyboard.
*If you look under the TV, you can see three [[Joy of Painting]] tapes.
*When the pot falls on Sherlock it makes the same noise when the [[Heavy Lourde]] falls on someone.

===Goofs===
*After Eh! Steve!'s mouth explodes, the "berled" holiday cabbage is mysteriously gone, and the worm is back in the hole, even though Sherlock had pulled him out at the beginning of the show. However, given the nature of the Sweet Cuppin' Cakes universe, it's possible that such unexplained inconsistencies are within the normal course of events.
*At the end, Strong Bad's left eye is bigger than his right eye.

===Inside References===
*Ready For Primetime first appeared in [[haircut]].
*The episode name, "Cactus Coffee and the No-Tell Motel," refers to Strong Bad's mention in the email [[crazy cartoon]] that the name of a "crazy cartoon" has nothing to do with the cartoon itself.

===Fast Forward===
*When Keyboard Strong Bad presses the demo button on his head, the first few notes before Jingle Bells starts playing are the same notes used when Strong Bad sings "Ding ding dong, ding ding dong, ding ding Dear Strong Bad" at the beginning of Strong Bad Email #163 [[what I want]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mike, I gotta admit to you that this show creeps me out.

'''MIKE:''' Are you scared yet?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I'm very scared.

'''MIKE:''' The music alone gets me a little bit jibblie.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. I get— Don't even bring them up, 'cause they'll take over. So, all right: The worm... okay, got him...

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sherlock, they call this guy?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, Sherlock.

'''STRONG BAD:''' The cowcopter?

'''MIKE:''' ''{Simultaneously}'' The cowcopter, yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And now... So, did that worm... make— That worm was cooking Eh! Steve, for... for Decemberween?

'''MIKE:''' You, you can't really think about this in these cartoons, these European cartoons, very much.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Though I just— I thought ''I'' made up this cartoon.

'''MIKE:''' Nah, well, this, it might—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Euro Strong Bad?

'''MIKE:''' It might be Canadian. I'm not sure.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, the Film Board of Canada?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' They make some weird stuff.

'''MIKE:''' ''{Laughs}'' Yeah.

''{As Keyboard Strong Bad appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh look, there's the old uh, I got one right here in my hand, listen!

''{Clicking noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Those are the keys, me running my hand over the keys of my Casio VL—

'''MIKE:''' You can't play it because it's ''broken''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, which is no good. It works, you can use the calculator on it. Thank God...

'''MIKE:''' ''{Laughs}'' That a keyboard has a calculator...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Oh, and look! It's the uh, what's he called? Not Ready For Prime—

'''MIKE:''' ''{Simultaneously}'' Not Ready—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's say it together.

'''MIKE:''' Not Ready For Primetime!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Simultaneously}'' Not Ready For Prime-a Time-a!

'''MIKE:''' Hey, high five.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Clinko!

''{Short pause}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I got my Arby's collector’s mug here. Cup. Glass.

'''MIKE:''' Whose house is that at, with the—

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't want— I'm not gonna talk about it.

'''MIKE:''' You were over at Homestar's house, weren't you?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Stutters, trying to defend himself}''

'''MIKE:''' Spending Christmas Eve... Watching ''spaecials''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It was a little spaecial. It was a spatial relationship. Between me and Homestar.

===Fun Facts===
*Mike mentions that Sweet Cuppin' Cakes gives him the [[Jibblies|jibblies]].
*The pronounciation of the word special is a reference to [[Homestar vs. Little Girl]], where Little Girl pronounces it the same way.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:dween cakes.html|watch "Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes"]]
*[[HR:dween cakes.swf|view the Flash file for "Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes"]]

{{Decemberween In July}}

{{subtitlesLinks|dween cakes}}

[[Category:Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]]

Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes

Trogga — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:50:37 GMT

Trogga: /* Explanations */ One, that's the joke, and two, it could just be a way of saying "behind"

[[Image:dween scc.PNG|thumb|Eh! Steve's mouth explodes the universe]]

The [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] gang do their usual crazy things on [[Decemberween]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Sherlock}}, {{film|The Worm}}, {{Film|The Wheelchair}}, {{Film|Eh! Steve!}}, {{film|Keyboard Strong Bad}}, {{film|Ready For Primetime}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land]], [[Homestar Runner's House]]

'''Date:''' July 12, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 1:34

'''Page Title:''' The Sweet Cuppin Cakes Pops Orchestra featuring Eh! Steve!

== Transcript ==
''{The Sweet Cuppin' Cakes logo appears against a pink background. It disappears for an instant, then a title saying "Cactus Coffee and the No Tell Motel" appears. It is then flooded from the bottom by a black liquid-like substance, which turns into a night sky. The camera pans down to the normal Sweet Cuppin' Cakes tableau. Sherlock and The Worm are present.}''

'''SHERLOCK:''' ''{mumbling}''

'''THE WORM:''' Up, down... Up, down... Up... ''{sounds like "uhh, yah" in a Strong Sad-like voice}''

''{Sherlock jumps up, then bites The Worm and starts pulling.}''

'''SHERLOCK:''' ''{grunting}''

''{Sherlock pulls out a pot that flips end-over-end and lands on top of him. The Wheelchair appears and pops the lid off the pot.}''

'''THE WHEELCHAIR:''' Mmm-mmm! Burled holiday cabbage!

''{Eh! Steve slowly rises out of pot, covered in Christmas tree ornaments.}''

'''THE WHEELCHAIR:''' Eh! Steve, get your sassy-frass out my burled holiday cabbage!

''{Eh! Steve! jumps into the air, and the scene freezes. His mouth starts shining, and rises into the air.}''

'''EH! STEVE!'S MOUTH:''' Eh! Steve!

''{Eh! Steve's mouth disappears; Gothic blackletter reading "EH! STEVE!" appears and drifts back down toward Earth.}''

'''THE WORM:''' ''{cartoonish Mexican accent}'' Is a miracle.

''{Words "IS A MIRACLE" appear from The Worm's cartoonishly large mouth.}''

''{Keyboard Strong Bad pops into existence and plays Jingle Bells. Everyone starts dancing.}''

''{Cut to a scene of Strong Mad's "Ready For Primetime" 'brow style dancing. Then cut to Strong Bad and Homestar at Homestar's house watching the show on TV.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... Didn't I invent this cartoon?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, I think so.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then how come I can't understand a lick of it?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What's not to understand? ''{Strong Bad turns to Homestar.}'' Eh! Steve!'s mouth exploded the universe, and that blond guy did a tiny, tiny dance.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastic}'' Oh, right. The true meaning of Decemberween.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah yeah; right right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pff. Whatever. I'm-a go "re-nog."

''{Strong Bad holds up a half-empty glass of eggnog and leaves the room. The scene dims, the back button appears. After a few seconds:}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{whispering}'' Will you turn the lights back on when you come back in?

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*It is believed that [[Keyboard Strong Bad]]’s head is a [[Wikipedia:VL-Tone|Casio VL-Tone]], but the song at the end of the Toon is played on a Casio playtime-keyboard.
*If you look under the TV, you can see three [[Joy of Painting]] tapes.
*When the pot falls on Sherlock it makes the same noise when the [[Heavy Lourde]] falls on someone.
*The song Keyboard Strong Bad played was from a demo on an old Kawasaki keyboard for young children.
===Goofs===
*After Eh! Steve!'s mouth explodes, the "berled" holiday cabbage is mysteriously gone, and the worm is back in the hole, even though Sherlock had pulled him out at the beginning of the show. However, given the nature of the Sweet Cuppin' Cakes universe, it's possible that such unexplained inconsistencies are within the normal course of events.
*At the end, Strong Bad's left eye is bigger than his right eye.

===Inside References===
*Ready For Primetime first appeared in [[haircut]].
*The episode name, "Cactus Coffee and the No-Tell Motel," refers to Strong Bad's mention in the email [[crazy cartoon]] that the name of a "crazy cartoon" has nothing to do with the cartoon itself.

===Fast Forward===
*When Keyboard Strong Bad presses the demo button on his head, the first few notes before Jingle Bells starts playing are the same notes used when Strong Bad sings "Ding ding dong, ding ding dong, ding ding Dear Strong Bad" at the beginning of Strong Bad Email #163 [[what I want]].

==DVD Version==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mike, I gotta admit to you that this show creeps me out.

'''MIKE:''' Are you scared yet?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I'm very scared.

'''MIKE:''' The music alone gets me a little bit jibblie.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. I get— Don't even bring them up, 'cause they'll take over. So, all right: The worm... okay, got him...

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sherlock, they call this guy?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, Sherlock.

'''STRONG BAD:''' The cowcopter?

'''MIKE:''' ''{Simultaneously}'' The cowcopter, yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And now... So, did that worm... make— That worm was cooking Eh! Steve, for... for Decemberween?

'''MIKE:''' You, you can't really think about this in these cartoons, these European cartoons, very much.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Though I just— I thought ''I'' made up this cartoon.

'''MIKE:''' Nah, well, this, it might—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Euro Strong Bad?

'''MIKE:''' It might be Canadian. I'm not sure.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, the Film Board of Canada?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' They make some weird stuff.

'''MIKE:''' ''{Laughs}'' Yeah.

''{As Keyboard Strong Bad appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh look, there's the old uh, I got one right here in my hand, listen!

''{Clicking noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Those are the keys, me running my hand over the keys of my Casio VL—

'''MIKE:''' You can't play it because it's ''broken''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, which is no good. It works, you can use the calculator on it. Thank God...

'''MIKE:''' ''{Laughs}'' That a keyboard has a calculator...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Oh, and look! It's the uh, what's he called? Not Ready For Prime—

'''MIKE:''' ''{Simultaneously}'' Not Ready—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's say it together.

'''MIKE:''' Not Ready For Primetime!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Simultaneously}'' Not Ready For Prime-a Time-a!

'''MIKE:''' Hey, high five.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Clinko!

''{Short pause}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I got my Arby's collector’s mug here. Cup. Glass.

'''MIKE:''' Whose house is that at, with the—

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't want— I'm not gonna talk about it.

'''MIKE:''' You were over at Homestar's house, weren't you?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Stutters, trying to defend himself}''

'''MIKE:''' Spending Christmas Eve... Watching ''spaecials''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It was a little spaecial. It was a spatial relationship. Between me and Homestar.

===Fun Facts===
*Mike mentions that Sweet Cuppin' Cakes gives him the [[Jibblies|jibblies]].
*The pronounciation of the word special is a reference to [[Homestar vs. Little Girl]], where Little Girl pronounces it the same way.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:dween cakes.html|watch "Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes"]]
*[[HR:dween cakes.swf|view the Flash file for "Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes"]]

{{Decemberween In July}}

{{subtitlesLinks|dween cakes}}

[[Category:Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]]

User talk:It's dot com

Trogga — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:48:40 GMT

Trogga: /* Why no delete? */

{{User talk:It's dot com/teasers}}
= <div style="background:#BE0023; color:#fff; width:98%; padding-bottom:0.3em; padding-top:0.3em; padding-left:2%"> Trogdor! </div> =

== Mean to young people? ==

You're my least favorite admin ever.
:Well, <s>''Bubsty''</s> (I was close. See below), one of the things you learn as an admin is that you can't please everybody all the time. I am, however, open to constructive criticism, so I'm a little disappointed that you didn't give me any more to go on than that one line. Or that you didn't at least sign your name. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
::What? Did Bubsty write that? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 20:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Indeed. ''EDIT: Actually, his sister said that it was she who wrote the comment.'' — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]
::::Or perhaps somebody from his computer or something. He did [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Da_Basement&diff=prev&oldid=241561 refer to Bubsty in the third person]... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::How did this person edit da Basement? Didn't you block him for 3 days, TBird? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 00:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yes, he did, but I unblocked the IP, since the edit wasn't trolling or vandalism. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:38, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I see. And in response to Thunderbird's comment: I don't know that third person is really evidence it wasn't he; he could have been covering his tracks. What ''does'' baffle me, however, is that that IP wrote false information about Bubsty's guestbook being gone, when in fact Bubsty himself removed the deletion tag from his guestbook, something one would think Bubsty would know. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 01:14, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Haha, I just mentioned that point a minute ago. But on IRC- I didn't bother updating my theory here. Thanks for pointing that out. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 01:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::That was me! Not Erik! And he told me he left the wiki, so I thought he had deleted his guestbook too. [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 04:03, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::<nowiki>*</nowiki>Sigh*. So much for me leaving. Seems I have some explaining to do. Some things to clear this whole thing up:
::::::::::First off, I '''''DID NOT''''' write that comment above. I recently showed Sarah the comment you left on my user talk page a while ago telling me to stop using the list of users list to welcome people. Although I really didn't care that much about what you had written, she seemed to think of it as rude and insulting. I assume that comment was her "blowing off steam".
::::::::::It seems Dot Com thinks Thekillerdynamo is me. If you still have any questions about this whole thing, ''please'' tell me. I'll try to explain it.
::::::::::Finally, I'm really sorry (not to mentioned embarrased), that this whole thing happened. I'll '''try''' to have something like this ''never'' happen again. (Depends if a certain family member agrees).
::::::::::Sincerely,
::::::::::{{User:Bubsty/sig}} 04:22, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Well, as you can see below, all I knew for sure was that the edits were coming from your house. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
You do a lot on this wiki, but you're mean to the young people here. 10, 11, 12, and 13 year olds shouldn't have to act like a 28-year-old!
Can't you just be a ''bit'' nicer? I think more people would like you then.
Please; I'm not trolling - although I did blank your talk page. But that was so you would see this easier.
If you revert it (which I'm sure you will) can you at least think about being ''nicer''?
Once again, sorry for messing up your talk page. Just please read. Thanks! [[User:24.18.208.18|24.18.208.18]] 04:58, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:PS: I think you're still a good admin. Just show some commen sense. (Of course, I should talk; Look who's about to get themselves blocked!)
:PPS: Oh, and about my first edit on this page; I admit that was me. But that was back when I didn't know what a wiki was and didn't know who you were. You ''aren't'' my least favorite admin ever. In fact, you're one of my favs! If you want to block me for that, go ahead; I deserve it.
::Why don't you log in so we can discuss this. Talking through an IP address isn't the kind of conversation we should be having. I'm not going to block you. If I wanted to block you, I would have blocked your IP a long time ago. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Ok, I made a user. [[User:That One User|That One User]] 06:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I don't mean make a sockpuppet, I mean log in as yourself. You have obviously been around for a bit for you to hold the opinion you do, and, looking closely, you are either Bubsty or, at the very least, someone inside his house. So, c'mon now, Erik, Sarah, whoever... log in for real if you actually want to talk. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:05, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::How did you know? [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 00:49, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Hang on now, let me make sure I have this right... You're telling me that someone who has [[Special:Contributions/Thekillerdynamo|18 total contributions]] (as of this writing, none of which are in the article namespace) and to whom the only thing [[User talk:It's dot com/These Peoples Try to Fade Me#Hi_from_Thekillerdynamo|I've ever said]] is "Welcome to the wiki, Sarah! Ask your brother to show you how to sign your name," would suddenly and for no apparent reason get so annoyed with me as to [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&diff=240812&oldid=240757 put this] on my page? I'm sorry, but that just doesn't add up. Perhaps you could explain yourself a little... or come clean. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Seems odd right? Actully, I've just seen what you've said to other people (like the thing) and what you said to Bubsty that one time. That was why I said "you're my least favorite admin ever". When you said that thing about user welcoming... something like that. But I'm not mad anymore. [[User:Thekillerdynamo|Thekillerdynamo]] 04:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::: Oh, okay then. Please allow me to speak to your points: Occasionally messages must be posted that are stern because it's urgent that the message be understood. (In the case of the message I sent your brother, it was because of the fact that edit summaries can't be changed, and so we have to be careful what we put in them.) I do try, however, never to be insulting, and as I said way back when, I do apologize if he took it that way. Also, I have nothing against young users, and I will happily give assistance to anyone who needs it (just have a look around this talk page). It should be noted that several of our exceptional users, including a sysop, are quite young, relatively speaking. Even though actual age doesn't matter, I don't see anything wrong with expecting a certain level of maturity from our users, once they've had a chance to get the hang of things. The wiki, after all, is not a toy. I think BazookaJoe put it quite well in his message to The thing when he talked about what [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:The_thing&oldid=242251 the purpose] of this wiki is. All of this can only bring us to one conclusion: ...Strong Sad's [[caffeine#Transcript|adopted]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

== Well this is (not) nice... ==

I'd just like to bring this to your attention: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Homestar_Coder&diff=242152&oldid=242150]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 03:54, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I noticed that. I don't know what that guy's deal is. He is addressing Coder, so I'd prefer she be the one to respond to him. That edit could be called trolling (in the true sense of the word), but it's not vandalism. Until and unless he causes more, bigger trouble, I'ma stay out of it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::I was thinking it was more along the lines of harassment. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:43, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Still, if she wants to block him, she has the power. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:45, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah. Very well I just thought I'd bring that up. Have a good night. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Thanks for bringing it up. I'll be keeping an eye on that guy for sure. ;) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::This guy has some kind of anger management problem, and I think not responding to him is the best course of action. I don't even know where he gets this stuff; I've never blocked him (although I did warn him that he might be blocked for mucking up the Sandbox), called him any names (especially not "incredibly gay" - all the people I've known who are actually incredibly gay are far more mature than that guy ;) ), or confused him with Willy on Wheels. If he wants to periodically upchuck on my talk page, whatever. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 20:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
Apparantly this is all because of [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Character_Evolution&diff=next&oldid=175719 this revert]. I'm really confused as to how posting a few images constitutes two to three hours work as well as hating Homestar Coder for reverting it. Additionally, it didn't really fit; those images were all over the place. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 01:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought I [[User talk:Homestar Coder/MayAug2005#character evolution|explained reasonably]] that the pictures made the page cluttery; at the time, I was also trying to get that page deleted as I considered it redundant with [[:Category:Character Evolution]]. *shrug* {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 01:40, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== Whoa! ==

[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&diff=243608&oldid=242626 Wow.] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:02, 21 January 2006 (UTC) (And here I was trying to come up with some cool archive style for mine...)
:It's dot com has archived his talk page? Saddle up my flying pig; I'm goin' ice skating in hell! (But seriously—I'm digging the topical groupings.) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 07:24, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
::Wow. I love that format! Keep on... making-great-stuff! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 08:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Quite impressive. Looks snazzy, and loads alot faster. Now we've just gotta convince [[User talk:Tom|Tom]]... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 08:45, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
::::This is the greatest thing ever. Would you mind terribly if I bit your style and did a similar thing? :) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 19:35, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::With a comment like that, how could I possibly refuse? You are more than welcome to take my coolness and rework it to achieve your own brand of awesomeness. (Never mind all that GFDL nonsense.) :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::YAYZ. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 20:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

== what happened ==

Hey it's dot com, what happened to your discussion page? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

:well, he archived it. this means that at the top, you can just go to the links and they will lead you to the headlines. pretty cool, huh?

::Yeah, I just couldn't take all the whining from all you guys anymore. ;) But I figured out a compromise between keeping all the talk on this page and moving it all to an archive, so I went with it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

:::i wasn't whining. [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 00:39, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::::I know. But take a look through the archives and you'll find quite a few requests for me to do so, and there were innumerable chat conversations to that effect as well. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== i believe... ==
that you are an amazing user. you are just in everything you do. i think it is inspiring how much you care for the betterment of the wiki. you block only the most important users. you recently blocked someone i know. i just want you to know that you are doing the right thing. thank you.
:Is this from [[User:Thatkidyoualllove|Thatkidyoualllove]]? If so, why would you want me to block your brother? You guys must be like my brothers and I are. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::yeah, he hates my guts. and that's why he will never disobey me and come on a website too cool for him again. heheheh....{{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== I want to be a sysop ==

Do you no wen the next sysop election is gonna be? {{User:The thing/sig}} 16:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:Depends on several things. Why do you ask? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::I wanna be one. {{User:The thing/sig}} 16:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Really? How come? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I want to be a sysop. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::Right. You just said that. I'm asking why you want to be a sysop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::Because I want to be able to: Block, Delete, Edit special pages... all the stuff sysops can do. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:48, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Why do you want to be able to do all those things? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::I can't really explain it but I know stuff that should be done that no one has done. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:54, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, ''try'' to explain. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::I know stuff that should be done that no one has done. Like people that should of been blocked pages that needed deletion plus I want to help the wiki as much as I can. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Who needs to be blocked? Which pages need deletion? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:12, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::Well there gone now but there used to be some. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::What's gone? The people, or the pages? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:17, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::If there is a person abusing the Wiki, or a page that doesn't have any need, there are ways of alerting sysops even if you're not one (add abusers to [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]] and add the "tobedeleted" template to bad pages.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::Both are gone but the main reason I want to be a sysop is so I can help the wiki as much a possible. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::It's admirable to want to help the wiki. We need as many people—sysops and users alike—who will do that.     Around here, we consider several factors when choosing whom to make sysops, and the most important consideration is trustworthiness. A close second is participation in the project. Rounding out the top six are the ability to deal with other users (especially in mediating disputes or deciding when to step in), technical know-how, the necessity for another position (that is, whether or not the wiki needs more sysops at any given time), and finally seniority. ([[bottom 10|Number seven]] on the top-six list is [[Senor Cardgage|senority]], which is the ability to make bad H*R-related jokes.)     With those things in mind, at this time I would not be comfortable with making you a sysop. Not long ago, you vandalized this wiki and less than a day ago you were blocked from the fanstuff wiki for persistent trolling. I think it will take a while for people to trust you again after that. Additionally, you currently don't meet the [[User_talk:It%27s_dot_com/Let%27s_Get_Started_on_Doing_All_Those_Awesome_Things_I_Suggested#How_to_become_a_sysop|participation requirements]]. That is, you really don't have that many edits in the main or talk namespace nor have you done a big project. I haven't seen how you handle stress or abuse from problematic users and I don't know the status of your technical know-how (again, because I don't have a large sample of edits from which to judge). Last (and this one matters the least to me but is nevertheless important) there's the question of seniority: In other words, even if all else were equal, quite a few deserving people have been here a lot longer than you, and would thus be ahead of you in line whenever we promote the next user(s).     Please don't think I'm trying to be overly discouraging, but your persistence in asking has made me want to be as unambiguous as possible. (By the way, asking for a position of power—no matter where you are (except maybe Wikipedia)—is a sure way to guarantee that the position will ''not'' be handed to you. Just so you know.) I encourage you to read the link above about the requirements and follow its advice. Over time, perhaps a long time, if you make good contributions and keep your nose clean, then you might be more seriously considered. Until then, keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:45, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::::::::::::::Darn --{{User:The thing/sig}} 19:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

To The Thing: Personally, I'd love to be able to do all those things as well, but being given a position of power doesn't come free - [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig|You just gotta ''earn'' it!]] And to It's dot com: I found this whole conversation quite amusing. :) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 01:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps there should be a page devoting to answering the question "How do I become a sysop?" I see it asked a LOT. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 01:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:Perhaps part of the FAQ? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 01:57, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::I really liked your idea, KieferSkunk, and decided to '''be bold''' and add it myself. It's composed mainly from the large paragraph above, but also from the talk section it links to, and my personal knowledge. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 02:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:::'''It's dot com:''' Yada yada yada sysop yada yada trust yada seniority yada yada yada edits yada yada yada long speech yada yada... 
:::'''The thing:''' Darn 
{{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 01:59, 24 January 2006 (UTC) P.S. No offense to either of you. I just found that funny.
::::One other thing, Thing: as I'm sure any of the sysops can tell you, it might not be as fun as it looks from the other side of the fence. It means a butteload of ''work'', and a commitment to a certain amount of involvement and responsibilities. It's like the Spiderman thing (you know, "With great power...). (Except it ''doesn't'' come with the ability to swing through Manhattan streets in spandex.) Also, about helping the wiki: yeah, deleting pages and blocking folks help, but it's really only a small percentage of the work that improves the wiki: the bulk of it is regular users editting and reviewing each other's edits. In other words, you ''already'' have the power for the single biggest part of wiki-helping that goes on. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 04:02, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

:::::Nevermind I'm a sysop on [http://weirdal.wikicities.com/ My own wiki] now. But it would still be cool to be one. {{User:The thing/sig}} 21:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

If I may throw in my own perspective on this, "with great power comes great responsibility." From what I've observed, being a sysop means making a lot of tough judgement calls, speaking nicely to people when you'd rather not, getting blamed for just about anything that goes wrong (real or perceived) and a lot of really hard work. Given all that, I'm not really clear on why someone would want that job so much, but I have nothing but admiration for the people who do it. [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 01:37, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== i'm back ==
hey, it's dot com. i just got unblocked this morning. i want to say you did the right thing, and that now i will probably be spending less time on the wiki, so when i get blocked the next time it won't suck so bad. ah well. anyway, like i said, you did the completely right thing, and i hope you become an admin for what you did. thanks.
p.s. if i get blocked another time, please make it indefinite. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:02, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:um....[[User: Yeltensic]] just made a rude remark on the guestbook discussion page, and you should check it out. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 14:55, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::I am aware of it and have posted comments. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:04, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

:::good. that was just plain crude. if he pulls some stunt like that again just because [[User: Darth Katana X|Darth Katana X]] told him to, i suggest you block him. look on yeltensic's talk page if you don't know what i am talking about. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 15:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Well I found out about the discussion from Darth, but I didn't "pull some stunt like that" because Darth told me to, he didn't tell me to do that. So leave Darth out of it, he didn't do anything (well maybe he did, but if so it was unrelated). [[User:Yeltensic|Yeltensic]] [[User talk:Yeltensic|Save the guestbooks]] 21:21, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::I apoligize. I now understand. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 23:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== That image ==

Just so you know, the reason I restored that image for "[[It's like it was meant to be]]" is just because Homestar Coder and Abdi both expressed their support for it and I felt that the person who removed it was acting rather unilaterally. I don't mind its removal as much if there's actually someone else who agrees about removing it, though. Anyway, keep on tranglin'. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, and Thunderbird has added a different image. Maybe this one will work well? {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::I don't have a super-strong opinion that page, but the first image just didn't seem to fit, in my opinion. I did have an idea, though (the Wagon Fulla Pancakes). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Yeah, I'd say the same about not having a super-strong opinion; I just wanted to see things done fairly. (I try not to be too committed to my own ideas around the wiki. I find it only leads to disappointment when your edit gets reverted or your Fun Fact gets crushingly declined in STUFF. Not to mention you get along in the community better if you just go with the flow and be ready to get REVERT'd a few times, eh?) And yeah, I saw your new idea, and I think it's hilarious. "Rondelman, you crack me up! Crack! Me! Up! That's why you're my doge!" Anydangway, talk atcha later! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 07:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::::I added a link to the article cuz i wasn't sure at first which article you were talking about. I definitely like the new pic! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 14:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

== CAPTCHA ==

I wanted to know what you did to get CAPTCHA up and running on 1.5.6. I stopped by the IRC channel & was told to ask you about it. :) On freenode, I am earthsound (registered user). Also, you can reach me at gmail.com (same user name).
Thanks!
:(He and I spoke via the chat channel, and the gist of the discussion was that I was not the author of the software, just an assistant implementor, and I directed him to the software author. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:41, 25 January 2006 (UTC))

== The ongoing saga ==
um, someone left a message on my talk page stating that it was weird that trendy totebag did not sign on while i was blocked. i know i may be wrong, but i suspect the anonymous user was, well, you know enough to figure it out. the writing, the splling....it's all the same. you probably can't match the ip addresses, but i would like it if you did. or he just didn't leave a sig, and you can check the contribs. thank you. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 21:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
:Um, there's really no mystery, since he was logged in when he made that edit. I have taken care of it. *sigh* — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, you must be tired of our bickering. It seems i am stupid enough to not stop until i get blocked, so i guess i deserved to be. '''ah well.''' {{User:Seriously/sig}} 00:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
:::I don't mean to rub it in, but EIGHT MINUTES?! Nice, real nice. Eight min. is all it takes to get blocked. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 01:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

