Template talk:Strong Bad Email

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Revision as of 04:53, 21 February 2006

New format

Yeah, I think the newer format I just implemented is a bit better. At least it looks better. And I've always liked the using the names of the emails instead of the numbers. It might be a bit large, but I like how it works. I think there's ways to do just the few emails before and the few emails after the current one as well if we wanted to do that. -- Tom 13:18, 13 Sep 2004 (MST)

I think it looks a little cluttery. It would help if the font wasn't bold(ish).. can that be changed? It might also look better if it were arranged into columns. -- InterruptorJones 13:49, 13 Sep 2004 (MST)

DVD

New DVD Emails need to be added, or should we make a whole new "DVD Template"? --FireBird|_Talk

This is a very important question. I've noticed some additions to some emails about differences in certain emails. I think we are going to have to wait and see how many emails are different, and maybe then we can have just those in a special "DVD Strong Bad Email" template? Or maybe we can just start it now? I'm really flying blind here, my DVD doesn't come until next week... -- Tom 17:08, 12 Nov 2004 (MST)

Center

Can we center the list? I think it looks better centered. That way it's not all hugging one side. - Joshua

Done. Firefox doesn't seem to interpret "<table align=center>" properly.  —Gafaddict (Talk | Contribs.)  01:42, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I've made it so the page validates correctly and uses the fun wiki table format. Oh, and the center thing doesn't do it for me. If we decide to go with it though, just add a <center> below the clearing <div> and a </center> at the very bottom. No need for anything fancy. -- Tom 04:50, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind it being centered. All the other templates are. Does anybody object to this? ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 20:46, 2 Oct 2005 (UTC)

As we have it now with the width set to 100%, centering wouldn't do much. -- Tom 21:29, 2 Oct 2005 (UTC)

It's the text inside that matters if its being centered or not. - Joshua 16:53, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Overcrowded

I really think that this template is overcrowded. What about if there were three different email templates, one for each era of computers? For examples of what I mean , see below. --ENUSY 03:07, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Examples

Wow, Venusy-san... I like those. You're right, the main one is quite crowded... That's a nice solution, and easily re-altered if there's ever a fourth computer. --DorianGray

Question: would all 3 templates appear in every email, or (as I would guess) would each email have the appropriate template type? --Stux 03:43, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

It would probably only take up more room if all three were to be put in. I assume that they would be used for each individual email appropriately. I really like this idea, and hope it can be implemented soon. — Lapper (talk) 03:46, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I did mean that each email would only have the template relevant to it. --ENUSY 03:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I like it. It looks snazzy and far more organized. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 04:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

My only concern: should the previous/next links really point to the Category pages? Would it make more sense to link to the other templates? Other than that, me likey. --Jay (Talk) 04:29, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I see your point but it wouldn't make much sense to link to the templates themselves. This is not something that I know has been done before. We could post the templates on the category though. --Stux 04:39, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Edit Conflict:I forgot to mention, I like it too. The {{sbenav}} template uses different arrows for its prev/next:

You may want to use those instead. Also, may I suggest that we make the transition process easy for those undertaking the job by naming the new templates something not too different from this such as [[Template:Strong Bad Email 1]], [[Template:Strong Bad Email 2]], etc. Also what will become of this template, will it be kept for historical purposes? The Lappy template cannot simply take the place of this template for various reasons. --Stux 04:34, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Reply to Stux: A preserved version of this template can be found here. And I've changed the «s to ←s, and the same for the ones on the right.
Reply to Jay: That's a good idea, but it can't really be implemented until the templates get their own page.
--ENUSY 04:49, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Good point. --Jay (Talk) 04:53, 21 February 2006 (UTC)