Talk:Strong Bad Email By Place

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Emails from Maryland

He hasn't gotten one from Maryland yet. Maybe I will be the one to change that. After all, the state abbrevation is MD, which leads to an obvious joke.--Hysterical Woman 13:36, 9 Nov 2004 (MST)

If you do, it'll mean he's replied (Or at least shown it on the toon), to e-mails from 1/2 of the 50 states. As it stands right now, he's only at 24. -- Thunderbird 19:52, 10 Nov 2004 (MST)

Sorry, guess you weren't the one. Or at least, not the origional one. There you go though, he's got 1/2 the states covered. And he didn't even do the MD joke! Maybe you should focus on that, he could always do a repeat of the state. Not for a few weeks at least though, most likely. [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 17:51, 9 Mar 2005 (MST)

Dumb Question About Alberta

dumb question: why is Alabama listed for "email birds"? the only place abbreviation in any of those emails (unless I'm on crack today and misremembering) was AB, which is.. um... some place that's not Alabama, since that's AL. -- worm

Fixed. It's Alberta, Canada. -- Tom 09:03, 19 Dec 2004 (MST)

Knowledge of No Name Author

I know where one of the "no location" e-mails came from. Should I move it there despite the fact that it's not identified in the e-mail? I'm new at this. ~Mila edit: sorry, wasn't logged in. I'm really new at this.

Hey, no problem. It's okay. Which email, and how do you know where it came from? -- Tom 20:56, 26 Dec 2004 (MST)

Stunt Double, because my friend in Illinois sent it. His joy over being answered is how I was introduced to HR. ~Mila

Hmm, now this is a bit touchy. I totally believe you that your friend sent the email. But I don't think we'd be able to change the page with out some sort of confirmation. Of course, there's really no way to prove it. I think the best thing would be for us to leave it how it is now, as it is with our knowledge from the actual email. I'm really sorry about this, but there isn't much we can do. -- Tom 21:12, 26 Dec 2004 (MST)

That's why I asked, because I have no idea. Thanks for your help. Mila 21:18, 26 Dec 2004 (MST)

Hey, no problem. -- Tom 21:23, 26 Dec 2004 (MST)

Hey, just thought I'd throw my 2 cents worth into it. I think that falls in the same catergory as the 'seb' e-mail, since apparently TBC admit that they made it up, it shouldn't quite be allowed. But it's still how the e-mail's signed. So I think the best thing is just to go by the exact letter of the e-mail, plus it also protects from misled do-gooders, who would likely constantly 'fix' it. However, since it sounds credible, I have taken the liberty of adding an 'easter egg' of sorts, inside the raw edit code. I think that makes everyone happy. And that's my two cents. [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 01:10, 27 Dec 2004 (MST)

Alphabetical Order

Shouldn't the places be in alphabetical order? «Rob»

You know, I just spent like 20 minutes typing out a long reason as to why they SHOULDN'T be alphabetical, when I realized that my reasons didn't really make alot of sense, for both pages. So you know what? You're right. I'll get on it sometime later tonight. Thanks for the input. I don't know why I didn't do this earlier! Chronologically... What was I thinking? [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 09:40, 30 Jan 2005 (MST)

(If anyone has any objections to alphabeticalness, speak now, or forever hold your peace. I'm thinking I'll start work on it sometime around 6 or 7 tonight, hopefully get both pages done). [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 09:40, 30 Jan 2005 (MST) (Edit: I never did sort it out. I blame it squarely on the Thinnkaman)

I don't think you understood what I meant. I mean the list of locations should be in alphabetical order. I've noticed that there are US states (in alphabetical order) and then countries (in alphabetical order). Now that I see that, I'm not sure whether it is alright how it is now or how having them in total alphabetical order. «Rob»

Why don't we have the places like this?:

== United States of America ==
<Emails that only say from USA.>

=== California ===
<Emails from California.>

=== Texas ===
<Emails from Texas.>

<and so on with other countries, an alphabetical order. I understand that the majority of emails are
 from USA, so USA is listed first.>

«Rob»

Well it's all already like that, except with one minor difference. I don't belive anybody has ever e-mailed saying just 'USA'. They either give their state, some other country, or nothing. If they have no location, they could be from America, Canada, the UK, or anywhere, easily. If you can point me in the direction of an e-mail that just has 'USA', I'll make the needed changes. But as it stands now, I think it's pretty good. If you want to make some kind of header before the states though, go for it, it would probably look okay, though I think most people would assume we mean states inside the US of A. [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 16:43, 31 Jan 2005 (MST)

