User talk:Y2K

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Contents 1 Show Preview 2 Download links 3 Danke!! 4 Wiki Guestbook Society

Show Preview

Just a tip for future reference for when you're editing, there is a "Show preview" button next to the "Save page" button - if you use that, you can see what you've changed without saving the page, which is easier than saving and clicking "edit" again, and it doesn't fill up Recent changes with your edits. --phlip ^T_C 06:59, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, Phlip, but I'm just trying to show the changes to my userbox every time I update it. Apparently, the wiki isn't scripted to do that. --Y2K () 07:22, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

It will. Sometimes it takes a little while for the template to update. Don't worry too much about it. — Bassbone (^{TALK CONT}) 07:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks. --Y2K () 07:44, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

If you edit a template that's not in the Template: namespace (like your user box tower for example) it doesn't automatically rebuild any pages that use it, 'cause it doesn't realise it's a template. What you need to do is purge the wiki's cache of what your page should look like, so it can rebuild it from the updated template. That doesn't put an entry in the RC... --phlip ^T_C 11:21, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Download links

Please stop adding them to the main page. We're just linking toons and games. Thanks. — It's dot com 05:53, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

The intent of the watch links, etc, is so that people can easily see the latest updates from the Main Page. They don't need to be added to the update archives, it will only make that page cluttered. --phlip ^T_C 06:00, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh, now I understand. Thanks, guys. By the way, Phlip, really enjoying your Homestar All-In-One. --Y2K () 07:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Danke!!

Thanks for catching that typo on the SM's Posse userbox. That was odd...— Bassbone (^{TALK CONT}) 07:33, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh, it was nuthin', Bassbone. I mean, I owed you for initiating me into SM's posse in the first place. By the way, do you send messages to other members in case of a new member? If not, maybe you should. --Y2K () 07:41, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I dunno. I just kind of started it as a joke, because Strong Mad is kind of an underappreciated character and I like the Strong Mad Has a Posse sticker. It's not really a sort of wiki secret society or anything. Just thought it'd be a nifty thing to see if it caught on. Thanks for joining. If I think up anything cool I'll let you know! — Bassbone (^{TALK CONT}) 07:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, then. Just wondering. --Y2K () 07:47, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Wiki Guestbook Society

Hey, X2 Spidey confused superhero! Your "Wiki Moron Society" is clever. Unfortunately, it's a lot like a creative take on the guestbook concept, and a while back we were having some trouble with a guestbook epidemic and decided to do without them. You can see the short version at HRWiki:Guestbooks, or if you've got insomnia see its talk page for the thrilling, epic discussion. One of the things that came out of that event was that it's definitely preferred not to have elements on your userpage that encourage others to edit it. This talk page here is fine for that! So, one idea would be to move the membership list here to the talk page. Even better, though: think about what the Society really means. If someone just signs their name on a list, have you gotten to know them all that well? (And, flipside, unless you get to know them well, are they likely to seek out the list?) Maybe an even better replacement would be to simply hang out, watch what users do, talk to them about it, and build real friendships that way. Some users have had concepts similar to your society, but lists that they add people to when those people do something unusually cool, sort of a hall of fame. That might be a way to go.
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