Editing User talk:Lira

== Verbosity in edit summaries, or: [[3 Wishes|Geez, I didn't need your freaking life story, man]] ==

Dear SRMX12, thanks for helping build the Homestar Runner Wiki! You're doing a great jorb. I wanted to take a sec to talk about your edit summaries. First of all, this is not a complaint! It's just an observation and a couple of suggestions. Feel free to disregard everything I say. So, with that in mind, let me just point out that your edit summaries are very thorough—the most thorough I've seen on this wiki. If there were a prize for that, you'd win it. Now, given the choice between too much and too little, we'd definitely prefer a wordy edit summary over one that was blank or didn't properly cover the edit, but there is a sweet spot that dare I say you're overshooting. You're at about a 9, when you could get by with a 3. Just to pick an example, instead of "At one point someone had 'Pom Pom' as 'Pom-Pom'. I deleted the hyphen," you could put "deleted hyphen" and it would be just as effective. Complete sentences and emphasis on the first person are not necessary—again, they're not wrong, just superfluous maybe. If you're adding content, it's assumed that you're the one doing it (who else would be?) and that the content you're adding is relevant to the page. A bare-bones summary is usually plenty and easier to read (see the example below). If a reviewer needs more info, he or she can click on the diff link to see exactly what you did. 

Let me also point out a cool feature of MediaWiki. Whenever you edit a specific section (by clicking the little edit link next to the section instead of the main one at the top of the page), the system wraps the section heading <code>/* Like so */</code>, and it automatically generates a link to that section. (You can also do it manually.) So, for example, this summary:

: ''In the "Homestar's Shoes" section, I added the appearance of one of Homestar's shoes in the new Halloween toon.''

could be rewritten like this code:

: <code>/* Homestar's Shoes */ added new Halloween toon</code>

and would show up like this in the page history:

: ''<span class="autocomment">[[Homestar Runner's Pants#Homestar's Shoes|→]]Homestar's Shoes:</span> added new Halloween toon''

Clicking that little arrow jumps straight to the section. This also works on any page with an <code>id</code> in the code (like [[Minor Foods]]). Typing <code>/* Turduckens */</code> at the beginning of the edit summary would make a link to that spot in the table.

Again, I'm not trying to discourage you from writing lengthy summaries if that's your thing (they do have a certain quaint style). I just don't want you to think that you ''have'' to or that they're necessarily better than short summaries. It's one of those things you might not think about unless someone pointed it out, so I did. Cheers, and keep on tranglin'. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:07, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

:Yeah, I'm sorry about my wordy summaries. I just thought it would be best to be specific so that people would know what I'd changed. I'll keep your advice in mind... I just tend to be a little wordy in general when I write stuff. (I'm sure some of my friends are sick of the long emails I send them sometimes.)

:Thanks for [[Weclome Back|weclom]]ing me to the Homestar Runner Wiki!

:-SRMX12

::I'm a bit late to the wecloming party, but seeing as how you only got an ''implied'' weclome, I thought I'd give you a clearer one. So... weclome. Exclamation points abounding.

::And it looks like you're making some really good contributions to the wiki. Having not been able to check on pages as much lately, I too thank you for helping out.

::Finally, I would like to say that <del>I take offense to what [[User:It's dot com]] said</del> <ins>being verbose can be useful,</ins> but it depends on what you do with it. I often make ''very'' verbose edit summaries, but they don't simply repeat what I did. The best reason to leave a long summary is to explain ''why'' you did something, if it can't be made clear by checking the history or surrounding context. [http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=SBCG4AP_Advertisement&diff=prev&oldid=752461 Here's a really good example] where it '''is''' possible to find out why based on the history, but the amount of backtracking necessary is immense (plus, the people on the site in 2015 aren't always the same people who were here in 2008). Or, make it verbose to add some humor, that's what I do most often, prob'ly doesn't work too well... *trails off*

::But seriously, Happy editing! Talkatcha later, --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 05:09, 21 December 2015 (UTC) <small>come back, It's dot com, i didn't mean what i said</small>

== The Game ==

[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/92093757/ This] is awesome! Can't wait to see the finished version. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 03:42, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

:Thanks!! I'm glad to know that I'll have at least one Homestar Runner fan that'll appreciate my game when it's complete. :D

:Remember, if you're interested, keep checking the '''[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/92093757/ teaser]''' for updates! The "blog" in the ''Notes and Credits'' section will keep you informed on SBAG4CP's development. I'll also be adding the rest of the main characters to the teaser, as well as giving everyone dialogue when you click on them.

