Talk:Coffee Town with Homestar + Mike

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Puppet nav

Regarding "where is the rule": I'm not sure if there's one set in stone, per se, but it's been followed in practice. For example, Homestar and the Nice Present and all the DVD puppetry aren't linked from the chain of pages in the nav, which, other than this one, matches the pages in the Puppet Stuff section of the TV Time Toons Menu. DEI DAT VM^┌_{datvm center}\^{super contra}_┘ 18:50, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Ah, I see. That is very informative DEIDATVM! I didn't know there was DVD puppetry that wasn't linked by this nav. I think this leaves us in somewhat of a quandry in my opinion: with the recent increase of using alternative media sources to deliver H*R content (besides the website) we are beginning to be left with "random" media that doesn't fit into any specific category and is not linked from anywhere convenient that would facilitate discovery. Right now, all these items have in common are the Puppet Stuff Category which is not always the first place people look for articles. We don't even have a template specific to these DVD puppet items. And so, if we follow a strict practice of limiting the navigation to toons menu items, we risk stranding articles such as these more than other items. I'm open to good suggestions to resolve this issue. Until then, I'd prefer to lean towards a more flexible inclusion process for this and other navigation tools. --Stux 23:08, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

You make a good point that there's no template for DVD Puppet items. Maybe a broader {{Puppet Stuff}} template could be made to list puppet stuff, be it on the toons menu, DVD or otherwise? It could perhaps list characters like The Exact Same and Shark-Tooth Bubs too. DEI DAT VM^┌_{datvm center}\^{super contra}_┘ 04:02, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

I support a Puppet Stuff template. Then we can remove the navigation links at the top. This undocumented social media video with a puppet seems out of place listed alongside official puppet stuff toons and such. Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 21:59, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

How's this? Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 21:04, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Puppet Stuff
Toons	Everybody Knows It, Puppet Time, Labor Dabor, Talkin' Strong Bad Plush Doll Commercial
Vs. Little Girl	Homestar vs. Little Girl, Strong Bad vs. Little Girl!, Homestar vs. Little Girl 2, Homestar vs. Other Little Girl, Homestar vs. Very, Very Little Girl, Marshie vs. Little Girl
Puppet Jam	Bad Jokes, Tropical Laser Beams, Vitamins/Celebrities, Mission Control, President's Daughter, Apple Juice Blues, Everybody Knows It
Biz Cas Fri	Biz Cas Fri 1, Biz Cas Fri 2, Biz Cas Fri 3
Dangeresque: Puppet Squad	The Curly Fried Caper, The Hot Jones Hi-Jack
Other Videos	Homestar and the Nice Present, Secret Song, Some Puppet Stuff, Some Extras, It's Like It Was Meant to Be, Real-Live E-Mails, Puppets on the Road, Puppets & Little Girl Outtakes Main Page 25, The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar, Coffee Town with Homestar + Mike, Quickstart Overview, Kick The Cheat Voicebox Replacement Surgery
Characters	Puppet Character Variations, Shark-Tooth Bubs, The Exact Same, Szechuan Steve, Stingy Relenque, Little Girl, Other Little Girl, Very, Very Little Girl, Santaman

Seems like a good template to me. Also, good job on getting the videos the Puppet Stuff page missed. DEI DAT VM^┌_{datvm center}\^{super contra}_┘ 21:35, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Any other comments before I create the template? Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 19:24, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

None atm. I did link Talk:Puppet_Stuff to this section btw. --Stux 20:13, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

I'm in favor of the big template but there's no reason to remove the navigation at the top. — It's dot com 05:50, 2 February 2021 (UTC)