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colonization

Why are you so dead-set on colonization NOT being a Thanksgiving 'toon? Let's look at the facts:

1. The emailer asked if Strong Bad celebrated Thanksgiving.
2. In late November.
3. Strong Bad revealed his own colonization story, which was a parody of the Thanksgiving story in just about every conceivable way.

Do you need a big stamp over the email saying "THIS IS A THANKSGIVING TOON"? --Jay 23:53, 11 Apr 2005 (MDT)

Well, the day when Strongbadia was first colonized isn't Thanksgiving. We may as well call Decemberween Christmas. --Trogga 09:53, 12 Apr 2005 (MDT)

And let's not get too focused on America here, Jay. In Canada, Thanksgiving is in mid-october... Let's remember that the internet is international.

Er, I'm pretty sure everyone realizes that we're referring to American Thanksgiving - because of the word "November". And the fact that H*R is an American toon. And the fact that the emailer was American. --Jay 02:09, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'm Wikipedia:Canadian, and I'm not offended. I know it's an Wikipedia:American Wikipedia:Website. (Oh, and I'm all for linking to the Wiki) ?Thunderbird? 02:04, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I'll bite. What's wrong with the birthday section on the Holiday Toons page? Aurora the Homestar Coder 19:43, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Way too general. --Trogga 19:45, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Huh? What does that even mean? They're birthdays. They're holidays. Aurora the Homestar Coder 19:45, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

"general" as in: "they are too minor". --Trogga 19:53, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Okay, but I still like the birthday section. Anyone else want to weigh in? Aurora the Homestar Coder 19:55, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

I like it too. Of course they're minor. That's the whole point of the Wiki, it's to bring to light nuances that AREN'T obvious to everybody concerned. We can't just start ignoring minorities. Especially in this instance, with a finite number of refferances. There's no middle ground here, either a birthday is meantioned or it isn't. In this case they were. Several. Not sure just what applicable toon to direct your friend to watch on a certain day? No problem, look here. That's what we're here for. The preceding was just one example of the uses of a complete list of birthday refferances. ?Thunderbird? 02:12, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

OK, keep the Birthdays, but catergories for holidays with one toon or holidays that are only mentioned are ridiculous. While I too want the holidays in a timeline, but I like to keep things less bloated. --Trogga 20:53, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

I understand, and do agree with you on that. Especially the Characters page, now there's one that could do with a total overhaul. But since the information is going to be SOMEWHERE on the Holidays page, it doesn't really make it all that 'bloated' to give them their own section. Plus, chances are most of them will get more occurances later on. ?Thunderbird? 20:24, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Triple the characters, half the readability

Is there some particular reason you keep changing "1⁄2" to "1/2" - worse, without putting a space before it, so "221⁄2" in garage sale comes out looking like 110.5? --Jay (Talk) 03:01, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

I don't... --TROGGA! 17:28, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm... it always happens on your edits - just look at the above! Maybe your computer is doing it automatically? --Jay (Talk) 18:35, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Yup, just looked at your last edit on this very page. Not only did all the halves change, but special characters in Thunderbird's sig changed to question marks. Even if it's not intentional, your computer is doing it (seems like it might be some weird sort of spyware - but who would write spyware that changes uncommon characters into more common ones?) --Jay (Talk) 18:37, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

No, perhaps he's missing the font, or the font file is corrupted, or the brower isn't communicating well with the font? -- _{Posted by:} -erson ^Talk 18:10, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

PLEASE STOP REMOVING VALID WIKIPEDIA LINKS

I'm really not sure how many times this request needs to be made, but ... please stop removing valid wikipedia links. -- tomstiff 15:17, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dude... it's not a big deal. --TROGGA! 15:40, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dude ... it *is* a big deal. You've done it twice today. You been asked many times to stop. Many times you've said you would. I'll ask AGAIN: please stop removing wikipedia links. -- tomstiff 15:56, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I just think you guys are kinda overacting. --TROGGA! 16:06, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• No way. I'm taking tomstiff's side here. Do you have a REASON for removing these links left and right? If not, then don't do it! --Jay (Talk) 16:10, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Look, I just don't see anything wrong with removing link. It's not hurting anything. --TROGGA! 16:21, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• I beg to differ. It's hurting readability, and it's forcing us to re-add them (which we WILL do). --Jay (Talk) 16:23, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, seriously, they ARE important. Really. So maybe it'll help if I say something, STOP IT! Did that work? --Dinoshaur 16:26, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC

Did you know that articles fine without links that simply say "Hey, this is something that exists! Why don't you check it out; Wikipedia needs more traffic!"? --TROGGA! 16:42, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It improves the appearance of the Wiki as a Wiki, and not all of our visitors are American (thus, they wouldn't know what Memorial Day is, for instance.) --Jay (Talk) 16:45, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

But why can't they look it up themselves? --TROGGA! 16:55, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)