:'K, that's my spiel. Thanks again for showing interest!

:-SRMX12

== To sign ==

Hey there, SRMX12. I've noticed that you've been manually typing out your name every time you write a talk post. An easier way is to simply sign your post by ending it with 4 tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). It'll automatically create a link to your userpage as well as including the date and time when the post was made. Hope that helps! {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 20:30, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

== Your personal images ==

Really sorry to tell you this, SRMX12, but you're only allowed to have [[HRWiki:Personal images|two personal images on your userpage]] (plus one really tiny image for your signature). You currently have [[:File:hr pompom.png|hr pompom.png]] and [[:File:sbag4cp.png|sbag4cp.png]] as your two personal images, and you also uploaded a third image, [[:File:sbag4ap_lappier.png|sbag4ap lappier.png]], which is not counted as one of your personal images.

Since you can only have two, you will need to get rid of one of them. If you choose to get rid of "sbag4ap lappier.png", you can [[HRWiki:Cleanup#Pages Needing Deletion|mark it for deletion]]. Or, you can [[HRWiki:Personal images|abandon]] one of the other images and then mark "sbag4ap lappier.png" as a personal image.

Now, which one you get rid of is up to you. However, if I may make a recommendation, I would abandon "hr pompom.png". I am shocked that an image like that isn't found elsewhere on the wiki (at least, not that I can tell), but it's an image from a toon on homestarrunner.com itself. The other two are images you made yourself, so there's no way they would be used for any other reason on this wiki. 

Two things to make your life easier:
#You can display any image that is found elsewhere on the wiki on your page, and it won't count as a personal image.
#Notice how many images I have on [[User:Purple Wrench|my userpage]]. None of them are my personal images. I uploaded them all to a Google Sites page and then linked to them.

But yes, please take one of the images off your userpage and mark it for deletion / as abandoned at your earliest convenience. Good luck witchasself and Happy Decemberween, --{{User:Purple Wrench/sig}} 19:27, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
:Hey there! Well, you removed one of the images and that's great! Now you have two personal images on your userpage. That doesn't really fix anything though; you still have 3 personal images, but one just isn't in use. You still need to go to sbag4ap lappier.png and either abandon it or mark the image for deletion. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 22:33, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
::Since you apparently haven't marked your image after these two talks, I've abandoned it for you. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 20:43, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

== SRMX12's Lament  ==

Hey there, SRMX12! I think that your recent active edits to your user page for your "SBAG4CP Development Blog" are violating HRWiki rules. Now, on the this Wiki, [[HRWiki:User_Pages#What_should_I_avoid.3F|weblogs related to your non-Homestar Runner Wiki activities are prohibited on your user page]]. And since SBAG4CP is not related to the HRWiki in any way and you've done an edit every day to the blog, I believe that your small little blog is against the rules and should not be on your user page or on the HRWiki. Though, I'm not a sysop, so maybe I'm wrong... - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 00:03, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
:I'm really sorry if I'm doing something against the rules. I'm relatively new here, and I guess I thought that a person could write anything on their user page as long as it was appropriate. Also, I'm not entirely certain what qualifies as a weblog and what doesn't, but I don't really consider this as a legitimate blog... if this isn't allowed, then is my [[User:SRMX12#Strong Bad's Attractive Game for Cool People|earlier section about the game]] allowed?
:I'm not sure if you're right about this either, but again, I 'pologize if I'm breaking any rules.
:-SRMX12
::Having a small section about your game is fine; it's a part of you and a project you have. Several users, even some sysops, have parts on their user pages about some of their external projects. However, your weblog is still a weblog, even if it's fictional. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 00:30, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
:::To elaborate on what you said, I've taken looks at a bunch of other users' pages, and like you said, a lot of them have pretty long sections that have absolutely nothing to do with [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]. Quite a lot of them are longer than my humble made-up blog. I have trouble understanding why it's just weblogs that are frowned upon. If it's about the number of edits I've been doing, could you explain to me why that's a problem?
:::Until this is resolved, I won't do any more edits to my blog, but I'm hesitant to delete it until I understand why it's being condemned.
:::-SRMX12
::::It seems that my intuition is correct and I'm absolute trash at typing.
::::What I mean basically, is that it's fine to have non-H*RWiki-type stuffs on your User Page, but the constant updates are making me question whether or not your fake "blog" still qualifies as a "blog" by HRWiki standards since it's still a web log of actions, even if they're fake. 
::::A way around this is doing something like [[User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc|Gfd]] and every once in a while, update your userpage with some fun stuff. However, updates that are literally daily on some occasions could fall under the "no web logs not related to the HRwiki" rule.
::::tl;dr You're fine fine, but add your posts in batches spaced apart and don't post them daily. (you should be fine if you do that) - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 00:11, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
:::::[[business trip|Oh. Oh, I see.]] [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks|That's pretty great.]] Thanks! I'm glad we could get that resolved. I'm not updating ''daily'', anyway-- just when I make a major-ish update to [https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/92093757/ the game]. But I'll follow your advice and post in batches. [[Preeeeow]]!
:::::-SRMX12

