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Contents 1 Guitar Tabs? 2 Undo summary

Guitar Tabs?

Someone posted a guitar tab for Trogdor. Should we extend this into a semi-project to put guitar tabs on all the songs on Strong Bad Sings with guitar/bass parts? If so, I call I get to tab Moving Very Slowly! -- Super Martyo boing! 20:57, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't think this is a very worthwhile project. But then, I'm not a guitar enthusiast. — Lapper (talk) 21:52, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, Lapper, we ARE supposed to document Homestar Runner. Why not do guitar tabs? Just don't go crazy and do the SBLOUNSKCHED! theme song. Also, I don't think you can call doing something, Martyo. If you want to do it, just do it. Dibs are for cars and ice cream, not wikis. Bluebry 22:02, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, Bluebry, the only reason I called it is because if we decide to do this (which we haven't yet) a bunch of transcribers are going to want to tab out songs (and some non-transcribers might do some googling to find tabs) and I don't want to miss out on a song I know how to play. -- Super Martyo boing! 22:12, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

If people want to do tabs, I think it's a great idea! That's good information that a lot of people might be interested in. That said, I tend to think it would be better to keep the tabs on a separate page, in general. I can see some of them getting kind of long, and the average person just trying to read about a given song shouldn't have to scroll through screens of guitar tabs. So, I propose that they be kept on a separate page and linked to. This way, they're easily accessible to the people who want to see them, but unobtrusive to those who don't. Trey56 22:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I moved the guitar tab for Trogdor to Trogdor (song)/Tablature and linked to it in a "See Also" section of Trogdor (song) Before we move forward, is this what we want to do, or should we do it differently? -- Super Martyo boing! 22:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree, having tabs would be awesome. I'd like to play different town, for example. What should the naming scheme be? Trogdor (song)/Tablature is somewhat ugly. What about Trogdor Tablatures, just like we do for the visuals? Loafing 22:35, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Or Tablature: Trogdor. 'S perfect! Also, should we link in a see also? What about in the Detailed information area? Bluebry 22:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Having a separate namespace might be a little extreme, but I kinda like it. I'ma wait and see what others think. As for linkage, Detailed Info seems like a better way to go. That way, people don't have to search the page for a link. -- Super Martyo boing! 22:45, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Maybe possibly maybe. Also, should we include download links for things like Power Tab? Or will men in black fedoras grab us for copyright violation? Bluebry 22:47, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Power Tab's certainly got MY approval. Most of the tabs I transcribe ARE in Power Tab. I don't see how someone could sue us for linking to their product :P. So, yeah. Power Tab = Awesome. -- Super Martyo boing! 22:55, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Also, where it says Bass, I think you should actually put the bass tablature on there. I'm sure it'll help newbies and be more professional looking to all. :-) SMILEYS ARE GREAT! Bluebry 23:00, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I was just wonderin, if we will have all these tabs for songs, don't we need a page with a list of all the songs that have been tabed and link to the tabliture? If we do, i will start work on it immediately.--Kanjiro talk 23:28, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

We do. Trey made a category. Loafing 23:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh man, i wanted to do it.--Kanjiro talk 23:33, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Undo summary

The undo function has proved quite popular. There's one aspect of it, however, that I don't really like: the way the username is included in the summary, forever recorded that the user was reverted. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it feels like a vandal rollback, which is kind of a slap in the face. (As a side note, I'm also concerned that the undo function is being used for simple reverts of the last edit; I feel like its primary purpose is to surgically fix something a few lines down in the history.) I'd like to remove the username from the automatic summary, so that a typical undo looked like this: (undid revision 000000; reason for the undoing) — It's dot com 04:25, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree 100% — I think it's unsettling to see one's name in the automatic part of the summary. Perhaps this is because of the similarity to the automatic summaries from the rollback feature, which is used almost exclusively to revert vandalism. I think the automatic summary for the undo feature should be revised as you propose. Trey56 04:30, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Better this way. The username in the summary is really off-putting: the effect to me seems rather like pointing a finger at another user and saying "you made this edit I undid". I'm not saying anyone meant to say this, but I do think that's the effect. Heimstern Läufer 04:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Makes sense, although if someone reverts vandalism, it might be good for the ops to be able to see at a glance who to block (yes i know they can check the history) — Defender1031*Talk 04:35, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I actually don't particularly mind, although Dot com has noted previously that it peeves him to have his name in an edit summary not preceded by "reply to". I, personally, don't mind having my name being shown as the one being reverted, as long as there's a solid edit summary following. — Lapper (talk) 04:38, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I would have thought that the current text is fine. But with people constantly using it to revert the last edit instead of undoing older edits, I wholeheartedly agree with Dot com's suggestion. It will also make edit summaries shorter and easier to read. Loafing 05:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

What if "revision 000000" automagically created a link to the edit (technically speaking, "&diff=prev&oldid=000000"), like this:

(undid revision 492115; forum-style post)

It's dot com 14:38, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't we squeeze a timestamp in there? It could be as small as "8.24, 15:26", but I'd like to see when that undone revision was made, if possible. (undid revision 492115 (8.24, 15:26); forum-style post). — Lapper (talk) 15:26, 24 August 2007 (UTC)