Talk:Dancin' Bubs - Revision history

Fangoriously: /* Logo */

Fangoriously — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:21:52 GMT

Logo

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	::::::Indeed. Redirects should go where they're most helpful, and we can break filename conventions every once in a while (which is why [[fireworks]] doesn't lead to [[Happy Fireworks]]). --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		::::::Indeed. Redirects should go where they're most helpful, and we can break filename conventions every once in a while (which is why [[fireworks]] doesn't lead to [[Happy Fireworks]]). --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
	:::::::Worst of all, this article doesn't even explain ''why'' "money" redirects here. The only people who are going to use these redirects are people putting random words into the search function and it's just going to confuse them. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 12:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		:::::::Worst of all, this article doesn't even explain ''why'' "money" redirects here. The only people who are going to use these redirects are people putting random words into the search function and it's just going to confuse them. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 12:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
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-	Has anyone noticed that the twirling logo in the loading screen has the backwards logo on the back of it instead of the word "loading"? --[[User:Fangoriously\|Fangoriously]] 02:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

	== Logo ==		== Logo ==

	Has anyone noticed that the twirling logo in the loading screen has the backwards logo on the back of it instead of the word "loading"? --[[User:Fangoriously\|Fangoriously]] 02:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)		Has anyone noticed that the twirling logo in the loading screen has the backwards logo on the back of it instead of the word "loading"? --[[User:Fangoriously\|Fangoriously]] 02:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Fangoriously: /**/Logo

Fangoriously — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:21:31 GMT

: Logo

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	::::::Indeed. Redirects should go where they're most helpful, and we can break filename conventions every once in a while (which is why [[fireworks]] doesn't lead to [[Happy Fireworks]]). --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		::::::Indeed. Redirects should go where they're most helpful, and we can break filename conventions every once in a while (which is why [[fireworks]] doesn't lead to [[Happy Fireworks]]). --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
	:::::::Worst of all, this article doesn't even explain ''why'' "money" redirects here. The only people who are going to use these redirects are people putting random words into the search function and it's just going to confuse them. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 12:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		:::::::Worst of all, this article doesn't even explain ''why'' "money" redirects here. The only people who are going to use these redirects are people putting random words into the search function and it's just going to confuse them. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 12:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
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		+	== Logo ==
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		+	Has anyone noticed that the twirling logo in the loading screen has the backwards logo on the back of it instead of the word "loading"? --[[User:Fangoriously\|Fangoriously]] 02:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

	== Logo ==		== Logo ==

	Has anyone noticed that the twirling logo in the loading screen has the backwards logo on the back of it instead of the word "loading"? --[[User:Fangoriously\|Fangoriously]] 02:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)		Has anyone noticed that the twirling logo in the loading screen has the backwards logo on the back of it instead of the word "loading"? --[[User:Fangoriously\|Fangoriously]] 02:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Fangoriously: /**/Logo

Fangoriously — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:21:29 GMT

: Logo

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	::::::Indeed. Redirects should go where they're most helpful, and we can break filename conventions every once in a while (which is why [[fireworks]] doesn't lead to [[Happy Fireworks]]). --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		::::::Indeed. Redirects should go where they're most helpful, and we can break filename conventions every once in a while (which is why [[fireworks]] doesn't lead to [[Happy Fireworks]]). --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
	:::::::Worst of all, this article doesn't even explain ''why'' "money" redirects here. The only people who are going to use these redirects are people putting random words into the search function and it's just going to confuse them. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 12:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		:::::::Worst of all, this article doesn't even explain ''why'' "money" redirects here. The only people who are going to use these redirects are people putting random words into the search function and it's just going to confuse them. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 12:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
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		+	== Logo ==
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		+	Has anyone noticed that the twirling logo in the loading screen has the backwards logo on the back of it instead of the word "loading"? --[[User:Fangoriously\|Fangoriously]] 02:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The Chort: /* Money? */ agree

The Chort — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:29:13 GMT

Money?: agree

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	:::::Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. YK, GH, and Elcool said it all. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 07:32, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		:::::Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. YK, GH, and Elcool said it all. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 07:32, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
	::::::Indeed. Redirects should go where they're most helpful, and we can break filename conventions every once in a while (which is why [[fireworks]] doesn't lead to [[Happy Fireworks]]). --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		::::::Indeed. Redirects should go where they're most helpful, and we can break filename conventions every once in a while (which is why [[fireworks]] doesn't lead to [[Happy Fireworks]]). --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	:::::::Worst of all, this article doesn't even explain ''why'' "money" redirects here. The only people who are going to use these redirects are people putting random words into the search function and it's just going to confuse them. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 12:29, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