== Has Matt? ON WHEELS! ==

Thanks for clearing up all those page moves on my user space. I seriously was actually ''laughing'' the whole time it was happening. I think my userpage had at least 12 "ON WHEELS!" in the page title. My first time being WoW'd. Ever. Well, anyway, thanks a lot! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 04:14, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
:No probalo. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:17, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
::Wow! someone must really like you! Ooo! ooo! Here's an idea (stemming from our basement discussion that should really go there but i'm sure the discussion has been archived): use the Captcha (ok maybe it's not such as hot of an idea now that i see the page move history) for making moves for all users (since we move pages seldom). But i guess these moves ''were'' done manually! Interesting. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:21, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Actually, I believe the CAPTCHA image is used in move processes for all users. I had to use it. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 04:23, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh yeah! you're right! It is! I just saw it when i hit the move button in your pa— *points* LOOK! *Runs away* --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:41, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

== .swf decompiler ==

Where did you find a .swf decompiler? Stuntman021

:I use [http://www.eltima.com/products/flashdecompiler/ Flash Decompiler] by Eltima. A free download is available (which is the version I have, and it meets my needs pretty well), and the full version looks to have a lot of features. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:53, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== G'bye ==
dot, I think I am going to take a break from the wiki. I just wanted you to answer a question of mine: do you ever feel like the wiki ends up affecting more than just the wiki aspect of your life? I mean, Ciberdude's got my IM screenname and my email address, and he won't stop from either. I know you can't help me with this, but I think I have to make myself a little more discreet the next time I come on here. That's why I'm taking a break. Just act like I'm gone for good, okay? I'll be back soon, just not for a while. Thanks for all the privelages. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:41, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, giving out personal info can be useful, but it can come back to haunt you sometimes. Take care, man. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:44, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
::I will. And even if you lose your sysop privelages, block ciberdork while I am gone. I'll still edit anonymously. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:46, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:::Seriously, Seriously, you say the weirdest things. Talk atcha later. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Seriosuly, Seriously. I mean Seriously. What. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 03:53, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
:::::So, i finally learned to block email addresses, and IM ones too. So.....I guess I'm on the wiki again, and once again I am wildly exaggerating like I always do. Ah well. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 22:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

== What did you do ==
I would just like to make a counterpoint to hating guestbooks, even though the discussion is over. Have you ever thoguht how much sigs should be deleted? You must have, because if you are going to delete guestbooks like you did, the exact same reasons apply to sigs. People working on their sigs clutters up the recent changes, I know because I do it '''all the time'''. Sigs are not contributing to the wiki, just like you insist guestbooks don't. And finally, They give no proof that someone ever read your userpage, something that by the way is something that people either do or don't but that shouldn't matter to anyone else. I just think that What you and the admins did was entirely opinionated. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:45, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
:No proof, eh? Well, I guess that someone could read a user page in a matter of seconds and then promptly sign a guestbook. Not all sigs clog recent changes, just yours. Sigs are a means of identifying a user, and thus serve a purpose. I am not meaning to reply for It's dot com, but I just wanted to say this. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 22:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
::Also, I bet a lot of sig flooding could be stopped if people just used "Show Preview". --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::: Sigs exist anyway; you edit them in your user preferences (which does not show up on Recentchanges). The custom, however, is to create a User/sig template and use ''that'' as your sig. The User/sig versions are used because:
:::# They're easier to edit.
:::# If you edit one, ''all'' of your signatures change. If you edit the sig in your preferences, only ''future'' signatures change.
::: What's more, custom sigs of any sort allow links to your Talk or Contributions page, and make it easier to tell who's who (if you see a light blue sig with a green "Talk" area, it's probably me. If you see a gold-colored sig with symbols on both sides, it's likely Thunderbird. etc.) I'd take that over not being able to tell if I've previously read a user page. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:29, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
:::And, by the way, it was not the admins' decision to remove them; they may have started the voting, but ''everyone with a user name'' could vote. I abstained voting entirely because I don't really care. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
::::Got it. Reluctantly. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

== Sorry ==

Sorry about re-making those User_talk:Drwho? pages. I wuz trying to mark them delete but you already deleted them. {{User:The thing/sig}} 23:47, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
:That's okay. Just remember to wait a couple of minutes between postings if you think that might be happening. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:35, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

== Two Questions ==

Hey Dot com, what's up? I have two questions. First, where did you post that discussion where someone was asking how to do links that were not underlined and you tried an example which didn't quite work correctly? (This is indirectly related:) I was wondering if you could take a look at [[User_talk:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects|this]] issue. Thanks! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
:See [[#Super-plain_link]]. Note: old how-to questions from my talk page are filed under ''The System Is Down → Technical help''. On your second question, I'm not sure what you're asking. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
::For the first question, I looked briefly and couldn't find it (actually i scanned the page twice) but couldn't find it. I was scanning too quickly. As for the second issue, it turns out to be a firefox issue :(. Nerd42's sig goes beyond the table borders for some reason. I looked at the sig code and all the tags were closed off. I hope you have a copy of firefox to look at this cuz i'm not gonna provide a screenshot of it right away! ;) I gotta eat! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I'd post it in a more central place, like the FAQ talk. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:31, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Good idea! Just so you know, I found out another reason why you wouldn't be able to see it: resolution. The problem only happens when you wrap text a certain way. As a result, I have [[User_talk:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects#Strange|posted]] an [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/Projects&oldid=255516#Timeline_project update] and a [[:Image:Nerd42sigProblem.png|screenshot]] of the problem, as well as an inquiry in the [[HRWiki_talk:FAQ#Sig_image_bug|FAQ talk page]]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 14:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

== trolling ==

Just so I can learn the game a little more, how did you know that those last few blocks were Yeltensic, I looked in the user contribs and didn't see much. Teach me OB1, your my only hope :-P {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 16:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, often times he makes a remark that identifies him as, in fact, yeltensic. If he didn't do that, then I'll step aside and let dot comster answer this. {{User:Seriously/sig}} 17:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I just looked at the blcok log, and I have to admit I am confused. He must have matched the IP addresses. Also, there are two new users that are created. How do we know they're not yeltensic? {{User:Seriously/sig}}

:User:18593095NSMC90531234 wasn't trolling. I heard about the NSMC people but mabe this wasn't. {{User:The thing/sig}} 22:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yes he was. I didn't say vandalism, I said trolling. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:06, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::How? {{User:The thing/sig}}

::::I agree with The thing on this one. Even though he might look like NSMC at first glance, take a look at the article on Uncyclopedia [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/HRWIKI about our wiki]. At the near bottom, it says "If you happen to be new, register with the username: 18593095NSMC90531234 - Trust me, it'll be fun." This is the ''exact same username''. It seems to me that this guy just didn't know anything about NSMC or this wiki and got Punk'd. He wasn't doing anything bad (yet), so why block him because of "trolling"? Although I would suggest that he get a better username. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 22:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::::Yea. {{User:The thing/sig}} 22:13, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

:::::LLok at this '''North Shore Medical Center''' same first letters. {{User:The thing/sig}}

::::::I know exactly where he got the username, and it's the reason I knew what his intentions were. Trolling is the (usually intentional) provocation of a person or community with the aim of getting a negative reaction. Even if he just did it on a lark (which I doubt), he should know better than to blindly follow instructions he came across in a place like that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

== seriosly ==

i dont think its fair to bann me every tiem I talk to seriously, he is a big user on the wiki and if i am to become a good contributor i will have to stop pretending he doesnt exist. i think i've been banned enough to know not to fight with him.— {{user:Ciberdude444/sig}} 22:57, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

:<s>I think your mom goes to college is not the person who sent this. But that's just me.</s> {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:24, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Troll==
Really bad troll attacking for 2 days at the fanstuff wiki, Joshua says he needs help. [[User:Riley|Riley]]

:What do you mean? I'm not sure that dot comster is a sysop there. If he is, please elaborate. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:15, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

::Yeah, he is. [[HRFWiki:User:Riley|Riley]]

:::Seriously: This is the third time ''in a row'' you have replied to messages on my page that weren't addressed to you. And in two of the three times, your reply was either wrong or didn't give any useful information. Please let me have the opportunity to reply to my own messages. Thank you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

::::Riley: What's this guy's deal? Is he Clan or someone who just doesn't like Clan? What course of action would you like me to take? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

It's dot com: Sorry. Just trying to be helpful. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

:Um, he stopped, joshua wanted me to tell you earlier. [[User:Riley|Riley]]

::I enabled some more security that should limit him to one new vandal account at a time, and I scrubbed out some of the filthier usernames. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:49, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks ==
Thanks for all the work with Babel! -[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 00:06, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
:You're welcome! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:12, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== Babel ==

I understand why you think that the [[HRWiki:Babel|Babel]] towers will be better with the source code rather than the templates, but I really think that templates will make it a lot easier to use and more user friendly. I understand that there would be a lot, but noinclude tags could be used to keep track of them. Source code is fine, but do you think that I could at least try with Templates, and if it gets too confusing switch back to source code? -[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 00:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
:I think we should try with the source code first. It's not too hard to get the hang of. (Besides, it's just copy and paste for most people. ;) ) I don't have a problem with a generic template, but we don't need to create a whole slew of them for a non-mainspace thing such as this. Plus, this way, people won't be limited by just the ones in the templates (although we do ask that they be Homestar Runner (or wiki) related). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== ciberdude444 ==

im not ciberdude, hes my brother, my computer is auto loged on and he used it to post that talk, i didnt say anyhting cause of the warm welcome i had at the wiki compared to my brother's fued and destruction it was better not to connect me with him in any way. — {{user:Yourmomgoestocollege/sig}} 20:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== Recent block ==
Umm... are you sure that IP you blocked recently is the right guy? Because I checked his contribs and he hasn't done anything vaguely trollish. Except, maybe for editing Tampo's sig and page, but Tampo din't seem to mind, which leads me to believe he ''is'' Tampo. If he's not, he still seems like a fine user. Any reason why you blocked him? {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:19, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as A fweakin' chair
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as Reverted
:*24.77.42.48 has created an account as Christian
:Yep, I'm pretty sure. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:24, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
You've blocked a troll with the same IP adress as [[User:Tampo|Tampo]]. He is blocked for no reason. [[User:Stongbah|Stongbah]]
:Yea! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 20:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
::The IP in question was not blocked for no reason. It was being used (as you can see above) to create multiple accounts in a short amount of time, which were then being used for vandalism. I will unblock the IP for now, but I'll be keeping an eye on it. P.S. The thing: Exactly what was the point of your post? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I have no idea just kinda wanted to be in the conversation. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 20:32, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

== Arrested Development-apalooza ==
I wanted to make sure you heard about this. Fox is airing the last four episodes back to back on Friday, starting at 8pm. From one fan to another, {{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 23:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, we've already got the party planned! :) It's going to be bittersweet. I don't know whether to hold out hope for Showtime or not. And I wonder how they'll tie up the loose ends while leaving the door open a crack in case they do change networks. Hmm. Thanks for posting! Talk atcha later, [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:47, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
::Such a good show.....It pains me to see it go....{{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:59, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== Admin sigs ==
Why do none of the admins excepy JoeyDay have customized their sigs? I'm thinking maybe you guys are too busy to do that stuff. Just wondering if you knew. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:Well, that's not quite true, unless you have a very narrow definition of admin. If by admin you mean someone on the [[Template:adminteam|Admin Team]], then [[User:Stu|Stu]] definitely has a [[User:Stu/sig|signature]]. If you mean people who are on the Admin Team and are currently active in the day-to-day maintenance of the site, then you're right, only Joey has really customized his signature. Of the six of us, however, only [[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]] has no customization to speak of. [[User:Tom|Tom]], [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]], and I all have subtle modifications from the standard. If, on the other hand, when you say admins you mean sysops, then there is quite a bit of customization. [[User:Thunderbird L17|Thunderbird]] and [[User:FireBird|FireBird]] have had special sigs for as long as I can remember, as have [[User:Jay|Jay]], [[User:Homestar Coder|Homestar Coder]], [[User:Kilroy|Kilroy]], and [[User:The Paper|The Paper]]. [[User:Drhaggis|Dr Haggis]]'s modification is a slight tweak, and [[User:FortyTwo|FortyTwo]] and [[User:Furrykef|Furrykef]] haven't been here in a while. Even [[User:GrapeNuts|GrapeNuts]] (a bot) has a [[User:GrapeNuts/sig|sig]]. As for the heart of your question: Why do Tom, [[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]], and I have more or less "plain" signatures? Well, Tom's is like that because he's ornery about such things. BazookaJoe's and mine are like that because it just looks right. Since everyone else goes to such great lengths to customize their signatures, ''not'' doing so becomes a customization in itself. — [[User:It's dot com|''It's dot com'']] 23:30, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Cool font. I meant the admin team, without the sysops, By the way. Stu, well I've never actually seen him make an edit. Although I did hear that he was joey's friend. I just think that if you have a sig, you should make it have more convenience, like having a link to your talk page. Thnaks for the answer. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

:And Dot com has toyed with his signature in the past [[User talk:Thunderbird L17/Archive 8#Towards a more standards-compliant signature|once or twice]], a long while back. That special sig you just made looks pretty cool, if you ever did decide to change it for good. ;) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:35, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
::GrapeNuts has a sig? Dot com customizing his!? What is the world coming to!? ''This message is {{User:GrapeNuts/sig}} approved (not really, I just wanted an excuse to use his sig :).'' --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

:::Weird. And ''you'', thunderbird, had a blue sig. That scares me. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 05:10, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Um, I just wanted to know what subtle modifications you, Tom, and InterruptorJones have on your sig. Do you mean past versions? Also, what is DrHaggis's slight tweak? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:25, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Tom has a nonbreaking space in front of his (and used to have an empty link). I have an em dash. Interruptor Jones has both of those and uses small tags. Dr Haggis's real username is Drhaggis. All of us put the modifications directly in the preferences box, instead of using a sig template. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::So you don't have to put an em dash alll the time? That's really cool. I think Ill do that. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 03:00, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff on the knowledge base ==
By the way, you say I have to delete my caption contest, yet you don't seem to think about the amazing amount of people doing translations on their userpages. Also, you should think about Has Matt?'s page that includes homsar quotes that other people can edit. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:28, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:I can't realy think of many people who do translations. Even then, the translations themselves are direct quotes and the replies are occurring on the talk pages. The reason I had a problem with your activity is because not only were you inviting people to edit your user page, you were asking them to ''create new H*R-related content'' based on the toons, which is the very definition of fanstuff. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:38, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
::Ah. I realize that my above comment was a little bit too harsh; I apologize for that. I try to stay nice with users, since most already have a reason to hate my guts (including you). So, yeah. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:42, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Er, okaaay.... — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, DBK does, after the extremely insolent remark I made on his user page, And you have a reason because of [[User: Ciberdude444|Something I can't mention.]] Also, Firebird has an excuse because I was blocked by him for trolling, and Yeltensic has a reason (although he's not a user anymore) because I was one of the people who asked him to stop most. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::One of the coolest things in this wiki is that everybody generally treats each other with respect and with maturity. Most of the people I know here do their job (be it editing pages, commenting on behavior, or taking action nobody wants to have to take but that needs to be taken) and then move on if need be, and so we try not to harbor little things that may be divisive or in the long run inconsequential. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== Recap ==
Can I get a recap (no need to be brief, I have time) of the things that have happened here since the start of December? - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}
:''See [[Talk:Main Page#Recap|Talk:Main Page → Recap]]'' — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:36, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

== guess what happened to me ==

Heloo there It's dot com, how are you, i've been doing great. About the heading, check out my talk page and user page, and you'll see what happened. Have you every got a similar award? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 07:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
:Cool, man. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, keep in mind, Nikolce, that the pizza trophy is superior to the Iron cup of <strike>beef</strike> brunswick stew. This means that that trophy is one of the greatest trophies you can get. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:14, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

wow, is there some sort of "lost of tropies or something?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

:Yes. Check the [[Hrwiki: Barnstars|Barnstars]] page. There's a lot of trophies you can get. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

== Mirrors and Such ==
Hello, It's dot com. I'm now direction your admin-y attention to [[Talk:Scroll Button Songs#HRWiki Mirror|this little discussion]] in the far reaches of the knowledge base. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 15:00, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
:Tom currently handles all the mirror-type stuff. I would ask him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:20, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
::Okay... - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 15:35, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes? ==

Hey there dotty, how are these last couple of days. can i ask you something, i've been looking at people user pages, and i've been finding these things called userboxes? what are they?

is there a list of them or something?

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 06:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

:I might be able to help here. A list is located at [[HRWiki:Userboxes]], as well as directions on how to add them to your page. Let me know if you need any help adding some, if you want to do so. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:37, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Thunderbird, let me say sorry, about this message. Its because i don't like to order people around, but my user page is a bit of a mess, actually its chaos, please help its urgent. thanks a bunch. [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 08:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

:Nikolce, if you say please, it's perfectly fine. Don't worry about politeness, because it seems you almost unconsciously type in polite ways. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:46, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

== Idea and it's potential ==
Hi. Nikolce Kocovski sent me something on my talk page. It's the newest headline, I think you should check it out. I want to see if you think either his idea or mine would be of any potential. Thanks. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

== NSMC thing ==
What's the purpose of that page? Also, why'd you delete the talk page for it? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:Also, I'd like to congrat yoyu on the amazing amount of users you've managed to obtain. Truly amazing. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:48, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::"Amount of users"? What? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:49, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::I mean the amount of sockpuppets that NSMC created. You just made a page listing all of the addresses. It looked cool. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh. Well, for an explanation of the page, see the section in [[HRWiki:A_History#NSMC|A History]]. I deleted the talk page because it was a user talk page, and therefore comments on it weren't addressed to me but to the vandal. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I find this extremely interesting. Y'know, I was here when NSMC hit. I didn't know how revert it, though, so I just didn't go on the Cheat Commandos section. Of Cuorse, that wasn't enough. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:02, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

== Paradoxes ==

So which came first? The [http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/User:Sannse/Please_leave_this_line_alone chicken], or the [[HRWiki:Introduction|egg]]? ref:[http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/User:Sannse] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 20:21, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure ours was modeled after [[Wikipedia:Template:Please leave this line alone|this]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
::I hate it when we're not original. :(. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Ahhhh .... hence the similarities. I *now* remember seeing that before a long long time ago, once you showed it to me, even though it looks exactly like the other one... :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Cool! Where did you find [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email&diff=269724&oldid=269553 this one]? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 06:45, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I wrote it myself. See the fourth userbox on my user page. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:49, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

==18,000 views==

Hey, you've got a cool userpage. I agree, Marzipan's answering machine is underrated. {{User:Granola/sig}} 05:02, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks, man. Welcome aboard! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:03, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::With over 18,000 views, it ''has'' to be good. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::18,000 views?? When did that happen?! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm not sure I trust those counters anyway... The one at the bottom of this talk page currently shows only about 800 views, but surely ''that'' can't be right. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I've been having a similar situation on my user page. For some ''extremely'' odd reason, it says I have ''28,000'' page views. Seriously, I'm not that popular. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 19:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::You were talking to Dot com, not Seriously. {{User:Granola/sig}} 21:51, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Oh, Granola. That's one of the worst jokes I've heard all day. :P — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Of course, I, being a retard, do not understand that joke a bit. Also, dot com, you might as well delete that thing on the bottom I wrote, cause you asked the smoking monkey to delort it. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:58, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Well, you see, "Seriously" can mean both your username or "in a serious manner". Has Matt? meant that ''in reality'' he is not as popular as 28,000 page views would seem to indicate, but Granola took it to mean that he was addressing you directly. Hilarity ensued. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Or a total lack of hilarity, as it was a crappy joke. {{User:Granola/sig}} 22:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Oh good, I knew you weren't that popular :P Maybe with all the code fiddling you do, you somehow reversed the number of talk page views with the number of userpage views or something. I've gotta say this has shattered my confidence in those little counter things, before I would have trusted those things with my life. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:24, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::And I jumped from 2500 to 6000 in less than 24 hours awhile ago. That can't be right, either. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 06:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::The number is so small because the counter was reset to zero when this page was moved back incorrectly from a vandal. It had to be deleted and recreated, and that's probably what caused the problem. And Heimstern, do you have your preferences set to hold page caches? If you do, that's probably what caused the view count to jump. {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 06:30, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::Aw, man! You're probably right, HSRusername. That really bums me out. I would reset my counter, except that I have no idea what to set it to. By the way, as far as I know, I've never messed with anything that would affect those numbers. Maybe they've gone up dramatically because an outside bot is gathering data or something (like for Google). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:34, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::At the very least, as of [[User talk:Thunderbird L17/Archive 16#6,000 views!|06:57, 7 December 2005 (UTC)]], you had over 6,000 talk page views, and just under 6,000 userpage views. I think it's safe to give yourself at least a 10,000 talk page view head start, as long as you give your userpage a 10,000 view handicap. That should get you somewhat back on track. ;) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::Well, I found an archive just before all the hubbub that put the count at 10,071. I added that to the 958 currently showing to get 11,029, and used that figure to reset my counter. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

==Autocolumn==

Btw, I wanted to say excellent work on the autocolunm feature. I was looking at the Strong Bad Email tables yesterday, thinking an autocolumn thing would be a nice feature, and lo and behold not two hours later it had been converted. Nice work. (I suppose for colunms such as the ones on my userpage though, it doesn't have any useful application, correct?) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 14:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I tried to use it for the ones in my page, but it just screwed things up. Although I did put it on [[The Field]] and [[Strong Badia]] and Has Matt? used it on [[Homestar Talker]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:47, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks! Yeah, when the columns are independent lists, they still have to be done the regular way. The autocolumns are for when you have one long list that just needs to be split up. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:59, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Very nice script, It's dot com. No more tiring counts of items-per-column to make sure each one is equal. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Wait, what was the difference? I don't see anything new...at least I don't think...{{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== The Smoking Monkey's talk page ==
Why isn't what he did bad to you? Before you say no, let me explain. First of all, he embarassed me ''and'' The thing on his talk page '''on purpose''', second of all, he said apology's to dot com, which means he knew this would have a certain outcome to certain people like me, you (which for some reason you find fine), and the thing. This is a perfect example of premeditated malice. And third of all, would you like it if someone made fun of you on their talk page for everyone to see? {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:I have asked The Smoking Monkey to revert or remove the thread. If you find it insulting, then it is a personal attack, which we don't want. I assure you this was not The Smoking Monkey's intent, but that is beside the point. Let me take this opportunity, however, to suggest that learning to laugh at one's self is one of the most difficult yet rewarding things a person can do. In addition, I think you should ''stop'' apologizing and ''start'' adding more content to this site. Whenever I click on your contribs, I notice that over the last week your user talk contribs outnumber your main namespace contribs 7 to 1. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:07, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
::yes. I understand. Also, I've been adding to the wooky (a major overhaul of the site just because I feel sorry for it), so I havn't had much of a chance. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== Finding vandalism ==

Hey, just wanted to flag a sysop. [[other days]] was mildly vandalized. I fixed it but figured you might want to know about it. Feel free to delete this from your talk if you want. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:22, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
:Simple nuisance vandalism can just be fixed and then ignored. The best way to let us know about more serious vandalism is to post it on [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]]. Then we'll get it taken care of. Thanks for reverting that page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:41, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

== The thing ==
Now that he's unblocked, I'm thinking you can put that template for his block reason on his talk page. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:32, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

== Did I just miss that? ==

Did I miss something or is this just deja vu? I *just* noticed that the order of the "diff" and "hist" buttons are out of order from the other wiki's. In wikipedia, they are before the page title, here they are after the page title. How long has it been like that, and was that part of your recent tinkerings? Confused in Connecticut. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 22:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:You live in connecticut? Bodacious in Buffalo {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::I don't see what you're saying at all. Whistlin' in Washington, {{User:Jay/sig}} 22:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::You sure? On the Bonus Stage Wiki, they also go (diff)(hist), so... I dunno. Not Doing A Name Thingy Like The Rest Of You in Pennsylvania. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::I think what he meant, although I don't see it, is that he thinks that it was "{page title} (diff)(hist)" here. Lazing Around in Lynnwood, {{User:Jay/sig}} 22:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Hm. Odd. I see it the other way around. I mean, the correct way. Maybe Stux's internet is just going spastic. Not telling anyone my location, {{User:Teh_Frossty_One/sig}} 22:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Maybe it's a certain bug in the mediawiki 1.5 software, there were many other ones. {{User: Seriously/sig}}
::::::OT: Jay? Lynn would wash? Silly in Sammamish, {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:23, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::How very Strong Bad-ish of you. :p --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:25, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Wait, did anyone else just realizing us having this discussion that is getting off-topic on another user's talk page that isn't even responding? Confused in Crapland, {{User:Teh_Frossty_One/sig}} 22:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Yeah, I'm thinking it's either a bug in the software, or a bug in Stux's compy. {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:30, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::I doubt that it's a bug in my compy since my watchlist is getting the code from the server as it's all server-generated. I know I have the "enhanced" recent changes turned on (I turned it off for a moment and it indeed showed it the other way, with (diff)(hist) first. But this must've been deja vu, cuz of that. Cuz I've had it "enhanced" for the longest time. So I dunno. I probably need sleep. As for my domicile: I actually don't live in Connecticut, nor have I ever even been in the state (sadly). I just picked the two words cuz they made good alliteration! (And I was surprised to be able to spell the state's name right.) I didn't think people would assume I lived in Connecticut. In fact I am Mindless in Michigan. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 23:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Mindless south of Montreal, Bamboozled west of Boston, Really Confused north of Rio, Dazed east of Dallas. {{User:Granola/sig}} 19:14, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Vandalism ==
The thing has recently vandalized a wiki. Check Benol's talk page for info. I suggest you block him, as per your rule posted on the main page. Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 16:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:Sorry I <big>LOVE</big> this wiki the trolling was my evil cousin! Plus it wasn't this wiki. I swear I'm crying right now. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::You should have thought about that '''BEFORE''' You trolled!!!--{{User:Benol/sig}} 16:58, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Please I'm really sorry! That was my evil cousin! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 16:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm crying harder than I ever have before! :'-( --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:01, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::I'm sorry. Nothing we can do. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:02, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Please I '''LOVE''' this wiki! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:02, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::You probably won't be ''Permanently'' blocked.--{{User:Benol/sig}} 17:03, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::I'm to sorry to even say it in words! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:05, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Look, you guys. I'm pretty sure all this trolling went on before Dot com posted that message on the Main Page talk. Besides, he's now trying ''extremely'' hard to clean up the mess he's made, so he obviously knows what he did is wrong. Therefore, will a block ''really'' do anything to help this situation? I think not. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 17:06, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Do u see how hard I'm trying to get rid of the vandalizm! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 17:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Ok guys, The thing has more than repented for that vandalism. Seriously, I suggest that you keep your nose out of matters that do not involve you. The thing is currently reverting the vandalism with extreme diligence, and this situation is misunderstood by both Benol and Seriously. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 01:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::It wasn't that I was not minding my own business, but I saw many changes to Benol's talk page on the recent changes and decided to see what was up about it. I only meant to help, and I'm sorry if I failed to do so. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 12:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::I wasn't party to this at all, so I don't really know what happened in this particular case. But I will say this: I said once before that I thought the ops here were being too lenient on The Thing, as he's had a history of vandalism and trolling in the past, and everyone seems to be very quick to defend him. (Lots of "I'm sorry's" and "I won't do it again!'s".) I don't deny he's also made good edits here, but I have not seen discipline executed equally to him as has been to others who've done similar things, or less. That's kinda frustrating to see. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 18:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