== An email for Mr. Pixelated Strong Bad ==

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>subject: time travel?!</div>
Dear Cool Bad,<br>
have you ever built a time machine?<br>
What time would you travel to if you had one?<br>
With correct grammar and spelling,<br>
Gfdgsgxgzgdrc
</blockquote>

Also, I'm '''CoolGuyBug''' on Scratch, who favorited your projects. And if you want to, you should post your games and animations on the [http://fanstuff2.referata.com/wiki/Main_Page Homestar Fanstuff Wiki]. &mdash;{{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 04:27, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

:Thank you so much!! This is the first email I've received. I'll start working on an animation right away, and I'll let you know when it's done. And yes, I'll make sure to post my fanstuff on that fanstuff place. Again, thanks! This is the best birthday present I've ever received :D

:-SRMX12

== Lappier 2016 (has new buttons!) ==

Sir Mix 12,
Yeah, I'm pretty sure we need the crispity-crust of what's goin' on here. Why would it be "burned" and not "engraved"? Is there a better word than the both?
Trunks to you,
X Y

:Well, "engraved" means "carved". Like in a stone and such. The words "DEAR STRONG BAD" were not carved into the toast-- if you look at it, they're burn marks. I hope that clears things up. Also, do you have an account? --{{User:SRMX12/sig}} 15:43, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

== Run-ons ==

Hey; nice catch on that run-on in [[Where's The Cheat?]]. I noticed in the edit summary that you linked to your user page in a fairly pointed manner to reference something you wrote a few months ago regarding something you fixed that was originally added in the infancy of the wiki. While you were right to fix it, there's no way the user who added it could have seen your expression of irritation about the subject. So, keep up the good work, but maybe loosen up a bit. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 06:19, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
:Oh... that's not what I meant. I'm sorry if my edit summary seemed harsh or hostile to you&mdash; I guess it was&mdash; but I was more joking than anything else. I knew there was no way that whoever that was had seen my user page; I was just making a reference to it to emphasize my dislike of run-ons. In general, my edit summaries can seem sort of harsh, but I'm usually joking. But I suppose I should try to lighten up. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 10:28, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
::For the record, while Knights may have missed it, I read it (and most of your other summaries as well), with the jocularity intended. Didn't strike me as out of place. Wouldn't even have thought to comment here if it hadn't been brought up. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 10:35, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
:::It's fine. Really I just saw an excuse to write a really small revision number in the edit summary, and I thought that was funny. All things aside, thanks for fixing the mistake that has been there for almost twelve years. Good prize. Ding! {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 18:45, 30 March 2016 (UTC) [[File:pumpkin.PNG|200px|right]]

== Go ahead ==

My claim of the transcript was temporary. I wrote ten messages and stopped. No one has it claimed now (an anonny added Message 11 without claiming it). So go ahead. In fact, I think I have an idea... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 11:40, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

== So uh... ==

Are you going to edit the transcript, or are you already doing it? ---50.149.242.19
:What he said.  --[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]] 14:03, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Okay, I did the same thing last year (really, it was the last April Fools toon), but if you put up that template, you should be saving your progress every 15-30 minutes, so that we know you haven't stepped away. Otherwise, other users are just waiting on you.  --[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]] 14:21, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

