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HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 21 (May 21-27)

montage. (see below) This one will require a bit of timing, and thus could be moved up or back depending on TBC's schedule, but we should feature this email when the release of email #173 is imminent. — It's dot com 01:20, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Ooooh... montage on #email 173... I like it, but I believe the featured article changes on Sundays, and email #173 should be out most likely on either a Monday or Tuesday... So, I'd like to see it happen, but it may be too hard to do. If so, a rough estimate should suffice. I'm taking a wild random guess that estimate is somewhere around here. Bluebry 01:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, it looks like #173 isn't going to happen by this week, but just a note about releasing montage alongside it: after #172 is out and we anticipate that #173 might be released, we could always wait 24 hours or so to begin that week's Featured Article. That is, have montage and another one ready, and begin the FA as soon as it's evident what the new update is going to be. Trey56 13:15, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
'Tis genius, I say! However, if there are three emails released in a row, I see this: Monday April 30, #171, Monday May 7, #172, and then Monday May 14, #173. Now, I estimate that it will be this week, or in the two weeks after, so to be honest, next week is a fairly good spot. But we'll adapt and plan around it.
But, if 173 doesn't come out this week, or for a back-up article, I think we should do the ever so medium-length Strong Sad's iPod. Or if we want longer, I don't see Thnikkaman bolded on the nomination page. Here comes the Featured Article... Bluebry 01:23, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
"Thnikkarticle". Ow! My bad pun reflex! Anyway, I think Thnikkaman is a good choice. — User:ACupOfCoffee@ 10:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Something that's not a character; we've featured two characters in a row. Heimstern Läufer 17:26, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
How about DNA Evidence. The mystery would make a great featured article! User talk:Sam the Man Sam the Man
Too short, I think. Heimstern Läufer 06:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
How about Couch Mumbling? We just had another occurrence of it in underlings, so it's relevant. Also, it's a good length, and it's a major running gag. Trey56 06:31, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
By the way, there isn't even an email 172 yet. And If we're gonna feature montage it doesn't have to be the week of email 173. At this time, many people are looking forward to 173 and will understand why montage is featured. And if we feature a different article and see sbemail 173 is gonna come out early on a Monday, we could quickly change it to montage. Homestar-Winner (talk) 09:43, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
DELETED seems like a good choice. Anybody agree? User talk:Sam the Man Sam the Man 23:44, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
I really like DELETED, the only problem is how little prose there is in the intro, as this is what would appear on the main page. If there's some way to expand this intro or incorporate other parts of the page in the writeup, I'd be all for this one. If not, Couch Mumbling seems good to me. Heimstern Läufer 00:00, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
How about we start about the history of DELETED and say a little bit about what E-mails Strong Bad deletes and the rest will tell itself. User talk:Sam the Man Sam the Man 00:04, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
I rewrote and expanded the lead section for DELETED, but it may need some more work. Trey56 07:45, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
My vote would either be for DELETED or perhaps for -'d.· · T2|Things 21:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 22 (May 28-Jun 3)

montage. (see above) The time has come. — It's dot com 19:50, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Second. In fact, third. ¤ The Mü Dang, Pom Pom, you see that? That's a nice golbol. Talk to me. 20:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Completely necessary. Really, we've had consensus to do this for some weeks; we just didn't know when exactly. Heimstern Läufer 23:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Yup, agreed. Trey56 23:50, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 23 (Jun 4-10)

The Paper. This one goes hand-in-hand with the above. (Yes, I know we already featured The Paper on week 47 of 2005.) — It's dot com 01:20, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