You all need to complain to your teachers for not teaching you how to read. While you're at it, Seriously and The thing, go ahead and post a mailing address where I can send a bill to your parents for babysitting you. On the main page talk, I said that anyone caught vandalizing in our name would be dealt with. I have neither the time nor the resources to try and police other wikis. The message regarding other wikis means that if you vandalize Uncyclopedia, for example, ''in retaliation'' for something that happens here, then at that point you are speaking for ''all'' of us here, and I care very much that you don't do that. But random vandalism doesn't concern me. To The thing: I can't believe that you think vandalism is funny, especially given that you're an administrator at a wiki. To Seriously: you need to learn what is and what isn't important, and stop being such a tattletale. And stop speaking for me. In one place you say "No matter what, you must get blocked." You have neither the authority nor the experience to be making claims like that. To KieferSkunk: The thing didn't actually do anything (in this case) to harm our wiki or its good name, and therefore there are no grounds for blocking him. (And he ''has'' been blocked recently by BazookaJoe for spamming.) To anyone who needs to hear this: Stop vandalizing. Stop behaving so immaturely (and don't blame your actions on your age; I know several young good contributors). Wiki usage is not a right; it's a privilege. And for goodness' sake, stop apologizing. You've said you're sorry so much that the words have no meaning. Let your future actions be your apology. That's all for now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:38, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:In reply to your comment to me: I understand, and I'm not asking for him to be blocked in this case. I was making a more general comment about The Thing's history, seeing as how I have witnessed vandalism from him in the past and saw people, even sysops, defending him and going way out of their way to reason with him, rather than treating him as a vandal. I didn't understand it at the time, and I still don't, so I left my comments on the matter at "I think you're being too lenient with him". This was mainly just a follow-up on that, more to mention that I'm not surprised another "incident" has come up than anything else. That's all. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:26, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::Well, unless an account is being used for nothing but vandalism, then [[HRWiki:Blocking_Policy#Vandalism|reasoning should always be exhausted]] before blocking is implemented. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Just who do you think you are? ''Babysitting''? Y'know, it's not like I've ever done anything mean to you. Yes, I spoke for you. Just trying to help and to see it in the eyes of an admin. Yes, I've answered your talk page questions for you with crappy answers. Again, jsut trying to help. These things don't mean you have to insult me like that. Y'know, I've really never done anything bad to you on purpose. I always had great respect for you, and I've never purposely insulted you like you just did. You need to learn how a simple misinterpretation of a comment on the main page talk should'nt be an excuse for acting like that. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::When I vandalized I thought you were suppose to vandalize there. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:12, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::To Seriously: As one who has been an admin several times in other places, one thing I can say with certainty is that many admins feel very put off and are easily annoyed by non-admins (and especially relatively new people) trying to speak for them. Dictating policy to other users on behalf of the admins is usually a no-no unless you are an admin or are trusted by the admins to do so. (Obviously, I can't speak for It's dot com, but if I were in his place dealing with this crap, that's how I'd feel.) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 23:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::And if you haven't figured it out by now who I am, Seriously, then you've got deeper problems than I can fix in one afternoon. To The thing: whatever, man. To KieferSkunk: Hear, hear. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::Okay. Here it goes, time for me to swallow my pride:

Look, Dot com, I just don't want to be treated like a baby. In my opinion, I think being a tattletale is the wrong was to think about it, I prefer "fighting trolls, and trying to help you with your rule". Yes, I was disrespectful to you. I just needed to prove my point and express my anger at you. Also, I know you are an admin. Maybe I ''was'' a bit overboard with you; that doesn't mean what I said was entirely wrong. I mean, I apologize, but it's not like I'll kiss your ring and beg for forgiveness. I've got to be a bit more defiant than that to ever prove my point. Just remember: I've always, ''always'' tried to help you, and I just found your comment a bit mean. Just forgive me, please, and let this whole thing disappear. Thanks a lot. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

:Seriously, have you been reading this thread and understanding it? It's dot com has stated just 8 posts up: "And for goodness' sake, stop apologizing." You are still relatively new to this wiki, and your experience has been limited to editing User and User talk pages. You said yourself you give "crappy answers" to questions that don't concern you. When I first joined, I watched conversations like this unfold and saw how responsible admins reacted. I didn't try to solve everybody's problems; I knew I didn't have the knowledge. Just keep to yourself for a while and maybe see what it's like to make some main namespace contrubutions. (That is the idea of a wiki, you know.) {{User:Some HSR themed username/sig}} 00:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== Check this out: ==

Ok, so check out the current [[:Category:To_be_deleted|delete category]]. See something strange? The "Timeline" article is listed under the U's! Even though the tobedeleted tag uses the <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki> tag. Strange, no? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:51, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

== Dr. Who ==

HOW DOES HE KEEP COMING BACK! --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:Hey man, I want you to know that Dr. Who vandalized your talk page. Could you block his IP for me? --{{User:The 386/sig}} 23:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
::First of all, this is nothing to get excited about. He's a garden-variety vandal, nothing more, and he comes back because (a) he apparently doesn't have anything constructive to do and (b) he has access to a dynamic IP. Second, yes, I'm aware that he vandalized this page. Third, I already blocked him before you posted your message. Fourth, please list future vandals on [[HRWiki:WikiTroll]], not this page. Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:11, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
:::Also, he never does much damage, besides vulgar content and stuff like that. What's weird, though, is how he always manages to come when there's no sysops around. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:03, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::You know what I hate? When this guy writes vulgar edit summaries. For people who patrol recent changes, especially kids, we don't have to see that. Really. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::Yea. I'm 10 he on my page said This user is fulla ****. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::Ugh. At least NSMC was was just racist. This guy swears like nobody's business. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:15, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::He can go to jail for this. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 23:17, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I doubt that severely... Though one can always wish... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:21, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::To this point: would it be possible to introduce a language filter? The rare times a swear is needed (an interview transcript, for example) a sysop can override. ?? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:24, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Probably impossible. That would interfere with this wiki, though, because the cartoon says crap all the time, among other things. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::We could allow the program to accept crap. Still, there are a lot of other issues... {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:33, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::It's definitely possible, but currently it's not worth the effort it would take to install it. As for "crap", we just wouldn't put that word on the bad list. Finally, I would appreciate it if comments that aren't actually directed to me be posted in a more public place: [[Talk:Main Page]], [[HRWiki talk:FAQ]], or [[HRWiki:Da Basement]], to name a few. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::OK. Although I think that everyone comes to you because you are the central hub of the wiki, pretty much. Everyone comes to you in hardships, whcih if I were you, I would be honored with. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:38, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::Oh, I know, and don't think I'm not honored, but I, like most people, don't like new-message false alarms, and would rather talk about projects I'm currently working on. Also, there are a lot of questions that anyone could more easily answer if they were just put in a more public place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Flashforward ==

I'm still at the conference, it was really great. IRC doesn't work on the terminals, but suffice it to say, I was here, got autographs, (not many questions) and it was really great. I'll try and get a writeup on Wednesday evening. --TBird

:That was not Tbird. Look [here]. The editor's IP starts with a 6. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 01:43, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::Thunderbird is not at home, so the IP address would be different. It could still be him, but I would like him to log in if possible. If he can't log in at the convention, he'll figure something out or log in when he gets home later tonight. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Too late. His IP's been blocked. He'll log in when he needs to, but I have one question: If he was TBird, why did he sign TBird instead of his IP (accidentally typed <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> without knowing he wasn't logged in) or with his sig (or siggie, I guess)? It doesn't seem right. I mean, if he can edit annonymously, he can edit logged on, and I think the first thing he'll ask if he can't log in is why he can't. Plus, he would know that an IP editing as a user would most likely be reverted. We could unblock the IP and see if TBird can log on now, I guess. Wouldn't hurt, but I still think it wasn't him. I dunno. Oh, also, if it was him, sorry, just don't want anybody impersonating you. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 03:50, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::We didn't block the IP. There are several reasons why he might not have been able to log in (if the computer he was using didn't accept cookies, for example). I think the edits by the IP match TBird's style, but I'm being cautious for now. I'm patient; if I have to I can wait for him to get home to confirm. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:01, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Ye of little faith :-P You didn't recognize my unique writing style? I just didn't really feel like logging in for one or two edits. I probably should have, but meh. In any case, all I said was true, and more. I left a message on the IRC with Phlip, but it should still be there if you scroll up, to see a brief summary of the event. I'll get a writeup started tomorrow night. For now, I've gotta be up in five and a half hours for work, so I'm going to bed. '''EDIT:''' Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention on IRC. Let's just say I'll be kicking myself for months for not bringing my DS to Flashforward... {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 09:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::I thought it was you (see above where I say it sounds like your style), but the info was too good, so I thought it was best to wait for confirmation. I guess you'll log in from now on. :-P Actually, the only reason I had any question was because the IP you were using came up as being based in ''Chicago'', which was pretty weird. I admit it would have been quite unlikely for someone to be imitating you, but we've been burned before. Anyways, great jaerb!!! Many combolations on your successful mission!! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:21, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Parse error! ==

In HomsarQuote.php. You sure are good at bringing the Wiki to its knees ;) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:I always seem to forget semicolons at the end of lines. And it never fails that someone notices my mistakes, even when they're there for less than a minute. :P — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ah, missing semicolons, the bane of a programmer's existence. (Unless you're coding in Lisp. Then it's missing parens.) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 17:39, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I used to do C++ so remember the semi-colon plight, now I do mostly webdesign and so am plagued to make sure I have the same number of <nowiki><div>'s and </div>'s</nowiki>. If I don't comment every single one I'm lost. My lastest creation is [http://www.odua.org this] It's mostly done although I can't seem to get things to line-up the way I want and no matter what changes that I make, it will only look right on one browser at a time! Grrrrr. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 23:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

== You are s-smart ==

Brilliant random Homsar quote thingy!

You're pretty good at this, obviously. Take a look at [[Talk:Sound Effects#Ogg? why not mp3?|this discussion]] and my idea at the end - would this be something possible to improve usability? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:I guess you're gonna have to s-spell out what your idea is, because I'm not quite s-seeing it. S-sorry if that cancels out the s-smart. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:31, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::The ogg files. They confuse people, many players in use don't use them right out of then box. But Wikipedia has an interesting solution which we might be able to emulate. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:33, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I should have been more s-specific. What I meant was, when I went to the page about the s-symphony, I wasn't s-sure what their s-solution was. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::In the 1st paragraph, there's the Listen link (after the musical example) - there's a (listen (help·info)) thingy. The "Help" goes to instructions on how to get your player to play oggs. I mean, I was stymied by them until I was researchiong (on that page, actually) and stumbled upon that.

::::Of course, I don't know enough about Wiki to know a) if this can be done on our system, 2) how to do it even if it can be done, and III) if this sort of a thing would require "discussion" "someplace". SO that's why I ask you, Mr. S-smart. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

:::::Just copy the source code of [[Wikipedia:Template:Audio]] to [[Template:Audio]] (or something like that), adjust the help link to the media help page on this Wiki, and it should work fine (apart from maybe the speaker icon). --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 20:46, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::It's that easy, eh? :\ Well, it'd take me a few days to figure all that out! (I spent a good part of today trying, haven't gotten far. Will keep trying.) But if someone who already has all that figured out wants to take up the cause, we could have better usability sooner. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

== Talk page rate ==
These days, I've been trying to make more main namespace contribs and less user talk page contribs. The question is, has my diet (sorta) done any good for me? Check my contribs. On a rate of 1 to 10, how much would you say I've improved? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 04:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:Er, maybe we should give it a little more time before making a 1 to 10 rating. I say that because in the last three days, you have made more user edits than and ''twice'' as many user talk edits as all your main, main talk, HRWiki, and HRWiki talk edits ''combined'' (not counting sandbox). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:42, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::Gulp. Back to work on the random refreshings. :( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 17:59, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I just did like fifteen. Sweet. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:11, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah, you've been doin' a LOT of edits, Seriously. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 19:12, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Um, sorry about those things on tyhe videlectrix games. You're gonna be doing that for a long time. :( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:27, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Nah, you're fine. I've always been bugged by the word "exist" on those pages. How can we say that the games don't exist? I can see a screenshot right next to them! :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, that's true. At least I added some good edits to my reh—zoom. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

==WikiTroll==

OK then, I'll stop, but why don't you want me editing that page? {{User:Granola/sig}} 02:56, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:Because it's fine the way it is, and you really don't need to be editing meta-information about yourself. Besides, as you said on the talk page, that record isn't even that important anyway. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:01, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::Fair enough. I just wanted it to be accurate, even though it isn't necessary in the first place. {{User:Granola/sig}} 03:15, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

==Granola==

Why did you delete my old userpage? {{User:Granola/sig}} 07:06, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:That is not your user page. If you continue to claim that name, I will treat you as though it was still your username (i.e. I will go back to blocking you). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:07, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::OK...I just thought it would be useful to redirect it, so that people who went looking for it would come to the right place...<strike>can at least have the talkpage redirect? People have been known to still post on the old one, and I think it's useful to redirect that one, so that posts won't lie around unanswered for a long time.</strike> {{User:Granola/sig}} 07:12, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
::Never mind about the talkpage, I logged in as Yeltensic, went into my preferences, and enabled the notification e-mail in case the old talkpage is edited, so it's covered now. {{User:Granola/sig}} 08:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
:::You've said that I can't have "Yeltensic" as my sig, as I did for a while, or have "I'm Yelt" in parentheses; would it be OK if I included in my sig a link to my Wikipedia userpage, without the word "Yeltensic" visibly included, in this way: [[Wikipedia:User:Yeltensic42|With crap]], '''[[User:Granola|Granola]]''' '''([[User talk:Granola|T]]''' '''•''' '''[[Special:Contributions/Granola| C]])'''? I won't change it until you approve that suggestion (if you do). {{User:Granola/sig}} 03:57, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I see that you have a mention of it on your user page as well as a userbox linking to Wikipedia. Those are both fine with me. (By the way, just thought I'd point out that (H*R/wiki-related) userboxes are allowed here.) But I don't think it's appropriate for your sig at this time. You need to stop focusing on your old name and work on making a new, better name for yourself here. Crapfully crappy, [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:07, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::That sounds reas-ON-able. I'm pretty attached to the name Yeltensic, since I've been using it for quite some time before HRWiki, but it ''is'' my fault that the name is tainted here. Oh well. {{User:Granola/sig}} 04:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

== Cheddarlebbon ==
I hate to butt in with that conversation, especially because I've been under fire for that recently, but I am sure that IP address is not him. Cheddarlebbon does not type in caps, for example. He also has several spelling errors in his sentences. I'm just putting this up, because I want to make sure he does not get the password. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:57, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for your concern. Don't worry though: Per our policy, I will not be resetting the account without some kind of proof. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
::<s>grood</s>Good. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

== My Userbox ==

Hey! Jerk! Why don't you stay offa my userpage and let me make my own userbox there! I didn't put it on the userbox list! It was isolated to my page! I really don't know what your deal is, but you need to get over it if it upset you that much. Maybe I should edit your page without asking you, huh? I think I can safely say that I was following the guidelines for my personal image. Now If you'll excuse me, I'm going to put it back up. No thank you very much, {{User:Republic of Stan/sig}}
:''This discussion was originally continued at <nowiki>[[</nowiki>User talk:Republic of Stan → Userboxes]]. I had originally suspected him of being a sockpuppet of Drwho?, and that turned out to be correct.''

== Most of it? ==

Query: Why do you only own "most of" the figurine set 1? Don't use that old excuse of "oh, my dog ate Marzipan!" :p --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:54, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:My friend gave me them for Christmas... except he apparently gave some of them to his brothers first. Hmm... Well, he did at least assure me that I got the best ones of the bunch. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:: Oookay. Which ones didn't you get? (Looks up at all fourteen Homestar Runner figures - from both sets - currently sitting above his computer.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:12, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::: Oh, I knew you would ask that, but I'm really comfy here on the couch right now. :) I know for sure I have Homestar and Strong Bad, and Pom Pom I think. I don't have The Cheat or the KOT. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:::: KoT was the second set anyway. Sucks you wouldn't get The Cheat, though. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Aren't you supposed to get those free when you buy stuff? Don't you have like every single DVD and CD ever. Like ever. Ok so at least all the H*R related ones...--[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Well, I got these ''years'' ago, back when you didn't get them free with everything. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

== Blocking durations ==

As a senior sysop and an admin here, if we are being trolled by someone, for how long he or she should be blocked. I know that known trolls like NSMC, Dr. Who and others are blocked forever, but what about small calibar trolls? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 18:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:It's pretty much a judgment call in almost all cases. For IP addresses, 1 to 3 days, depending on the severity of the vandalism. For ''really'' bad stuff, a week or so. If a vandal is obviously changing IPs within a narrow range, blocking the range X.X.X.0/24 (or 23) usually works. Users who make useful contributions should be reasoned with first if possible, not blocked. Accounts created for no purpose other than to vandalize should be blocked infinitely. Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::Thank you very much. It sure will help! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

== New sysops ==

Was there a sysop nomination? If so, I'm surprised that Lapper wasn't one. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 22:34, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
:''Anyone'' who had made any edit since around the beginning of February was considered. Of the ones we took, they were each chosen not only because they are deserving but also to fill certain niches. As we say, we will add new sysops as our circumstances warrant, and this time circumstances warranted the number and specific users that we took. I can name a half dozen other users who will someday make excellent sysops, and anyone who was not chosen this time should ''not'' read into it negatively in any way. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:58, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
::When I posted the above, I couldn't say what I can say now: We were still considering some people, and some people simply don't check their email often enough! (Or they don't make their primary email available to the wiki, which is pretty much the same thing.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey, It's dot com, I see you having a lot of new sysops. Does that mean there won't be any new sysops for a while? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 05:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:Yes, I believe the seven new sysops that we have just inducted are it for a while. We've always got our eyes open, though. Remember also that ''all'' users can be important users. I did some of my best stuff (including STUFF) before I was promoted. (It's kinda funny too... what a lot of people don't realize is that sysop = more headaches.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
::So like how long? Because I signed on on Feb. 24th. {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 05:51, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:::It would be impossible to guess at this time, as there are just [[HRWiki:FAQ#How_do_I_become_an_admin_or_sysop.3F|too many factors]] that go into it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I missed something - is there a page that lists the new sysops? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

:[[Special:Listusers/sysop]] or [[HRWiki:A History#Later additions]]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 22:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
::Gotcha, thanks. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== User groups ==
I have a question: I know what a sysop does, and I know what a beaurucrat does, but what do you get to do as a developer that nobody else can? I'm just wondering what it means it have the promotion. Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 21:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
:For those of you following along at home, I was technically made a bureaucrat and a developer on the same day. The only reason I wasn't added to the developer group in the wiki software is because there's a subtle difference between being a developer and being in the developer group. At the time I was made a developer, the wiki developer group was inactive. Since then, we reenabled it, and when we did, I was put in the group, even though for practical purposes I was already in it. Make sense? Okay, now that we have that out of the way: Bureaucrats can assign and unassign users to groups (usually to make sysops), and can also rename users. People in the developer group can lock and unlock the database. That originally was the only function available, but since then I have extended it somewhat using my developer abilities. And here's the distinction: a developer has direct access to the server and database. They can see server logs, view raw database data, and modify system software (to improve upon it). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
::And is there anything special about Joey Day's "proprietor" group? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

:::No, it was created for purely narcissistic purposes (Joey's words, not mine). -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 22:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

:::: This is true. There is nothing special about the [[Special:Listusers/proprietor|proprietor]] user group. I'm not usually one to be so narcissistic, but I thought it made some sense, and I did it mostly because I could. We've never been able to create custom user groups before MediaWiki 1.5, or I might've created a proprietor group a long time ago. Actually, in a way this is the opposite of narcissistic, as it allows for the possibility of others having proprietorship at some time in the future, and adds a layer of abstraction between myself and the title of proprietor. In the past, we've always linked directly to my user page in places where we mention the proprietor, but we should change all those places to link to the proprietor list. I'll get right on that. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 23:26, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

== Dr. Who Never Strikes Again ==

Ok. I've got to admit, somewhat grudgingly, that you caught me earlier. I AM in fact Dr. Who. But I really wasn't planning on using this account for vandalism. Yesterday after I attacked the fanstuff wiki I saw that I had hurt someone's feelings and I felt terrible when it put a personal face on what I'd done. I'm ready and willing to talk to you about why and how I did all of that trolling if you just give me this chance. Of course, I would understand if you banned me right away, but I'm asking you to give it a try. Sincerely, [[User:Taco Salad of My Dreams|Taco Salad of My Dreams]]
:I can't speak for all the other sysops, but I won't ban you if you're willing to talk civilly. The whole reason I posted on your talk page was to find out about you and talk to you. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
::Ok then, here goes. I believe the first trolling I ever did was under the name "you smell", where I added that phrase several times to the [[Characters]] page. I decided that it was funny that someone coming to learn would see that (yes, I know, very immature and stupid of me). That was the full extent that I knew of what I was doing. I later learned of the concept of wiki vandalism from Uncyclopedia. I have been using this wiki for years without knowing exactly how maintenance worked; when I did I became jealous of the sysops. I wished to make a name for myself here without doing years of work (rather like WoW, I was trying to gain infamy). My attacks became somewhat meaner as I went on, and I attacked users when I got tired of simply tampering with content. I started thinking of ways to justify it to myself, such as that injustice was being done to me over userboxes, or that my name alone had gotten me banned. I guess I saw it as a way to "break loose" because I am normally NOT a rude or confrontational person. I just stopped for two reasons: I was ashamed of myself, and I was inspired by the way [[User:Granola|Yeltensic]] had turned himself around. In any case, I am deeply sorry. The least I can do is tell you how I did the vandalism so that you can better protect against anything that might happen in the future.
::I used two dynamic IP's: Safari and AOL. Aol has a set of three or four dynamic IP's that change within a narrow range from page to page. Safari's IP changes once every day, but it usually retains the first two segments (75.123.12.32, 75.123.32.34.... and so on). I opened numerous windows at once and typed in my edits and (sigh) summeries. This way the vandalism was at a high speed. I hope at least me telling you this helps (or rather, that you won't need it). [[User:Taco Salad of My Dreams|Taco Salad of My Dreams]]
:::I am willing to give you a chance. Several of your latest incarnations have actually showed some promise, and I hope you can build on that. Once again, I can't speak for all users and sysops, but in general we're a pretty forgiving bunch. I caution you that you will have to prove yourself (assuming others also give you a chance), and our collective patience with you might not be what it would be for a normal new user.
:::Thanks for the technical info (although I did already know that, by the way; that's how I was able to post on your talk page before you'd even made any real edits). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


== Message from Nikolce Kocovski ==

Greetings Dotty, how are you. I havn't spoken with you in a while. how have you been these couple of weeks? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 11:32, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
:Uhh Dotty, where are you, are you busy or something? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::Hello, Nikolce. I'm fine, and I hope you're well. Yeah, life can be kind of hectic sometimes. But we gotta keep on tranglin'! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:14, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== SPONGE 001 ==

Who is your favorite H*R character?[[User:SPONGE 001|SPONGE 001]] 19:18, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

== Documentary ==
Thanks for that page move. As I saw the whole thing unfold on Recent changes, I thought "what the heck is he doing"? — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 02:54, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
:No problem. Hey, do me a favor: Instead of pressing [edit] over on the right to start a new topic, please press the [ + ] (plus) button at the top of the page (in between the main edit button and the history button). (Or, at the very least, please clear the old subheading from the edit summary.) Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I always wondered what that button did. Cool, I'll try hard to remember to. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 03:09, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

== New special page ==

I've been seeing a lot of pages with the name Test being deleted, along with images. May I ask what going on? {{User:Dantheburgerking/sig}} 03:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

:We're testing something. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 06:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

::What I meant was what are you testing. {{User:Dantheburgerking/sig}} 11:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

:::It's a special page that has to do with [[Special:Personalimages|image management]]. <s>It's not ready yet,</s> but when it is, it will be linked from an HRWiki page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:55, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
::::That's really, really cool. I've been waiting for something like that... A way to see who owns what image(s) quickly. This should certainly be helpful in managing 'em, eh? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::::Indeed. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

==H*bad==

I would like to request to have my user name changed from H*bad to something else, at the fanstuff wiki, how do I do that?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 03:56, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

:If the name of our [[HRWiki:Changing username|changing username]] page is any indication, I estimate it would be at [[HRFWiki:HRFWiki:Changing username|HRFWiki:Changing username]]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 13:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

== IP Checking ==

There's been a fair amount of debate about accounts that seem to be all created by H*bad. Since we lack any ability to check for IP addresses, would you be able to see if the following accounts share the same IP?: [[HRFWiki:User:H*bad|H*bad]], [[HRFWiki:User:H*bad1|H*bad1]], [[HRFWiki:User:Darth Homestar Runner|Darth Homestar Runner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Darth Homestar runner|Darth Homestar runner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Guyforerunner|Guyforerunner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Godzillarunner|Godzillarunner]], [[HRFWiki:User:Homestarrunner101|Homestarrunner101]], [[HRFWiki:User:Running along|Running along]]. Any info you could get would be much combobulated. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 01:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:They're the same (except I'm not sure about Guyforerunner). See also [[User_talk:Tom#Emergency|this discussion]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:41, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::What in the world. My friend created H*bad1 at my house. Thats why he has the same IP address as mine, I believe. He called me up and told me that you guys are like people who want to put salt in an open wound. Why you do this to him? I will keep on fighting this little thing about H*bad1. I explained all of this cwap at [[HRFWiki:My dark side|My dark side]]--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 05:52, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Um... yeah. Okay. First of all, don't let people make accounts using your computer, and if you do, have them choose a different name from you. (That still doesn't explain all the other names, by the way.) But I don't really want to get into it here, as it has been discussed on other pages, like you point out. Super Sam simply asked me whether the IPs matched and I answered him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:02, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki Extensions ==

Cool, two headings in a row. Alrighty, I have two things to talk about. One - would you be able to post your source code for the extensions you wrote somewhere, such as [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mediawiki_Extensions here]? Two - do you know how to add a tab from within an extension? I figured out how to do it by editing SkinTemplate.php, but is there any way to have the same effect through an extension? (I'm trying to add a purge tab next to watch/unwatch). - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 10:22, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
:I do plan to publish the extensions I have written. They need a bit of polishing, standardizing, and commenting before I would post them in a public place, however. As for the tab thing, I'm guessing you want more of an add-on file rather than a patch in the original file? I'm not currently familiar enough with how the tabs are generated to be able to give you a good answer to that one, but I would be surprised if it could be done with a standalone extension. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 10:37, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
::Alrighty, thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 11:42, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

:::Here's a little way to add a purge button using [[User:Super Sam/monobook.js|your monobook.js]] that I came up with and Dot com fixed to actually work properly:
<pre>//Add purge cache button
function addPurgeButton()
{
var href = document.location.href;
{
var historyHref = document.getElementById( "ca-history" ).firstChild.href;
var div = document.getElementById( "p-cactions" );
var ul = div.getElementsByTagName( "ul" )[0];
var newLi = document.createElement( "li" );
var newA = document.createElement( "a" );
newA.setAttribute( "href" , historyHref.replace( "=history" , "=purge" ) );
var text = document.createTextNode( "Purge" );
newA.appendChild( text );
newLi.appendChild( newA );
ul.appendChild( newLi );
}
}
if ( window.addEventListener ) window.addEventListener( "load" , addPurgeButton , false );
else if ( window.attachEvent ) window.attachEvent( "onload", addPurgeButton );</pre>
:::Let us know how that works. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

== Dr.... Who? ==

Who was Dr. Who? why did he/she get kicked off so many times? I am asking this because as I travel around this Wiki I saw alot about Dr. Who. Just curious, {{User:Grit7/sig}}
:See [[#Dr. Who Never Strikes Again]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

== Captcha on move page ==

I'd like to ask you a question, and if it's been asked before, I'm very sorry. I'd just like to ask what the purpose of applying a CAPTCHA to the Move Page over on the Fanstuff Wiki is. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 23:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:It's to prevent a bot from being able to move pages as vandalism, and to discourage human vandals from doing the same. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
::If that's the case, why isn't it the same here? If I recall correctly (which is unlikely), this knowledge base has had more page-move vandalism than the Fanstuff. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 00:01, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Er... It ''is'' the same here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
::::Oh. I must be out of date then. Never mind. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 00:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::Actually, it's not. Well, at least, it's not for me with my almighty sysoply privilages. Is it like that for ordinary users? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:20, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, it is. I had to use it until a couple weeks ago when I was sysopped. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 03:26, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Oh. Huh. I didn't even realize. That puts WoW in a whole new light of non-life. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 03:27, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

== Grizzly Chomps ==

Hi It's dot com,

I had a question, and I'm not sure where else to put it. Can you explain why you didn't you think my "Grizzly chomps" fun fact in the Candy Product was a good one? I may be biased, but I think it applies pretty well. TBC have been known to reference old and obscure pop-culture items in the past, and I can't think of any other "pre-bitten" candy product sold in stores. I'd like to think they had this product in mind when they made the toon. You can even Google for it and read up on it.

Anyhow, I just wanted to know what my options were for debating this fact. Is this is something I could put in STUFF for debate? And if so, how?

