Talk:Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender

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Count fake e-mails?

FIRST COMMENT!

Anyway, my question. Should fake e-mails count in the list (example: Zebbadee from personal favorites)? I don't think they should. But, that's just my opinion.

Homsar999 20:51 9 Nov 2004 (CST)

I don't think any of the emails which have been shown are fake. --Upsilon

Nor do I. TBC chose to answer real e-mails, and since they have a plethara of e-mails to choose from, (1000's in their inbox), why wouldn't they use real ones all the time? If they ever did use fake ones, I betcha anything they would use one of their characters as the author, not some real-sounding person. -- Thunderbird 14:03, 11 Nov 2004 (MST)

Read the FAQ question on the site about all their emails being real. You'll see what I mean by fake emails (the ones from personal favorites).

Homsar999 21:18, 11 Nov 2004

That is one way to interpret the FAQ, yes. But by their being fake, I belive they are referring to the actual idea of a complete cinimatic animation as a whole, not the specific e-mail sent to them. The first question on the FAQ also reinforces our reasoning, where it affirms the recival of thousands of e-mails. So why not just use one or two of them? Unfortunately, however, the only way to get a definite answer from them is to actually ask them, an ability we both lack. So until they specifically answer that question, we don't really have a way of knowing exactly what is fake, and what isn't. It's fair to say that at least some of the un-featured e-mails come from real people, so for the time being, since a clear line cannot be drawn, I belive it is also safe to leave them on, using the old reasoning of 'better safe than sorry'. I don't really see a problem with it. And I'm sure that Upsilon, among others, will agree with my case and cause. -- Thunderbird 01:45, 12 Nov 2004 (MST)

I fixed your spelling of "unfortunately", Thunderbird. I thought you were a stickler for grammar! :D Just kidding. --Homsar999 1:17, 14 Nov 2004

Yea, I usually am. I misspell just a few, like 10 or 12 select words. I can't be bothered with spellcheck, so if I don't know I just guess. But yes, I do enjoy the correct puncuation, grammar, and spelling. Thanks for noticing. --Thunderbird 02:39, 14 Nov 2004 (MST)

We do know that "mile" isn't a real e-mail.

Hey, I just checked the 'mile' DVD easter eggs, and lo and behold, it seems like you're right! But I still don't feel right just getting rid of the mile e-mail author, because TBC made him up. The way I see it, lets just say it's from TBC, perhaps an alter-ego of theirs, and leave it at that. We can't really just delete one specific e-mail. I left a raw code note though. [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 09:45, 30 Jan 2005 (MST)

Tables

I tried out tables on the A and B. Any comments, suggestions? Should I continue? Should N/A be italicized or not? Should something else go there instead, such as 'none', or even just nothing at all? Thanks. [[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 00:46, 26 Feb 2005 (MST)

I personally think that splitting First Name and Last Name into separate columns is a bit silly, because many people never give a last name, and of course there are cases of two-part last names or middle names (often difficult to tell the difference), and things like "Anonymous Contributor". That's my only real complaint. Nickname isn't such a big deal because it's separate from the given name, and actually pops up more often than last names (due to Strong Bad's Strong-Badiness.) --Jay 01:03, 26 Feb 2005 (MST)

Oh, yeah, and I think any word (or none) that indicates no nickname is okay, but yes, something like italics or grayed text should be used to distinguish. IMHO. --Jay 01:15, 26 Feb 2005 (MST)

Thanks Jay, I'm gonna follow your advice and go for it. Oh, and thanks for Alphabatizing, if it was you that did that. I said I was going to, but then kinda got sidetracked with '03 - '01 updates.

[[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 09:38, 26 Feb 2005 (MST)

Well, they were already arranged by the first letter of the name. But yeah, I alphabetized them within the letters. And it's looking good to me! --Jay 09:46, 26 Feb 2005 (MST)

The tables look good guys, but could we make the columns a consistent width between each letter? It would mean some rows were wider than others because they would have more data, which I could live with. - Dr Haggis - Talk 18:00, 25 Mar 2005 (MST)

"None"

I like the tables. But do you think it's necessary to say "None" for every one in which there's no nickname? I think you could alleviate some clutter just by leaving it blank. — InterruptorJones[[]] 10:03, 28 Feb 2005 (MST)

Agreed. →[[User:FireBird|FireBird]]

Hmmm... I gotta say, it's painful, but I agree with you. It's not THAT big of a deal though, so I'm comfortable to just leave it. If there are any volunteers for going through them all and getting rid of it though, be my guest. Maybe once I get around to finishing the place tables, I'll come back to it if it's not finished yet.

[[User:Thunderbird L17|⇔Thunderbird⇔]] 16:43, 7 Mar 2005 (MST)

I'm fine with the "None"s. They can stay IMO, but I have some free time on my hands, and I'll get rid of them if you guys are sure that's what you want. (Someone has to verify that though, or else I won't do it. --Joshua 17:02, 19 Mar 2005 (MST)

Nevermind, I have some free time so I'll do it. It seems like no one wants them there anyway. Besides, you guys can always revert if it turns out bad. --Joshua 18:50, 25 Mar 2005 (MST)