No Paper, as it was already featured. And I can also see a whole lot shinoligans going on the page with reverts after tons of new info is added. — Elcool (talk)(contribs) 07:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
If not The Paper, how about Bear Holding A Shark since it hasn't been featured yet and it features an excellent writing choice. User talk:Sam the Man Sam the Man
I could see re-featuring if email 173 results in a drastic change to the article, thus justifying putting the new info on the main page. But at this time we don't know if that will happen (remember, TBC may not actually have SB upgrade to an inkjet at all and may just dismiss it quickly). At any rate, I think it would be best for us not to re-feature immediately after 173: if there's no substantial change, it will not be worth re-featuring at all; if there is a substantial change, we'll likely need time for the dust to settle on the article, so to speak. Heimstern Läufer 23:10, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Bear Holding a Shark seems a little short. Note to self: come up with a good suggestion for this week. — User:ACupOfCoffee@ 09:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I think it's time that Fonts got the spotlight for once. It's grown quite a bit. Anyone agree? ¤ The Mü Dang, Pom Pom, you see that? That's a nice golbol. Talk to me. 19:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be interesting to see a list-oriented page like Fonts or Sound Effects or something be featured. --DorianGray 19:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
How about Analysis of Homsar's Speech Patterns. Since we already have Homsar nominated and is sort of related to Crap in a way I'm not sure. User talk:Sam the Man Sam the Man
Re: Fonts: List-like articles can be hard to feature, but we managed it with Secret Pages. Can we come up with a similar summary of the list of fonts? Re:Homsar's speech: I still feel this article has too many stretches too much speculation to really count as some of our finest work. I am not comfortable with featuring it. Heimstern Läufer 06:28, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I agree with not featuring the Homsar speech patterns article. It's interesting, but not solid enough to be featured. About Fonts and Sound Effects — are we sure that those are complete and correct? I sometimes wonder about those pages, but I haven't poked around in them very much... Trey56 06:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
The problem with lists such as Fonts is that, by their very nature, they are near-impossible to complete. The thing is, it's no more incomplete than any other article we've featured. ¤ The Mü Dang, Pom Pom, you see that? That's a nice golbol. Talk to me. 22:07, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
I second Analysis of Homsar's Speech Patterns, but only if Strong Bad doesn't upgrade, but looking at the end of #172, I think they'll keep their promise. Poor paper. --Mario2.PNG Super Martyo boing! 22:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
How about montage. But that's not all. If montage doesn't work, we do 6 more Emails for featured articles that week. Anybody agree, though I don't make much sence, since I don't know how to put this. User talk:Sam the Man Sam the Man 19:26, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
montage will be featured the in week 22. As for dailies: I don't know if we really need another one of those yet, and I certainly wouldn't do sbemails for them (especially right after montage). Heimstern Läufer 18:45, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I vote for -'d.· · T2|Things 18:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
-d is to minor and small. User talk:Sam the Man Sam the Man

Hey guys and gals, in case we forget to write a new FA by the time it goes live on the main page, simply copy and paste the old FA into the new FA's page until the new one gets written, just so the main page doesn't look blank for half an hour. Stealthily yours, BazookaJoe 04:16, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

I like Bear holding a Shark (already suggested above). It's not short (certainly no shorter than some of the FA noms I sifted through before coming here). I bet I could make a nice write-up of it. —BazookaJoe 04:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I think that will be fine. Heimstern Läufer 04:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I could roll with BhaS. --Trogga

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 24 (Jun 11-17)

Let's go with Analysis of Homsar's Speech Patterns for this week. I particularly like that article for proving that my 4th favorite character is not a complete nut case. --Mario2.PNG Super Martyo boing! 04:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

As I've said above, I do not feel this article is FA material (see my reasoning in the discussion for week 23). Heimstern Läufer 04:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree with Heimi. That article has too much speculation, still. Loafing 04:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
How 'bout The King of Town's Castle? --Trogga 01:43, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Eh, not good writing in this journalist's wiki editor's opinion. How 'bout Craig Zobel? Not very long, but chock-full of interesting and not very well-known facts. Bluebry 01:52, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 25 (Jun 18-24)

If we're going to keep featuring a CV each month this year, then let's feature Old-Timey Strong Bad this week. --Trogga 02:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeh, it's got good writing, an okay length. If there aren't any oppositions... Bluebry 02:20, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 26 (Jun 24-Jul 1)

I vote for Swimming Pool. A nice, Summer-themed article. --Trogga 02:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Long, pretty good writing, sure. Bluebry 02:20, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 27 (Jul 2-8)

Let's honor our Founding Fathers and feature Happy Fireworks. --Trogga 02:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

I always hate toon FAs. But, the only other things I could find were either too short or had bad writing. So, I'll live. Bluebry 02:20, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Why do you hate them? The toons are the biggest part of Homestar Runner, after all. The only problem I see with them is that it's kinda hard to write a good summary of the toon that will go on the Main Page. But if the toon is relevant to the week it's being featured in, I usually have no problem with having it as a featured article. That being said, I think Happy Fireworks is too short of a toon to be featured. With longer toons, the summary is easier to write because there's a lot to write about, but with shorter toons, there's not really much to explain, which makes a summary hard to write. — Has Matt? (talk) 02:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
OK... how about Dangeresque (film series)? I've always wanted to see that featured. --Trogga

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 28 (Jul 9-15)

Some Summer-themed ideas: Weclome Back, keep cool, Teen Girl Squad Issue 9, suntan, vacation, Strong Bad's Vacation Spots. --Trogga

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 29 (Jul 16-22)

HRWiki:Featured article for 2007, week 30 (Jul 23-29)

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