:Ugh. Sorry about that mess, guys. So here's the total deal: I was awake fairly early this morning before school; watching the toon, checking out the beginnings of [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2|the article]], and updating other related articles to include the toon; during which time, I requested to do some of the transcript. By the time I saw that you guys invited me to do so, I was at school, with very limited in-between time to edit the article and correspond with you all.
:Currently I'm at lunch, and, very crapfully, I accidentally refreshed my browser, and am now unable to access the toon (because h*r dot com is blocked on my school network). So that sucks. I'll be able to pick up the editing again as soon as I get home, and will do so with a vengeance. Again, sorry for the inconvenience/confusion. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 15:20, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

== Images ==

"I have relatively none compared to my good friend Gfdgsgxgzgdrc"... Hey, thanks! (I also hate apostrophe error's. They're the wors't.) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 00:08, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
:You're welc'! Wow, it's been a while since I've gotten a new message. I need to take a screenshot of the notification next time I get one. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 00:48, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

== Testing Subtitles ==

Hey there. I noticed you've made several consecutive edits to the same subtitles page. While using "show preview" doesn't really help with subtitles, the all-in-one plugin has an option built into it for "Test Subtitles Script", which will allow you to make edits and test them locally before saving, instead of making changes and hoping they work. I figured this information might be useful to you, and I hope it helps. All the best. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:04, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
:Oh... okay, thanks, I had no idea that existed. I'll make sure to use that in the future. While we're on the subject, though&mdash; none of my edits have been working. I'm not noticing any difference in [[dangeresque 3]]'s subtitles. Do you have any idea what I'm doing wrong? {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 17:08, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
::Some of those edits ought to have produced a DEFINITE change, as they ought to have broken the script completely and made it not work at all. As for those that should be working, I haven't looked too closely (I'll go test them out after I'm done writing this comment), but it's possible that you have the subtitles cached and are still seeing the old ones. The all-in-one also has a button for "Clear Subtitles Cache" which might help. Also, no need to apologize, it's not a big deal, just thought that testing them locally might be more productive for you than saving and reloading, as well as cut down on noise in recent changes. Also, testing it locally will avoid cache issues too. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:18, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
:::One more thing. Regarding {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Subtitles:sbemail106/en&diff=760938&oldid=760935&rcid=723794 what happened}} with {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Subtitles:sbemail106/en&diff=next&oldid=760938 the subtitle header and <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tags}}, the test script feature actually ignores those, so you can actually safely copy the entire wikitext there and play with it, rather than just the xml which you may then accidentally put back without the headers. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:24, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
::::Alright. Thanks for the info. I'm 80% confident that I've worked it out now, but with your advice, hopefully next time I'll be able to do it in one edit instead of five. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 17:32, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

== <span style="visbility:hidden">Hey there.</span> ==

Just a quick tip. Be careful when using visbility:hidden and make sure to use in conservatively and only when the joke benefits from the lack of visibility. Your uses have been fine, but just a tip for the future. - {{User:Catjaz63/sig}} 18:48, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
:Yep, I'll make sure not to overdo it. Thanks for the tip. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 19:06, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

== Thanks <s>anyways!</s> ==

Thanks for [[User talk:Catjaz63#Thanks anyways!|great job]]-ing my subtitles! <small>I'm gonna start working on them again right now...</small> Also, you should probably update your Images section on your userpage. And the Pixstar Runner section, too. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 02:16, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
:Okay... now they ''really'' need to be updated. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 20:48, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
::Yeah, sorry, thanks. They should be. For real. I'm thinking of sometime just doing a complete rewrite of my userpage, and it'll be updated then. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 20:55, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

== Userpage ==

This user loves your new userpage. <small>And this user needs to finish working on his page soon.</small> {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 07:38, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

== Userpage II: Electric&mdash; [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|Wait a minute!]] ==

Thanks quite so very much! I think you're cool too. And it's nice to know I've been pronouncing your name right this whole time. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 23:07, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
:Hey, you're welcome! I added the pronunciation bit because it occurred to me that people might be saying it ''srim-ex one-two'' or something, but I'm glad you got it right. Incidentally, are you going to change back your page at some point? (How did you even do that?) {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 00:07, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
::([https://lingojam.com/GlitchTextGenerator Like this.]) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 06:00, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
:::You can also add [[Squintmojis]], [[Tennis Shorts]], [[Clownbread]], [[Photo Boooth]], and [[The Deleteheads Download]] to your "Created pages" list. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:21, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
::::Oh yeah. I guess all of those slipped my mind somehow. Thanks for the reminder. I also forgot that I transcribed [[Decemberween Dangeresque]], so I'll go ahead and add the bunch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 22:53, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