The submission was:
*The "built-in bite" shape of SBLOUNSKCHED! may refer to Grizzly Chomps, a [[Wikipedia:Hostess|Hostess]]-brand treat introduced in 1992. The package included two chocolate cupcakes with a bite-mark shape cut out of them, and the package bore a cartoon bear saying, "I start 'em, you finish 'em."

:I removed it because the Grizzly Chomps are so old and obscure that any similarity to SBLOUNSKCHED is likely just a coincidence. None of the secondary details match, especially the reason for the bite. In the case of Grizzly Chomps, the bear helps you eat it for some reason, but Strong Bad calls the bite in his candy a security measure to deter others from eating it. I think that TBC independently thought it was funny to have a bite missing from the candy, and to suggest otherwise is too much speculation for my taste.
:    That said, I am more than willing to help you set up a STUFF item. The relevant instructions are at [[HRWiki:STUFF/Newfact]]. You need to start at "2. The STUFF subpage". Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:37, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
::I went ahead and STUFF'd it for you. You can have the next one. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
:::Thanks! I appreciate that. [[User:Compdude|Compdude]]

== Another recent block ==

Looking at the [[Special:Ipblocklist|Block list]], I saw that you banned User:Fire Man. Are you sure you've got the right guy? Looking at [[Special:Contributions/Fire Man|his contribs]] he only made one edit and it wasn't anything bad. He seems like a perfectly fine user. I think he's innocent so you should unblock him. Any reason why you blocked him in the first place? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 02:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
:You are correct about the number and type of contribs for that account. I am unblocking it on a provisional basis. I remind whoever needs to hear it that vandalism and flagrant abuse of the wiki's policies will not be tolerated. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:50, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

== The Clamburger ==

Could you please mark [[HRFWiki:User:Clamburger|Clamburger]] as a bot on the fanstuff? It's really cluttering Recent Changes. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 13:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
:Why are you asking ''me'' when [[User:Tom|Tom]] has [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 4#The Clamburger Bot|already given you an answer]] on this one? If you want to appeal, you'll have to take it up with him. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:03, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

== Fanstuff Extensions ==

Can you please put the autocolumn and random Homsar quote extensions onto the Fanstuff? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 12:41, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
:Done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Declaring War ==

Isn't there a rule against declaring war? Isn't that anti-Wiki? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:I don't think anyone's ever enumerated a list here that specifically included "do not declare war," but I can say for sure that it's a very [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=It%27s+dot+com&page=User%3AHeadbad+and+strongbody bad idea]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&curid=18299&diff=295049&oldid=295009&rcid=242036 Indeed]. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:26, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::: *sigh* Yeah, that. If he keeps it confined to what he's already said, then I'm probably not going to worry about it too much (although I did have to [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&diff=295074&oldid=295057 remove some trolling] ''(for those just passing by, note the difference between trolling and vandalism)''), but if he actually moves the article against consensus or tries to escalate his "war" in any other way, there will be trains dropped. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I'm just glad I'm on your side. Trains are dangerous! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::See, that's the thing. I hate that sides even have to be taken. I had hoped when I made [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Hyperactive_Strong_Sad&diff=293660&oldid=293654 this edit] that we could reach a suitable compromise (which seems to be fine with everyone except him). *sigh* again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::Politics are inevitable. Take it from an old man. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 07:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Heh. If you're older than me, I'll be surprised. I tried to find it in your user space but came up empty. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Hmm... I've just been informed that you ''are'' in fact older than me. Huh. Now I'm just the ''third''-oldest user (that I know of). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:06, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::So who's the oldest (or 2nd oldest, if it's me)? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::[[User:Bill|Bill]] is in his early forties. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::That makes me #2, and you #3 AFAWK. Interesting. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:47, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::I left a note on his talk page, and I think it knocked some sense into him. He's actually a good guy—assuming that he doesn't offend people so much anymore. Anyway, back to my wikivacation. Preeow. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

==[[HRFWiki:User:Stinkobad1|Stinkopuppet]]==
Super Sam was going to ask you this, but he says he did not have enough time. There is a user by the name of Stinkobad1 on the Fansguff Wiki. He requests an IP address check to make sure there is not another feud, and another reason to hate H*Bad. ;) Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 02:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
:Um, please? I know you're on, and it's urgent...:( — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 23:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
::I think I'd like Super Sam to ask his own questions. If he doesn't have the time, then it must not be that urgent. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Hooray! It's me! Anyway, could you please crosscheck the IP addresses of Stinkobad1, H*bad, and while you're at it, The thing? Many thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 03:35, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::::None of those users coincide. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Flagrant System Error ==
Your userpage is [[car|pimp-ed out]]! How'd you get it like that? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 03:22, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Oops! You bwoke it! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::Now that it's all over, you can tell me how you did it! [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|Wheeeeeeee!]] - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 05:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Er, well, I put special clauses in the PHP code itself (that actually builds each page) that suppressed the header and footer and changed the background to blue and the text to white for any page called "[[User:It's dot com]]". Then I just changed the text to the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:It%27s_dot_com&oldid=299269 error message]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== My editing a-broke ==
Hey. This is Seriously. For somereason, my account can't edit. An internal error keeps happening. I'm seeing if I can use this to edit...The thing is, though, is that everyone else is still editing. It's getting strange. {{unsigned|Seriously}}
:What is the error? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::I'll look into it and try to fix the problem. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== 'Tavi monobook ==

Look, 'Tavi is somehow halting the appear of my monobook.css. Is there anyway to make it so that there are styled links to homestarrunner.com, and other sites? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:21, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Try editing [[Special:Mypage/tavistyle.css|the right page]]. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 04:24, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::I wouldn't even bother doing that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot net]] 04:26, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Okay. I'll do it, and you won't. ;-> (Ima try!) {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:31, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Actually, it's working, but, you may have another reason for telling me not to bother doing that. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 04:33, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:::::Who, me? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot net]] 04:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== what happen to your userpage ==

Hey dotty, last time i checked your userpage, there was the blue fragment erroe page, what happen? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:55, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, 'twas an April Fool's joke. See [[#Flagrant System Error|Flagrant System Error]] above. (By the way, I'm really not very keen on "dotty", just so you know. See the top of my (working) user page.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
OOO i'm sorry, i'll just call youi dot com then, if you like?
:"It's dot com". Or "Dot com". Either one, really. They both fit. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

I just thought I'd thank you for unblocking me. Sorry about that joke, I guess I'm just ''way'' different than everyone else here. What I did was still kind of disruptive, though, sorry. {{User:Darth Katana X/sig}}

==IP check==
Can you please do me a favor? I need you to check if Crusaders IP is 69.160.0.227. Please answer as soon as you can.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
:Access to that information is restricted, and unfortunately it's above your paygrade. Sorry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:35, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
::I need to know, because I believe that he trolled the Funny Stuff in which he is on. Come to the [http://www.editthis.info/funny_wiki Funny Wiki] and tell me there please?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

== Theme song ==

There's some sort of unwritten rule that I live my life by: Every awesome person, by default, needs a theme song. Yes, you heard me right, a theme song. Why don't you try a song already titled after you: [http://www.msu.edu/~larowebr/Brent%20LaRowe%20-%20Dot%20Com.mp3 Dot Com]. (Just to note, we still need one for Abdi. ;)) - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}

==My bro==
Is it ok if my brother creates a user on here. This is so you guys don't think that I am creating sockpuppets. He is also wanting the User:lil H*bad.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:He should ''not'' have that name. Have him pick something original. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:13, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
::He said "The cheatman". Would that be fine? Just you know FYI.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:41, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes ==

Hey there Dot com, I just have a question about my [[User:DBK/userbox|userboxes]]. When I try to make it align to the left side, it only goes to the right. Then, when I put it in my about me section, it goes above my text so it looks weird. Do you know what to do? {{User:DBK/sig}} 04:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
:I tweaked it a bit, removing divs in certain spots and putting in some in other places. It was mostly trial and error, though. Maybe that will get you started. (I can't really say that all the scroll boxes make your page especially easy to read, but that's just my opinion.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:38, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah I realized that, I was pretty much experimenting with that stuff before. I got rid of some and just kept scroll buttons on the lists in my page, like my favorite music and cool users. Any way I was just curious why it wasn't aligning to the right, and now I'll experiment more. Thanks! {{User:DBK/sig}} 04:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
:::No probalo! :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:04, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

== TaviStyle ==

Hello. Is there any way to put the TaviStyle skin as a choosable skin on the Fanstuff Wiki? Thank you. --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 14:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
:Hello? --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 22:50, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
::I'm not ignoring you. TaviStyle will be included when we upgrade to 1.6 soon. Until then, we've frozen changes to the software so that we have a correct frame of reference. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:52, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Oh, okay. Thank you. (I just wanted to know when it will be uploaded.) --[[User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] 23:14, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

::::Any chance we could get a version we could use on Wikipedia? Or one that I could at least install on the test Wiki I've got on my PC? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 04:35, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== Email ==
Hey Dot comster. Can you check this email I sent you real quick? Thanks. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:I saw that. Why don't you ask a fanstuffer to send that for you. Better yet, use the fanstuff's email features to send it to him. By the way, what happened to pressing the [+] button at the top for new topics? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
::Sorry, forgot about that. I'll try to be better (though it doesn't really matter anymore, I'm just here for the email). I tried emailing it to him, but he doesn't have an email address in his preferences. I'll copy the sent email and send it to someone. Sorry for all the trouble. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:00, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Wait, I can't. Since I did it from the wiki and not from Gmail, I can't cut and paste from any source. Looks like you're stuck with the burden. Once again, sorry for all the trouble. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:01, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== <nowiki>[[Wikipedia: </nowiki> Extension]] ==

I'm not sure whether you made the extension that lets you link directly to Wikipedia articles using the <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Article]]</nowiki> syntax, but if you did, can you share it? I'd like to use it on my own wiki. If you didn't, do you happen to know who did or where it's available? Thanks. --{{User:Soapergem/sig}} 06:59, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

:That's a standard feature of every MediaWiki install. See [[Meta:Help:Interwiki linking]] for more information. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 07:47, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet vandels ==

They might just have the same IP. Maybe not the same peson. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 21:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:There are only a few ways that could be true, The Thing, and that's been taken into account, I'm sure. With only a few exceptions, if it's the same IP it's the same user. That's just how they work. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== IP ==

Do you use a special page to find the IPs? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 21:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, I got special pages all right, The thing. I'm like, Discount Special Pages Warehouse over here. Some of my special pages are of such significance that they can't be shown in anything but WIDESCREEEEEEEEEEEEN. Left side: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAH! Right side... — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:06, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
::What do you use? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 22:53, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:::I've got ones on this wiki. The fanstuff wiki. Even wikis we've just made up! How can I make these pages any cooler? Just ask for me, the guy that works here at the special page place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== Question ==

If I wanted to program a WikiBot, would it be HAVE to be in PHP, Python, or MySQL? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 22:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:Well, I'm pretty sure the answer there is yes in most cases, it's moot if you want to use one here. Only developers can run Wikibots. - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}
::While that's true, Kookykman, he might asking in general. Sorry, Bluebry. I'm not the one to ask about bots. You might try Joey, Tom, Phlip, or even others. I'm much more content to hack the software from the inside rather than use a bot from the outside. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:42, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Unless you have über-1337 haxx0r access like our friend It's dot com here, the only way you're going to be doing anything to the wiki is with normal page loads, ie exactly as if you were editing it by hand, just automated. So any language that you can use to access the net you could theoretically use to write a bot. However since many languages have packages to simplify HTTP, these languages would be easier to use, and some languages (like Python) even have pre-built wikibot frameworks for you to work off. But this doesn't say you can't go and write your wikibot in pretty much any language – it's simply a matter of how hard it is to write. Python is a simple-to-learn language anyways. I doubt you would ever write a bot that used PHP, and rarely would you write one that used MySQL. And of course if you prefer to work with <code>socket</code> and <code>connect</code> in C, there's nothing stopping you from doing that either... it would just be extremely tedious to write. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 23:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Now, I'm still new to programing, but I heard C. Would C be anything like C++? And I don't want to hear anything about developer status either. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 23:52, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

== Dangeresque change ==

(First off I'm new here so I don't know if I'm doing this right. Just so you know)

I'm the guy that changed the Dangeresque character page to note that dangeresque's glasses somehow stay on his head despite his total lack of ears. You changed it back, saying "(that's true, but it's not really very notable)"

Not notable? This is homestarwiki! You've got an entire page on the battle of strongbadia, despite the fact that it only applies to one email. And allow me to quote some other character pages...

Homestar: "Though he lacks a visible pair of arms, he is still able to function as though he has them, being able to carry and throw things and even type proficiently. It's generally accepted that either he does have arms, but for reasons that are never explained, they are invisible, or that he has limited telekinetic powers. "

Bubs: "His facial configuration is puzzling; in Pumpkin Carve-nival, he appears to have a safety pin stuck through his face above an internal ear."

Marsipan: "Like Homestar, Marzipan has no visible arms, though she is able to interact with the world as though she did, being able to pick up and move objects, and even play a guitar. It is generally accepted that either her arms are invisible, or that she has limited telekinetic powers."

Strong Bad:"He has boxing gloves for hands (that always have square window reflections on them, no matter where he is), and a lucha libre mask for a head [...] Strong Bad may also have a Homestar-like telekinesis"

Um...so yeah. I'm not mad or anything. I just wanted to point out that dangeresque's floating glasses can probably be considered significant if all this other stuff is on the site. (Hey, you could even tie it in with Strong Bad's rumored telekinesis, right?)

In conclusion, sorry this comment was so long. I guess I'll check back on this page later to see if you offer a counter-argument. Thanks for reading!

:First of all, let me say thank you for taking the time to write such a lengthy comment. Why not take a second and [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]]? I agree with you that Dangeresque's glasses do not seem to have anything supporting them (although I suppose one could argue that they are held to his face by tension or even glue). My main problem with noting it on the Dangeresque page is that it really breaks up the flow of that sentence (which is based largely on the [[Dangeresque (theme)|Dangeresque theme]]). In addition, the information isn't really that central to the character; it's more like [[TBC]] just worked in the glasses as best they could given the features of Strong Bad's head. I'm not suggesting that we not note the information ''anywhere''. Perhaps you could put it in the list of [[Lack of Visible Arms#References to Other Apparently Invisible Body Parts|references to other apparently invisible body parts]]. Again, thanks for your note, and welcome to the wiki! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:07, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

== Broken link ==

Just letting you know, the link near the bottom of your page that is supposed to lead to the discussion concerning the email blockquote styles is broken. That discussion was archived, so it should link to [[Talk:Strong Bad Email/Archive#New email format...]] instead. See ya! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 13:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

== I need some help ==

Hey there its dot com, how are you, how;s easter in america(if you celebrate it?)?

I need to ask you something, do you happen to know any Homestar runner wikipedias that are star wars fans?

by the way, happy easter

[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 01:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

:A [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Search?ns2=1&ns3=1&search=star+wars&searchx=Search quick search] in the user and user talk namespaces turns up a number of users who may be fans of Star Wars. Hope this helps. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 02:05, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== Just a little hello ==

Hey there, It's dot com.
Homsarroks here. I just wanted to drop by and say hey and that you're cool.

{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 13:32, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Just out of curiosity, why did you revert my edits on the HR Wiki article on wikipedia? I tried to include the most important users on the wiki there (e.g. you, Tom, BazookaJoe, Some H*R Themed Username, etc.) and put accurate descriptions on what you did there. I'm not mad or anything, just a bit confused. Get back to me when you can. 

P.P.S. I left this message on your account on Wikipedia first, but I decided to put it on both your accounts so that you might get it sooner.

See yas!

:Actually, you didn't include BazookaJoe. I put him in shortly before removing the list. The reason I took it out is that it's so subjective. What makes a user notable? That list could have easily been four times as long. I decided that it would be better not to have it at all. As something of a compromise, I inserted a link that pointed to the list of sysops (even though I know that not all of the sysops are active). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:20, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I can understand that. THanks for the reply.--{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 22:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

== We need the "Recent Changes" notice to be at the top of every page. ==

Yeah. Not everybody checks that. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:13, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
:Why do you need a sitenotice? People who don't check the recent changes just won't find out. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:16, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
::So it's not really that big of a deal? --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
:::Personally, I'd recommend putting the notice, or something like it, on the Main Page. This is big news, and there are a lot of fans who may not find out because they don't have accounts, don't check their user pages, Watchlist or Recent Changes, etc. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 19:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]][[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]] 19:48, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

:::::People who visit the wiki on such an informal basis as you describe are not likely to have the same feelings towards the situation as regular and power users like us. These types of users are the ones the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:recentchangesnotice&oldid=310518 current message] is directed towards. We've added it to the [[H*R.com updates 2006|historical record of events]], but we will not add it to the [[Template:whatsnew|current updates]] if [[The Brothers Chaps]] don't mention it on H*R.com. The general community can find out through the [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Don Chapman]] article, as well as various other mentions throughout several articles. Death is a touchy subject, especially when it effects our heroes. The Admins are treating this with the utmost discretion, please respect our decisions and the feelings of the Chapman family. Thanks. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:58, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

== hAcKEr ==

Why did you write hAcKEr in binary in your User Box? Oh well... You don't have to answer. By the way, people say your cool. I guess I agree. [[User:Steve|Steve]] 22:01, 22 April 2006
:I wrote hAcKEr, eh Steve? Heh, that's been there for months, and to the best of my knowledge you're the first one to decode it. (If you're not the first to decode it, then you're certainly the first to say anything.) I write extensions and make changes to the [[MW:How does MediaWiki work?|MediaWiki]] software at the [[Wikipedia:Source code|source-code]] level, which is called [[Wikipedia:Hacker|hacking]]. I am a MediaWiki [[Meta:How to become a MediaWiki hacker|hacker]] for this wiki. Thanks for noticing and posting! Talk atcha later! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

== Special Pages ==

Can only Sysops edit Special Pages? --{{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 00:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

:Generally, pages listed as [[Special:Specialpages|Special pages]] are ones that are protected or generated by the wiki. As such, they are not editable by the common user, or by anyone. What makes a page uneditable to a common user like you or I is the protect template. See the image on the Main Page for an example, no edits can be made to it by someone lower than sysop. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:50, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
::I understand, but how did someone add the template to recent changes? --01:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC){{User:Dacheatbot/sig}}
:::The text on most special pages (including the recent changes page) is handled by pages in the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=8 MediaWiki namespace]. And yes, only sysops can edit these pages. The text in the message at the top of the recent changes, watchlists, and login screen is sub-controlled by a template ({{tl|recentchangesnotice}}) that we placed on the relevant MediaWiki pages. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:34, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

==Appropriate Username==
I have a question about the user [[User:Old timey Strong Bad|Old timey Strong Bad]]. Is that username appropriate, because I think it isn't really due to the similarity to [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]]. {{unsigned|Lopp3|21:35, 26 April 2006}}
:Our general prohibition against using the name of a character only seems to extend to the main characters. Secondary or variant characters are generally okay. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

==Username Change==
If at all possible, please get around to changing my username. I left two notes on the [[HRWiki:Changing username]] page, but I still haven't had my name changed after a few days. {{User:Lopp3/sig}} 14:32, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

:You left your first request for a username change at 00:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC), fourteen hours and twenty-one minutes before posting your note here. You left your second request for a username change at 12:37, 27 April 2006 (UTC), only twelve hours and sixteen minutes after your first request. It has not even been one day, let alone a "few days." Please be patient. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 21:38, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

== 65.167.69.XX ==

Hey, I did a little investigation. This IP range is notorious. I found blocks on it back to November, and comments that it is probably WoW. I know we gotta be reluctant to block a range, but I wanted to call your attention to this particular case. Take a look at the Block Log for the last 6 months to see what I am saying. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 13:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

== Poughwhatsie? ==

Actually, that's what I thought when that addition showed up a few days ago. It seemed like ''completely'' random trivia until I looked down at the context; "Poughkeepsie" is the destination in Homestar's word problem about trains entering tunnels. I guess this addition was an attempt to explain its significance (otherwise, why should two guys in Atlanta choose it aside from the funny-sounding name?). But if it's reinstated, it would need some rewrite to explain that (so the reader doesn't have to do the same thing I did). —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 05:07, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
:Meh, I don't see the point of including all that info, especially if there's any kind of link that can be clicked. It's barely mentioned in the toon. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:13, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

== Patrolling ==

Perhaps you can clear something up for me? Are all users allowed/encouraged to patroll recent changes, or only those who have committed to the official "recent changes patrol"? [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:07, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
:It's not necessary to sign up (although it's nice to know who has committed to the work). I never patrol an edit unless I am pretty sure of (1) the overall content of the article, (2) the intent of the editor, and (3) whether or not the edit is good for the article. (Vandal edits still get marked as patrolled, but the article is immediately reverted. Likewise, edits that add incorrect information are either reverted or reworked as the situation warrants. By marking an edit as patrolled, I am saying either that an edit was good or that I'll fix it.) Hope that helps! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
::It does. Someday I may sign up for the patrol, but I think I want to observe for a while first. I'm still really new at determining the validity of edits, as my [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Template:STUFF/senior_prom| recent adventure]] with STUFF demonstrates. [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
As you might have already noticed, I have finally joined up. However, patrolling has brought a new question: What standards do you use for the Talk pages? I assume they still need to be patrolled, but is that just to watch for cursing, flaming and the like? - [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 03:35, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

== Even more recent block ==

I was wondering about the IP address you just blocked. I looked at his contributions, and his vandalism wasn't much. At least it didn't deserve a month-long block, in my opinion. So why did you blcok him for that long? Also, how did you know he was using the computer system at that school? Quizzical in someplace beginning with Q, — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:09, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
: I understand that you want to feel like you're in the loop, but unfortunately you do not have the standing here to question my actions in this way. Rest assured that I know exactly what I'm doing and have discussed matters with other admins. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:49, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
:: Sorry. I wasn't trying to question your authority. I know well enough through my experience here that you have some of the best judgment I've ever seen. I would never question your actions. If you took it seriously, I apologize. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 20:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

== Recent change of the template that says "do not create this page"==
Absolutely brilliant. I had tried to edit the weather in london before, and it had the normal template. Now it's completely redone, including hatred by Strong Bad. Dot com, you truly do rock. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:03, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, now I get it. There's a template for each one. Both are really funny, actually. Great job. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 01:05, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

== Expanded basic cable ==

Hi. Master Chief has this friend and Masterchief always goes to his house. Yesterday i went to his house and When I went on this site, I saw that he had the same IP as me. So when Master Chief went to his friend's house he created sockpuppets and vandalized the wiki. Now he isn't Master Chief's friend anymore because they got into some fight. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:Dude, you've fed us all so much crap over these last few months that I'm amazed that you think we're listening anymore. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::WHAT?!?! I didn't type that! It was probaly My brother or my cousin because I left myself logged on when I had to answer the phone. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 22:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Sure. Please see my above reply, and treble it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Is the rule about, "my (Some family member) did this" not allowed here as well.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 23:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::It isn't a rule per se, but without proof it is sure looked at with skepticism here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

==Checking IPs==
I know I can't check them on here, but I was wondering were you go to check who has what IP.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 21:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
:There are around half a dozen ways, none of which I'm going to elaborate on here. If you look through the MediaWiki documentation, it might give you some insights. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
::What is the link in the special pages that let me check Ip addresses. (The reason for my asking is because of my wiki.) The thing that I know that if I go there here, I will just get an error.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 16:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::If you installed your wiki yourself, then you already have the access necessary to check IPs. If it's a wiki-in-a-can, then it's likely that you don't have the extensions installed that you would need for that. Again, check your documentation. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:04, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

== Dot com & Tom ==

Do both of you guys live in New York, as both of you were at a Yankees game? [[User:72.150.230.125|72.150.230.125]] 01:40, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

:No, I'm from Texas (see my user page for more info). The cap I have on is the official hat of the [http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=tex Texas Rangers Baseball Club]. I was in the Tri-State area for three games that particular week: starting with Mets–Phillies (in Philadelphia), then Yankees–A's ([[:Image:Dot com & Tom.jpg|pictured]]), and finishing with Rangers–Yankees (which I am pleased to report [http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20060515&content_id=1455525&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=away Texas won], 4–2). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
::Wow, so you were right near me and I didn't know it. (I'm about 45 minutes or so west of Philly with good traffic.) You shoulda stopped by. ;)
::Also, I jus' have to say it, coz you know someone's thinking it: as one collective entity, you make It's Dot Tom. =3 --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::You see, Dorian? That joke was already thought of on IRC. Why won't you log there some time? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you ==
Thank you very much. I don't appreciate being spoken about, especially when it was way back when. I've been thinking for a long time about how truly ungrateful he is, and it seems he's lost his privilege. Thanks so much. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:54, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:Do you think he'll go crazy like last time? Do you think he'll make tons of sockpuppets? Is he immature enought o retaliate like this every time he gets blocked? {shudders} — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::Meh, I don't really care that much. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Yeah, I don't think many people care at all. I suppose we can just revert it again and again. It's not even like he's doing much inconvenience. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

==IP address change==
My Ip I think has changed. I need you to check my Ip address and tell me what it is. If I am right then my Ip address has changed for some reason.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:To check your IP, just log out. It will tell you your IP where your username usually is. If it doesn't show it there, then edit the sandbox and check the history. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Am I allowed to say what it is?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::Um, if you want to. Some people try to protect that kind of info. (It won't be news to me, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:33, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Here is the difference, this is my now 68.184.181.214, and here is what it was, 66.169.190.116. What is up with that?-{{User:H*bad/sig}}
::::Those IPs are both used by the [[isp|ISP]] in your area. Speaking of, are you a Rangers, Mavs, or Cowboys fan? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Mavs fan. I also love the rangers. Do you happen live in the Dallas/ fort worth area?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::No, but I do live in Texas. (I did live in Mesquite and work in Plano for a summer, though.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:51, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Hey, maybe we will run into each other at like a mavs or rangers game. I'll hear your name and look over and see you. Wouldn't that be nice?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:59, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::::That'd be cool. I'm planning on going to the one about a week from now (Sunday night). You can see what I look like (in a Rangers cap even) in the photo on my user page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:There is a major problem though, I kind of told my parents that I know everyone here from school, so I can't say hi to you.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
::That's okay. Although I traditionally wear my Homestar running shirt to ballgames, so that other H*R fans can spot me. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Although, I could make up a story that would make it ok for me to be talking to you.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 20:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

==Idea'd==
I have thought of something, that I think that needs changing. I believe that the fanstuff wiki should be able to use the Tavi style for our skin. Can that be arranged?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:Well, is there a way to put it in a monobook? --{{User:The thing/sig}} 15:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
::I was talking about a way to have it as a seperate option.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:37, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:::I know. --{{User:The thing/sig}} 15:39, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
::::See [[#TaviStyle|above]]. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 15:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Wait we haven't upgraded yet??--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 15:55, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

==User page==

Are we allowed to have Wikipedia links on our userpages? [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:25, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, yes. Check [[User:DorianGray|my page for a lot of them]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::See also [[HRWiki:User space]] for restrictions and conditions. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:30, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:::OK, thanks. I wasn't sure if maybe it causes a problem, like there being offensive content on Wikipedia articles (vandalism or not) that HRWiki can't do anything about. Well then, going to add my links... [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

== Contribs ==
Do you think you could add the 'ctrbs' extension to the Fanstuff Wiki's recent changes? It'd make my job there a little easier. Thanks in advance. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 17:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
:That is standard in 1.6 (where it will be spelled 'contribs', incidentally). I recognize that it's taking us longer than we originally anticipated to make the upgrade. Don't give up hope of its happening, though. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:01, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
::You added it here... is it difficult to implement? - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 18:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, it involves making changes in about six spots of existing code. It's not just like adding an extension. If we don't upgrade real soon, then I'll see about making an exception to our lockout of changes to 1.5. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Troll sockpuppet==

Could you please not be so quick to assume that's what I am? Chris/Yeltensic/Granola has relatives just like everyone else. [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 18:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Should I..==

..remove the vandalism thing from Darth's userpage? Or should I wait for him to do that or what? [[User:AlliterativeAssociate|AlliterativeAssociate]] 23:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Where's the page?==

When I try to get into the "Where's the Cheat?" page from the H*R updates page, it says "no page with that title exists," but when I get into it from the "Toons" section, it works fine. Is there a broken link, or is the problem at my end? [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 14:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

