HRWiki:Featured Article Selection
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HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 39 (Sep 22-28)
I say maybe something related to Dangeresque. Like, the email stunt double, or maybe dangeresque 3. 
DrPepper42 14:56, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- We're getting to far ahead of ourselves. We're only in July. I think it would be better to just make sure we know what featured articles we will be featuring for the next few weeks right now. Homestar-Winner (talk) 19:11, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- Well, technically, we have done the Dangeresque film series already. Might I suggest something entirely different? Like say, Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship? That one has been suggested a long time ago, but no one was willing to do it because it was too close to another relationship article on the one between Homestar and Strong Bad. MHarrington 01:49, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
- I guess we can do that one now. It's too bad there aren't more feature-worthy relationship articles, though. This might be our last one, we'll see. Heimstern Läufer
00:42, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Not necessarily. We also have relationship articles between Strongs Bad and Sad and Strong Bad and The Cheat in the nominations section. Mind you, they'd need to be updated somewhat, but I think they're doable. But yes, we should pace ourselves here. MHarrington 18:20, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- I hope you're right. Heimstern Läufer 18:23, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- There's also another relationship article that can be placed in the hopper given the word content: the one between Marzipan and Coach Z, of all things. MHarrington 23:33, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
- To clarify, we're doing Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship this week, right? I support that. wbwolf (t | ed) 14:03, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, we are. MHarrington 23:44, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- To clarify, we're doing Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship this week, right? I support that. wbwolf (t | ed) 14:03, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- There's also another relationship article that can be placed in the hopper given the word content: the one between Marzipan and Coach Z, of all things. MHarrington 23:33, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
- I hope you're right. Heimstern Läufer
- Not necessarily. We also have relationship articles between Strongs Bad and Sad and Strong Bad and The Cheat in the nominations section. Mind you, they'd need to be updated somewhat, but I think they're doable. But yes, we should pace ourselves here. MHarrington 18:20, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- I guess we can do that one now. It's too bad there aren't more feature-worthy relationship articles, though. This might be our last one, we'll see. Heimstern Läufer
- Well, technically, we have done the Dangeresque film series already. Might I suggest something entirely different? Like say, Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship? That one has been suggested a long time ago, but no one was willing to do it because it was too close to another relationship article on the one between Homestar and Strong Bad. MHarrington 01:49, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 40 (Sep 29-Oct 5)
I think we sorely need to do something related to Puppet Stuff. How about Everybody Knows It? MHarrington 07:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
- Everybody Knows It is a bit on the short side. I'm not sure if a writeup would be long enough or not. If not, I still think featuring something Puppet-related is a good idea. Heimstern Läufer 23:09, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
- Well, then how about the Biz Cas Fri series? MHarrington 01:05, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- Incidentally, because many of the Puppet Stuffs are short, it might be worth considering a week of Puppet Stuff dailies (not necessarily this week). The Biz Cas Fris are probably long enough for a week, though. Heimstern Läufer 02:19, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- That's it! We have NOT done dailies in a LONG time. The ones we could feature are: Everybody Knows It, Puppet Time, Homestar vs. Little Girl, Homestar vs. Little Girl 2, Strong Bad vs. Little Girl!, Homestar vs. Other Little Girl and Marshie vs. Little Girl. How about that? Mind you, it's just a prototype, but it should give an idea. MHarrington 05:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- My only problem with this list would be Marshie vs. Little Girl and Homestar vs. Little Girl 2 are both Halloween themed. If we do this, it would be better to move it closer to Halloween (maybe Week 43) and/or substitute some of the Biz Cas Fri shorts... which should get featured anyway. But, I would concede these are all mid-importance articles that work well for dailies. wbwolf (t | ed) 05:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- I think Mr. Wolf is exactly right about the Halloween ones. Also, they're quite possibly long and involved enough for a whole week. Another thing we haven't considered are the Puppet Jam sessions, all of which are rather short and unlikely to make a good week-long feature. Heimstern Läufer 05:16, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I'm fine with this. One way or another, though, we need to include something with the puppet stuff. MHarrington 05:20, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- Sure, and we have plenty of time to refine the list. Heimstern Läufer 05:21, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- As for the Puppet Jams, we don't have to necessarily feature any of the separate ones; we could do an article on that series as a whole. MHarrington 05:23, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- Hey, I got it. How about doing the week thus, as per the dailies-type to give you an idea. MHarrington 16:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- As for the Puppet Jams, we don't have to necessarily feature any of the separate ones; we could do an article on that series as a whole. MHarrington 05:23, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- Sure, and we have plenty of time to refine the list. Heimstern Läufer
- Well, I'm fine with this. One way or another, though, we need to include something with the puppet stuff. MHarrington 05:20, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- I think Mr. Wolf is exactly right about the Halloween ones. Also, they're quite possibly long and involved enough for a whole week. Another thing we haven't considered are the Puppet Jam sessions, all of which are rather short and unlikely to make a good week-long feature. Heimstern Läufer
- My only problem with this list would be Marshie vs. Little Girl and Homestar vs. Little Girl 2 are both Halloween themed. If we do this, it would be better to move it closer to Halloween (maybe Week 43) and/or substitute some of the Biz Cas Fri shorts... which should get featured anyway. But, I would concede these are all mid-importance articles that work well for dailies. wbwolf (t | ed) 05:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- That's it! We have NOT done dailies in a LONG time. The ones we could feature are: Everybody Knows It, Puppet Time, Homestar vs. Little Girl, Homestar vs. Little Girl 2, Strong Bad vs. Little Girl!, Homestar vs. Other Little Girl and Marshie vs. Little Girl. How about that? Mind you, it's just a prototype, but it should give an idea. MHarrington 05:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- Incidentally, because many of the Puppet Stuffs are short, it might be worth considering a week of Puppet Stuff dailies (not necessarily this week). The Biz Cas Fris are probably long enough for a week, though. Heimstern Läufer
- Well, then how about the Biz Cas Fri series? MHarrington 01:05, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Listed below is a list of the dailies for this week:
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 40, day 1
Everybody Knows It. MHarrington 16:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 40, day 2
Puppet Time. MHarrington 16:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 40, day 3
Puppet Jam series. MHarrington 16:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- Again, the problem is this is just a short intro and a list; articles that are featured, even as dailies, should have some content beyond what's on the front page. How about Bad Jokes as a representative of the series, instead? wbwolf (t | ed) 19:34, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- Well, once again, we could do it like with Summer Short Shorts, where we describe each of the shorts in brief, with an intro to the series as a whole. MHarrington 19:38, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- No, as below, we shouldn't feature multiple articles in a single writeup. Heimstern Läufer 19:39, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- Well, what if we just had said short intro, a description of the series as a whole and a description of one of the shorts (like Bad Jokes), as Wbwolf suggested? MHarrington 19:42, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- Like featuring Bad Jokes, and as part of that, including a blurb about the series of which it's part? Yeah, we could do that. Heimstern Läufer 17:07, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, that's about the size of it. MHarrington 23:59, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- Please note the changes made to this writeup. While some info about the series as a whole is fine, even desirable, the featured article is nonetheless Bad Jokes, not Puppet Jam, and therefore it must be the article with the bold links. Heimstern Läufer 08:37, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, I'll do it like that then. MHarrington 01:14, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Please note the changes made to this writeup. While some info about the series as a whole is fine, even desirable, the featured article is nonetheless Bad Jokes, not Puppet Jam, and therefore it must be the article with the bold links. Heimstern Läufer
- Yeah, that's about the size of it. MHarrington 23:59, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- Like featuring Bad Jokes, and as part of that, including a blurb about the series of which it's part? Yeah, we could do that. Heimstern Läufer
- Well, what if we just had said short intro, a description of the series as a whole and a description of one of the shorts (like Bad Jokes), as Wbwolf suggested? MHarrington 19:42, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- No, as below, we shouldn't feature multiple articles in a single writeup. Heimstern Läufer
- Well, once again, we could do it like with Summer Short Shorts, where we describe each of the shorts in brief, with an intro to the series as a whole. MHarrington 19:38, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 40, day 4
Homestar vs. Little Girl. MHarrington 16:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 40, day 5
Strong Bad vs. Little Girl!. MHarrington 16:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- I think we should put this before the Biz Cas Fri series, as this was the debut of the Strong Bad puppet on H*R.com, and that puppet plays an important role in BCF. Heimstern Läufer 17:39, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
- All right, consider it done. MHarrington 17:58, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 40, day 6
Biz Cas Fri series. MHarrington 16:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- The problem here is Biz Cas Fri points to a disam page. Similar to the problem when trying to feature the Lappynapped! saga, we shy away from making special pages just to be featured. In order to pick one, I would lean towards Biz Cas Fri 1. wbwolf (t | ed) 19:32, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- Well, then, why don't we do it like we did with Summer Short Shorts? We look at each of the parts in the series individually, but on one article. We dedicate one or two sentences a time to each of the three shorts in the series. Same goes for the Puppet Jam series. MHarrington 19:35, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- No, we shouldn't feature multiple articles in one writeup. It's a featured article, not featured articles. With Summer Short Shorts, we're still featuring only one article. Not three, as we would for Biz Cas Fri. Heimstern Läufer 19:38, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I think it could work. What we should do is feature an intro to the series, complete with where the name for this series came from: namely, the other days email. And maybe a description of just one of the shorts featured, like Biz Cas Fri 1. MHarrington 19:40, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- We could feature Biz Cas Fri 1 and include a description of the series as a whole in the opening of the writeup, which is maybe kind of the sort of thing you had in mind. Heimstern Läufer 17:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, that's about the size of it. MHarrington 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- It would make much more sense if we feature a full article, namely Biz Cas Fri 1 over a simple disambiguation page (or even try to feature several articles at once). So I'd say go ahead with Biz Cas Fri 1. --Stux 08:30, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I think that's the plan: Feature Biz Cas Fri 1, but include a bit of info about the series as a whole in the writeup. Heimstern Läufer 08:41, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I think that's the plan: Feature Biz Cas Fri 1, but include a bit of info about the series as a whole in the writeup. Heimstern Läufer
- It would make much more sense if we feature a full article, namely Biz Cas Fri 1 over a simple disambiguation page (or even try to feature several articles at once). So I'd say go ahead with Biz Cas Fri 1. --Stux 08:30, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, that's about the size of it. MHarrington 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- We could feature Biz Cas Fri 1 and include a description of the series as a whole in the opening of the writeup, which is maybe kind of the sort of thing you had in mind. Heimstern Läufer
- Well, I think it could work. What we should do is feature an intro to the series, complete with where the name for this series came from: namely, the other days email. And maybe a description of just one of the shorts featured, like Biz Cas Fri 1. MHarrington 19:40, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- No, we shouldn't feature multiple articles in one writeup. It's a featured article, not featured articles. With Summer Short Shorts, we're still featuring only one article. Not three, as we would for Biz Cas Fri. Heimstern Läufer
- Well, then, why don't we do it like we did with Summer Short Shorts? We look at each of the parts in the series individually, but on one article. We dedicate one or two sentences a time to each of the three shorts in the series. Same goes for the Puppet Jam series. MHarrington 19:35, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 40, day 0
Homestar vs. Other Little Girl. MHarrington 16:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- It would be nice to feature one of the DVD exclusive Puppet Stuff features if we're going to do a series. Real Live E-Mails would be a likely candidate. (Puppets On The Road is long enough that could be featured on its own.) wbwolf (t | ed) 17:59, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
What about Strongbadia the free ? HomsarGuy 19:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
- We're doing a week of Puppet Stuff-related articles this week. Plus, Strong Badia the Free is too new to new to be a Featured Article. Homestar-Winner (talk) 19:05, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, I think Real-Live E-Mails (note the dash in the name) would a fitting treat to end the FA week (as we already have two "vs. Little Girl" articles listed). --Stux 22:21, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
- The only problem with Real-Live E-Mails (and Puppets On The Road, too) is that it's available only on DVD and not on the website. And Other Little Girl is different than Little Girl. MHarrington 23:25, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think the fact that it's DVD-only is a problem for featuring it. No opinion on whether it's preferable to feature it or Other Little Girl. Heimstern Läufer 01:27, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- Well, we should make a decision soon, because time is running out. I've already put up the first three days of this week. MHarrington 01:39, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- I've given it a little thought, and I've decided that I agree with Mr. Wolf that a DVD exclusive would be desirable. It could even drum up interest in the DVDs, which would be good for TBC (OK, it's not that likely we'll make them more money, but still, it shows off an easily-neglected element of their work). Heimstern Läufer 08:57, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- All right, we can do a DVD-only feature, I guess. However, which one should we do: Real Live E-Mails or Puppets On The Road? Of course, it was suggested that the latter is long enough to do for a week, so maybe "E-Mails". Either way, it will be chronologically and climatically a good last feature to do for the week. MHarrington 01:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Another advantage of doing Real-Live E-Mails is we can mention the Marshie puppet, which we wouldn't be able to do elsewhere. wbwolf (t | ed) 01:33, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, Real-Live E-Mails it is, then. MHarrington 01:36, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Another advantage of doing Real-Live E-Mails is we can mention the Marshie puppet, which we wouldn't be able to do elsewhere. wbwolf (t | ed) 01:33, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- All right, we can do a DVD-only feature, I guess. However, which one should we do: Real Live E-Mails or Puppets On The Road? Of course, it was suggested that the latter is long enough to do for a week, so maybe "E-Mails". Either way, it will be chronologically and climatically a good last feature to do for the week. MHarrington 01:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- I've given it a little thought, and I've decided that I agree with Mr. Wolf that a DVD exclusive would be desirable. It could even drum up interest in the DVDs, which would be good for TBC (OK, it's not that likely we'll make them more money, but still, it shows off an easily-neglected element of their work). Heimstern Läufer
- Well, we should make a decision soon, because time is running out. I've already put up the first three days of this week. MHarrington 01:39, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think the fact that it's DVD-only is a problem for featuring it. No opinion on whether it's preferable to feature it or Other Little Girl. Heimstern Läufer
- The only problem with Real-Live E-Mails (and Puppets On The Road, too) is that it's available only on DVD and not on the website. And Other Little Girl is different than Little Girl. MHarrington 23:25, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, I think Real-Live E-Mails (note the dash in the name) would a fitting treat to end the FA week (as we already have two "vs. Little Girl" articles listed). --Stux 22:21, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 41 (Oct 6-12)
How about some kind of clothing, like Bowler Hats? MHarrington 06:12, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
- May I suggest instead one of the reoccurring names in the Homestar Runner universe, A. Chimendez. We finally appeared in a short, and Bill Melendez, his name inspiration recent passed away. I think it would be a fitting tribute. wbwolf (t | ed) 00:12, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, that would work, I guess, except the article is just a trifle short. If we could add more, that would help greatly. MHarrington 06:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think we should do Chimendez right before Gunhaver: Too much Cheat Commandos. (True, Chimendez is not exclusively CC, but his only appearance as something more than a name is in a Cheat Commandos toon.) If we want to do Chimendez this week, I think we should come up with something instead of Gunhaver for next. Heimstern Läufer 06:39, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- Then I think we should go back to Bowler Hats and save A. Chimendez for another time. MHarrington 20:08, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- Bowler hats could use a little more content before being featured article. We haven't done a running gag in a while, though, so what about Couch Mumbling? JCM 19:05, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Nah, too bare-bones, and uses an unneccary graph instaed of links. How 'bout Death?
- Once again, Death is too bare-bones for inclusion. We'd have to update that one greatly. MHarrington 20:29, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- I don't see how either can have more content than they already do. JCM 20:43, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Fine, how about... New Paper? It's both a running gag, and a character. That Game Dude 386
00:39, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
- The content for Bowler Hats is enough. Yes, it would be better for it to be slightly longer, but still, it's a good paragraph plus some appearances, and it's a nice explanation of one of the H*R universe's most peculiar phenomena. Heimstern Läufer 01:12, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
- The content for Bowler Hats is enough. Yes, it would be better for it to be slightly longer, but still, it's a good paragraph plus some appearances, and it's a nice explanation of one of the H*R universe's most peculiar phenomena. Heimstern Läufer
- Fine, how about... New Paper? It's both a running gag, and a character. That Game Dude 386
- I don't see how either can have more content than they already do. JCM 20:43, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Once again, Death is too bare-bones for inclusion. We'd have to update that one greatly. MHarrington 20:29, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Nah, too bare-bones, and uses an unneccary graph instaed of links. How 'bout Death?
- Bowler hats could use a little more content before being featured article. We haven't done a running gag in a while, though, so what about Couch Mumbling? JCM 19:05, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Then I think we should go back to Bowler Hats and save A. Chimendez for another time. MHarrington 20:08, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think we should do Chimendez right before Gunhaver: Too much Cheat Commandos. (True, Chimendez is not exclusively CC, but his only appearance as something more than a name is in a Cheat Commandos toon.) If we want to do Chimendez this week, I think we should come up with something instead of Gunhaver for next. Heimstern Läufer
- Yeah, that would work, I guess, except the article is just a trifle short. If we could add more, that would help greatly. MHarrington 06:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 42 (Oct 13-19)
For this week, how about Gunhaver? I sincerely believe that the Cheat Commandos body of work has been too lightly tapped for too long now. MHarrington 15:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
- Hmm, it'll be a bit recent after Commandos in the Classroom, but it's true, we haven't done much CC. I'm cool with it. Heimstern Läufer 17:00, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- And in fairness, we had So and So for Week 4 of this year, followed three weeks later by TGS Issue 12. So this is nothing compared to that. MHarrington 00:01, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
- Why not use Cheat Commandos...O's? Frankly, it's a crime that it hasn't been done yet! That Game Dude 386 20:15, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Because Cheat Commandos...O's doesn't have a two story hot tub! (Oh, and the last CC article we featured was a toon. And Gunhaver is a character.) — Acam30
20:30, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Exactly. We've never done any Cheat Commandos characters, save for Blue Laser, and even that is for the group as a whole, not any one character. I just think it's time that CC characters got their due, kinda like what is happening (slowly but surely) with the Teen Girl Squad. MHarrington 20:33, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Oh! Sorry, I meant the cereal "Cheat Commandos..O's", not the toon. Do we not have an article on that one yet? Anyways, why not do Mrs. Commanderson? Or, to a greater extent, Firebert? That Game Dude 386 00:29, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
- Hi, That game dude386. Lemme introduce you a little to how things are done here: We discuss featured article suggestions rather than just throwing out suggestions. So, for example, since Gunhaver had already been suggested, if you wanted to suggest something else, your really need to explain why that suggestion is preferable to the original. As yet, you haven't given any reason not to go with the original suggestion (and by the way, I still think Gunhaver is the best way to go, since he's one of the most prominent CC characters). Heimstern Läufer 01:08, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
- SO were going with Gunhaver then? Fo' shizzle? — Acam30 01:49, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
- SO were going with Gunhaver then? Fo' shizzle? — Acam30
- Hi, That game dude386. Lemme introduce you a little to how things are done here: We discuss featured article suggestions rather than just throwing out suggestions. So, for example, since Gunhaver had already been suggested, if you wanted to suggest something else, your really need to explain why that suggestion is preferable to the original. As yet, you haven't given any reason not to go with the original suggestion (and by the way, I still think Gunhaver is the best way to go, since he's one of the most prominent CC characters). Heimstern Läufer
- Oh! Sorry, I meant the cereal "Cheat Commandos..O's", not the toon. Do we not have an article on that one yet? Anyways, why not do Mrs. Commanderson? Or, to a greater extent, Firebert? That Game Dude 386
- Exactly. We've never done any Cheat Commandos characters, save for Blue Laser, and even that is for the group as a whole, not any one character. I just think it's time that CC characters got their due, kinda like what is happening (slowly but surely) with the Teen Girl Squad. MHarrington 20:33, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Because Cheat Commandos...O's doesn't have a two story hot tub! (Oh, and the last CC article we featured was a toon. And Gunhaver is a character.) — Acam30
- Why not use Cheat Commandos...O's? Frankly, it's a crime that it hasn't been done yet! That Game Dude 386
- And in fairness, we had So and So for Week 4 of this year, followed three weeks later by TGS Issue 12. So this is nothing compared to that. MHarrington 00:01, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 43 (Oct 20-26)
Well, it's starting to be getting around Halloween once again. Since we've featured two Halloween-themed items per year in the past (one for the week before Halloween; one for the week during Halloween (one of the major Halloween toons)), I think we should do something like that again. However, I have a few possibilities for this particular week: namely, The Goblin and the two Halloween-themed emails, halloweener and ghosts. Do any of those appeal to anyone? MHarrington 15:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
- I would like to see The Goblin featured. He doesn't get enough recognition sometimes, but it just wouldn't be a Homestar Runner Holloween without him. — Acam30 02:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- Does the goblin really have enough content to make a good FA though? — Defender1031*Talk 02:02, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- It's doable, though more content would be great if we could add it. Heimstern Läufer 02:27, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- I think it's high time that The Goblin got a page. And with Halloween right around the corner, why not do it then, since he is featured in several of the Halloween toons anyway? I think that article also has enough content for it, though if we can add more, it would be even better. MHarrington 03:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- So... we've agreed on The Goblin then? — Acam30 01:17, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
- I proposed having The Goblin last year, but I think took it in some other direction. I think he's long overdue to get an FA. wbwolf (t | ed) 01:27, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
- So... we've agreed on The Goblin then? — Acam30
- I think it's high time that The Goblin got a page. And with Halloween right around the corner, why not do it then, since he is featured in several of the Halloween toons anyway? I think that article also has enough content for it, though if we can add more, it would be even better. MHarrington 03:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- It's doable, though more content would be great if we could add it. Heimstern Läufer
- Does the goblin really have enough content to make a good FA though? — Defender1031*Talk 02:02, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 44 (Oct 27-Nov 2)
Well, this week would be a time where we'd feature an actual Halloween toon. The ones that had already been featured in the past were: Halloween Potion-ma-jig (for 2006) and Homestarloween Party (for 2007). Anyway, this year, I think we ought to do Pumpkin Carve-nival. MHarrington 07:19, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- The House That Gave Sucky Treats would also work. I don't know which is more worthy though.
BBG 14:43, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- Any of them would be worthy, but I think we've already featured a "choose-your-own"-type Halloween toon recently: namely, Halloween Potion-ma-jig. So I think we should hold off on that kind of toon until a little later and just do something regular, yet a bit older. That's one reason why I picked Pumpkin Carve-nival for the Halloween toon of the year. Plus, the King of Town is dressed as Mario in that one and I love Mario. And then there are all those twists near the end of the toon, as well. MHarrington 15:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, yeah, and Pumpkin Carve-nival also beget an interesting little catch phrase now common in the H*R universe: namely, "witches' brew". MHarrington 14:04, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
- But, do we really need to feature a Halloween article two weeks in a row? Since it's the start of November, maybe we should feature a Thanksgiving-related article or toon. JCM 23:31, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- Well, firstly, we've had two Halloween articles each in the past, and secondly, we don't usually do Thanksgiving stuff until it's actually around Thanksgiving time itself. MHarrington 04:45, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, we usually do two, kind of like how TBC frequently do two 'Ween-type toons: One short, one full-length. Likewise, we tend to feature one full-length toon on the week that includes Halloween itself, and a different type the week before (such as a short Halloween toon or Halloween-related running gag). Heimstern Läufer 04:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- I couldn't have said that better myself. MHarrington 17:34, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, we usually do two, kind of like how TBC frequently do two 'Ween-type toons: One short, one full-length. Likewise, we tend to feature one full-length toon on the week that includes Halloween itself, and a different type the week before (such as a short Halloween toon or Halloween-related running gag). Heimstern Läufer
- Well, firstly, we've had two Halloween articles each in the past, and secondly, we don't usually do Thanksgiving stuff until it's actually around Thanksgiving time itself. MHarrington 04:45, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- But, do we really need to feature a Halloween article two weeks in a row? Since it's the start of November, maybe we should feature a Thanksgiving-related article or toon. JCM 23:31, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, yeah, and Pumpkin Carve-nival also beget an interesting little catch phrase now common in the H*R universe: namely, "witches' brew". MHarrington 14:04, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
- Any of them would be worthy, but I think we've already featured a "choose-your-own"-type Halloween toon recently: namely, Halloween Potion-ma-jig. So I think we should hold off on that kind of toon until a little later and just do something regular, yet a bit older. That's one reason why I picked Pumpkin Carve-nival for the Halloween toon of the year. Plus, the King of Town is dressed as Mario in that one and I love Mario. And then there are all those twists near the end of the toon, as well. MHarrington 15:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 45 (Nov 3-9)
We should do Taranchula this week. MHarrington 00:22, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
- With the appearance of the standee in Strong Badia The Free (and likely references in Baddest Of The Bands), this might be a fun one to do. wbwolf (t | ed) 17:53, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
- What's a standee? MHarrington 20:55, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
- A standee is a cardboard cutout, usually roughly life size, of a figure. Originally used for advertising movies, but they are now sold on their own. A Taranchula standee is a plot point in the Strong Mad portion of SBtF. wbwolf (t | ed) 21:47, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, that's what it is. Unfortunately, however, there isn't much information to give on standees, though. The only standees I can think of are Cardboard Marzipan and Cardboard Homestar. MHarrington 22:13, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
- Would the numerous stand ins for Original Bubs be counted as standees? Stribbs 22:32, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
- Cardboard Marzi is probably of featureable length. No comment on whether to feature her or go with the original suggestion for the week at this point, though. Heimstern Läufer 00:04, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
- I think y'all are misunderstanding me. There is a Taranchula standee featured in Strong Badia The Free. That, and likely references to the band in the next game will make Taranchula a pertinent FA. wbwolf (t | ed) 01:27, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
- Gotcha. Taranchula is fine by me. Incidentally, it'd probably be good to look at Cardboard Marzi sometime. But not now. Heimstern Läufer 05:23, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
- A few months ago, incidentally, we were considering having Cardboard Marzipan as an article, but we took a pass on it for a variety of reasons, including that it was a bit short. So no comment. MHarrington 21:55, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
- Gotcha. Taranchula is fine by me. Incidentally, it'd probably be good to look at Cardboard Marzi sometime. But not now. Heimstern Läufer
- I think y'all are misunderstanding me. There is a Taranchula standee featured in Strong Badia The Free. That, and likely references to the band in the next game will make Taranchula a pertinent FA. wbwolf (t | ed) 01:27, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
- Cardboard Marzi is probably of featureable length. No comment on whether to feature her or go with the original suggestion for the week at this point, though. Heimstern Läufer
- Would the numerous stand ins for Original Bubs be counted as standees? Stribbs 22:32, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, that's what it is. Unfortunately, however, there isn't much information to give on standees, though. The only standees I can think of are Cardboard Marzipan and Cardboard Homestar. MHarrington 22:13, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
- A standee is a cardboard cutout, usually roughly life size, of a figure. Originally used for advertising movies, but they are now sold on their own. A Taranchula standee is a plot point in the Strong Mad portion of SBtF. wbwolf (t | ed) 21:47, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
- What's a standee? MHarrington 20:55, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 46 (Nov 10-16)
For this week, we should have What's Her Face. MHarrington 22:47, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
- Somthing TGS-themed, yes, but I think that Teen Girl Squad Issue 1 is more deserving. Or, Arrow'd Guy. Both are truly deserving articles. That Game Dude 386 20:01, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- But we have not featured any of the girls themselves since Week 4 (when we had So and So). And TGS Issue 1 was also seen in the email comic. As for Arrow'd Guy, no comment. MHarrington 20:35, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- The fact is, looking at the page, it just doesn't seem... special enough. It's not a highlight of TGS or HR Wiki. It's good, but it's not... deserving. But, how about a TGS running gag? If so, I'd like to put Ow! My X! and -'d on the table. That Game Dude 386 00:20, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
- The fact is, looking at the page, it just doesn't seem... special enough. It's not a highlight of TGS or HR Wiki. It's good, but it's not... deserving. But, how about a TGS running gag? If so, I'd like to put Ow! My X! and -'d on the table. That Game Dude 386
- But we have not featured any of the girls themselves since Week 4 (when we had So and So). And TGS Issue 1 was also seen in the email comic. As for Arrow'd Guy, no comment. MHarrington 20:35, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 47 (Nov 17-23)
For this week, let's make it Don and Harriet Chapman, Mike and Matt's parents. MHarrington 19:01, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
- To me, it looks the article is just a little short to featured. (Unfortunately, I can't think of something else to put here.) wbwolf (t | ed) 14:07, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- The question is CAN it be added on to, with the available information we have? --
Lazylaces Talk 14:36, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think there's really anything else we know that's not already there. Heimstern Läufer 14:40, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
- And I think there is a reasonable amount of text there anyway. MHarrington 05:26, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- This one's really borderline, especially since there's no appearances section to help fill out the end. It could be done, I think; I just wish there were more content. But as I've said, I don't think there's any more available. Heimstern Läufer 05:28, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I just thought that A) we need to do more actual people in TBC's lives, and B) I think the people who actually helped to make TBC possible deserve someplace to be mentioned. MHarrington 17:39, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
- This one's really borderline, especially since there's no appearances section to help fill out the end. It could be done, I think; I just wish there were more content. But as I've said, I don't think there's any more available. Heimstern Läufer
- And I think there is a reasonable amount of text there anyway. MHarrington 05:26, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think there's really anything else we know that's not already there. Heimstern Läufer
- The question is CAN it be added on to, with the available information we have? --
HRWiki:Featured article for 2008, week 48 (Nov 24-30)
Thanksgiving in the US, so we might do something related to that. Toikey TV was last year's T-Day toon, and one of the only substantial toons related to that holiday we haven't featured yet. Heimstern Läufer 
08:51, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
- Sure, we could do that, considering that where Thanksgiving toons are concerned, for the past few years, we've done an article on the previous year's Thanksgiving toon (i.e., Fall Float Parade (2005 toon) in 2006 and Let Us Give Tanks (2006 toon) in 2007). Doing it like this would carry on that little tradition (if we're doing a tradition). MHarrington 02:06, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
General discussion
Daily Featured Blocks (On Occasion)
In order to make daily featured articles for one week, create pages like:
- [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 1]]
- [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 2]]
- [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 3]]
- [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 4]]
- [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 5]]
- [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 6]]
- [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 50, day 0]] (redirect day 7 to this)
