Talk:The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments

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Look! A title!

Very interesting!-- Benol, aka Coach B 14:21, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Now if only those pics were uploaded.-- Benol, aka Coach B 14:22, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes, quite intresting it is. Now, if only Mike Chapman became a user.... H * R 7 0 0 14:58, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

If Mike or Matt became users, their talk pages would surpass even the record-holders' in just a few days. Provided we didn't mistakenly ban them for "impersonating" first... --DorianGray
How do you know they haven't already registered? --Stux 05:30, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Interesting point. After all, there's no real way to prove or disprove it, yeah? --DorianGray
Yep, for all we know Mike could be Benol... or H*R 700... or DorianGray... or Stux... or Tampo... or It's dot com... or Homestramy20... or Bkmlb... or Lapper... or anyone else..... — talk Bubsty edits 16:59, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Ummm... I coldn't be Mike or matt. I'm 13, and I don't even know how to use flash. My suspicion is on Has Matt?.-- Benol, aka Coach B 17:01, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

You all are completely off. Mike is obviously Dot Com. Everybody knows it, everybody knows it's true. —Zelinda 17:05, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

No, Mike couldn't be "a 29-year-old graphic designer/computer-systems manager from Texas, USA"! he's from Georgia, like me!-- Benol, aka Coach B 17:12, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Maybe that's just what I want you to think. ;) — It's dot com

The check

Should we make mention of the check? I know Joey didn't want to make a big deal out of it. --Stux 19:47, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

I guess we should let him make the call on that. (Attention The Joeyday! Customer needs assistance in TBCFA! Customer needs assistance in TBCFA.) At any rate, this page needs to include non-wiki acknowledgements. Of which I know only one, which I will now take care of myself instead of complaining about. —AbdiViklas 20:54, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

A few more points.

Ok here goes:

  1. I checked the interview history and the first two contributors were Thunderbird and MibLuvr who contributed with the transcript, neither of which are anonymous contributors, could anyone explain this discrepancy?
  2. The BHZ message is actual TBC acting, as such it should have it's own page and transcript, I assume we don't have that? If not then we should make one, if we do then we should link it.

Well two points suffices, the third I will fix myself :) --Stux 21:04, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Regarding your number 1, see this edit. -- Tom 21:49, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Regarding number 2, I don't think it needs its own page. A transcript here should be fine. I'll work on it. - Joshua 22:33, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
Sounds cool! --Stux 22:37, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

What's left

While re-reading the original thread that started it all, I came across E.L. Cool's original point of complete inclusion: How about a page referencing all fan acknowledgements from TBC? BHZ, signing on a fan forum... All the stuff. I do not see a mention of signing on a fan forum, and I can only guess that that statement referred to a specific event. In any case, a bit of research would be useful (in general as well), especially since other fansites may or may not know that this page yet exists. --Stux 15:56, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Maybe start with Links#Fan Sites and send an email to the proprietor of each alerting them. (Problem: this could get hard to verify. "Oh! Oh... Yeah... They totally posted on our forum last year, man. Totally. See here, this user named MATTANMIKECHAPMAN?") —AbdiViklas 16:34, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
While the fan site list is quite long, the big forum list only have four sites. I'm almost certain that TBC once registered a username on .net. This can be confirmed with the guys on Homestar Rules which was erected only a few days after .net's depart. Elcool (talk)(contribs) 17:18, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Possession

Shouldn't the apostrophe be after Brothers and not after Chaps? Would anyone resist a page move? —BazookaJoe 19:23, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Couldn't it go either way? If not, I'm all for correct grammar. - Joshua 19:25, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
The way it is now is in fact correct because we are talking about The Brothers Chaps and their Fansite Acknowledgments. If you say The Brothers' Chaps... then you are essentially saying that Chaps belongs to the brothers! :) --Stux 19:48, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Except that Chaps there would be a postpositive adjective, in which case the noun Brothers would be inflected. Why don't we get rid of the possessive altogether and make it Fansite Acknowledgments by The Brothers Chaps. — It's dot com 19:59, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
LOL. That was one of my initial suggestions, but it got outvoted. (Actually, it was my second suggestion, and it had used "H*R Fansites". But close enough.) - Joshua 20:05, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps the talk thread was concluded prematurely. Participation in the discussion was hardly overwhelming, the so-called vote wasn't exactly unanimous, and the whole thing happened in less than 24 hours (overnight for most people) and on a non-public page (I realize Joey's page is more popular than most user talk pages, but it's still not really a central location). Additionally, I think the possessive structure makes the title ambiguous. Is it fansite acknowledgments of TBC (i.e., the sites acknowledge the brothers), or fansite acknowledgments by TBC (i.e., the brothers acknowledge the sites)? We know that we mean the latter, and the title should reflect that. And now that I ponder it more, it think Acknowledgment should be singluar. Fansite Acknowledgment by The Brothers Chaps. — It's dot com 21:09, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Well, the ambiguous title was pretty much my idea. You make excellent points, most of which I agree with except for the last one: Acknowledgment? I mean it could be correct, but it doesn't sound or look as correct? They have acknowledged more than one fansite, so I think Acknowledgments works in this case, and so I like it better. But it sounds like Acknowledgment could be correct. My brain is half fried right about now. --Stux 22:20, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Yeah, you should have seen the things I tried before settling on one. This is a hard subject to word concisely. :) Maybe the plural is better. It's more of a list than an article about the concept. My head hurts. — It's dot com 22:38, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
One thing's for sure... we know now how to spell the word (watch me misspell it) Acknowledgments! I say we scrap concise wording and go for record setting: Homestar Runner Fansite Acknowledgements by The Brothers Chaps? --Stux 05:17, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Heh. You've got my vote! — It's dot com
Yeah, that name sounds better.--minibaseball.png Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 05:32, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
I like that name, but I vote we abbreviate Homestar Runner to simply H*R, so it's not as freakin' long. H*R Fansite Acknowledgments by The Brothers Chaps. - Joshua 16:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
Yeah that was Joshua's original suggestion! I had subsequently made mine since I wasn't too keen about the H*R abbreviation (and the original TBC abbrev.), but this time i brought it back only in jest! Oh well... --Stux 16:56, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

How Far Do We Go?

Do personal emails, such as the one seen here deserve meantion too, or are we gonna keep it pretty official? Thunderbird 04:02, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

This is hmm...hmm...I think so. It does mention a fansite, being the wiki. But I would say no to something like this though.--minibaseball.png Bkmlb(talk to me·stuff I did) 04:55, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
If the email features TBC acknowledging a H*R fansites, such as the one in question, then I'd say yes. - Joshua 04:56, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
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