:To clarify, the link found at [[H*R.com updates 2002#Tuesday, February 26, 2002]] for [[Where's The Cheat?]] doesn't work, but the one at [[Toons#Big Toons]] does? What's really odd is that the error you're receiving is [[MediaWiki:Nogomatch]], which I thought was only shown when there's no exact match for a search done with the "Go" button. Is that the message you're seeing? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 14:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

::The closest I came to duplicating this problem is to type "Where's The Cheat" (without a question mark) in the search box. It also gives a similar error if you type "Where's The Cheat?" (with or without the question mark) in the URL. I'm going to make a redirect to fix those two things, but otherwise I can't recreate the problem as described. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

== When STUFF gets contradicted... ==

Hi, It's dot com. Here's a question that's been on my mind for a very, very long time (4 months):

What happens if we decline a STUFFed reference, thinking that it's unlikely, but then it turns out it was a reference after all? Say, for example, and I'm not saying that it is (even though I admit voting in favor), [[Happy Trogday]] WAS a homage to All Your Base, and that it is confirmed by TBC themselves on, say, the DVD commentary? {{User:The Chort/sig}} 18:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

:Well, we just write a nice letter to TBC explaining how they must be mistaken. Once we vote here, that's the end of it. :) Actually, this has happened several times (none springs to mind right this second, but I'm sure someone will list an example here shortly). In cases like that, we simply overturn our vote and note that TBC said so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:33, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
:: I haven't yet looked it up, but I believe that "Ryan S." from [[theme park]] was such an example. You're welcome. :D --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:38, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
:::[[Talk:rampage#I.27m_on_a_Rainbow_.28originally_DECLINED.2C_now_ACCEPTED.29|Here]] is the one example of which I'm aware. And concerning AYB: Even though I voted to decline, I have always felt it was ''possible'' that fact was correct, and will not be surprised if we do have to un-decline it (nor will I be surprised if we don't). {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 18:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

==Sockpuppetness==
I know sockpuppetry when I see it and I know that kk is a definate sockpuppet person. (I know how ironic) Anyways, I was wondering why it is that when someone creates an account on here, 2-3 others are created. So my question is, that do you beaucrats check every new user if they have another log in name?--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 17:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
:You have already asked me questions like this two or three times on this page, but I'm still not going to give you a straight answer. Nothing against you, but I don't like to post details of something like that. Nevertheless, it's probably not hard to infer certain things by posts I've made elsewhere. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:02, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

== Thatkidsysop ==
Do you think you could make [[HRFWiki:User:Thatkidsam|Thatkidsam]] a sysop on the Fanstuff Wiki? There's been a concensus for him to be added to the team. (I actually posted this on the official forum's admin thread a little while ago, but it's been hours without a response and there's already a bit of excitement on the wiki.) - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 19:22, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:No wait. Lets make a discussion about this.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 19:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
No problem. For some reason that forum wasn't showing as having new messages for me. I know what it's like to be offered a promotion and then have to wait and wait for it to go through (in my case, the whole wiki was locked down for the server move). So I will not tell you to keep your pants on, for real. ;) H*bad, this talk page is not the right venue for a discussion on the promotion. In fact, simply by Joshua's posting here I assume that all the necessary discussion has already taken place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:05, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, sorry. The reason was only because I was just wondering about it. Thats all.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 22:35, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

== For you and all the others... ==

For You, Tom, Thunderbird, Joey, Stu, Bazooka, Rogue Leader, Phlip, Heimstern, Abdi Viklas, Drhaggis, E. L. Cool, Firebird, Qermaq, Coder, Jones, Jay, Kilroy, Lapper, Username, Dorian, Paper, and all the others...
Hey, I just want to thank all of you for what you do for the Wiki. I used your page because you seem to be the only one logged on. [[User:65.6.55.229|65.6.55.229]] 20:17, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:Hey, Anonymous, why don't you write a really nice thank-you note and then not attribute it to yourself. (Oh, kids can be so cruel. Just kidding.) Thanks, man! It's nice to be appreciated! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks from me, too! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 22:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Why thank you very much, it's always nice to hear that our work is appreciated. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks, man. That really makes a sysop feel good. {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 03:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::Thenk you very much, Mister .229! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 06:46, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::Thanks! (And gee; if you know all of us well enough to abbreviate names, you really ought to think about getting one of your own!) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 23:29, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::I'm very flattered. Thank you for your kind words, 65.6.55.229. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 02:52, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Note: DprianGray isn't a sysop. Just a note. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Neither is Qermaq, but there you go. =) --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::::::::Both DorianGray and Qermaq, if I may speak for the community, are quite respected users. They have the right to be named in that list of thanks. And after all, 65.6.55.229 never once said the word "sysop" in his note. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 00:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Okay, it seems I misunderstood. Since almost every user on that list was a sysop, I figured it was thanking the sysops only. >.> — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 19:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

== Magical Sysop Powers? ==

I've noticed that you and the other sysops around here are able to identify a user by their IP number. I have my own little personal wiki, running on the exact same version of MediaWiki as this one, of course without any changes made to this wiki after installation. As far as I can tell, I have no such all knowing, ip reading powers as the sysop of my wiki. Is this something you guys have edited the HRWiki to be able to do or am I completely missing a huge power of being a sysop? —{{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 00:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
:I have already asked. They won't say.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
::Eh, okay then. Another mystery of the HRWiki goes unsolved. —{{User:Mibluvr13/sig}} 00:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
:::I think they want to do this to us.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 00:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
::::The bureaucrats at this wiki have installed the position of "developer". On some wikis it is called checkuser. It allows users to check IP addresses of users in addition to the normal sysop powers. So yes, it's edited in. - {{User:Bub/sig}}
:::::That's not quite right, but it's kind of close, so, yeah, let's go with that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

== Paranormal Idol ==

Could you check the IPs of Paranormal Idol and HomeTron V20 on the fanstuff wiki? I think they might be the same person. - {{User:Bub/sig}}
:Sorry, but a request for that info would have to come from a fanstuff sysop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
::Okay, could you please check the IPs of the following Fanstuff users: [[HRFWiki:User:HomeTron V20|HomeTron V20]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol|Paranormal Idol]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol2|Paranormal Idol2]], [[HRFWiki:User:Paranormal Idol3|Paranormal Idol3]] and [[HRFWiki:User:Ytmnd Boy|Ytmnd Boy]]. Here's the reason. (edited version of reasons written by Bub on [[HRFWiki:User talk:Joshua]].)
::HomeTron V20 was a player on an interactive game which Bub created. HomeTron apparently quit the wiki because his Fake Characters were getting deleted by Joshua (as per a different discussion). A couple of days later, a new user, Paranormal Idol joined the wiki. He then created two new accounts, Paranormal Idol2 and Paranormal Idol3, claiming that he lost the password to his original account. Paranormal Idol3 then joined the same interactive game. After playing it for a while and then dying (in the game), he left the wiki. A few minutes after this, Ytmnd Boy signed up and requested to be in Bub's interactive game using the same character as HomeTron V20. All of these users share the same style of grammar, spelling and the way they transcribe.
::In my opinion, this seems like valid grounds for an IP check. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Based on the IPs, they are the same user. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 07:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::A few minutes ago, I got the new messages flag, and an e-mail saying that my talk page had been created by you. Do you know why this has occurred? - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 07:24, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::Yes. I edited and saved your page without making any changes in order to force the system to send you that message but without creating a new version of your page. I hoped you would then guess that I had replied to you here, which you did, so it worked. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:29, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

==Help Another Wiki?==
Greetings from [[Wookieepedia:|Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki]]. :) I'm one of the administrators over there ([[Wookieepedia:User:Jaymach|Jaymach]], if you'd like to check) and I have been told by [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]] that you may be able to help us with something we are attempting to implement over there. We're looking into possibly using your "Image Code" verification, but only want to use it for Page Moves rather than every Page Edit. Do you know if this is possible at all and, if it is, is there any chance you could inform us how to do so? Feel free to contact me on [[Wookieepedia:User_talk:Jaymach|my talk page]]. Many thanks. (I'd sign this, but it'd be from my anon IP so there seems little point)
:We are pleased to help you here, Andrew. Tom is sending you more info by email right now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

== hello from Nikolce ==

Hi Its dot com, how have you been these last couple of uummm time?? Anyway how are you doing in school? By the way, are there any user that play warcraft 3 on battle net by any chance? [[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 06:58, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
: I've been doing well, Nikolce. I hope you're well as well. I don't currently go to school (I graduated from college six years ago). Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the game you mention. Keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

== Finals ==
Do you watch the Dallas Mavericks?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 14:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:I checked in on them four or five times yesterday [Game 1 of the NBA Finals, for those reading along] during the game, and I was happy they won. I'll probably see more of the later games in the series. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::Also, their next game is Sunday, Sunday, Someday. Ok, bye.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Interwiki links ==
Hey It's dot com. I need some help with a link, it's [[Meta:Help:User style]]. It works here, but not on the Fanstuff User Preferences. Do you know why this is?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:30, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:It should work now. (I updated and synchronized the knowledge base and fanstuff interwiki tables.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
::Ok, thanks. Now I can continue to make it more updated like.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 19:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== The latest most recent block ==
Why did you block Strong bad roks!, because it doesn't appear that he did anything wrong.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 19:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:No, but he was going to. Thanks for your concern. Please look over my talk page here and find every thread with the words "recent block" in the title before posting another thread like this one. Thanks again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Archives ==
Sorry if my last post was worded rude, mainly because I didn't word it very well. Anyways the reason I bring it up, is because anytime I post something on your talk page it takes forever for it to bring up your talk page.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 20:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
:It's okay, but you should be aware that people generally already know when their talk page has gotten pretty long. Pestering them about it rarely does more than annoy them. If you look at the top of the page, you'll see that I've already archived once before. Maybe I will again someday. Who knows, maybe even soon. There are a lot of other projects I'm working on, however, that require more of my attention right now (like the long-overdue upgrade). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Master Chief's name ==

Hey, dot com. How did you know Master Chief's real name was Ryan? That is his real name. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:03, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:Well, Brendan, you'd be surprised what information is out there if you know where to dig. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:22, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::You mean on my talk page's history? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:28, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, there's that, but he created [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Log?user=!!!!_Ryan_ON_WHEELS! this account] as well. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Well, how'd you know my name? {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::Like you said. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::But you knew my name before I said On my talk page's history. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 21:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::That's true. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:24, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

== Upgrade to 1.6 at the fanstuff wiki ==
Hey, awesome job, you and Tom really work harder than most people notice. The log in page is the best part, though. however, do you think you'll be able to add the poopsmith border again? I'm just wondering if 1.6 can't do that. — {{User: Seriously/sig}} 00:54, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
:I love the RSS upgrade....But one question: Why did you upgrade the HRFWiki before the HRWiki? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 02:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
::We try to shake down any problems we're going to encounter there before we apply the upgrade here. Not all fanstuffers are happy with this arrangement, but it's the best we've got, as it allows us to identify problems using a database that already has an enormous amount of content. If it's any consolation to them, we did spend an extensive amout of time testing the new features before we committed them to the live wiki. As for the Poopsmith, I don't know when or whether we'll be seeing him again soon. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

==Unblock==
Please unblocking 82.42.237.114 on a provisional basis. the vandals
are gone! [[User:Go-glow|Go-glow]] 13:42, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
:Forget it. I have records of at least a dozen vandal accounts from that address over the last six months, and the content of the vandalism is worse than most. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

== Hi ==

I was just lookin around on the wiki this morning and decided that I'd leave a brief hello message for you. 

Hi, It's Dot Com. 
I haven't really talked with you too much, so I felt like leaving you a message. What's up with you in real life lately? Anything cool happening that you'd like to talk about? Any interesting stories or other stuff? Are there any Wiki projects that need serious cleaning up or any pages that need creating? If so, I'd be glad to help with them. I don't really have too much wiki time any mroe, but I have a chance to be on this morning for a little while. I'd be glad to assist with any ongoing projects that are in need of serious help. If you get a chance, please reply on my talk page.

{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 13:27, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Could I add you to my friends list? I'd like to recognize you on my userpage for your remarkable work on this wiki over the time you've been here. Thanks for your time.

:Well, sure. You can't have too many friends. To answer your other questions: The Rangers are still doing well, and that makes me happy. I can't think of any projects off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's some good ideas over at [[HRWiki:The Stick]]. I also can't think of any pages that need to be created. I wish they would release the next toon so we can make a page for ''it''. (By the way, I replied here instead of your talk page because it's generally better to keep discussion in one place.) Talk atcha later! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
::Alrighty then. ADD'D!!!!!--{{User:Homsarroks/sig}} 16:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki pages==
What exactly do MediaWiki pages do? I'm confuzzled...— {{User: Seriously/sig}} 18:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
:See [[Meta:Help:MediaWiki namespace]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:03, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

== A troll's IP ==
Hey, Dot com. I found a trolls IP address, and I was wondering what I should do with it.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 15:06, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
:I guess you should just hang on to it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:46, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah, but he is a pain in the neck. I know him. He has trolled on the fanstuff before. And I just want to be done with him.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 15:50, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

== Deleting user names ==
Hey Dot com. I heard from some very reliable sources that you guys can delete user names.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:09, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:"Can" is such a big word. Of course I ''can'' delete usernames. I can delete the whole wiki. (Not that I'm going to.) As for whether I ''will'' delete usernames, the answer is no; in general our [[HRWiki:Privacy policy#Removal of user accounts|policy]] is not to do that. Who said otherwise? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:18, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::It just seems like its not a very good idea to keep a username on the list, like NSMC, some inappropriate usernames, Willy on wheels, etc. Well maybe not NSMC, for historical reasons. And I never said anyone said otherwise.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:23, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, can can also just change there username to something else. I'm not saying that he's going to. He ''might'' but I doubt it. --{{User:the thing/sig}} 14:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::Yes you did. You said, "I heard from some very reliable sources." — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, well, I was on the mediawiki channel asking questions.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::Yes, it is technically possible, and yes, in certain very unusual circumstances it has been done, but no, we don't do it otherwise. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:43, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::Really? When was it done? Also, I found out mediawiki 1.7 will be coming out in July.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::Great. I'd hate for them to actually use a version for a while. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:50, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Yeah, they told me that its going to look much better than 1.6.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 14:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::::In reply to the other question: It was used after NSMC's vandalism was cleaned up. All the individual accounts were deleted and consolidated into [[User:NSMC vandal|one account]]. - {{User:Bub/sig}}

== El Cid... lcid... Are Cid... rcid... ==

Hey! [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Cutepetsrus&diff=next&oldid=338955 What's] "rcid"? —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 16:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
:It's the "Recent Changes ID". Each entry in the [[Meta:Recentchanges table|`recentchanges` table]] has a unique ID, which shows up in the URL when you click "diff" from [[Special:Recentchanges]] on an edit that hasn't been patrolled. The "rcid" part tells the system to display the "park as patrolled" link as you view the diff (even if the edit has [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&curid=710&diff=338906&oldid=338904&rcid=287736 already been patrolled]), and so it's not necessary to be included in a link on a talk page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:09, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

== Rangers ==
Hey just in case you didn't get my memo, I am going to a rangers game on wednesday. I know your most likely going to erase this, but just so you know.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 04:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
:That's cool. I am thinking about going on Tuesday for the Fourth and the fireworks, but I'll have to see. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
::I would figure thats when its going to be the most crowded.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
:::And I just got back. They won! Back to back homeruns. It was cool. Hey were you there? Or were you there at the July 4th game?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 03:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
::::No, I didn't get to go to that one. (That's too bad, 'cause I love patriotic-themed fireworks.) Glad your game was good, and hey, they're tied for first right now! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

== Bad wording... ==
Hey Dot com. I was wondering about your accually typing the word (A good way of saying it) whatsit on a page. I know you already know this, but there are little kids on here. Can you reword it, please?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 04:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
:No, I'm not going to reword it. There is a difference between ''using'' a word and referring to a word ''as a word''. Assuming that the user doesn't already know what his name means, then there would be no way to explain to him what the problem is without resorting to pedantic euphemism or a click-through, both of which are unnecessary given that (1) we should be mature enough to calmly discuss any subject, (2) the whole name itself is already as offensive as or more offensive than its components, and (3) the likelihood that a random user will find that page is close to zero. If it makes you feel better, I'll put a language warning there. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
::Sorry, I was just making sure that everything is G or Pg rated here.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

== Marshie Face ==
[[Image:foodfaces.png|thumb|Both a little creepy]]
Okay, you win. I hadn't compared them side-by-side and was going solely by memory. They DO, after all, have a similar artistic style, even though I can now see that I was wrong in thinking they were the same. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:09, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
:Cool. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

== Subst signatures ==

Hi, this is CapitalQ from TMBW.net. We just upgraded to MW 1.6 yesterday (only to see 1.7 stable released today, but that's another story), and after seeing that templates in signatures automatically turn into substrings, ACupOfCoffee pointed us [[HRFWiki:HRFWiki talk:Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.6#Substituted Signatures of Death|here]], where you state "I have created a new variable that allows me to disable this so-called feature, which I now have done." If you could tell me exactly how you went about doing that, I'd be very greatful. Thanks. :) -[[TMBW:User:CapitalQ|CapitalQ]] 02:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
:No problem. I have replied on [[TMBW:User talk:CapitalQ#Subst'd sigs|your talk page]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks, all set up! You rock. -[[TMBW:User:CapitalQ|CapitalQ]] 12:09, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== Homsar's Speech ==

DaAaaAAaaAaahhh! Hi, It's dot cayommm! It's KieferSkuunnk! I just wanted to thank you for the <s>flowers you sent me while I was in the hospital</s> help on my Homsar's Speech project! We're almost done now, but I still can't feel my leeeggs. Okay, bye-dee-bye! {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:26, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
:Nowowowow, this is the thrill of a lifetime. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:57, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

== /wiki/ redirect ==

I asked Interruptor Jones about this, and he told me to tell you, so... I think /wiki/ should redirect to /index.php/ because whenever I want to look something up in HRWiki by typing in the URL, I invariably end up typing "/wiki/" and getting the ol' 404. I'd just add <tt>Redirect permanent /wiki/ http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/</tt> somewhere in the .htaccess file, and it should work automatically. I think it'd be even better to do it the other way around and make "/wiki/" the canonical form and have index.php redirect to that instead, but not having used the MediaWiki software, I don't know the exact configuration options. Oh... and ever thought about moving some of the stuff on this huge talk page to an archive page? ;) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 16:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

:Isn't typing the URL out a bit cumbersome? Why not create a [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html smart-keyword] instead? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 20:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

::It's the way I've always done it, and it doesn't feel so cumbersome after having done it a million times with Wikipedia. Other people might not be aware of smart keywords (I wasn't until just now). Besides, what's the harm in setting up a redirect? :) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 21:26, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

:::I'm not inclined to hack the wiki to aid one person's "way of always doing it". There are easier client-side options for what I percieve to be a client-side issue. Sorry. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 00:38, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

::::But is it just one person's way of always doing it, or are other people doing it, too? And I still don't see the harm in just adding a line to .htaccess; you wouldn't even have to restart the server or anything. - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 03:08, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

:::::It's not that your request isn't easy to fulfill. I presented you with an alternative that would actually be quicker than if I made the change and you typed the entire URL. I don't see this as a problem with the wiki, I see it as an issue that is unique to a single user's behavior. Though I have to admit, I still might consider changing the <tt>index.php</tt> in the URL to <tt>wiki</tt> (making <tt>wiki</tt> the canonical form), but I'd want to go over the consequences of such a change with others first. (Note that this was [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 2#Mod rewrite to remove index.php from URLs|discussed once before]].) -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 04:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm unindenting so this doesn't get too wide... anyway, we still haven't even established that I'm the only one who types /wiki/ -- do you have error log statistics to back it up, maybe? I also think the redirect would be a good idea because it would be more consistent with other wikis (I believe most of the most popular MediaWiki sites use /wiki/); inconsistency is why I make this error in the first place. I could make further arguments, for example, that the URL is part of the user interface of a website, and any user interface should anticipate user error. (It's not uncommon for a text-based program to understand both "exit" and "quit", for example.) I could make an analogy with "typo redirects" on wikis. I know, it sounds silly to back up such a little thing like this with so much, but it just feels like a redirect is the Right Thing. (I guess becoming a webmaster is having this effect on me.) Well, I don't suppose there's any more I can say on this subject, so do what you're gonna do. :) - [[User:furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:furrykef|Talk at me]]) 20:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

== PHP upgrade ==

[[Special:Version]] still says that we're running PHP 4.4.2. Upgrade to PHP 5 unsccessful? {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 06:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:Delayed. Turns out we need to upgrade [[Wikipedia:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|RHEL]] so that we can upgrade [[Wikipedia:Apache HTTP Server|Apache]] so that we can upgrade [[Wikipedia:PHP|PHP]] so that we can upgrade [[MW:|MediaWiki]]. We're going to try again over the weekend. (We ''did'' upgrade from 4.3.x to 4.4.2, for any of you keeping score at home.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 06:42, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
::Upgrading RHEL and Apache might not be necessary after all. We should have the CAPTCHA problem (which is really a missing libraries problem) fixed with the upgrade as well, which according to my information should be any time now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Special:Countedits ==
Could you please install the Count Edits extension on the Fanstuff? Many combolations, {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 08:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:That function is a server-intensive function (which is why it's restricted to sysops on this wiki). Perhaps you could elaborate on why you need it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
::Honestly, we don't. I was simply interested (in counting edits). - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I see. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I am looking for documentation and an implementation of Special:CountEdits. If you can help, please contact me at the e-mail address here: http://en.csharp-online.net/index.php?title=User:WikiSysop.

Thanks for your help. --- Editor C# Online.NET

== Ni hao! ==

Hey, Dot com, just wanted to say hello from China! Hope all's going well for you. Things have been crazy in China (in an awesome way), but I can't imagine I'll get much time to tell all you guys until I return to the USA... anyway, just wanted to give you a long-distance greeting. Zaijian! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:47, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
:China man that's gotta be fun! Some day I hope to visit China. Just won't be any time soon. I do plan to go to Kansas City Missouri for a few days this summer! Hi Dot com! :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 02:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
::Hey juys! Looking forward to your return! (Although, Heimstern, it's kinda like you never left. What an increasingly small world we live in.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I think I'm in a bit of an abnormal situation here, to be honest. I'm in about the nicest hotel in Shuangliu county and stuff like that. So in some ways, I have a lot of the conveniences of home. A lot of places in China aren't like that, or so I hear. But then again, China is growing like crazy in terms of technology and modernization. It seems like ''everyone'' here has a cell phone. Like, ''more'' oft than in the USA. I don't have time to say much more now, though. We'll talk more when I return. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 05:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

== Olsen Twin'd!! ==

How did you know that the pictures in Teen Girl Squad 11 came from that M magazine? {{User:Salty/sig}} 01:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
:Well, I have to admit that I'm a big Mary-Kate and Ashley fan (Ash is my fave), and I've had a subscription to ''M'' since I was a twelve-years-old boy.  — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
::Nice. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 03:52, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


== Old main page style ==

Don't get me wrong, I love the new style, but there are still people complaining (well, on the forum). Is there a way to put that old style as one of the skins in the preferences? If it's too much work, it's fine with me, I like this style better, but some people don't. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}
:We're not going to create and maintain another skin just for that old style. There are instructions out there somewhere on customizing one's personal CSS to make the main page like the old style. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
::That works. I'll just tell people that. {{User:Ed smildE/signature}}

== Quick reference guide ==
Ok, this has been bothering me for a while, why on the [[Template:stuffinstructions|STUFF instructions]] page is the words quick reference guide, in red?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 03:43, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
:It's not red; it's kind of a goldish color. It's a different color so that it will stand out. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
::Really? It really looks bold red. Not even close to a goldish <s>colour</s>color. Weird.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 03:18, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
:::Yes, it is a '''reddish-gold color,''' but not '''as red as a broken link.''' — '''[[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]]''' 03:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

== Guitar riff from "Personal favorites" ==

I noticed that the QotW page lacks the sound file for the "Wicked Guitar Solo". I have a copy of that file lurking here, though the file upload page seems to want images, so I figured I'd better not chance it. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

--Ian.

:Hi there Ian. Please email the file to [mailto:tom@hrwiki.org tom@hrwiki.org]. Thanks. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

== No fan of zeugma? ==

Aw, I loved [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Pi&curid=26404&diff=353018&oldid=353017&rcid=302440 that line]... {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:33, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
:I am a fan of zeugma, but not when it seems unintentional. My personal fave: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana" (Groucho Marx). Close runner-up: "You held your breath and the door for me" (Alanis Morissette). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:37, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

::Or the classic "If we do not hang together, we shall certainly hang separately." {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:40, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

== 1 Username ==
Ok, I was looking through the system messages when one of them caught my eye, it said: "Sorry, you have already created $1 accounts. You can't make any more." is it possible to make the number a 1. So that there can't be anymore sockpuppets or something like that.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 05:41, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
:Ok, I know that there is an option that will let you set the amount of accounts in one day, so why not have you and/or Tom turn on the option everyday?--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
::Because this isn't that important to me personally. If you think this is something the entire wiki should consider, then you should bring it up in Da Basement. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:16, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you from Super Martyo Brother ==

I'd like to thank you for: 
*Changing my username
*Putting up with my noobish comments on talk pages
*and for just being so awesome!
You really do deserve a pizza trophy! --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 05:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
:You're welcome, SMB! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

==Help, please?==

Sorry if I'm bothering you, but I'd like to patrol recent changes, and there's no one else to really ask. What do the red "!"s and "N"s mean? Sorry if I'm bothering you. {{User:The Joe/sig}} 20:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
: "!" means the page has not yet been marked as patrolled. "N" means that the page was created with the edit in question (and, thus, there will be no "diff" available for that edit.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
::Oh! Now I understand. Thanks. {{User:The Joe/sig}} 21:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

== Thank you! ==
I wouldn't have lasted a week. Even though yes I am not on as much anymore because of band and whatnot, but still.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
:No problem, just see that it doesn't happen again. If it does, I won't be able (which is to say, willing) to unblock the IP so quickly. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:37, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
::Yeah I was about to say, "wait your an admin!". I get it, don't worry he won't be getting on the wiki anymore. I locked the internet with a very special password, that even with your "great" detective like skills couldn't get. Unless of coarse you have 20 life times tucked away with you..... anyways, thanks again. And I do mean again. --{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
:::I guess he won't be a problem for you guys anymore.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 21:41, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

== long time no see ==

Hey there It's dot com, how have you been, havn't spoken in a long time, but now i can bacause its the school holidays for me. What's been happening with you?

Guess what: i recently had a maths and science test, and i got GOOD scores. 100% for science, and 107% for maths.

ps: i need to ask you something, you remember the time i asked you why you don't like the later seasons of simpsons, well on your userpage, it also says you don't like the later seasons of family guy either, whats the reason? Can i say , to me sometimes the ''recent'' episodes aren't the same as before. some of them use the same joke as before eg: marge and homer repeatetl arguing. Marge has changed alot, before she was a likeable character, now she seems.... different, do you get me?

Final note: What would be your favourite quotes of the simpsons, from the top of my head it's:

"And i say, a monkey ''can'' mown our lawn". Homer of the distance.
"I fell 8000 feet onto a pile of jagged rocks". Abe Simpson.
"(Austrian accent)Good-moring and welcome to advanced physics,1-0-1, i see alot of new faces, but as the old saying goes: "Out with the old, in with the Nuclues".(everyone laughs except homer). "Now let me just- whoops(drops notes). Homer stars laughing hard:"aha aha hah haha, a did you see that jerk, ah ah ah ha hah , AAAAAA he DROPED HE'S NOTES, AAAAAAA HAH HA H AH H aAAAAAAAAAA HA HA H A.

To me, this is one of my favourite episodes, mostly becasue i can make jokes to my brother about him being in University himself: "Have you spoken with your Austrian professor yet", and "Have you found your secret "Dungeons and Dragons lairr, thats has Nerds secretly studing and playing with characters at level 40" etc.

talk atch you later (sp)
[[User:Nikolce Kocovski|Nikolce Kocovski]] 05:17, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

i forget to ask you so so, something serious: How do you make those things on wiki that link to other websiter, like insted of having this website in full writing: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nf1VMk0o4Iw, you shorten it into a small thing, how's it done?

ps: at this video on youtube, go to the time 09:26, this is where the joke is where homer is laughing.

