HRWiki:Glossary

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A

• admin (n.). A user who has special privileges, also called sysop. Admins can block and unblock users, delete and undelete pages, protect and unprotect pages, and directly edit protected pages.
• anonny (n.; pl. anonnies): An anonymous contributor, identified only by an IP address. Less common: a user who forgets to sign his or her talk post. References Anonymous from rock opera.
• arg against (n.; abbrev.): "Argument against." An argument to reject a proposed STUFF item.
• arg for (n.; abbrev.): "Argument for." An argument in favor of keeping a proposed STUFF item.
• argument (n.): A persuasive statement used in the STUFF process. Arguments are not conversational, and may be merged or reworded so long as the overall meaning doesn't change.

B

• bandwidth (n.): The amount of data that can be (or is) transferred between the server and users' computers at a given time
• block (n.): To prevent a user from editing, based either on the user name, the IP address, or both of a user.
• bot (n.): An automated software program, usually designed to deface or spam; they can also be used beneficially, like GrapeNuts. Short for robot.
• bureaucrat (n.): An advanced form of a sysop. Has the ability to make other users sysops and change people's usernames

C

• category (n.) A collective group of articles that are organized by a common theme.
• collaborative project (n.) The wiki's weekly project focused on cleaning up articles.
• compression artifact (n.) Usually refers to distortion or blur in a compressed image such as a JPEG (JPG).
• contribs (n.; abbrev.): "Contributions." A user's total edits to the wiki.

D

• Da Basement (prop n.): The sysop message board, used for major decisions on the wiki, located at HRWiki:Da Basement.
• developer (n.): A user who can make direct changes to the MediaWiki software and database.
• discussion page (n.; also discussion): See talk page.

E

• edit conflict (n.): A message that appears when users edit something at the same time.
• edit summary (n.; also edit comment): A summary that shows the user's intent for an edit.

F

• Fanstuff (prop. n.): fanstuff.hrwiki.org
• featured article (n.): An article that has been or is currently featured on the Main Page
• Flash (n.): See Macromedia Flash.
• Flash artifact (n.): An animation shortcut seen by viewing the Flash file directly, such as a character missing a limb
• Flash file (n.): See Macromedia Flash.
• Forum (prop. n.): forum.hrwiki.org
• fun fact (n.): A piece of information that is included in a special section on articles, usually toons. The term fun is used even though it is somewhat subjective. Fun facts are further split into: explanations, trivia, remarks, goofs, glitches, inside references, and real-world references. (There are also some ad hoc categories on an article-by-article basis. For example, Strong Bad's list of 3-letter words.)

G

• Gnome (n.): See: Wikignome.

H

• history (n.) A chronology of a page's edits.
• HRWiki (n.) 1. The Homestar Runner Wiki. 2. The namespace for pages that pertain to the maintenance of the wiki itself.

I

• IP number (n.): The number that shows the identity of an anonymous contributor.
• IP range (n.): A collection of IP numbers that are grouped as a block.
• IRC chat channel (n.) The basic means of communication in an established IRC (Internet Relay Chat) session. See also: HRWiki:IRC channel

M

• Macromedia Flash (n.): The animation software used by The Brothers Chaps to create homestarrunner.com. Also refers to the system used to play them over the Internet.
• MediaWiki (pro n.): The software used by this wiki and many others.
• move (n.): To change the name of a page. Moving a page automatically creates a redirect from the old name to the new name.
• mprotect (v.): To protect an image because it is on the Main Page.

N

• namespace (n.): A grouping of articles based on their topic. Articles are in the main namespace. User pages are in the user namespace. See Help:Namespaces for a full list.
• [noun]'d (v. past ppl.; also [noun]'ing or [verb]'d; often with one or more exclamation points): An idiomatic verb construction referencing Teen Girl Squad, esp. Arrow'd Guy. For example, stub'd! means to have put a stub template on an article. Revert'd means to have reverted (something).

O

• Orphaned (adj.): Applied to an article or an image not linked to from anywhere else. See Also: Special:Lonelypages

P

• personal image (n.) An image that a user can upload and use on their user page. Currently the limit on personal images is one.
• preferences (n.): Settings, for registered users only, that can control personal items such as your signature, theme, and timezone. Changing these does not affect anyone else on the wiki. See also: Special:Preferences
• protect (v.): To lock a page from editing so that only sysops can edit it. A variant of this only protects a page from being moved, but does not restrict editing.

R

• Recent Changes (prop. n.): Recent edits on the wiki, found at Special:Recentchanges.
• redirect (n.): A page name that redirects the user to an article. If an article is moved, a redirect will be left behind at its former name to point to the new one; another common use is to direct frequent misspellings or variants of a phrase to the correct article.
• revise (v.; inflected form: revision): To make a major change to the wording of a STUFF item, which is set apart from the original wording in its own section, with its own vote table.
• reword (v.): To make a minor change to the wording of a STUFF item. The wording of an item that is reworded may change significantly, but the overall meaning stays the same.
• rv (v.t.; abbrev.): "Reverted." Used in an edit summary to indicate that the page has been restored to a previous condition as though the next-to-last edit never occurred.
• rv/v (v.t.; abbrev.; also rvv): "Reverted vandalism." Similar to rv, but used when the edit in question is vandalism.