DorianGray: /* Money? */ Agree

DorianGray — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:37:35 GMT

Money?: Agree

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	::::I will feel silly going to the game article and seeing "''Money redirects here. For information about money used in the Homestar Runner universe see [[Free Country, USA#Economics]]''" since that have nothing to do with the game and will only just confuse people more. The redirect is rarely used for the game, so I think that for this one we should break the mold and redirect it to '''[[Free Country, USA#Economics]]'''. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		::::I will feel silly going to the game article and seeing "''Money redirects here. For information about money used in the Homestar Runner universe see [[Free Country, USA#Economics]]''" since that have nothing to do with the game and will only just confuse people more. The redirect is rarely used for the game, so I think that for this one we should break the mold and redirect it to '''[[Free Country, USA#Economics]]'''. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
	:::::Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. YK, GH, and Elcool said it all. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 07:32, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		:::::Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. YK, GH, and Elcool said it all. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 07:32, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	::::::Indeed. Redirects should go where they're most helpful, and we can break filename conventions every once in a while (which is why [[fireworks]] doesn't lead to [[Happy Fireworks]]). --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

OptimisticFool: /* Money? */ Agree

OptimisticFool — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:32:03 GMT

Money?: Agree

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	:::I definitely understand the benefit of filename redirects — I use them all the time with filenames from the URL and am always pleased that the wiki "does the right thing". In this instance though... it's not really the right thing. By the time someone's poked around under the hood of the game enough to find this filename, they probably already know what wiki article is relevant (or have ''more'' than enough information to find it easily). Someone who is curious about the currency used in FCUSA and uses the search box on the otherhand, is at best jarred by the result. And then has to spend time checking out the article only to find out, it's not relevant at all. I'm just not sure if it's ok to get rid of the redirect here outright, or if we'll have to have a disambiguation page. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 21:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)		:::I definitely understand the benefit of filename redirects — I use them all the time with filenames from the URL and am always pleased that the wiki "does the right thing". In this instance though... it's not really the right thing. By the time someone's poked around under the hood of the game enough to find this filename, they probably already know what wiki article is relevant (or have ''more'' than enough information to find it easily). Someone who is curious about the currency used in FCUSA and uses the search box on the otherhand, is at best jarred by the result. And then has to spend time checking out the article only to find out, it's not relevant at all. I'm just not sure if it's ok to get rid of the redirect here outright, or if we'll have to have a disambiguation page. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 21:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
	::::I will feel silly going to the game article and seeing "''Money redirects here. For information about money used in the Homestar Runner universe see [[Free Country, USA#Economics]]''" since that have nothing to do with the game and will only just confuse people more. The redirect is rarely used for the game, so I think that for this one we should break the mold and redirect it to '''[[Free Country, USA#Economics]]'''. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)		::::I will feel silly going to the game article and seeing "''Money redirects here. For information about money used in the Homestar Runner universe see [[Free Country, USA#Economics]]''" since that have nothing to do with the game and will only just confuse people more. The redirect is rarely used for the game, so I think that for this one we should break the mold and redirect it to '''[[Free Country, USA#Economics]]'''. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	:::::Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. YK, GH, and Elcool said it all. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 07:32, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Elcool: /* Money? */ reply

Elcool — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:05:44 GMT

Money?: reply

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	:::I definitely understand the benefit of filename redirects — I use them all the time with filenames from the URL and am always pleased that the wiki "does the right thing". In this instance though... it's not really the right thing. By the time someone's poked around under the hood of the game enough to find this filename, they probably already know what wiki article is relevant (or have ''more'' than enough information to find it easily). Someone who is curious about the currency used in FCUSA and uses the search box on the otherhand, is at best jarred by the result. And then has to spend time checking out the article only to find out, it's not relevant at all. I'm just not sure if it's ok to get rid of the redirect here outright, or if we'll have to have a disambiguation page. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 21:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)		:::I definitely understand the benefit of filename redirects — I use them all the time with filenames from the URL and am always pleased that the wiki "does the right thing". In this instance though... it's not really the right thing. By the time someone's poked around under the hood of the game enough to find this filename, they probably already know what wiki article is relevant (or have ''more'' than enough information to find it easily). Someone who is curious about the currency used in FCUSA and uses the search box on the otherhand, is at best jarred by the result. And then has to spend time checking out the article only to find out, it's not relevant at all. I'm just not sure if it's ok to get rid of the redirect here outright, or if we'll have to have a disambiguation page. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 21:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	::::I will feel silly going to the game article and seeing "''Money redirects here. For information about money used in the Homestar Runner universe see [[Free Country, USA#Economics]]''" since that have nothing to do with the game and will only just confuse people more. The redirect is rarely used for the game, so I think that for this one we should break the mold and redirect it to '''[[Free Country, USA#Economics]]'''. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