==Text could not be found==

On the [[Strong Badman]] page I got an error that says that the text could not be found, and I should report it to an administrator. Do you think it has anything to do with the recent maintnance? - {{User:The Joe/sig}} 00:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
:That page seems to be working fine to me... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 00:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
::If that happens again, you can fix it by purging the page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

== MediaWiki Question ==
Hey, IDC. I was wondering if you could let me know how you "hard-coded" the header for [[HRWiki:Sandbox]] to appear from [[MediaWiki:Sandbox]] all invisible-like. I just noticed it and I thought it was pretty nifty. --'''[[User:porplemontage|Steve]]''' (''[[User talk:porplemontage|talk]]'') 02:24, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
:I inserted some hooks into Article.php and wrote a hook function that draws on these [[Mediawiki:Sandbox|two]] [[Mediawiki:Introduction|pages]]. The procedure might change when we upgrade to 1.8. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:06, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
::Could you show me the code you used? --'''[[User:Porplemontage|Steve]]''' (''[[User talk:Porplemontage|talk]]'') 05:07, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

== Permanent Edit Removal ==
I remember how the last time the Fanstuff got attacked by a troll who placed highly unappropriate images on pages, you permanently deleted those versions of the pages from the database. You may want to do that again with edits by the troll [[HRFWiki:Special:Contributions/NKSCF|NKSCF]]. Most of the pages he put images on were deleted (not sure if you still want to delete them from the database), but there's one on Y2K's [[HRFWiki:User:Y2K|userpage]] that still remains. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 08:52, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
:You could just delete the page, and then restore all the edits except that one... it would still be in [[Special:Undelete]], but you don't need admin powers to do it. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 08:59, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

== Update Icons ==

It's dot com, I noticed a bit of some messy whitespace on the edges of two of the Main Page update icons ([[Image:update-cs.png]] and [[Image:update-ps.png]]). They look fine when they're situated at the top of the Main Page, where the gradient is lighter, but as you add more saturation to the background, the white edges really start to come through. Take a look toward the bottom of the [[Main Page]] to see what I mean. Anyways, I went ahead and tried to clean them up for you a bit, but unfortunately I was unable to upload new versions, since they're both set as protected pages. (As an aside: why are they set as protected pages in the first place?) The versions I made might look rougher on a purely white backdrop, but I think they blend pretty nicely on the gradient background on the main page, comparatively speaking. So here they are, use them if you like:
* http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8674/updatepsqm5.png
* http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7750/updatecsej0.png
--{{User:Soapergem/sig}} 00:12, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
:The problem with the images you made is that they use an 8-bit transparency, which is currently not recognized by Internet Explorer. Enough of our readership still uses IE that we have to go with the older 1-bit transparency. Thanks for trying, though! The images are protected because they are on the main page, and otherwise it would very easy for someone to upload something very objectionable in their place. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

== Userboxes and Homsar Quotes ==

Hi there its dot com!! Loafing redirected my problem to you. I made a Homsar random quote userbox (see my User Page - first on the userbox list) and was trying to add it to the Userbox page for the benefit of the Wiki. So everyone could see it and enjoy the bounty of it's... well whatever it is the same as I do. So I go to the Userbox page and try to add it in. Problem. It won't add into the <userboxsample> tag because of the homsarquote template. Of course, it works OUTSIDE of the tag, so it works on my page and everywhere else. I just can't make it display in the table on that page. Any way that can be fixed? Thanks a ton. --{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 08:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
:Yes. The braces around the homsarquote template have to be escaped inside the userboxsamples tags. View [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Userbox&diff=377189&oldid=376519 this edit] to see the method and the result. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 13:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
::: Hey thanks. I thought the random homsar box would be a good idea. Heh, I like the change to "Words of wisdom" better than just Homsar Quote. Good call. lol.--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 00:44, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

== ParserFunctions ==

A little late on this, but I just noticed: [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User%3AQermaq%2FWords_said_or_seen_once&diff=374614&oldid=374198 good work], and thanks. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 09:30, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
:No prob, Bob. :) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 13:50, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

== Happy X0th birthday, Dot com! ==

Happy birthday, to my twin sysop brother and world's youngest man! —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 16:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:Happy X0th! 86% of the way to being eligible to run for president — plus, you've already got a winning slogan: "Vote for Ben, He's dot gov!" Eat a cake, {{User:Trey56/sig}} 16:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
::Herzliche Glückswünschen zum Geburtstag! Have a great day, and may you never get the black lung. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 17:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:::Happy thirtieth email, Dot com! -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 17:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
::::Happy birthday, Dot com. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 17:51, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::Tanjyobi Omedeto, Dot com-san. =3 --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::::::Wow... that's just a little bit less... than 32... I learned that in school! --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Welcome to deadness. You'll see, it's not so bad after all ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 19:02, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Yom huledet shloshim same'akh! It's dot old... Just kiddin'. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 23:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::Happy B Day Dot Com. May you eat some cake :) {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 23:57, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::Oh, I missed your birthday, happy late birthday. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 14:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::Dude, how did I miss this? Happy birthday....late... late birthday.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 23:57, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::Happy birthday, Ben. — {{User:JoeyDay/sig}} 01:43, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::I'm also a little late in saying this, but happy birthday, Dot com. {{User:Kilroy/sig}} 02:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::<nowiki>*</nowiki>Spits out coffee* Dot com's name is Ben??! Which is said in the first line of a page that I've read but I still didn't know??!?! {{User:Salty/sig}} 02:40, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::Happy hundredth birthday, Strong Bad! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:27, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::Hey, I didn't know it was your Bday... Happy uh... Bday!!--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 03:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::::Oh. I missed it. Still. Hope you HAD a happy Bday!!--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 03:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::::Wow, you and my sister have almost the same birthday. Difference of one day. ;) {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 05:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::::::Ah, I missed it. Happy REALLY late birthday. [[User:Powered by The Kate|Powered by The Kate]]

== Error ==

Look at [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] - at this moment, it offers:

<blockquote>The database did not find the text of a page that it should have found, named "The House That Gave Sucky Treats". 
This is usually caused by following an outdated diff or history link to a page that has been deleted. 
If this is not the case, you may have found a bug in the software. Please report this to an administrator, making note of the URL.</blockquote>

This is abnormal, no? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 01:02, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
:I just purged it. Looks normal now. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:05, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

== poll ==

Sorry it the poll is not quite what you were looking for. Let me know if I can help in any way. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 20:31, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
:Sure thing. As Loafing just pointed out, it's still early for a poll. I feel that there are more ideas and discussion to be had first. Also, I don't think we need to have all 21 or whatever the number is now be included in the eventual poll. Just the best finalists. By the way, I do agree that we need to start organizing the page, and possibly start a new page at, oh, say, [[HRWiki:Logo redesign 2006]] or something. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:35, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
::If we are still that early I might make a few of my own then. I usually say that and get busy with the family but for something like this I might just carve out some weekend time. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 20:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
:::also you might want to put a note after Lapper's comments so that others don't take their cue from him like I did. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 20:47, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

== Sticklyman = Poopsmith 20X6? ==

You mentioned in one of your edit summaries that you would divulge any evidence that Sticklyman is the Poopsmith's 20X6 counterpart, but I can't find your answer. Does the commentary of "Under Construction" shed any light on the subject? [[User:Strong Sader|Strong Sader]] 20:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
:Alas, it does ''not'' seem like Sticklyman and the Poopsmith are related in any way. They mentioned a couple of other generic references (under-construction icons in general; fighting stick-men in animé), but no mention of everyone's second-favorite guy (he's No. 2). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
::That sucks. [[User:Strong Sader|Strong Sader]] 21:12, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

== Tampo ==

Can you please unblock [[User:Tampo|Tampo]]? He's really sorry for...... whatever he did (if any) and I think he's done his time. You don't have to but I'm just asking nicely if you please would. And uh.... Mr. Peanut was a good boy. {{User:The thing/sig}} 00:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

:Tampo {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AIpblocklist&action=search&limit=&ip=Tampo isn't blocked}} and {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Tampo never was blocked}}. Why are you making such an odd request on behalf of a user that left on his own volition and hasn't been around in months? If he wanted to edit, he could quite literally just edit. Are you acting as his proxy by his request or is this your own doing? -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 01:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
::His IP address is blocked, at least that's what he told me. He can't edit. {{User:The thing/sig}} 15:41, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
:::{{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AIpblocklist&action=search&limit=&ip=24.77.42.48 Oh yeah.}} We'll think about it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
::::Dot com can feel free to revert this if he wants, but let me mention this - in real life, sometimes you run out of chances. You show up to work late too many times, eventually you are not going to be welcome there, and no amount of pleading will help. When you hurt a friend enough times, it can happen that they will no longer be your friend, despite any of your attempts to make up for it. I think if a person violates a wiki's way of doing business often enough and persistently enough, it's not unfair to say "Sorry, you aren't welcome here" at some point. I'll leave it to others to determine whether Tampo's abuses of the wiki were "too much", but honestly, if the decision were left to me and me alone, there's be no way someone with an established history of abuse would be allowed back in. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
The thing, after reading [[wikipedia:User talk:Danny Fenton#Tampo|this discussion]], it appears that a) this is more your idea than Tampo's and b) that he did not at all say that he's sorry. Please do not contact vandals with the aim of bringing them back to the wiki and then lie to us about what they said.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 23:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
:Hold on... he's not blocked from fanstuff!?!?!?!?!? {{User:The thing/sig}} 18:20, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
::So what? This is the knowledge base. Please stop posting on my page about this. I have said we will think about it and at present that is all we are planning to do. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

==Inactive on Forum==
You're an admin here and on the forum, right? Well, I registered to the Forum a long time ago, and I've been inactive all this time cause I didn't know what it meant, and I deleted the confirmation email. Now that I finnaly know (thanks to Joshua on the Fanstuff), can you please do something about my inactive-ness on the Forum? I'd really like to be there, where it's really active on topics. {{User:Spyrox6/sig}}
:I went ahead and marked your account as active. Enjoy. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

== Knowledge Base - Fanstuff Redirects ==
Correct me if I'm wrong, but <s>are you asking for a challenge</s> I believe there's a column in the `interwiki` table named `iw_local` that allows redirects between local wikis. Could this be enabled for the Knowledge Base on the Fanstuff and vice versa? There are currently 18 such redirects currently on the Fanstuff and 3 on the Knowledge Base. It was prolly be more convenient if this was enabled. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 06:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:You are correct; that does work. I will have to discuss whether we want to enable it. Some might appreciate the click-through as notice that they were leaving the knowledge base. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:19, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

::We've enabled this kind of redirect from Fanstuff to the Knowledge Base on a provisional basis. Let us know how it works. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 17:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

== do we see the similarities? ==

[[Image:Internetdotcom.PNG]] 
Your It's dot com, it's Internet dot com...you talked to Karen just last week...you think she put in a good word for you? {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 12:54, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

==Sorry==
Note to self: "Keep your mouth closed more often Ilko." Sorry that I seem to be defeating myself (and the process to some extent) in the logo discussion. I keep telling myself to just sit back and be quiet and not keep reacting to things, but so far have been far too reactionary. Just wanted to appologize for being too. . .well too whatever you want to call it. - [[User:Ilko Skevüld's Teh C|Ilko Skevüld's Teh C]] 00:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

== Move Page Modification ==
I was thinking that it would be convenient to have an option for sysops (and other people with the 'delete' permission) to have a checkbox when moving a page that would delete the redirect automatically without having to do it manually. So, I went and made some code changes to SpecialMovepage.php, and I have what I think is a working implementation of my idea.

All the technicalities out of the way, I'm asking if you could put this onto the Fanstuff. It would be of great convenience when reverting the page move trolls which are all too frequent now-a-days, and when fixing things such as Text Adventures subpages, which are a large problem. The code for 1.8.2 is [http://simpedia.5gigs.com/files/SpecialMovepage.txt here], and the system messages required are [http://simpedia.5gigs.com/files/RedirectDeletionMessages.xml here].

Could you please think about this and let me know? Thanks a plenty, {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 16:04, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

:I believe there already is that function. I've done it a couple times this week. You have to press the move page button, and then another page will come up with the Delete & Move option. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 16:08, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

::That's a similar function - it deletes the page you're moving to, rather than the redirect it leaves. - {{User:Super_Sam/sig}} 01:59, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== A History - logo ==

Hey It's dot com, for {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:A_History&diff=next&oldid=395453 this edit}}, was this discussed on the wiki on IRC? Either way, I think it would be good nugget of history if we knew when the discussions began in their most primative forms. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 17:02, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

== duplicate accounts ==

Hey. I noticed that the user account [[Special:Contributions/Rico crazy?|Rico crazy?]] was created on 12/20/06 and [[Special:Contributions/Rico*crazy?|Rico*crazy?]] was creadted on 12/21/06. Is this the same person? If so, where do we state that people can only have one account? {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 17:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
:On the one hand, duplicate accounts like that are not allowed, but on the other hand, we usually don't mess with trying to fix it unless there's some good reason. It seems to me (without actually looking anything up) that accounts like those don't tend to have many contribs, so it's not worth bothering over. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== And A Merry Decemberween to You As Well ==

'''It's''', it's good to hear from you. Wishing you and your fine group of admins the best and continuing success at running my favorite Homestar Runner resource. ''Huttah!'' — {{User:Thesmokingmonkey/sig}} 00:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

== Transclusion templates ==

Hi Dot com,

The reason I had 4 different templates was in order to have a separate category for each language, thus making it easier for speakers of specific languages to know which pages need to be verified in their language as well. A generic template wouldn't do that. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:14, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
:Yes it will. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
::'''EDC:''' Ohhh! nevermind I see it now! oops! Hey what about the {{tl|subtitlesLinks}} template, it doesn't seem to work. I was too slow to get to you first ;) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
::Oh i see the language template, sneaky! I'm slow. And tired. Thanks for the fix! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 19:19, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
:::[edit conflict] The {{t|subtitlesLinks}} template (which could probaby use some non-transcluded documentation) adds links to the subtitles pages over underneath the external links (below the toolbox and search box) on the left side there. What seems to be the problem? It looks like it's working correctly to me. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:22, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks for the info! Although I *just* saw the reply. (I'm rusty, I know.) I [[HRWiki_talk:Subtitles#Adding_Subtitles_section_and_other_Issues|figured out]] what was going on just as Loafing had left me a message. It's all good now! But yeah documentation and some "advertisement" would help. My eyes are trained to pretty much avoid looking at the left column unless there's something there I know I need. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:08, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::I added some documentation. As for the placement of the links, we felt that they should be easily accessible for those who know where to look and yet completely out of the way for those who are simply reading the article. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
::::::Noticed the doc. Looks nice! As for the link placement... Ah! Makes sense! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

== New year? ==

Pushing the season, are we? Not a new year anywhere for at least 4 hours! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 08:02, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

== Logo redo ==

Hey, If you made the new logo on Flash, may I see the .fla file? Im makning a new logo for the Fanstuff (most likely only used for my monobook), but I cant just get it correct. {{User:X66x66/sig}}
:I didn't use Flash. The logo was made using a raster, rather than a vector, process. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
::Whats a raster? And if it isnt too much to ask, could you make a redone Fanstuff logo?--{{User:X66x66/sig}} 22:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
:::A raster image, also called a [[ahd:61/61/B0286185.html|bitmap]], is an image formed by a grid of pixels (rather than a mathematical formula). JPEGs, GIFs, PNGs, and TIFFs are all examples of raster formats. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
::::<s>Ooohh did you use Photoshop or one of those art programs and if you dont want to make a redone fanstuff logo, thats ok with me and I'll understand!{{User:X66x66/sig}}</s>
What program did you use?--{{User:X66x66/sig}}20:25, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
:Photoshop. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
::Then how do you make it animated?--{{User:X66x66/sig}}20:55, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
:::Using two frames in an animated GIF. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
::::Thanks for the tips! {{User:X66x66/sig}} 20:58, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

== Sorry ==

I'm sorry Dot Com! I'll wait for a concensus. I was just doing what Qermaq suggested. Also, I thought I did address your points on the talk page, but I guess I didn't do a very good job of it. Okay, no more literary present edits! (Sorry again!) {{User:4kai2lyn6/sig}} 17:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
:There's really no need to apologize (especially not three times). As I write this, I have the last post in that thread, so I'm not sure where you addressed my points. The addition you made to the project page is not the way we currently write, and therefore we need to get a lot more input (and perhaps hash out the wording) on the talk page before any changes are made to the project page. (On the other hand, if all you want to do is enunciate what we already do, then that can be easily added—but we need to figure out what that is.) All in all, keep on tranglin'. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:01, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

== HRWiki Forum ==

I've tried to register on the forum two times, under NachoMan and NachoZ, and I never get the account activation email. Is it because I'm using an AOL email address or something else? -- [[User:NachoMan|NachoMan]] 19:59, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
:I don't know what the problem was, but I activated the NachoMan account. Cheers! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:28, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks a bunch! -- {{User:NachoMan/sig}} 20:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

== <s>My name change</s> ==
<s>I don't mean to bug you... sorry if I am, no really sorry. Anyways, I think that it is time for my name to be changed. It's not like I am leaving the wiki... not pulling a rainer... seriously... or whoever else. 
Cheers, 
--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 23:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)</s>

==An Epic Apology==
*Dear It's dot com, in regards to my stupidity in creating a sockpuppet, I would like to say a few things for myself:
*Even though I lost a bet (an NFL Playoff bet), I still could've chosen not to be dishonest and jeopardized the Wiki. Sockpuppetry is a very treason-esque thing to do to a community, and I am truly sorry and embarrassed that I partook in such a sort of action. My reputation and my judgment from others is now set back to 0, and I must start over. I never should of started a fake account.
*Well, on the other hand, during my block, it was literally ''killing'' me, seeing all of the unwelcomed visitors, flash artifacts to be reverted, and the act of helping confused users... it all made me go crazy.
*I, also, starting now, will not edit namespace unless needed. I noticed on my contribs that is is getting monotonous that I am adding to my "edits" every twenty minutes or so. I'm just gonna leave it all alone. Who cares how much edits I have? Anyway, yes, I am going to edit articles for the majority from now on.
*I gravely hope you accept this apology, and I am now looking forward to a problem-free era here.

Sincerely,

{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}}

P.S. Did you receive my email?

:I'm not Dot Com, but I certainly forgive you for giving in to a stupid bet. Everybody makes mistakes and you don't have to kill yourself about just one, so you learned a valuable lesson from this experience and that is that sockpuppets are a very bad thing. I'd still like to see you around the wiki as much as I have before this ordeal and I hope you'll do just that. Regards, -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 18:51, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
::Yes, yes. I plan to have a future here. I'll still be around often, but I'm not going to edit userspace often. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 19:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
:::That's good. I only edit my userpage when information on it becomes outdated, so you might try that. I hope Dot Com shows up to see your apology relatively soon. I'm sure he'll forgive you as well. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 19:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
::::Yeah, he's a nice guy. And smart. Definitely smart. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 19:19, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
:::::I hope you can make good on your promise to stay out of the user space. I wish you well with that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:48, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

== Notice on [[Subtitles:sbemail/en]] ==

Your notice, though it would be useful, made the subtitles not work. I moved it to the talk page. --[[User:Addict 2006|Addict]] [[User talk:Addict 2006|2006]] 15:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
:It looks like it wasn't the note itself, but rather the comment under it, that was causing the trouble. Can you confirm? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
::The subtitles viewers strip templates and <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tags from subtitles scripts. Everything else remains, and if something is left outside the <nowiki><xml></nowiki> element, the viewers won't be able to parse the script. It works now.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 21:32, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
:::A comment can go anywhere after the <code><?xml ?></code> line – it can be outside the <code><transcript></code> tags without any problems, but it is important that the <code><?xml ?></code> line is the first thing on the page after <code><pre></code> tags and templates are removed, or the parser will fail. Incidentally, the box at the top doesn't ''have'' to be a separate template in order to be stripped out... <code><nowiki><noinclude></noinclude></nowiki></code> also works. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 00:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
::::Well, a template was where I was headed anyway, since it should also be used on the corresponding pages once the page gets translated. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

== Trendy Totebag's Nintendo Thing ==

Does that count as a guestbook? Sorry for signing it; I really didn't know. Also, you probably should've asked him before you deleted a whole section on his userpage. Even though it probably needs to go, he needs to delete it himself. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 03:43, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
:Yes, it counts as a corollary to a guestbook. Just so you know, I did exactly what I should have done. According to our [[HRWiki:User space#Ownership and editing of pages in the user space|user space policy]], users, especially administrators, can edit another's user page "to bring it in line with policy," which is what I was doing. It is true that in most cases, a talk page note is preferred; however, the user in question is no longer active, and the mere fact that you signed the list showed that it needed to be removed. Talk atcha later. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
::I'm sorry. If I see anymore guestbooks, I'll report them at Da Basement or something. I assume only admins/sysops are allowed to delete guestbooks, so I won't delete them myself. Anyways, see you later! -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 21:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

== Tsk, tsk, Dot com... ==

Hey Dot com, just wanted to let you know that your [[User:It's dot com/welcome|welcome template]] is not XHTML 1.0 Transitional {{pl|l=http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hrwiki.org%2Findex.php%2FUser%3AIt%2527s_dot_com%2Fwelcome&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&verbose=1 compliant}}. I found out while validating {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk%3AStux&diff=429512&oldid=429508 my own page}} (that was the only correct way for me to fix it). Oh BTW, you might want to consider re-archiving {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/User_talk:It%27s_dot_com#Trogdor.21 your talk page}}! ;) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
:I'll get ''right'' on that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

== Profound Fanstuff Contributions ==
Hello Dot com. I just wanted to say that you did the best Poopsmith impression ever [[HRFWiki:Character Impressions#The Poopsmith Impressions|here]]! Oh, man. I never laughed so hard! Good day, and keep kickin' sockpuppet butt! ;-) --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 21:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks! For those who wonder, I really did record it myself. I even got it on the first take! (My impression of Pom Pom, which is also on that page, took several takes to get right.) Talk atcha later. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:02, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah I saw that. Keep on tranglin. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 22:23, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

==Redirects A-Plenty==
Hey Dot com, out of curiosity what are [[User:It's dot com/redirects|these]] [[User talk:It's dot com/redirects|pages]] for? If you're keeping track of all redirects, wouldn't a script do that? (Or doesn't Media Wiki already?) Also, unless it gets rv'd here's {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=SBLOUNSKCHED%21_Jingle&curid=32839&diff=430323&oldid=429198&rcid=382058 another one}} for ya (I dunno if you want anyone else to edit any of those pages). --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 04:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
:It's some research I'm doing for a linking project I'm working on, which will be rolled out with the next upgrade. It's for a special class of redirects, not all of them. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:41, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

== Look! The Doc Agees With Me ==

You don't understand t5hat article, do you!!!!!!!!! It has all the features it should have!!!!! Very Angry, {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} P.S. Your off my cool peeps list.
:Dear Sam. When someone nominates an article for deletion, and the article describes something very small within the entire Homestar Runner body of work, then we have a discussion about whether to keep it. You, as the creator of the article, should not remove the TBD notice until some time has passed and several people have had a chance to weigh in. The fact that one other user agrees with you does not mean that there is a consensus for the article to stay. I personally don't have a strong opinion either way; I'm just trying to make sure we follow the correct procedure. Let me caution you against editing the wiki while you are angry, by the way. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

== Main Page Redirection ==

Hello Mr. Its dot com[[Names_ending_in_-erson|erson]] If you don't know, I'm a new member here. I was wondering how to edit the main page of the wiki and make redirect pages. Both of them I've tried to do but couldnt figure out. I thoght you could tell me. -[[User:Homestar-winner|Homestar-winner]]
:Hello, Mr. Homestar-winner. Several things on the main page are locked to help prevent vandalism, but there are a couple of sections you can edit, most notably the [[Template:whatsnew|whatsnew]] page. ... Redirects are pages that have text in the following form at the top: "<code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[page to redirect to]]</nowiki></code>", and are otherwise blank. See [[Meta:Help:Redirect]]. Cheers! Incidentally, to sign your name, just type four tildes, like this: <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>, and the system will automatically insert your name and a timestamp, like this: [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks man, but I had gotten that far before (with the redirect page I mean). How do you automaticly make the page redirect such as with [[sbemail 1]] instead of the redirect page i tried to do: [[User:Homestar-Winner]]? [[User:Homestar-winner|Homestar-winner]] 16:46, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
:::The problem is that you had a space between the number sign and the word "REDIRECT". Incidentally, that redirect is unnecessary. I will be deleting it soon. If you would rather that your second name begin with a capital letter, say so [[HRWiki:Changing username|here]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:00, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
::::Ok, I don't mind you deleting it. I was just trying it out. My name is fine like it is. [[User:Homestar-winner|Homestar-winner]] 17:04, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

== Plan G ==

If you don't want me to delete [[Email Intros]], please comment on [[Talk:Email Intros#Organize into a transcript|my suggestion]] on how to revise it. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 20:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:There is no reason to delete or merge that article; it describes a specific, separate feature. On the other hand, if you can make it into a better article, then by all means do so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

== April fools ==

who was in charge of the main page and image code thing? Is there any other April fools stuff I missed? You should check out what I did. It took me almost all day yesterday.[[User:Homestar-winner]] 09:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

== More about sysops again ==

When is the 2007 sysop's nomination? And how can I be a sysop? {{User:Sam the Man/sig}}
:See [[User talk:It's dot com/Let's Get Started on Doing All Those Awesome Things I Suggested#How to become a sysop|here]], [[User talk:It's dot com#I want to be a sysop|here]], [[User talk:It's dot com#New sysops|here]], and most importantly [[HRWiki:FAQ#How do I become an admin or sysop?|here]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

== In the future... ==

Hey. In the future please don't edit my page even if it's something like that. Ohhhh, but thank you anyways. I've been wanting to ask you a question. Who do you like more, Mark Texaira or Hank Blalock (Yes it's a Rangers question). I'm a big baseball fan too. {{User:Sam the Man/sig}}
:Sam, fixing technical issues on a userpage (including removing deleted images) is permitted and, indeed, is the right thing to do. So please don't give DC grief over it. Thanks. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 22:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
::Teixeira. Although somebody once gave me a Blalock jersey, and I think he's cool too. I wore the jersey to Yankee Stadium last year the night the Rangers beat the Yankees in the opening game of their series there. Oh, and, in the future, please read [[:Category:HRWiki Policy|all of these]] (especially [[HRWiki:User space#Ownership and editing of pages in the user space|this part]]) before posting here again. Thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

== MediaWiki 1.9 ==

You and [[User:Tom|Tom]] are doing an excellent jorb administrating, patching, updating, doctoring, and running our version of MediaWiki (and everything that goes along with it). Thank you so much for your hard work. ^_^{{User:Loafing/sig}} 20:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks for saying that! And you're welcome. It really is my pleasure. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::It's likewise our pleasure to have someone as diligent and thorough as you running this process. You do so much to keep our wiki running both in technical sense and in a community sense. There's no one I'd rather have doing it. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 21:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

:::Thanks guys. To echo Dot com, it's my pleasure as well. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 04:39, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

==Something's Fishy...==
Hello Dot Com. I have a question. I am aware that the wiki upgraded to 1.9 and something doesn't seem right. In the Recent Changes, there used to be numbers by each change in the wiki showing how many bytes have been added/removed from the page. It is funny, because they do not show up on my computer anymore. Is there a reason for this? Thanks. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 02:31, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
:See his last post in [[HRWiki:Main_Page_Talk_Archive_19#And_what.2C_pray_tell.2C__might_those_be.3F|this thread]].{{User:Loafing/sig}} 02:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks Loaf. I haven't been here for a few days, so I kinda miss some conversations, if you know what I mean. {{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 02:38, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

== Welcoming Committee ==

What are those things that appear now when a new account is made? And does this mean we won't need a welcoming committee anymore? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 21:57, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
:See [[HRWiki:Da Basement/Archive 6#Welcome Messages|this]] and then [[HRWiki:Da Basement#Automatic links for new users|this]]. The welcoming committee is just as important now as ever, perhaps more, since it requires a little more attentiveness and creativity to make a good welcome. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

== More unblock ==

Hi, dot com. Can you PLEASE unblock me?? I am sorry for vandalizing the wiki, and I promise I wont do it. again. You don't have to, but I'm only asking nicely. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 02:26, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
:You seem to be able to edit the wiki. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:38, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
::That's NOT what I meant. What I meant about unblocking me is unblocking my IP 24.77.42.48. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 22:23, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
:::I know what you meant. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:37, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
::::So,      '''DEAL''' or '''NO DEAL'''?
:::::I really can't stand that show. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::Sorry, I find that show kind of annoying too because people always say "DEAL or NO DEAL", I hear it every day. But I'm just asking if you can unblock my IP. I'm editing from a cousin's house. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 00:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::I think we've made our position clear in the past. The fact is, we gave you plenty of chances and we're just not ready to give you another one yet. Sorry. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:09, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::And now with your {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:It%27s_dot_com&diff=470748&oldid=423770 continued commitment to vandalism}} (please don't try to deny it; I have the logs to prove it), I doubt if we will ever unblock your IP. I also blocked your username, since it's pretty clear that you have no intention of ever contributing positively here. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

== Sorry about behaving-like-a-jerkism ==

Umm, hey. I didn't mean to be a jerk about [[Talk:Audio Quality|either]] of [[Talk:The Cheat's Privileges|these]]. And don't feel like I'm being predatory or anything, it happens all the time and I always want to give articles and stuff a chance. I know, it sucks to see your brain child get shot down. Maybe we can make it work. Anyway, I didn't mean to be nasty bow dat. {{User:Ten Ten/sig}} 00:31, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

== replacement ==

Hey It's dot com. I was wondering, why did you [[User:It's dot com/replacement|make a subpage]] that is almost identicle to [[replacement]]? And is there any specific reason you chose that email? I'm not telling you to delete it though. I'm just curious. And by the way, I hope what I [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=466482 put in the Sandbox] the other day didn't affend you or anything. I just wanted to make up funny ideas for reasons someone would block someone else, and you're like the most important sysop here to me. Eat a Steak! {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 19:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
:That page is for testing a proposed infobox format, one that didn't quite catch on. Feel free to read its [[User talk:It's dot com/replacement|talk page]] for more information. I'm not sure why I picked [[replacement]] (maybe because the infobox would replace the current format? That's kind of a lame guess, but it's the best I've got). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

== a comment to it's dot com ==

hey it's dot com, you are awesome. that is all i have to say. [[User:74.245.20.195|74.245.20.195]] 04:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks, anonny! Every time that I look at myself, I can't believe how awesome I am. I mean, how awesome I ''aaaaaaaaaaaam...'' Out of curiosity, what prompted you to say so? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
::You are awesome for all you do for the wiki. [[User:74.245.20.195|74.245.20.195]] 22:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Now I'm curious, too! Good old Dot com really keeps the inner workings of the wiki going. But most of his awesomeness would not be visible to a "[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=prev&oldid=445985 random IP editor]" as you once called yourself ;-) How did you notice? And have you thought about [[HRWiki:Why create an account?|creating an account]]?{{User:Loafing/sig}} 00:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
::::I have been here for awhile, I just haven't thought about creating an account. I just see a lot of good things that It's dot com and some other editors do.