== Block 86.143.235.165 and 64.230.121.252 ==
Title says it all. Block them for cussing (the former) and lying (the latter)
Also have you ever heard of Divine Comedy’s Teen Guy Squad?
@@ Line 162: / Line 162: @@
 ::([https://lingojam.com/GlitchTextGenerator Like this.]) {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 06:00, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 :::You can also add [[Squintmojis]], [[Tennis Shorts]], [[Clownbread]], [[Photo Boooth]], and [[The Deleteheads Download]] to your "Created pages" list. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 21:21, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
-::::Oh yeah. I guess all of those slipped my mind somehow. Thanks for the reminder. I also forgot that I transcribed [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack|Decemberween Dangeresque]], so I'll go ahead and add the bunch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 22:53, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
+::::Oh yeah. I guess all of those slipped my mind somehow. Thanks for the reminder. I also forgot that I transcribed [[Decemberween Dangeresque]], so I'll go ahead and add the bunch. {{User:SRMX12/sig}} 22:53, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
 == Block 86.143.235.165 and 64.230.121.252 ==
 Title says it all. Block them for cussing (the former) and lying (the latter)
-Also have you ever heard of Divine Comedy’s Teen Guy Squad? {{unsigned|104.56.123.145|01:28, 2 May 2020 (UTC)}}
+Also have you ever heard of Divine Comedy’s Teen Guy Squad?
-:Okay, let's break this down. [[Special:Contributions/86.143.235.165|86.143.235.165]] made one edit in 2006 and received [[User talk:86.143.235.165|a talking-to]] for their edit summary. [[Special:Contributions/64.230.121.252|64.230.121.252]] made one edit in 2005, which was reverted two minutes later. Neither edit was a blockable offense, and something tells me these anonymous contributors from fifteen years ago won't be editing again very soon anyway. Nor do I have the ability to block anyone. And no, I haven't heard of Divine Comedy. {{User:Lira/sig}} 01:51, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
-::Additionally Anonny 104: IP addresses have a tendency to change, so the intended recipients wouldn't receive the block for something they did fifteen years ago, or for frame of reference: five to several IP addresses ago, or maybe three or four computers ago. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 06:11, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
-Here’s the link
-https://www.youtube.com/user/BYUDivineComedy/search?query=teen+guy+squad  {{unsigned|104.56.123.145|02:01, 2 May 2020 (UTC)}}
-==Is this real or fake?==
-what is Bedroom Scenes: A Rocky Horror Fan Film anyway?
-Also read this. “In the scrapped ending of this short, available on its DVD release, a Kick The Cheat can be seen in Columbia's bed.  (Behind-the-scenes photos posted on the film's Facebook fan page show this much more clearly, including a couple photos specifically showing Columbia with her Kick The Cheat.)” {{unsigned|104.56.123.145|19:05, 14 June 2020 (UTC)}}
-:I don't know. Sounds like a fan film of ''[[wikipedia:The Rocky Horror Picture Show|The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''. It seems unlikely that the film or the information about it would be made up, simply because ''why?'', but the fact that Google gives me no results for it tells me it might not be notable enough for the page anyway.
-:PS: Signing your posts is as easy as <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>. {{User:Lira/sig}} 20:44, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
-Thanks!
-[[Special:Contributions/104.56.123.145|104.56.123.145]] 23:21, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
-== do people on this wiki compliment each other like this? anyways, ==
-just wanted to say you did a great job on the tweet archive because i KNOW that thang ding's hard to update and to generally thank you for all the good edits, youre awesome lira ^__^ {{User:Flamingolegs/sig}} 00:50, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
-:Thank you from me as well! I always feel bad not updating the Tweets, but I keep putting it off... partially because I've also been meaning to clean up the archives of older Tweets, but then I don't work on that either... I'll get back to it soon and help out more. Groot joob on all the stuff! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 02:28, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
-::I'd also like to extend my thanks for this arduous work!  I, myself, have shied away from it for various reasons.  So I can only thank you for your help in keeping everything up to date!  If I had more free time I'd devote it towards writing a bot in python.  Maybe next year sometime?  In the meantime Keep on tranglin Larry! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 02:52, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