GreenHelmet: /* Money? */ really carried it over

GreenHelmet — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:22:56 GMT

Money?: really carried it over

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	::Specifically the filename is [[HR:money.swf\|money.swf]] .. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)		::Specifically the filename is [[HR:money.swf\|money.swf]] .. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

-	(Carried this over from [[Talk:money\|a redundant thread]] I started about this)	+	(Carried this over from [[Talk:money\|a redundant thread]] inadvertantly started about this)
-	I definitely understand the benefit of filename redirects — I use them all the time with filenames from the URL and am always pleased that the wiki "does the right thing". In this instance though... it's not really the right thing. By the time someone's poked around under the hood of the game enough to find this filename, they probably already know what wiki article is relevant (or have ''more'' than enough information to find it easily). Someone who is curious about the currency used in FCUSA and uses the search box on the otherhand, is at best jarred by the result. And then has to spend time checking out the article only to find out, it's not relevant at all. I'm just not sure if it's ok to get rid of the redirect here outright, or if we'll have to have a disambiguation page. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 21:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)	+
		+	How is this an appropriate redirect? {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 20:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	:See [[Talk:Dancin' Bubs#Money?]]. --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 20:47, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	::I have to agree with what the person in that thread said. This should redirect to something related to money, not to an old game, based solely on the file name of a component which you never actually see. Especially considering it actually refers to something else entirely; according to the Dancin' Bubs page, the music was originally different, and later replaced with original songs, while the filenames were left the same. At worst, this should be a disambig page. -{{User:YK/sig}} 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
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		+	:::I definitely understand the benefit of filename redirects — I use them all the time with filenames from the URL and am always pleased that the wiki "does the right thing". In this instance though... it's not really the right thing. By the time someone's poked around under the hood of the game enough to find this filename, they probably already know what wiki article is relevant (or have ''more'' than enough information to find it easily). Someone who is curious about the currency used in FCUSA and uses the search box on the otherhand, is at best jarred by the result. And then has to spend time checking out the article only to find out, it's not relevant at all. I'm just not sure if it's ok to get rid of the redirect here outright, or if we'll have to have a disambiguation page. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 21:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

GreenHelmet: /* Money? */ mmmhmmm

GreenHelmet — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:20:29 GMT

Money?: mmmhmmm

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	:It appears to be the filename of the [[HR:money.swf\|techno music]] used in the game. Hence making it a filename redirect. --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)		:It appears to be the filename of the [[HR:money.swf\|techno music]] used in the game. Hence making it a filename redirect. --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
	::Specifically the filename is [[HR:money.swf\|money.swf]] .. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)		::Specifically the filename is [[HR:money.swf\|money.swf]] .. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
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		+	(Carried this over from [[Talk:money\|a redundant thread]] I started about this)
		+	I definitely understand the benefit of filename redirects — I use them all the time with filenames from the URL and am always pleased that the wiki "does the right thing". In this instance though... it's not really the right thing. By the time someone's poked around under the hood of the game enough to find this filename, they probably already know what wiki article is relevant (or have ''more'' than enough information to find it easily). Someone who is curious about the currency used in FCUSA and uses the search box on the otherhand, is at best jarred by the result. And then has to spend time checking out the article only to find out, it's not relevant at all. I'm just not sure if it's ok to get rid of the redirect here outright, or if we'll have to have a disambiguation page. {{User:GreenHelmet/sig}} 21:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

OptimisticFool: /* Money? */ Showing full filename.

OptimisticFool — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:51:05 GMT

Money?: Showing full filename.

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	Why does [[Money]] redirect here? Shouldn't it redirect to the [[Free Country, USA#Economics\|economy]] of FCUSA?		Why does [[Money]] redirect here? Shouldn't it redirect to the [[Free Country, USA#Economics\|economy]] of FCUSA?
	:It appears to be the filename of the [[HR:money.swf\|techno music]] used in the game. Hence making it a filename redirect. --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)		:It appears to be the filename of the [[HR:money.swf\|techno music]] used in the game. Hence making it a filename redirect. --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
		+	::Specifically the filename is [[HR:money.swf\|money.swf]] .. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

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	Why does [[Money]] redirect here? Shouldn't it redirect to the [[Free Country, USA#Economics\|economy]] of FCUSA?		Why does [[Money]] redirect here? Shouldn't it redirect to the [[Free Country, USA#Economics\|economy]] of FCUSA?
	:It appears to be the filename of the [[HR:money.swf\|techno music]] used in the game. Hence making it a filename redirect. --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)		:It appears to be the filename of the [[HR:money.swf\|techno music]] used in the game. Hence making it a filename redirect. --[[User:DorianGray\|DorianGray]] 07:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
		+	::Specifically the filename is [[HR:money.swf\|money.swf]] .. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)