== Order! ==

I've been making a lot of revisions to the [[alternate universe]] article lately (as you've probably noticed, seein' as how you're a recent changes junkie, according to your user page), and I've noticed that the Fun Facts aren't in any apparent order. Maybe my subconscious just made this up to confuse me, but don't they go in order according to the portion of the email they refer to, from first to last? Also, I was wondering about the validity of the "Senor Cardgage's legs" goof (in the same email). I can clearly see his right leg past Keyboard Strong Bad, and I'm pretty sure the only reason his left leg isn't visible is because it's obscured by his glove. Perhaps it's a fixed goof...? {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 03:54, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
:In general, yes, fun facts are supposed to be presented in the order the things they refer to appear in the toon. This is just a guideline, though, so as long as it's kinda close, it doesn't have to be exact. In other words, it's not worth fixing unless it greatly improves the readability of the section. As for your specific comments regarding Senor, I'm not familiar with that. Perhaps try bringing it up on the talk page of the toon. Cheers! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks. I just thought that while I was asking about the page I'd see what you knew about it. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 04:42, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

== Randomizer ==

This conversation is copied from the IRC channel and edited to remove lines irrelevant to the point i'm bringing up:
<blockquote>
[2007-07-30 02:31:56] <DeFender1031> hmm.. hrwiki's page randomizer seems to be biased... 
[2007-07-30 02:32:15] <Bluebry> DeFender: a conservative or liberal bias? 
[2007-07-30 02:33:41] <DeFender1031> Bluebry, in other words, there are a lot of pages that i've gotten 10 times and there are a lot i've never gotten 
[2007-07-30 02:34:32] <Phlip> DeFender1031: You'd expect there to be a lot of pages you get 10 times, and some you've never gotten... if you get all of them the exactly same number of times, that would be an anomaly 
[2007-07-30 02:35:32] <DeFender1031> Phlip, but it should be close to the statistical mean, shouldn't it? 
[2007-07-30 02:37:26] <Phlip> hmm... it looks like the randomiser can be biased... 
[2007-07-30 02:37:37] <Phlip> to make it run fast 
[2007-07-30 02:38:38] <Phlip> each page has a random number assigned to it in the DB, which is changed every time the page is edited 
[2007-07-30 02:38:56] <Phlip> Special:Random picks a random number, and picks the page that has the closest number assigned to it 
[2007-07-30 02:39:33] <Phlip> so if the random numbers in the table aren't uniform, which they won't be, then the pages that're in the clumps will be chosen less often. 
[2007-07-30 02:40:26] <DeFender1031> well that's just stupid 
[2007-07-30 02:40:38] <Phlip> but it's much faster than any other method 
[2007-07-30 02:40:58] <DeFender1031> each one should have a number from when it's created, from 1 - 17XX and then the randomizer should pick like that 
[2007-07-30 02:41:12] <Phlip> when your site gets as many hits as WP, probably including a lot of bored users pounding the SP:R button, every speed increase helps 
[2007-07-30 02:41:27] <Phlip> DeFender1031: how would you handle page deletions? 
[2007-07-30 02:42:29] <DeFender1031> Phlip, very simple. when a page is deleted the last numbered page takes on that number instead, and the randomizer max goes down by 1 
[2007-07-30 02:45:15] <DeFender1031> Phlip, here's the thing. all pages get numbered. 1-1769 right? and the randomizer max gets set to 1769. then let's say #537 gets deleted, 1769 becomes 537, and the randmax becomes 1768 
[2007-07-30 02:45:28] <Phlip> hmm... that'd work 
[2007-07-30 02:46:14] <DeFender1031> Phlip, yeah it'd work, i've used that method many times in my own programs and it's the fastest method i've seen/tested. 
[2007-07-30 02:46:23] <Phlip> there'll be some extra SELECT MAX()s in various places... but I don't think they'd slow it down too much 
[2007-07-30 02:46:47] <DeFender1031> Phlip, so why this random value ridiculousness? 
</blockquote>
So now I ask you, why this random value ridiculousness? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:57, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:MediaWiki is a wonderful tool, but there are some screwy things about it, and it's not always geared toward smaller wikis. Feel free, however, to bring it up with the main MW developers and see if they'll change it. As for our wiki, the expense of hacking it from the default and maintaining it each time we upgrade outweighs the marginal benefit of doing so. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:17, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
::Garr! Every time i suggest a useful improvement you shoot me down. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 03:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:::That's an unfair generalization. In this case, however, it's just too trivial an issue to worry with changing it on our wiki only. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:Here's my input. "Dice have no memory." Each roll of the dice is random; therefore, each outcome could be whatever. You could roll twenty 6's in a row. It's improbable, but it's certainly very possible. The question is, then, if changing the way the randomizer works would effect a real change? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
::It's not quite that simple. The way the pages are chosen makes it more likely that—at any one time—certain pages will be favored over others. Suppose we have six pages. Instead of being numbered 1 to 6, each time a page is edited it is assigned a random value between 0 and 1, which are not guaranteed to be uniformly distributed (let's say ours are .01, .40, .67, .68, .69, and .92). Each time a random page is loaded, it selects the lowest value higher than another random value. If it chose .25 as the value, the .40 page would be returned. Under this system, .40 is 39 times more likely than .01 to be returned, and .67 is 27 times more likely than either .68 or .69. On a very large wiki, like Wikipedia, you probably wouldn't notice this. On a smaller wiki, apparently it is noticeable. It's not a perfect system, but it gets the job done well enough not to worry over. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:::It's not "well enough". I sometimes do editing by clicking on random and reading the page to see what i can improve. It is annoying when the same page that i just read comes up 15 times without 75% of the other pages on the wiki coming up once. My system is just as fast and is even more efficient. And for the frequency that the wiki upgrades, i don't think it's that big of a deal. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 04:21, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
::::No, it does work well enough. I clicked on the random page button repeatedly, and it wasn't until the 49th click that I got a page that I'd seen before. Maybe the glitch happens enough to annoy someone looking for something to edit, but it's fine for someone looking for something to read, which is what the link was designed for. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
:::::I had the chance to discuss this in depth with Phlip and Dot com, and what I learned is that the only way to make the results more balanced than they are now entails a lot more wear and tear on the server. Unfortunately, the way MW is set up this is the best they can do. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:06, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
::::::We didn't say it was the best we could do. There are ways to make the distribution even that wouldn't adversely affect the server, but doing so would require rewriting the code and maintaining it later. At this time, there's just no need to do something like that, because the function is already doing the basic job it was designed to do. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 14:57, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

== Things to Do? ==

Hi again, Dot Com. I haven't been making many important edits to real pages (meaning not user talk pages) recently and I was wondering: Is there anything on the wiki that you or another sysop needs help with? I will try to help out with anything that I can. Sincerely, {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 01:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
:Well, there's not just a whole lot to do during the baby break. As always, however, you can head over to [[HRWiki:The Stick|The Stick]] for some ideas. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

== You are my parson of the week! ==
[[User:Kanjiro#Person of the week|Yep.]] --{{User:Kanjiro/sig}} 18:09, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
:Hey, thanks! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

== Questions and waffles. ==

Why can't I get on the forums? I can't log in because I am inactive and I can't make a new account because my email adress is in use. {{User:Homsar44withpie/sig}} 04:02, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
:I've activated your account. Use it in good health. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

== Yay! ==
You won Person of the Day! {{unsigned|Numa Numa|17:26, 24 August 2007 (UTC)}}
:Yay! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

== Autopipe/Autodirect ==

Hey, I was wondering if you'd mind sharing the Autopipe / Autodirect extension you wrote. I just started a MediaWiki wiki of my own, and I'd really like to be able to have page titles starting with lower-case letters without causing a bunch of broken links due to capitalization--the Autopipe / Autodirect extension would be perfect. FWIW, I'll mention on the wiki where I got the extension from...

(If you've seen the post on the forums about this...yeah, that was me; that was before I checked the Talk page of the Autopipe/Autodirect page (can't believe I hadn't thought to check that before) and saw that you wrote the extension, so I figured asking about it on your talk page might be more appropriate...) [[User:Alun Clewe|Alun Clewe]] 20:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
:Well, it's not an extension so much as a direct hack to quite a few of the core pages. Given that it's all about to change when we upgrade in a few weeks, I'm not sure I'm comfortable releasing it into the wild at this point. I'll let you know if there are any developments, though. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

::Hm, OK, I can't say I'm not a little disappointed, but I understand. If it ever does get to a point where you're comfortable releasing it, please let me know. Thanks. [[User:Alun Clewe|Alun Clewe]] 21:26, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

== Where would we have it? ==

Regarding [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:It%27s_dot_com&action=edit&section=new this] edit summary, where exactly would we have it? The first page that came to my mind was [[Talk:Swears]], because it has a language warning already, but if you can think of something better, or if you don't think we should have it (the vibe I got from the edit summary is that you agreed we needed to have it, but I'm not a psychology expert), tell me. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 03:45, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
:Patience. We already have something [[HRWiki talk:Swears|in the works]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

== Nice Jorb on the Stinko Comic Strip Image ==

I really liked your take on it, making it "informational" on how to create one. Very well done, showing off the features. I was thinking about doing that earlier, but I didn't have time. Still, very nice. Shows all the cool things you can do and different backgrounds that can be used.--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 05:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

==Clarification on Pseudocharacters==

My understanding was that [[pseudocharacters]] were ''never'' added to the cast lists, yet you readded [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]] to [[montage]] with a note saying that when they act as a character they are in the cast list. I looked all over the Wiki for something to back this up, and the best I could find was [[HRWiki:Da_Basement/Archive_2#Problems]] to cover this issue. Is there a hard fast rule about this situation, or is it a judgement call by the sysops for each toon? Does this need to be documented somewhere? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 04:13, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
:To quote myself from [[Category talk:Pseudocharacters]], I guess it depends on whether each one is more ''pseudo'' or more ''character''. If a pseudocharacter behaves like a character (as, say, [[The Paper]] in [[the paper]]), then it should be listed in the cast just like any other character. Whenever it's just an object (as in almost all the other emails), it should not be in the cast. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:47, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

== Missy's B-day Card cont'd ([[User talk:Invisible Robot Fish#Missy's Card?|from here]]) ==

Hey Dot Com,

{{User:Invisible Robot Fish/sig}} suggested that I talk to a sysop if I want to get together a Birthday card for Missy. Since sysops only have access to TBC's mailing address, I figured I'd talk to you if I wanted to get involved. I just feel like I'm dead weight on the site right now, and really want to do something. {{User:Homestarmy Commando1/sig}} 23:05, 22 October 2007
:Before I talk about this idea specifically, let me suggest that if you're looking for something to do there are a lot of projects (see [[HRWiki:The Stick]]) that are more practical than this. As for a card for Missy (do we even know her birthday?), anything being sent on behalf of the wiki would have to go through an administrator (Joey, Tom, or me), not just a sysop. In other words, someone would have to send it to one of us and we'd then forward it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:14, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
''For more on this subject, see [[HRWiki:Da Basement#Birthday cards for TBC et al.]]''

== Happy birthday, dude ==

祝你生日快乐！ Well, it may be the twenty-fourth in my time zone, but as it's past midnight in yours, I'm going to jump the gun. Happy birthday to a superb administrator and a good friend. Do what you can to have some fun in today's days. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 05:56, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

:Oho! Happy X1st birthday! I went ahead and buried some of your number one jams in a time capsule, and I've instructed all the groupies to convert your royalties into $X0,000 World Series tickets right behind the Red Sox dugout. They should be arriving right about.... NOW. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 08:29, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

::Wear a bikini and have a time!{{User:Loafing/sig}} 09:12, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

:::Party! Birthday party! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 11:31, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
::::[[The Best Decemberween Ever|Oh birhdayween, oh birthdayween]], you're 6 days before [[Holidays#Halloween (October 31st)|Halloween]]. With [[Special:Ipblocklist|vandals]] running for their lives, [[Strong Bad]] will give you a [[high five]].
::::Oh birhdayween, oh birthdayween, you're 6 days before Halloween. What the [[crap]] am I talking about? It's your birthday, so jump and shout!
::::Oh birhdayween, oh birthdayween, you're 6 days before Halloween. I've got all types of crazy crap, if you want i'll get you ''deep impact''.
::::Oh birhdayween, oh birthdayween, i think i drank too much [[Listerine]]. [[Seriously]]... I can't believe I wrote all that... Well, happy birthday, [[Broternal Order of Different Helmets|supreme overlord]]. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 13:05, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

:::::There are thirty-one days in the month of October! -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 14:04, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

::::::Mazal-tov, man! I wish you the best and may the zombies have mercy on you. In 2046. On March 31st. At 2:03 pm. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}}

:::::::H.P. B.D.! —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 18:30, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Thanks, every person! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:51, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

==Collectible Figurines==
I'm kind of curious about your userbox that says "This user owns ''most'' of Set 1 of the Collectible Figurines." Did you lose some? (Also, happy belated birthday). {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 03:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
:No, I never had all of them. See [[#Most of it?|this thread]] for more. (And thanks!) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:51, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
::Oops. Sorry. Should have probably scanned your talk page first. {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 04:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
:::Oh, it's no problem. With hundreds of threads to choose from, it's easy to miss. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:45, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
::::True. Here's to hoping TBC comes out with "Strong Bad Sings & Other Type Hits 2" so you can get a few more archives. (PS: If they actually do, here's to hoping that there are some [[sloshy]] songs on it). {{User:GuardDuck/sig}} 04:58, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

== Turkish subtitles ==

Hello, do you remember me? Or an IP starts with 85? Don't remember? Then, look at subtitles requests and choose Turkish(TR) from the navigation menu? Yeah, I did what you say, and it passed some time, but I was looking continually the page whether a reply comes before you reply. And, that's your answer: I'm Turkish, and so, I can read and write Turkish subtitles. I know English, of course, but not all Turks. (Or some of them are know at least). Anyway, I want Turkish subtitles add to the list, and my goal is that HR cartoons have loved by Turkish kids, adults, and everyone. Is this wrong? Say if it is. Anymore, I already tested a SB Email cartoon. Look if you want. [http://subtitles.hrwiki.org/sbemail167/tr Here comes.] OK, I think it (my reply) is long enough. I talked you and if you want, you talk atcha later, too. Thanx. [[User:Homesturk|Homesturk]] 16:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
:Of course I remember you. Glad to see you created an account. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:05, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
::''This message copied to and further reply at [[HRWiki talk:Subtitles#Turkish (TR)]]''
OK, thanks, Dot Com! I'm subtitling the toons (only toon now) from now on. Even I wish to present my first subtitled cartoon to you. P.S:I'm working yet. Click [http://subtitles.hrwiki.org/sbemail167/tr me]! That cartoon also can accessible from the my message, above. [[User:Homesturk|Homes Turk]] 13:50, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
:You're welcome! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

==Sabotage?==
Hey It's dot com. As you may know, my password got changed recently not by me. Even my Fanstuff account was switched. Is there some way of tracking what IP or username requests password changes? I know I should not assume malice, but... I think someone did this to me on purpose. Thanks, --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 04:16, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
:Unfortunately, that information is not stored in the logs (and even if it were, server logs only last about a day). Sorry. The only way your password could be reset is if someone either knows your old password or if they have direct access to your email account. Hope that helps you narrow down who might have done it. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 07:01, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
::It's alright. Thanks though. I just hope nobody does that again... --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 15:25, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

== Why no delete? ==

Why won't you delete my user and talk page? The reason I want them delete is because I don't want people looking at the history. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 21:25, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
:Preserving the history is the primary reason I don't want to delete your talk page. Why should the history be deleted? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
::I don't want people to view stuff like [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Trogga&oldid=92076 this] the wrong way. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 01:08, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
:::So, are you going to do it? Sorry if I'm bothering you, it's just that you haven't responded in two days.--[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 18:48, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

== [[User:No Cash Value]] ==

This is actually [[User:Cow Puncher|Cow Puncher]]. Could you talk to him about creating multiple accounts and spamming, he doesn't seem to listen to me. {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} 02:08, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
:(God, how long do I have to say this?) I have a chain of losing my password and not entering an email >:@

Nondescript Nouns

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:46:44 GMT

Trogga: /* Appearances */

[[Image:Place Postcard.PNG|thumb|Greetings from Place]]
'''Nondescript Nouns''' are simply generic [[Wikipedia:noun|nouns]] used where either a proper noun or a more specific common noun is expected. This has occurred numerous times in the [[Homestar Runner universe]].

==Appearances==
*[[Where My Hat is At?]] — [[Homestar Runner]] prepares for the "Big Game".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]] — Homestar says that he represents "Distinguished Businessman".
**This line appears again in [[An Open Forum]].
*Email [[dullard]] — During the demonstration for "Method 3", Homestar tries to discuss last night's episode of "Popular Reality Show" with Strong Bad.
*Email [[vacation]] — [[Strong Bad]] sends postcards from such [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|locations]] as "That Clock" and historic "Over There".
*Email [[comic]] — Strong Bad creates [[Teen Girl Squad]], giving the main characters the nondescript names [[Cheerleader]], [[So and So]], [[What's Her Face]], and [[The Ugly One]].
*Email [[english paper]] — In an Easter egg we see a parody of eBay called [[Some Type of Online Auction]].
*[[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] — Homestar orders red, blue, and orange drinks. He and the viewers also never find out for sure what Strong Bad and the others were pretending was the "thing in a bag".
*Email [[anything]] — The postcard for Fish Lake states that it's "Home of this fish". Additionally, Homestar gives Marzipan "Really Slow Old People Music", "Pretty Slow Old People Music", and "Very Slow Old People Music".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] — So and So carries a "Subject" textbook. Cheerleader asks [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Quarterback|Quarterback]] out.
*Email [[different town]] — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says "I'm gonna go... Place." Then, in an Easter egg, you can see a postcard from [[Place]].
*Email [[crying]] — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says he has "a food...in the oven."
*Email [[other days]] — Strong Bad's calendar has "A Month" written on the top. Homestar brags about his frag count in "Online Gaming".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] — Strong Bad, under the alias "Bob Statesman", claims to be running for the office of "Elected Official".
*Email [[montage]] — Strong Bad announces one of his guests will be "Some Guy from the Zoo".
*Email [[origins]] — The book ''Ewww, Claire!! Why???'' has won "Some Award".
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — One of the game's [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|bosses]] is called "An Ice Machine".
*[[Biz Cas Fri 1]] — Homestar tries to persuade Strong Bad to go to "Beach Themed Restaurant".
*Email [[modeling]] — There is a map which shows the locations of "Place" and "Land".
*[[Puppets on the Road]] — [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] says that a regular stand has "a food" for sale.
*[[TrogdorCon '97]] — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad suggests someone wear "like five or six... more clothes...."
*[[Exaggerations]] — The picture that cycled through various puns in the original [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] simply reads "a joke" in the Exaggerations.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] — So and So is forced to take a summer job at Shirt Folding Store.
*Email [[cliffhangers]] — [[Coach Z]] and [[Homestar Runner]] accuse themselves of being [[The Thnikkaman]] and stealing the [[Lappy 486]], respectively, and try to cover it up by talking about "sports team".
*Email [[the chair]] — After Strong Bad and Strong Sad each get hurt while trying out [[Le Restige]] and the [[Styleron Ecochair]], each exclaims, "I can't feel my parts."
*Email [[looking old]] — [[Bubs]] sells "iTems".
*Email [[strong badathlon]] — An announcer on the television announces the upcoming "Cute little girl from sit-com sings patriotic song." Strong Bad acts as though he knows exactly which little girl is singing.
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — [[Gunhaver]] salutes a flag marked "The Flag".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] — Boy 1 and Boy 2 are talking about "band name".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — Strong Bad uses a robotic voice and claims to be "Nadine Automated Menu Burger" calling from "Trusted Financial Institution".
*[[Drive-Thru]] — The [[Drive-Thru Whale]] describes the week's toy as "brown". When this upsets [[The Cheat]], Strong Bad exclaims that they must be out of "blue ones". Later, in an Easter egg, Strong Bad asks for a "blue one" for The Cheat.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Momkins|Momkins]] says, "Listen, I'll be at a place until a time. My cell phone number is some numbers. The baby needs stuff."
*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]] — the inside of the case lists "stuff, things, and more!" as bonus features.
*Email [[mini-golf]] — One of the places that Strong Bad calls out the name of is called "That Paintball Place Down the Street".
*Email [[hygiene]] — A pennant on the wall during the hygiene video reads "A sport!".
*[[Rap Song]] — Coach Z and [[Peacey P]] sing "Rap Song".
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] — [[The Announcer]] hosts an interview in "historic empty high school [[gymnasium]]".
*Email [[diorama]] — Strong Bad's fake book is decorated with "Some Award". Its summary is "A real book that exists," and it is allegedly printed by the "Actual Publishing Company".
*[[Population: Tire]] — The introduction states that "You ''are'' Soldier!"

==See Also==
*[[Cold One]]
*[[Integral Article]]
*[[Secret Song]]
*[[Type]]
*[[TV Shows]]
*[[Circles]]
*[[Not X]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:05:06 GMT

Trogga: These are stretches

'''Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf''' is a [[stop motion]] [[Decemberween]] special, in the style of the [[Wikipedia:Rankin/Bass|Rankin/Bass]] Christmas specials, starring Brundo, his sidekick the Elf, and narrated by the sheriff. Brundo and the Elf help to return the sword of St. Olaf to its rightful owner and learn the true meaning of Decemberween. [[Strong Bad]] and [[Characters#Main characters|the gang]] (minus [[Bubs]]) watched this special on the [[Telebision]] in [[Strong Bad's basement]] in [[Happy Dethemberween]].

==Characters==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|-
|[[Image:Brundo_Yak.png|150px|"I lost all my magics."]]
|'''Brundo the Decemberween Yak''' is a yak that has lost all his magics, but learns that the magic of Decemberween is inside everyone.
|-
|[[Image:Brundo_Elf.png|150px|"The magic of Decemberween is inside everyone!"]]
|'''The Elf''' helps Brundo return the sword of St. Olaf to its rightful owner and teaches Brundo the true meaning of Decemberween.
|-
|[[Image:Brundo_Sheriff.png|150px|"Buh-buh-buh-buh-bye, kids!"]]
|'''The Sheriff''' narrates the special. He appears to be based on the cameos of Burl Ives in the Rankin/Bass specials.
|}

==Fun Facts==
*The trees used in the special are made from [[Wikipedia:Little Debbie|Little Debbie]] [http://www.littledebbie.com/products/ChristmasCakes.asp Christmas Tree Cakes].

[[Category:TV Shows]][[Category:Decemberween Characters]]

Mendelev and Dongolev

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:50:38 GMT

Trogga: Nah

[[Image:dongolev_mendelev.gif|thumb|right|Mendelev (left) and Dongolev (right) - from the Movie Trailer]]
'''Mendelev''' and '''Dongolev''' the archers are characters from the game [[Peasant's Quest]]. Mendelev runs the archery booth. The brothers don't always get along. They can be told apart by the color of the feathers in their caps. Mendelev's feather is yellow, Dongolev's is red.

In [[1987]], Mendelev liked [[Strong Bad]]'s wallpaper and sent an email to him saying so, as seen in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[no loafing]].

In the live-action trailer, both twin brothers are played by Matt Gribbon.

==Filmography==

*'''Debut:''' Email [[no loafing]] (Mendelev only)
*[[Peasant's Quest]]
*[[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]

{{Peasant's Quest}}

[[Category:Peasant's Quest Characters]]
[[Category:Characters based on Strong Bad Email senders]]

Talk:Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:49:14 GMT

Trogga: /* Content */

Someone get a picture of him.--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 17:53, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
:Err? -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 18:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
::Thank you whover did that. I really appreciate it.--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 19:35, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
How do we know that his name is Brundo? For all we know, it could be something else entirely.
:Well, [[Happy Dethemberween]]'s page title is "Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf". --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 01:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

== Nominate for deletion? ==

Brundo has a Wiki article, but the Elf and the Sheriff don't. I believe we should either create the latter two articles, or delete the former one. The characters seem equally prominent/minor to me, so for only one to have an article seems terribly inconsistent. *shrug* Just throwing my two cents in. Maybe the more knowledgeable Wiki-ers should discuss this. [[User:Mathgrant|Mathgrant]] 02:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
: There IS the argument that Brundo could be viewed as the name of the show, and include info on the other characters here. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:52, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::Please Don't Delete. If you are going to delete this because of the character getting about 5 seconds of screen time, think about [[The S is for Sucks]], [[Trogador]], and [[Carrot and Kazoo Hill]]. Trogador doesn't play that big of a role and Carrot and Kazoo Hill had about equal screen time. Brundo might appear again like The S is for Sucks did on the [[King of Town Main Page]].--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 02:59, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::I'd say it would be good idea to cover all the characters from the show together. They're probably important enough to be covered somewhere, but needn't necessarily have their own article. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 02:59, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::I agree with Heimi. The show should be listed on [[TV Shows]], and if we want to create an article for the show, then the characters can be covered in that one, too. The article should be called [[Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf]].{{User:Loafing/sig}} 03:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::Making an article about the whole special, including bios about all the characters, sounds great. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 03:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::I agree. Don't you think I agree? {{User:TheGirl/sig}} 04:31, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::::I was thinking that myself. Support making it about the whole dang special. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Me too! Let's do it. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 06:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::A good idea, just let's be sure to make [[Brundo the Decemberween Yak]] a redirect. This project is too ambitious for me under current circumstances, so.. this is a job for.. someone else! I nominate: the first person to read this sentence! {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 06:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::I would totally do that, but I don't know how. Sorry to dissapoint, O.F. But I digress, my main point is that Onestop has a very valid one. I also aggree with Jay, and I think putting other characters into the article would put a big beefy arm on it. {{User:AwkwardFire/sig}} 13:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::::I went ahead and moved the article, but I don't have time to expand it. -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 13:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::::Go ahead and do whatever is best for the wiki.--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 14:46, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Should be have this template instead?--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 14:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
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{{Template:communitycleanup}}
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== Content ==

It seems to me that this page should have all of the info about it from [[Happy Dethemberween]]'s fun facts (and more). Glad to see the addition of the similarity to Rankin/Bass Christmas specials, but there is still a lot more about it that would be worth having in the article (i.e. the Little Debbie [http://www.littledebbie.com/products/ChristmasCakes.asp Christmas Tree Cakes]). I'm not sure of the best way to fit all of it into this article, so I'm just making the suggestion. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:It's just that most of that info has more to do with the toon than the special. --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 18:49, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

== Sherrif ==

Should we add that he also did some narrorating in [[Happy Dethemberween]]?