-:::Oh my goodness! Thank you all so much for the kind words! It means a lot to me! You three are awesome too and it's a pleasure wiki-ing with all of you. Flamingolegs, I know you've been around for half a year now but I keep meaning to say, welcome to the wiki! You've done a lot of great work around here yourself and it hasn't gone unappreciated. Stux, the bot thing sounds interesting! I have some experience in Python but I don't know anything about wiki bots or the Twitter API. Maybe I'll look into it sometime. {{User:Lira/sig}} 04:30, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
-::::Regarding the bot, and in case you're interested, discussion can be found [[HRWiki:Da Basement#@StrongBadActual Bot|here]].  I spun off a [[HRWiki:Da Basement#Twitter Bot Technical Notes|technical section]] with relevant information and links.  At some point I should probably start a github project.  We'll see what happens.  But if you're feeling adventurous and have time, there's your starting point! :D --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 08:17, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
-:Here's an extra month of Thank Yous for your {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=@StrongBadActual_Tweets_2020&curid=59076&diff=796032&oldid=795781 tireless work}}! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 20:52, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
-== Tweet links ==
-Hi Lira,
-Regarding {{pl|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=@StrongBadActual_Tweets_2021&curid=59818&diff=798048&oldid=798003&rcid=760988 this edit}} and {{pl|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=@StrongBadActual_Tweets_2019&diff=798050&oldid=798031&rcid=760990 this edit}}.  I would like to request that in addition to removing the links from the text that you could also provide an alternative place where to include these links.  I added them there because I could not think of a better place to add them.  And I do think the links are useful.  By simply reverting them there is a risk that the edits are lost for any variety of reasons.  If you don't think that they are then please indicate as such along with the revert.  If you agree that they're useful then please include a viable alternative as well.  Normally I'd try to find such alternative but I'm wracking my brain updating [[Template:post|something else]] in addition to working my day job (and watching history unfold).  So I could use the help.  Thanks! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 17:46, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
-:Hi Stux, I'm sorry for the unconstructive reverts. I was editing on my phone at the time and I was partly trying to make sure I didn't lose track of the issues myself in the recent changes pile. I've restored the link to [[The Next April Fools Thing]] on [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019]]. As for the other links I removed, they all appear at least once elsewhere on the respective page. Thanks for your tireless editing and upkeep, and here's hoping that history starts unfolding kindly for once! {{User:Lira/sig}} 23:14, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
-::Hey Lira, no worries.  Thank you for {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=@StrongBadActual_Tweets_2019&curid=58573&diff=798055&oldid=798050 providing an alternative}} so promptly! I haven't worked with these tweets and the tweet template enough to know what the best options are. As for the rationale for keeping the other links removed: I hadn't thought about that before and it makes sense when compared to our usual practice in the wiki.
-::However, I have a different perspective when it comes to [[@StrongBadActual]] tweets: each tweet post feels to me like its own micro-article. Each has its own independent context (unless multiple tweets are explicitly linked together) and so it would make sense if each tweet has its own set of links.  Not only that, the sheer volume of tweets makes it difficult, if not nearly impossible to find that "other link" to the same topic.
-::That's why I was aiming to make it as easy as possible to find a link to the relevant topic being discussed in that tweet.  Now, if two tweets are part of the same conversation and are really close to each other (they touch or are 1 tweet away) then it would make sense to avoid multiple linking.  Nevertheless, I personally think that should be the exception rather than the rule.  Having said all that, Tweets are a relatively new medium for the wiki and we're all trying to figure things out as we go!  Also, thanks again for keeping the tweets up to date! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 23:35, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
-:::You make a good point about convenience and I can't say that didn't occur to me before. For me it's a bit of a thin line to walk between wanting to provide the reader with adequate information and not wanting to bulk up the already massive tables with fun facts just for the sake of hanging a link. I like to use reply descriptions for linking to relevant pages, but that's not always applicable. Linking right in the tweet text as you did would be an elegant solution if not for the fact that links sometimes appear in the actual tweet and I don't want to get those things confused. In general, though, I agree with your attitude of more links over fewer. {{User:Lira/sig}} 01:34, 21 January 2021 (UTC)