HRWiki:Glossary

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# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• anonny (pl. anonnies): Anonymous contributors. See rock opera.
• admin (n). A user that has special privlages. They can delete, block, protect and directly edit protected pages.

B

• bureaucrat (pro n.): An advanced form of a sysop. Has the ability to make other users sysops and change people's usernames
• bandwidth (n.):
• block (n.) To prevent a user from editing.
• bot (pro n.):

C

• colabrative project (n.) The wiki's weekly project designed so articles can be cleaned up.
• category (n.) A collective group of articles that are organized by a common theme.
• contribs (n.): Contributions.

D

• Da Basement (prop n.): A message board used for major desicions on the wiki.

E

• edit conflict (n.): a message that apppears when users edit something at the same time.
• edit summary (n.; also edit comment): A sumary that shows the intent of 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 Micromedia Flash.
• Flash artifact (n.):
• Flash File (n.): See Micromedia Flash.
• Forum (prop. n.): www.forum.hrwiki.org

H

• history (n.) The recent edits of a page.

I

• IP number (n.): The number that shows the identity of an anonymous contributor.
• IP range (n.):
• IRC chat channel (n.)

M

• move (n.): To change the name of a page.
• Micromedia Flash (n.): an animation system on the internet used by The Brothers Chaps
• Media Wiki (pro n.): The system a wiki uses.

N

• noun'd (v.t.; also noun'ing): A special way of doing an action, giving it emphasis. See Teen Girl Squad, esp. Arrow'd Guy.

O

• Orphaned (adj.)

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.
• 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.
• preferences (n.):

R

• 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.): "Reverted vandalism." Similar to rv, but used when the edit in question is vandalism.
• Recent Changes (prop. n.): Recent edits on the wiki, found at Special:Recentchanges.
• revision (n.):
• redirect (n.):

S

• Schduled Chat (n.)
• stub (n.): a notice that an article needs to be expanded.
• STUFF (n.; also the STUFF process): Originally an acronym for "Select The Unuseble Fun Facts." STUFF is the place where fun-fact candidates are voted upon for inclusion or exclusion from an article, usually toons.
• STUFF (v.t.; inflected forms: STUFF'd, STUFFing or STUFF'ing): To place a fun-fact candidate into the STUFF process.
• sysop (n.) Another name for an admin.
• speedy delete (n.) A notice that shows an article is pending deletion and it doesn't require a consensus.
• subcategory (n.): a mini category of a bigger one
• subpage (n.)
• sig (n.) A signature used by a user. It may be colored via hexidecimal numbers and may have links to a user's talk page or a user's contributions.
• sidebar (n.):

T

• talk (n.):
• template (n,):
• The Stick (prop n.):
• TOC (n.): "Table Of Contents."
• 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.
• transcipt (n.):
• troll (n.): A vandal. (Technically a misnomer.)
• troll (v.; inflected form: trolling): To vandalize. (Technically a misnomer.)
• TBD (n.): "To Be Deleted." A notice that shows that an article is pending deleteion.
• TTBD (n.): "Talk To Be Deleted." A notice that the article is pending deletion that corresponds to the current talk page.

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 member on a wiki.
• User Talk (n.): 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 prtected page
• vprotect (n.): To protect a page due to recent vandilism.

W

• watch (v.):
• Wikipedia (n.) A multilingual Web-based free-content encyclopedia.
• 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 scences to help the wiki move smoother
• Willy on Wheels (n.): Massive page move troll.
• WoW (n.; abbrev.): See Willy on Wheels. An abbreviation of the name of a massive page move troll.
• Wiki Way (n.):
• watchlist (n.): A list of pages watched by a user.

X

• XML (n.):