'''Ex''': "Yes, he's the Dethemberween [[Thnikkaman]]. Flying through the night in an [[Baloney Sammich Truck|unmarked van]]. You never know what he'll bring us when you hear those high-pitched singers!" (I'm not talking about the [[TV show]].)

== Crooner Deathmatch ==

The article said The Sheriff's voice was based on Dean Martin's, which I corrected to Bing Crosby. While I was at it, I wanted to put in [http://croonerculture.com/dean-martin-and-bing-crosby-duet-medley-video/ this link] for posterity. Not only does it show how incredibly mistakable their voices are, right toward the end of the clip Bing actually takes a little sideways jab at his nonsense catchphrase being older than Dean-o's nonsense catchphrase. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 14:55, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
:There's no way, short of a DVD commentary or other mention directly from the Brothers Chaps, to prove this. I think this information should be left out until such a thing does exist, otherwise it's just a guess.--[[User:Big Dog|Big Dog]] 07:12, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

::I know this puts me at philosophical odds with some editors, but if you want only provable references mentioned, most pages on this wiki would lose a lot of content. Anything looks like coincidence if you squint hard enough. However, Bing Crosby has been parodied quite often, and the mark of a Bing Crosby parody has typically been a baritone voice saying or singing "buh-buh-buh". Even if TBC recreated this by accident (which is equally unprovable), they still got it close enough for us to mention it. Well, I guess that's what STUFF is for... --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 13:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

:::It's not simply provable or not--we can't really ''prove'' a lot of references, but they're generally obvious enough that there's no question. Given the Bros. Chaps penchant for nonsense and randomness, a little throwaway is not enough reason to call this a reference, especially since Bing Crosby had nothing to do with any of the Rankin Bass Christmas specials which are the obvious subject of parody here. But, if STUFF it is, then so be it.--[[User:Big Dog|Big Dog]] 16:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:49:03 GMT

Trogga: Moving to new Fun Facts section

'''Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf''' is a [[stop motion]] [[Decemberween]] special, in the style of the [[Wikipedia:Rankin/Bass|Rankin/Bass]] Christmas specials, starring Brundo, his sidekick the Elf, and narrated by the sheriff. Brundo and the Elf help to return the sword of St. Olaf to its rightful owner and learn the true meaning of Decemberween. [[Strong Bad]] and [[Characters#Main characters|the gang]] (minus [[Bubs]]) watched this special on the [[Telebision]] in [[Strong Bad's basement]] in [[Happy Dethemberween]].

==Characters==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|-
|[[Image:Brundo_Yak.png|150px|"I lost all my magics."]]
|'''Brundo the Decemberween Yak''' is a yak that has lost all his magics, but learns that the magic of Decemberween is inside everyone.
|-
|[[Image:Brundo_Elf.png|150px|"The magic of Decemberween is inside everyone!"]]
|'''The Elf''' helps Brundo return the sword of St. Olaf to its rightful owner and teaches Brundo the true meaning of Decemberween.
|-
|[[Image:Brundo_Sheriff.png|150px|"Buh-buh-buh-buh-bye, kids!"]]
|'''The Sheriff''' narrates the special. He appears to be based on the cameos of Burl Ives in the Rankin/Bass specials.
|}

==Fun Facts==
*The trees used in the special are made from [http://www.littledebbie.com/products/ChristmasCakes.asp Little Debbie Christmas Tree].

[[Category:TV Shows]][[Category:Decemberween Characters]]

Talk:Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:48:13 GMT

Trogga: /* Content */

Someone get a picture of him.--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 17:53, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
:Err? -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 18:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
::Thank you whover did that. I really appreciate it.--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 19:35, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
How do we know that his name is Brundo? For all we know, it could be something else entirely.
:Well, [[Happy Dethemberween]]'s page title is "Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf". --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 01:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

== Nominate for deletion? ==

Brundo has a Wiki article, but the Elf and the Sheriff don't. I believe we should either create the latter two articles, or delete the former one. The characters seem equally prominent/minor to me, so for only one to have an article seems terribly inconsistent. *shrug* Just throwing my two cents in. Maybe the more knowledgeable Wiki-ers should discuss this. [[User:Mathgrant|Mathgrant]] 02:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
: There IS the argument that Brundo could be viewed as the name of the show, and include info on the other characters here. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:52, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::Please Don't Delete. If you are going to delete this because of the character getting about 5 seconds of screen time, think about [[The S is for Sucks]], [[Trogador]], and [[Carrot and Kazoo Hill]]. Trogador doesn't play that big of a role and Carrot and Kazoo Hill had about equal screen time. Brundo might appear again like The S is for Sucks did on the [[King of Town Main Page]].--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 02:59, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::I'd say it would be good idea to cover all the characters from the show together. They're probably important enough to be covered somewhere, but needn't necessarily have their own article. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 02:59, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::I agree with Heimi. The show should be listed on [[TV Shows]], and if we want to create an article for the show, then the characters can be covered in that one, too. The article should be called [[Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf]].{{User:Loafing/sig}} 03:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::Making an article about the whole special, including bios about all the characters, sounds great. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 03:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::I agree. Don't you think I agree? {{User:TheGirl/sig}} 04:31, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::::I was thinking that myself. Support making it about the whole dang special. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Me too! Let's do it. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 06:29, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::A good idea, just let's be sure to make [[Brundo the Decemberween Yak]] a redirect. This project is too ambitious for me under current circumstances, so.. this is a job for.. someone else! I nominate: the first person to read this sentence! {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 06:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::I would totally do that, but I don't know how. Sorry to dissapoint, O.F. But I digress, my main point is that Onestop has a very valid one. I also aggree with Jay, and I think putting other characters into the article would put a big beefy arm on it. {{User:AwkwardFire/sig}} 13:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::::I went ahead and moved the article, but I don't have time to expand it. -[[User:DAGRON|DAGRON]] 13:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::::Go ahead and do whatever is best for the wiki.--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 14:46, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Should be have this template instead?--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]] 14:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
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{{Template:communitycleanup}}
</noinclude>

== Content ==

It seems to me that this page should have all of the info about it from [[Happy Dethemberween]]'s fun facts (and more). Glad to see the addition of the similarity to Rankin/Bass Christmas specials, but there is still a lot more about it that would be worth having in the article (i.e. the Little Debbie [http://www.littledebbie.com/products/ChristmasCakes.asp Christmas Tree Cakes]). I'm not sure of the best way to fit all of it into this article, so I'm just making the suggestion. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:It's just that most of that info has more to do with the toon than the special.

== Sherrif ==

Should we add that he also did some narrorating in [[Happy Dethemberween]]?

'''Ex''': "Yes, he's the Dethemberween [[Thnikkaman]]. Flying through the night in an [[Baloney Sammich Truck|unmarked van]]. You never know what he'll bring us when you hear those high-pitched singers!" (I'm not talking about the [[TV show]].)

== Crooner Deathmatch ==

The article said The Sheriff's voice was based on Dean Martin's, which I corrected to Bing Crosby. While I was at it, I wanted to put in [http://croonerculture.com/dean-martin-and-bing-crosby-duet-medley-video/ this link] for posterity. Not only does it show how incredibly mistakable their voices are, right toward the end of the clip Bing actually takes a little sideways jab at his nonsense catchphrase being older than Dean-o's nonsense catchphrase. --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 14:55, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
:There's no way, short of a DVD commentary or other mention directly from the Brothers Chaps, to prove this. I think this information should be left out until such a thing does exist, otherwise it's just a guess.--[[User:Big Dog|Big Dog]] 07:12, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

::I know this puts me at philosophical odds with some editors, but if you want only provable references mentioned, most pages on this wiki would lose a lot of content. Anything looks like coincidence if you squint hard enough. However, Bing Crosby has been parodied quite often, and the mark of a Bing Crosby parody has typically been a baritone voice saying or singing "buh-buh-buh". Even if TBC recreated this by accident (which is equally unprovable), they still got it close enough for us to mention it. Well, I guess that's what STUFF is for... --[[User:TheNicestGuy|TheNicestGuy]] 13:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

:::It's not simply provable or not--we can't really ''prove'' a lot of references, but they're generally obvious enough that there's no question. Given the Bros. Chaps penchant for nonsense and randomness, a little throwaway is not enough reason to call this a reference, especially since Bing Crosby had nothing to do with any of the Rankin Bass Christmas specials which are the obvious subject of parody here. But, if STUFF it is, then so be it.--[[User:Big Dog|Big Dog]] 16:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:58:08 GMT

Trogga: This info belongs on the toon page

'''Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf''' is a [[stop motion]] [[Decemberween]] special, in the style of the [[Wikipedia:Rankin/Bass|Rankin/Bass]] Christmas specials, starring Brundo, his sidekick the Elf, and narrated by the sheriff. Brundo and the Elf help to return the sword of St. Olaf to its rightful owner and learn the true meaning of Decemberween. [[Strong Bad]] and [[Characters#Main characters|the gang]] (minus [[Bubs]]) watched this special on the [[Telebision]] in [[Strong Bad's basement]] in [[Happy Dethemberween]].
==Characters==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|-
|[[Image:Brundo_Yak.png|150px|"Oh, I lost all my magics."]]
|'''Brundo the Decemberween Yak''' is a yak that has lost all his magics, but learns that the magic of Decemberween is inside everyone.
|-
|[[Image:Brundo_Elf.png|150px|"The magic of Decemberween is inside everyone!"]]
|'''The Elf''' helps Brundo return the sword of St. Olaf to its rightful owner and teaches Brundo the true meaning of Decemberween.
|-
|[[Image:Brundo_Sheriff.png|150px|"Buh-buh-buh-buh-bye, kids!"]]
|'''The Sheriff''' narrates the special. He appears to be based on the cameos of Burl Ives in the Rankin/Bass specials.
|}
[[Category:TV Shows]][[Category:Decemberween Characters]]

The Thnikkaman

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:26:23 GMT

Trogga: undid revision 529089; It's better than just saying "An early Thnikkaman"

[[Image:Thnikkaman.png|thumb|right|220px|"Yeah. Shut up, kid!"]]
[[Image:thnikkaman_mustache.png|thumb|right|210px|An early Thnikkaman. Note the mustache.]]
[[Image:DECEMBERWEENthnikkaman.PNG|thumb|left|220px|"Here comes the Dethemberween Thnikkaman!!"]]

The '''Thnikkaman''' is the [[Alter Egos|alter ego]] of [[Bubs]], wearing a pair of flashy [[cool shades|sunglasses]] and a piece of paper taped to his chest with "tH" written on it. Most of the other characters seem unaware that the Thnikkaman is Bubs; in [[cliffhangers]], [[Coach Z]] attempts to reveal the Thnikkaman's identity, only to be thwarted by his own bad hand-eye coordination (though he later accuses himself of being the Thnikkaman). This is odd, since he takes off his glasses in the [[Strong Bad Email|email]] [[monument]], clearly showing his true identity. In [[Happy Dethemberween]], [[Homestar Runner]] demonstrates that he, unlike the other charcters, is aware of the Thnikkaman's identity. The other characters seem to have no response to Homestar's assertion that the Thnikkaman is just Bubs with a piece of paper taped to his chest. His powers of distraction are amazing, as shown in monument, when he prevented [[Strong Bad]] from completing a monument of himself, as well as Homestar from finally putting on some [[Homestar Runner's Pants|pants]].

Whenever he arrives someplace, an [[Unseen_Characters|unseen chorus]] sings "Here comes the Thnikkaman!", accompanied by those words dancing across the screen. Similarly, the chorus sings "There goes the Thnikkaman!" with the dancing words whenever he leaves. In [[Happy Dethemberween]], the singers are actually seen, and they all resemble Bubs. His famous catch phrase "Yeah, shut up, kid!" is usually given in response to the question "Can I/we have some?" (although what "some" refers to has not been revealed).

The Thnikkaman has once called [[Marzipan]], where he [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2#Message_5|asked her to join his "Thnikkaband"]]. The call begins with the chorus singing "You got a call from the Thnikkaman!" and ends with "Here hang-ups the Thnikkaman!", with the words dancing across the screen each time.

The Thnikkaman is also obliquely referenced in [[virus]], when Bubs walks across the screen with his mouth replaced by a "broken JPEG" reading "TH".

Oddly, The Thnikkaman does not have any [[Lack of Visible Body Parts#Ears|visible ears]] or a nose, so it is a mystery as to how the sunglasses are held up.

On [[Decemberween]], he becomes the "Dethemberween Thnikkaman," a holiday figure who delivers blank media and discount travel packages to people, vaguely akin to [[Wikipedia:Santa Claus|Santa Claus]].

==Complete Filmography==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[monument]]
*[[FAQ]] (cover drawing)
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]]
*Email [[cliffhangers]]
*[[Fan Costumes '07]]
*[[Happy Dethemberween]]

[[Category: Character Variations]]

Nondescript Nouns

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:35:01 GMT

Trogga: /* Appearances */

[[Image:Place Postcard.PNG|thumb|Greetings from Place]]
'''Nondescript Nouns''' are simply generic [[Wikipedia:noun|nouns]] used where either a proper noun or a more specific common noun is expected. This has occurred numerous times in the [[Homestar Runner universe]].

==Appearances==
*[[Where My Hat is At?]] — [[Homestar Runner]] prepares for the "Big Game".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]] — Homestar says that he represents "Distinguished Businessman".
**This line appears again in [[An Open Forum]].
*Email [[dullard]] — During the demonstration for "Method 3", Homestar tries to discuss last night's episode of "Popular Reality Show" with Strong Bad.
*Email [[vacation]] — [[Strong Bad]] sends postcards from such [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|locations]] as "That Clock" and historic "Over There".
*Email [[comic]] — Strong Bad creates [[Teen Girl Squad]], giving the main characters the nondescript names [[Cheerleader]], [[So and So]], [[What's Her Face]], and [[The Ugly One]].
*Email [[english paper]] — In an Easter egg we see a parody of eBay called [[Some Type of Online Auction]].
*[[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] — Homestar orders red, blue, and orange drinks. Homestar and the viewers never find out for sure what Strong Bad and the others were pretending was the "thing in a bag".
*Email [[anything]] — The postcard for Fish Lake states that it's "Home of this fish". Additionally, Homestar gives Marzipan "Really Slow Old People Music", "Pretty Slow Old People Music", and "Very Slow Old People Music".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] — So-and-So carries a "Subject" textbook. Cheerleader asks [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Quarterback|Quarterback]] out.
*Email [[different town]] — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says "I'm gonna go... Place." Then, in an Easter egg, you can see a postcard from [[Place]].
*Email [[crying]] — At the end of the email, Strong Bad says he has "a food...in the oven."
*Email [[other days]] — Strong Bad's calendar has "A Month" written on the top. Homestar brags about his frag count in "Online Gaming".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] — Strong Bad, under the alias "Bob Statesman", claims to be running for the office of "Elected Official".
*Email [[montage]] — Strong Bad announces one of his guests will be "Some Guy from the Zoo".
*Email [[origins]] — The book ''Ewww, Claire!! Why???'' has won "Some Award".
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] — One of the game's [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|bosses]] is called "An Ice Machine".
*[[Biz Cas Fri 1]] — Homestar tries to persuade Strong Bad to go to "Beach Themed Restaurant".
*Email [[modeling]] — There is a map which shows the locations of "Place" and "Land".
*[[Puppets on the Road]] — [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] says that a regular stand has "a food" for sale.
*[[TrogdorCon '97]] — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad suggests someone wear "like five or six... more clothes...."
*[[Exaggerations]] — The picture that cycled through various puns in the original [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] simply reads "a joke" in the Exaggerations.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] — So and So is forced to take a summer job at Shirt Folding Store.
*Email [[cliffhangers]] — [[Coach Z]] and [[Homestar Runner]] accuse themselves of being [[The Thnikkaman]] and stealing the [[Lappy 486]], respectively, and try to cover it up by talking about "sports team".
*Email [[the chair]] — After Strong Bad and Strong Sad each get hurt while trying out [[Le Restige]] and the [[Styleron Ecochair]], each exclaims, "I can't feel my parts."
*Email [[looking old]] — [[Bubs]] sells "iTems".
*Email [[strong badathlon]] — An announcer on the television announces the upcoming "Cute little girl from sit-com sings patriotic song." Strong Bad acts as though he knows exactly which little girl is singing.
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — [[Gunhaver]] salutes a flag marked "The Flag".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] — Boy 1 and Boy 2 are talking about "band name".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]] — Strong Bad uses a robotic voice and claims to be "Nadine Automated Menu Burger" calling from "Trusted Financial Institution".
*[[Drive-Thru]] — The [[Drive-Thru Whale]] describes the week's toy as "brown". When this upsets [[The Cheat]], Strong Bad exclaims that they must be out of "blue ones". Later, in an Easter egg, Strong Bad asks for a "blue one" for The Cheat.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Momkins|Momkins]] says, "Listen, I'll be at a place until a time. My cell phone number is some numbers. The baby needs stuff."
*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]] — the inside of the case lists "stuff, things, and more!" as bonus features.
*Email [[mini-golf]] — One of the places that Strong Bad calls out the name of is called "That Paintball Place Down the Street".
*Email [[hygiene]] — A pennant on the wall during the hygiene video reads "A sport!".
*[[Rap Song]] — Coach Z and [[Peacey P]] sing "Rap Song".
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] — [[The Announcer]] hosts an interview in "historic empty high school [[gymnasium]]".
*Email [[diorama]] — Strong Bad's fake book is decorated with "Some Award". Its summary is "A real book that exists," and it is allegedly printed by the "Actual Publishing Company".
*[[Population: Tire]] — The introduction states that "You ''are'' Soldier!"

==See Also==
*[[Cold One]]
*[[Integral Article]]
*[[Secret Song]]
*[[Type]]
*[[TV Shows]]
*[[Circles]]
*[[Not X]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Subtitles:whatsinthebag/fr

Trogga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:34:44 GMT

Trogga:

{{subtitles|Lookin at a Thing in a Bag}}
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<transcript xml:lang="fr" file="whatsinthebag2.swf" width="550" height="400">
<line start="19" end="43">
<strongbad>Le Cheat Le Cheat Le Cheat Le Cheat Le Cheat Le Cheat</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="44" end="76">
<strongbad>LeCheatLeCheatLeCheatLeCheatLeCheatLeCheat !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="88" end="99">
<strongbad>Va me chercher à boire !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="102" end="114">
<thecheat>Paroles de Le Cheat</thecheat>
</line>
<line start="126" end="137">
<strongbad>Hé Strong Mad !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="143" end="153">
<strongbad>Va...</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="154" end="165">
<strongbad>va me chercher à boire !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="170" end="207">
<strongmad>TOI, VA ME CHERCHER À BOIRE !</strongmad>
</line>
<line start="208" end="237">
<strongbad>Hé ! Joue pas à ce jeu là avec moi !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="240" end="252">
<strongbad>Augh.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="258" end="284">
<strongbad>On doit trouver comment avoir à boire...</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="287" end="295">
<strongbad>genre...</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="298" end="326">
<strongbad>sans devoir réellement aller chercher à boire !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="328" end="354">
<thecheat>Paroles de Le Cheat</thecheat>
</line>
<line start="354" end="377">
<strongbad>Oh ! L'homme avec le plan !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="387" end="469">
<sfx>musique</sfx>
</line>
<line start="471" end="493">
<homestar>Hé les gars ! Qu'est-ce vous faites ?</homestar>
</line>
<line start="495" end="519">
<strongbad>Oh, on regarde juste un truc dans un sac.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="520" end="529">
<homestar>Oh cool !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="532" end="540">
<homestar>Je peux voir ?</homestar>
</line>
<line start="541" end="550">
<strongbad>Non.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="551" end="560">
<strongbad>Il n'y a que moi.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="566" end="574">
<strongbad>Et Le Cheat.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="575" end="580">
<thecheat>Paroles de Le Cheat</thecheat>
</line>
<line start="583" end="600">
<strongbad>et Strong Mad qui puissions voir.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="601" end="628">
<homestar>Oh. Je suis pas un de ceux-là.</homestar>
</line>
<line start="629" end="642">
<thecheat>Paroles de Le Cheat</thecheat>
</line>
<line start="643" end="656">
<homestar>Oui monsieur !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="673" end="707">
<sfx>gazouillis d'oiseaux</sfx>
</line>
<line start="708" end="733">
<strongbad volume="0.8">Regarder un truc dans un sac !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="734" end="757">
<homestar>Hé Homestar ! Qu'est-ce tu fais ?</homestar>
</line>
<line start="758" end="790">
<homestar>Oh, tu sais, je me balade avec les gars.</homestar>
</line>
<line start="795" end="807">
<homestar>Hé les gars,</homestar>
</line>
<line start="808" end="828">
<homestar>ça c'est la vie, pas vrai ?</homestar>
</line>
<line start="831" end="846">
<strongbad>C'est sûr, mec !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="850" end="871">
<strongbad>Regarder un truc dans un sac...</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="872" end="887">
<strongbad>en buvant des boissons...</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="888" end="894">
<strongbad>oh !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="895" end="904">
<strongbad>Oh ouais.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="905" end="938">
<strongbad>Homestar ! Pourquoi tu ne vas pas chercher à boire à des gars cools comme nous ?</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="939" end="960">
<homestar>D'accord, gars cools !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="968" end="994">
<sfx>musique</sfx>
</line>
<line start="995" end="1024">
<sfx>musique</sfx>
<bubs voiceover="voiceover" volume="0.6">Regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1025" end="1092">
<bubs>regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça !
</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1093" end="1103">
<homestar>Whoah !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1104" end="1114">
<homestar>Regarde ça !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1117" end="1135">
<bubs>Qu'est ce que je peux faire pour toi ?</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1136" end="1146">
<homestar>Umm...</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1147" end="1169">
<homestar>quatre boissons pour quatre gars cools !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1179" end="1214">
<bubs>Tu veux dire pour toi, Strong Bad, Strong Mad et Le Cheat ?</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1215" end="1237">
<homestar>Ouais ! Comment tu le sais ?</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1238" end="1262">
<bubs>Oh, je ne sais rien à propos de rien !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1263" end="1271">
<homestar>Ouais mais comment as-tu—</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1272" end="1278">
<bubs>Rien !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1279" end="1287">
<homestar>Mais c'est bizarre que tu—</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1288" end="1295">
<bubs>Rien !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1309" end="1324">
<homestar>...D'accord, t'es bizarre.</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1328" end="1344">
<bubs>Alors, tu veux quel genre ?</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1345" end="1387">
<homestar>Hm, je dirai deux rouges, un bleu et un orange.</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1388" end="1401">
<bubs>C'est parti !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1419" end="1432">
<homestar>Alors Bubs...</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1433" end="1455">
<homestar>tu as vu ce truc dans un sac ?</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1455" end="1466">
<bubs>Oh ouais !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1467" end="1483">
<bubs>C'est vraiment génial !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1486" end="1506">
<homestar>Oh, c'est vrai. Moi aussi.</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1507" end="1524">
<homestar>Ouais, je trouve aussi...</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1525" end="1535">
<homestar>que ça l'est...</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1536" end="1544">
<homestar>aussi.</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1556" end="1565">
<bubs>Et voilà !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1566" end="1580">
<homestar>Merci, Bubsy !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1602" end="1626">
<homestar>Encore une fois !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1627" end="1666">
<bubs>Regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça...</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1667" end="1694">
<bubs>regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça regardeça...</bubs>
<homestar>Merci, Bubsy !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1696" end="1736">
<strongbad volume="0.8">On dirait bien que je regarde encore ce truc dans un sac...</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="1737" end="1755">
<homestar>À boire pour les gars cools !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1762" end="1780">
<strongbad>Pose-les là par terre !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="1782" end="1790">
<homestar>OK !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1794" end="1809">
<strongbad>Maintenant, pars.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="1810" end="1821">
<homestar>OK !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="1853" end="1885">
<strongbad>Wow, ça a marché ! Des boissons gratuites !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="1886" end="1901">
<strongbad>Bien trouvé, Le Cheat ! </strongbad>
</line>
<line start="1903" end="1927">
<strongbad sfx="sfx">rire</strongbad>
<strongbad>Regarder un truc dans un sac.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="1928" end="1953">
<strongbad>Je suis vraiment le meilleur.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="1954" end="1969">
<bubs>Le plan a marché ?</bubs>
</line>
<line start="1970" end="1996">
<strongmad>COMME SUR DES ROULETTES !</strongmad>
</line>
<line start="1997" end="2039">
<strongbad>Ouais, bois ! Merci d'avoir offert ces boissons pour notre cause !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2040" end="2058">
<homestar>Oh, j'ai oublié ma boisson bl—</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2059" end="2081">
<homestar>SAINTE MÈRE DU MYSTÈRE !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2082" end="2096">
<homestar>Qu'est-ce qui se passe ici ?</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2097" end="2122">
<strongbad>Hm...On boit à boire au bâton.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2127" end="2155">
<homestar>Mais, et votre truc que vous regardiez dans un sac ?</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2164" end="2179">
<strongbad>Ça s'est échappé.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2180" end="2198">
<strongbad>Dans les montagnes.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2201" end="2239">
<homestar>Oh, ça craint. J'ai pas pu le voir !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2242" end="2260">
<bubs>Je croyais que tu m'avais dit que tu l'avais vu !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="2261" end="2275">
<homestar>J'ai menti.</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2276" end="2300">
<homestar>J'essayais d'être un mec cool.</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2301" end="2313">
<bubs>Menteur !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="2318" end="2331">
<homestar>Bon bah.</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2334" end="2345">
<thecheat>Paroles de Le Cheat péremptoires</thecheat>
</line>
<line start="2346" end="2358">
<homestar>Bien sûr !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2381" end="2402">
<bubs>Bien essayé, MENTEUR !</bubs>
</line>
<line start="2432" end="2458">
<homestar>Oh wow ! Cool !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2459" end="2480">
<strongbad>Hm, ce sac est vide, Homestar.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2481" end="2491">
<homestar>Super cool !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2492" end="2505">
<strongbad>Ouais, y'a rien dedans.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2506" end="2519">
<homestar>C'est vraiment génial !</homestar>
</line>
<line start="2520" end="2531">
<homestar>C'est vraiment génial !</homestar>
<strongbad>Augh !</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2536" end="2565">
<strongbad>Ça valait presque pas le coup d'avoir ces boissons gratuites.</strongbad>
</line>
<line start="2570" end="2586">
<homestar>Oh ouais !</homestar>
</line>
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<homestar>Regarder un truc dans un sac !</homestar>
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<homestar>J'veux dire...</homestar>
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<homestar>J'veux dire...Je crois...</homestar>
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<homestar>J'veux dire...Je crois...Je suis un mec cool.</homestar>
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<bubs voiceover="voiceover">Fin fin fin fin fin fin fin fin...</bubs>
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<bubs>fin fin fin fin fin !</bubs>
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