Tables

I did a wrough table for 'Arizona'. Any comments? Suggestions? I don't think the heading 'Interpretation' is quite right, but I don't know what to put instead. [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 10:50, 26 Feb 2005 (MST)

"Interpretation" may not be the best but I can't come up with anything else better than "What Strong Bad called it"... oh, and Evin reverted your change. >_> --Jay 20:38, 2 Mar 2005 (MST)

Mapquest links

I just reverted the MapQuest links that were added to four towns. If we ever decided to do something like this, I might want to link to their respective Wikipedia pages instead. -- Tom 14:49, 19 Mar 2005 (MST)

• Just checked Wikipedia for Gambier, OH: no entry. Most of the references to small towns probably won't have an entry. Why *not* add mapping links? Or even add 2 columns to the table entries: a "Map It" entry and a "Read About It" (sic) entry (i.e. a link to a town main page or Wikipedia link?) -- tomstiff 08:10, 21 Mar 2005 (CST)
• I added the links described above for the OH table *only*. It's easily reverted if it doesn't pass muster. -- tomstiff 08:22, 21 Mar 2005 (CST)

The map and info parts are okay, but I don't like the ones that don't link. If there's no map/info, don't write in down without a link. Gives the wrong idea. --Joshua 10:00, 21 Mar 2005 (MST)

Uh, I found Wikipedia:Gambier, Ohio very quickly. How did you search tomstiff? And what's great about the Wikipedia articles is they have info about the town and links to maps/aerial photo. Plus we like linking to Wikipedia whenever we can. -- Tom 12:15, 21 Mar 2005 (MST)

Well ... I stand corrected (again). I entered "Gambier", expecting to see a list of pages. I got one page and it wasn't for the village. When I entered "Gambier, Ohio" I got the page you mention. Looks great to me. Let's link! -- tomstiff 13:22, 21 Mar 2005 (CST)

I'll start working on it right now.--Jnelson09 18:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I just finished, but somebody's continuously erasing some of them.

OK, there were some links that didn't work. I fixed that.--Jnelson09 19:36, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Everything except "The Lodge, MN," which seems to be non-existent.

Don't forget that The Lodge is from the Email mile, which The Cheat made up. That's why it doesn't exist. Good work fixing all those links, though. Heimstern Läufer 19:42, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Strong Bad EmailS By Place?

I have concerns with people typing "Strong Bad Emails By Place" in the Search box and... NOTHING. Would a redirect page be a good idea? —GWR 2004 ^Talk_Contribs 02:17, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Done the day you asked. Thats what I like about the wiki. Things work so smooth and quickly! — _talk Bubsty _edits 03:22, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Since when is "CA" the abbreviation for "Canada"?

CA is the abbreviation for California, not Canada, and although there's no Wikipedia page for it, there is a Cornwall, California! So why talk about the one in Ontario? --Jay (Talk) 20:22, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Take it from a Canadian, Canada can be abbreviated CA. here's a list of possible meanings of CA, Canada is even listed BEFORE California. Since Cornwall Canada is likely a larger city than Cornwall California, I think it's quite fair to assume it's coming North of the border. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 20:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I'll grant the larger city thing. But why CA? Wouldn't a native from Cornwall, ON write "Cornwall, ON"? --Jay (Talk) 20:28, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

One would wonder, yes. Perhaps they somehow thought it would have a better chance of being answered, since ON has been done.. I know that for me, they've already made fun of BC, so I always sign my emails "Canadian West Coast" instead. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 20:32, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Strong Bad's made fun of everything. Some things multiple times. So? We're left with Occham's Razor here. Either:

1. Cephas lives in Cornwall, ON.
2. Cephas did not know the proper abbreviation for ON despite living there, or didn't want SB to make fun of it.
3. Cephas then decided to abbreviate with CA, the exact same abbreviation we in the US use for California.

or

1. Cephas lives in Cornwall, CA.

There's no evidence of him living in Ontario, and the latter is clearly the simpler option. So I ask again: Why should we list Ontario? --Jay (Talk) 20:37, 20 February 2006 (UTC)