S

• scheduled chat (n.) A set time for people to join a specified channel, due to scarceness of users otherwise. The channel #hrwiki is scheduled on Mondays and Fridays at 2:00–6:00 pm Pacific / 5:00–9:00 pm Eastern.
• sic A notice, found in the form of a comment tag in the transcript of cartoons, stating that there is a purposeful spelling error, and not an error of the transcriber's. This stops future editors from changing the text or word to its "correct spelling".
• sig (n.) A signature used by a user. It may be plain or colored via hexadecimal numbers and may have links to a user's talk page and/or contributions. Also, the subpage where the code for a specialized signature is stored, seen in the form "User:Username/sig".
• sidebar (n.): A frame found on the left side of most wikis. The sidebar may contain useful links such as Navigation, Search, Toolbox, and External.
• speedy delete (n.) A notice that shows an article is pending deletion and it doesn't require a consensus.
• stub (n.): a notice that an article needs to be expanded. Also, an incomplete article. Note that a stub is not necessarily short, and a short article is not necessarily a stub.
• STUFF (n.; also the STUFF process or the STUFF page): Originally an acronym for "Select The Unusable Fun Facts," HRWiki:STUFF is the place where STUFF items are voted upon for inclusion or exclusion from an article. More often than not, the articles are for toons, usually recent toons.
• STUFF (v.t.; inflected forms: STUFF'd, STUFFing or STUFF'ing): To place a STUFF item into the STUFF process.
• STUFF item (n.; also item): A fun-fact candidate. This is a piece of information that has been proposed for inclusion on an article, but whose accuracy or relevancy is in question. The term also refers to the specific section that an item takes up on the STUFF page.
• subcategory (n.): a mini category of a bigger one
• subpage (n.): a smaller version of a bigger page. Users can also have these.
• sysop (n.) Short for systems operator. See admin.

T

• talk page (n.; also talk): A page used to discuss a particular article. Virtually every page in the wiki has a corresponding talk page; it can be found by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top. Instructions to view a talk page are often seen in edit summaries as "see talk." Talk pages are intended to assist in the upkeep of the wiki; conversational discussion should be directed to the Forum.
• TBD (n.): "To Be Deleted." A notice that shows that an article is pending deletion.
• TTBD (n.): "Talk To Be Deleted." A notice that the article is pending deletion that corresponds to the current talk page.
• template (n.): Some form of device to provide a separation of form or structure from content.
• The Stick (prop n.): The community portal used by this wiki, found at HRWiki:The Stick. It includes links to committees and other helpful articles. See also the main namespace article on The Stick.
• TOC (n.): "Table Of Contents." Like the alphabetical one at the top of this page, a list of subsections within a page that you can jump directly to.
• transcript (n.): The script and actions of characters in a cartoon.
• troll (n.): A vandal. (Technically a misnomer.)
• troll (v.; inflected form: trolling): To vandalize. (Technically a misnomer.)
• TTATOT (n.): "This That and The Other Thing." Applicable when a reference in a toon could refer to one of many similar things. The rule of thumb is that if it could apply to several things, it probably refers to nothing in particular.

U

• upload file (v): A feature that allows users to save files that pertain to the H*R, like images, unto the wiki.
• user (n.): the name for a contributor of a wiki. Users may be logged in or anonymous.
• user name (n.; also username):
• user page (n.; also userpage): See also HRWiki:User page.
• user space (n.): A user's user page and user talk page taken collectively.
• user talk page (n.; also user talk): a member's talk page.

V

• vandalism (n.): the willful act of harming the wiki
• view source (n.): what non-admins see in place of edit on a protected page
• vote table (n.): The section of a STUFF item where votes are listed. Votes to accept are listed in the first column and votes to decline (reject) are listed in the second column.
• vprotect (v.): To protect a page due to recent vandalism.

W

• watch (v.): To add a page to your watchlist. This can be done while editing by checking the "Watch this page" box.
• watchlist (n.): A list of pages watched by a user.
• wiki (n.): A website that allows anyone to edit pages.
• Wiki gnome (prop n.): a user that mainly makes minor edits and works behind the scenes to help the wiki move smoother
• wikilink (n.): An internal link to a page inside the wiki.
• Wikipedia (n.) A multilingual Web-based free-content encyclopedia.
• wiki way (n.): Refers to the general philosophies of a wiki taken as a whole, usually including ease of access and non-exclusive membership.
• Willy on Wheels (n.): Massive page-move vandal.
• WoW (n.; abbrev.): See Willy on Wheels.

X

• XML (n.): Extensible Markup Language. XML is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages.