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== link to the fanstuff forum? ==
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''It has been [[HRWiki talk:Main page redesign|suggested]] that the Main Page be redesigned. Feel free to use [[HRWiki:Main page redesign|its project page]] for proposed redesigns.''
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Hey the fanstuff wiki is down ... so now there's really no way for people to find the fanstuff forum [http://z13.invisionfree.com/Fanstuff/ which is here]. Could somebody put a link up somewhere please? --{{User:Nerd42/sig}} 20:02, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
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== sbemail templates ==
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:Uh, you're a bit...behind the times. The fanstuff wiki has been down for two months now. And it looks like you just put a link up... {{User:Superfield Credit Union/sig}}
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:''See [[Talk:Strong Bad Email#sbemail templates|Talk:Strong Bad Email → sbemail templates]]''
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::Anyway, it's not that hard to type. {{User:HRjcm/sig}} 22:57, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
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== H*R Featured in Latest TMBG Podcast ==
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== Trogday decor ==
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They Might Be Giants' [[TMBW:Podcast 37A|Podcast 37A]] includes [[TMBW:200 SBemails|200 SBemails]] and something called "[[TMBW:Crystal Fortress|Crystal Fortress]]". Would somebody like to add the appropriate details to this wiki? {{unsigned|141.150.183.221|06:59, 30 October 2008 (UTC)}}
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Does the '''Featured content of the day (or whenever)''' template automatically switch to different links on certain days? Such as linking to [[dragon]], [[Trogday '08]] and other things when the time comes? Or is that done manually? Because tomorrow is Trogday. - [[User:HoveringSombrero|HoveringSombrero]] ([[User talk:HoveringSombrero|talk]]) [[File:Shoulder shoomps.png|23px]]
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:It's not automatic, but as you can see (at the time of this writing), the decorations were indeed put up to coincide with Trogday. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:43, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
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== Toon ==
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== How many references do you need? ==
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The ween 08 toon is out!!!!!!!!!!! Also, the [[SB]] costume was sold out. [[User:Dr. Savage|Dr. Savage]] 02:20, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
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How many references to a thing need to be on a page for the thing the page is about to become a real page? Just curious because my mock-up seinfeld page includes eight references to the titular show. The page on [[The Big Lebowski]] has the same amount of references... so do I just make a [[Seinfeld]] page now? ----[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJ]][[User_talk:Jeffjman|Ma]][[Special:Contributions/Jeffjman|n]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|23px]] 20:13, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
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:done and done ----[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJ]][[User_talk:Jeffjman|Ma]][[Special:Contributions/Jeffjman|n]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|23px]] 20:14, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
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::See our [[HRWiki:Inclusion guidelines|inclusion guidelines]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:02, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
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== Halloween theme ==
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== Songs archive ==
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October is over. [[User:Mtp1997|Mtp1997]]
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Would it be OK if I created a subpage to my user page with a complete archive of every existing song in the Homestar universe? [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 22:28, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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:The Halloween toon only came out a about a day and a half ago, and we still (hopefully) have a costume commentary toon on the way. Last year we didn't go back to normal styles until several days into November. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
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:I'm pretty sure we [[Songs|have that covered]]. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:18, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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::Well, I was gonna add MP3 files with them, so people could download them and stuff. Is that still OK? [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 00:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
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:::No, that's not what the user space is for. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:43, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
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I understand. Happy Halloween, and good luck on the fanstuff! [[User:Mtp1997|Mtp1997]]
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== dot dot dot ==
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== Editing talk posts ==
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Why come whenever I try to link to [[lady…ing]] and [[Cheat Commandos…O's]], the link is broken? Is it because of those ellipses? {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}}
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:Sort of! "…" is different from "...", it's a single character rather than three periods. Try highlighting it and you can see. This is kind of like the difference between “curly quotes” and "straight quotes" - in both cases, the former is typically made via autocorrect in word processors or mobile keyboards, while the latter is preferred by the wiki. So while [[lady…ing]] and [[lady...ing]] may ''look'' the same, they are actually two different typed entries. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 22:17, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
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::I've added redirects to fix the issue. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 23:06, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
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:::Thanks! {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}}
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:I just wanted to know, is it legal on the wiki to proofread talk pages? {{User:Chipwich/sig}} 01:45, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
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== Navigation sidebar - adding @StrongBadActual? ==
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::It's typically discouraged to edit other people's comments. Any specific reason? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:50, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
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:To make it easier for other people to reads thems. {{User:Chipwich/sig}} 01:45, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
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[[Strong Bad Email]] has been in the sidebar for as long as I can remember, presumably because it was the most popular and most actively updated portion of the website. With the Twitter account handily outpacing both sbemails and "H*R.com updates" (not to mention the [[CGI Paper]] directing viewers to tweet rather than email), might it be worth adding it over there? I know I regularly find myself navigating to the [[@StrongBadActual]] page(s) to fill out "Fast Forward" sections of pages or to find dates when an item or project was mentioned. --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 20:16, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
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::It's probably best if proofreading is done by people who can use grammar...{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 02:28, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
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:I agree (and I'm not going to do the whole "Don't you think I agree" part, this isn't [[E-mail Birds]], but it is bird season.), and I fully support putting it there. It's a handy page and we've put a lot of work into cataloging every post made by strong bad on twitter, with fun facts to boot! So consider this my '''SUPPORT'''. ----[[User:Jeffjman|J∃ffJ]][[User_talk:Jeffjman|Ma]][[Special:Contributions/Jeffjman|n]][[File:jeffjsigchrismas.png|23px]] 22:52, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
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:Why don't you point out something that you'd edit if you could. With very few exceptions, it's not allowed. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:58, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
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::I also '''SUPPORT'''. {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}}
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:::, So I '''SUPPORT''' this too, but I like having easy access to the Strong Bad Email page, considering I usually watch the sbemails by clicking on the external links. So, maybe we keep both? [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 22:28, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
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::::Maybe we link to it as <code><nowiki>[[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2023|Twitter]]</nowiki></code> and put it above [[Strong Bad Email]] and underneath [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]? {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}}
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::::: GREAT IDEA! I like it! [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 18:00, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
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==Store Stuff==
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== Editing user pages ==
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Uh, the store changed the SB patch to bumper stickers. {{User:Strongkinghomsarsmith/sig}} 17:23, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
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Alright, so, I've been thinking. The block log has a lot of "user banned for editing userpages of other users". So, the main page, for example, has a system so only sysops can edit it. What if we add a system to all user pages that basically makes it impossible for anybody but the user to edit it? [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 22:52, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
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:The thing is, I feel sysops / admins / wiki bots should probably still be able to edit user pages. For example, an admin fixing a bug on the page or a bot auto-replacing a link. But I agree that no one else should edit other user pages. Or somehow make a system where users can choose who can edit the page. {{--}} {{User:HoveringSombrero/sig}} 18:10, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
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::We already have [[HRWiki:User space#Ownership and editing of pages in the user space|explicit guidelines]] on who can and should edit user pages.  If a user page is edited for anything other than a legitimate reason, the edit typically gets quickly reverted. No harm done.  Anyone that might be banned in relation to user page edits is most likely doing it in a disruptive manner.  In any case, the block logs mostly include bans for spamming.  There really is no compelling reason to add user page security settings or tools for this.  --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:10, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
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== The System is Down!?! ==
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== Wiki availability ==
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The H*R site is down! What gives? {{User:DrPepper42/sig}} 14:34, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
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For about the past week, I haven't been able to access the HRWiki, and downforeveryoneorjustme.com consistently confirmed (and still does) that hrwiki.org is down. However, I see that plenty of edits have been made to the wiki in that time, so obviously it wasn't entirely down. Basically, I've been presented with a white screen that occasionally loaded the hills in the background and sometimes the Homestar logo in the top-left corner, and if I moved the mouse around the screen, it would recognize where links and drop-down menus were, but it wouldn't show me any text for the links and all. Any idea what may have happened/be happening? {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 20:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
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:[http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/homestarrunner.com It's just you.] &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:34, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
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==Dangeresque Puppet Stuff==
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:Hey Knights.  Usually, when a big update is released, wiki activity jumps exponentially and typically the wiki reaction times can slow down to a crawl. Pages still load but they take forever and one must be patient. Eventually that goes away as edits taper down. However, for a site like "downforeveryoneorjustme", their timeout is likely far shorter than regular browsers when reporting if a site is down. In your particular case it seems that not all website elements are loading and some may be timing out and not loading at all.  I'd typically expect that behavior during peak edit times.  Hope this helps a tiny bit! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 06:05, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
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Excuse me but, Dangeresque Puppet Stuff just came out, so yeah...might wanna chek dat out.
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::At some point I did see pages seemingly load but remain blank unless I interacted with the tab in some way, though that could have been a browser issue, it never really prevented me from accessing the wiki, and I haven't been experiencing it for a while. I've also had some "unable to connect" errors because sometimes when loading the wiki, it attempts to load an https URL. Most of the time, though, especially after a new release, it's been just slowdowns. {{User:DEIDATVM/sig}} 21:09, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
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:Good find! But the stairs to the toon have been burned down by termites. So it looks like I'm gonna have to jump! {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 00:33, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
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We're also gonna have to create a(n external) link for it on the Main Page!! [[User:Not Dennis|Not Dennis]] 13:55, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
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  Thanks Senor Mort-gage!
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== November 13th podcast ==
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=== Still Slow ===
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It seems that the wiki hasn't fully recovered from its slowdowns back in August.  In the last couple of months I've come across the Job Queue and [[MW:Manual:Job queue|this mediawiki page]] detailing what it is and how it's supposed to function.  I get the impression that currently, all jobs on the wiki are running when a page is being requested.  The page outlines a means by which the jobs can be run in the background (either via cron job or background process; I'd recommend the background process) and then the job run rate could be set to zero (so that pages aren't spending time running jobs while loading).  Is this something that is already in place or could this perhaps be implemented in order to improve overall performance even during busy periods? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 11:41, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
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Someone want to update the mainpage to reflect the release of the podcast? I already updated the podcast page itself, but I don't have permission to modify the front page, apparently. --[[User:Flytape8490|Flytape8490]] 20:51, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
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==glitch on the main pages ==
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:Just updated the more updates page. The front-page still needs it though. --[[User:Flytape8490|Flytape8490]] 20:56, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
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::You edit the news box by selecting "view source", then scroll down, then click "Template:whatsnew".  Edit the template the way you would any page.  Don't forget to add the article of the email to the Podstar Runner category, and add a download link and the Podcast summary to the article as well. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 20:58, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
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:::Just added the download link and category to the magic trick page. Where do I stick the summary in the article?--[[User:Flytape8490|Flytape8490]] 21:08, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
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:::There's also a pixelghost sale. Do we track sales? I don't remember.--[[User:Flytape8490|Flytape8490]] 21:15, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
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::::Stick the summary in the Trivia section.  Sales are worth noting in the whatsnew box. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 22:26, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
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== Sbemail DVD 6  ==
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Noticed a glitch on the main pages, done by holding the cursor on one of the buttons, and then moving away, and then moving your finger off the mouse. to see what this does and what I mean, refer to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgM-NA0Rja4 [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 21:08, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
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:There's a whole page about this. [[Main Page Glitches]] {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig}} 21:21, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
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Don't forget 'bout the new Sbemail dvd. I mean, it's up there...on the site. Or do you all just know about that already? Or am I just wasting yur thyme? --[[User:Not Dennis|NOT DENNIS]] 20:14, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
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== Why does the website still have the Halloween theme? ==
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:And there's a new Thnikkaman T-shirt!  =]  {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 20:15, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
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Halloween ended 18 days ago, and so did October in general, so why does the website still have the Hallow's Eve theme? --{{User:Cy4nIsN0tB1u3/sig}} 04:33, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
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:Because we're still waiting for the annual Fan Costumes toon to close out the season, even if we have to wait [[Decomposing Pumpkins|days after Thanksgiving]]. Also, because the sysops in charge of changing the wiki settings are busy people with lives and tend to wait a while to get around to it. -- [[Special:Contributions/68.37.43.131|68.37.43.131]] 23:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
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==WHAAAAAAAAT?==
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==New Fan Stumes’!==
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On the updates page, it says (correctly) that [[Twenty THANXty Six]] is a holiday toon. On the actual Main Page, however, it says that its a short. Edit, anyone? {{User:Strongkinghomsarsmith/sig}} 01:52, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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The 2023 Fan Stumes has been released! And not only that, but my costume from last year is the very first Strong Bad costume! That counts as a fun fact, right? We should probably note that like how we note when a wikian sent a email. [[User:TMBGLOVER|I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too!]] 17:12, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
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:Both are correct. The toon is both a holiday toon, as it has to do with Thanksgiving, and it is also a short, as it is only 2 minutes and 14 seconds long. Though the toon ''is'' listed under the Holiday Toons category, saying the toon is either one makes sense, right? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 02:09, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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::However, H*W, what about the site itself? Tis not listed under shorts. Though it is older than crap, KOT DVD is shorter than it, and yet ''it'' is still categorized as a big toon. {{User:Strongkinghomsarsmith/sig}} 02:16, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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:::The only reason this thing is under "short" is because the [[HR:newbutton.swf|main page message button]] says that it's a "new short!" So, really, only one little speck in the H*R universe is classifying it as a short. I say we put it under as a Holiday Toon. --[[Special:Contributions/70.253.165.204|70.253.165.204]] 02:21, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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::::I {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:whatsnew&diff=609506&oldid=609457 changed it}} so it said on the Main Page that it was both a holiday toon and a short. Is that better? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 02:45, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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:::::''Brilliant!'' :P --[[Special:Contributions/70.253.165.204|70.253.165.204]] 03:10, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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==No More Emails==
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== Permafrosted logo? ==
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So I was listening to the commentary on sbemail 200 and TBC (specifically Matt) said that no more sbemails will be made. He said it in sort of a joking manner but I don't know, they haven't made one in over 2 months. I guess we'll see. [[User:inunaota4a|inunaota4a]]
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The Decemberween themed logo is still up, but December ended 11 days ago. The weirdest part in my opinion is that there's no d'ween themed colors despide icicles and Homestar's hat. Is there something we're waiting for, like a new not-Decemberween toon?
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:I guess we will. This marks the tenth email that people have seriously considered might be the last (after [[vacation]], [[50 emails]], [[comic]], [[flashback]], [[virus]], [[rock opera]], [[alternate universe]], [[retirement]], and [[the paper]]). &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:55, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
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Yours truly,
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::Well "people have seriously considered" is a pretty vague statement as it depends on who those people are. The wider wiki community has never seriously considered this so far - at least not to my knowledge. And I'm sure we won't either this time.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 02:06, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
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The guy who confused Dobbs for Daubs. {{unsigned|206.110.189.60|11 January 2024 16:34 (UTC)}}  
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:::Perhaps you should have a look at our forum. There have been [[forum:11853|many]] [[forum:14818|occasions]] where people have said Strong Bad Emails were probably over, and meant it. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 02:30, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
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::::Admittedly, I am a bit ignorant when it comes to the forum. Are there actually enough active wiki editors active in the forum to call these threads expressions of the "wider wiki community"? There is only one name I recognise in that first thread, for example, and she didn't think it's the end. But yeah, there seem to be groups of people who expect/expected sbemails to end, I give you that :-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 12:34, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
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:::::Nevertheless, we do not assume that there will be no more Strong Bad Emails until TBC speak out in an interview and say, "Yeah, we've decided to move on to do other projects on the site." They ''have'' just released the first of (hopefully) many Dangeresque Roomisodes. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 19:57, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
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::::::An excerpt from the commentary for [[Where My Hat Is At?]],
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'''MIKE''': De-butt. And the umpire, too. Who, uh...
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{''Matt laughs''}
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:I'm not an admin, but I'm assuming the style is simply for the winter season. Even though the Christmas lights have been taken down, it's still a chilly and snowy time of year for {{w|March equinox|at least another month and a half}}. (P.S. Even if you don't have an account, please sign your posts with four tildes: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) --{{User:Bleu Ninja/sig}} 17:34, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
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'''MATT''': Who we forgot to make that Easter egg! We were going to put the Umpire in an Easter egg in '''the last email we made'''.
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'''MIKE''': You'll never hear from him again now! That was his one chance!
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:That commentary was done a while ago, before email 200 came out. And by "the last email" they meant the most recent one at the time. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 21:30, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
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::Right, "last email we made" does not mean "last email we're gonna make". {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 21:46, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
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== Shrinking Text ==
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Is there any way I can make some text in my User Page smaller?  Some words in one of the sections drift offscreen. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 04:20, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
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:Try <nowiki><small>(insert text here)</small></nowiki> around the text you want smaller. <small>Like this!</small> {{User:Acam30/sig}} 16:23, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
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== homestar's speech impediments... ==
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I think we should transcribe his speech impediments. The imitated voice shows the impediments, yet what the real stupid no-arms says looks like he's speaking normally. So we're going ta wanna replace "Homestar" with "Homestaw". Replace the "er" sounds with "ow". I think this MUST happen... I hope... Other than that this "UK English" thing is getting freakin' out of style! Down with UK English, up with transcribing Homestar's speech impediments at his speaking parts! I hope I touched you all. --{{User:The 386/sig}} 00:54, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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:That would take much too long, doncha think? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 01:11, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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::I'm pretty sure it won't, IF WE WORK TOGETHER! Next. --{{User:The 386/sig}} 01:16, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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:::Just curious... where is it that you mean?  Subtitles? Transcripts?  A page enumerating his impediments?  Confused, [[User:Dutchscout|Dutchscout]] 01:47, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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::::''{reply to The 386 after edit conflict}'' I think it's unnecessary (when reading Homestar's lines, you can pretty much be sure it's with his impediment) and could furthermore be confusing. And as for UK English, no, I would say what is getting out of style is '''your harping on this issue'''. It's not a big deal. We have people here who are used to UK spellings, and of course it's normal for them to write them. Just change them to US spellings; quit griping about it, which does no good. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 01:49, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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:::::#Any time the accent is related to a joke (another reason I think Coach Z's accent should remain, as his frequently is.)
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:::::#Any time one character is mocking another character's accent (Strong Bad does this to Homestar a lot; ex. "Evewybody knows I'm a painted twash can.")
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:::::Otherwise, it just cuts down on readability. And indeed, the SBCG4AP subtitles don't transcribe Homestar's accent. Sure, they're full of mistakes, but they're official! Why should we? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 01:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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::::::I don't think that it would be a good idea to transcribe his speech impediment for the following reasons: a) we can always assume that he talks with a speech impediment unless noted otherwise and b) it will make the transcripts much more readable. Regarding your comment on UK English, The 386, there is really no need for your misguided passion, here. US English is already the standard for articles on this wiki, so your demand is moot.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 01:55, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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:::::::I agree that it shouldn't be transcribed, for all the reasons already said. I had assumed that it was a given that this was the practice and obvious as to why. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 01:57, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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Crap. --{{User:The 386/sig}} 01:59, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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: Another thing to keep in mind, BTW, is that if Coach Z was to write a word, he'd probably spell it ''his'' way (remember, he believes that "[[boring (really)|jorb is a four-letters word]].") Homestar always writes out his Rs, despite his trouble pronouncing them. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:23, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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==Why is the site so slow?==
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I cannot get anything to load. Why is it so slow? [[Special:Contributions/24.199.92.132|24.199.92.132]] 03:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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:Do you mean the official site? I've been having problems with it as well since at least yesterday, and this has also been reported at the forum. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:40, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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::Both sites working fine over here in England, today and yesterday. Maybe Strong Mad's sucking up all the bandwidth over there again? Try contacting your Internet provider if it helps. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 13:40, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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:::Few, so it's not just me. '''''Curse that garden hose!''''' I don't get this. Is it a DDoS attack or something? --[[Special:Contributions/75.5.176.233|75.5.176.233]] 22:30, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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::::I've been having problems, too. Nothing's loading for me and I wanted to get in those WF and SK pictures, but FireFox keeps timing out the connection. {{User:MichaelXX2/sig}} 23:37, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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:::::I can get SOME of the action to load, but all of it takes a while to do. For example, one short sbemail takes about 5 minutes to load, whereas normal, it takes a few seconds. USA Charter Cable here. {{User:Iyeru/sig}}
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::::::I had some trouble yesterday, but only with large things like Stinkoman 20X6, I'm on way fast University-style Internet -[[User:Dutchscout|Dutchscout]] 03:22, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
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==SBCG4AP Update?==
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Has anyone checked the site lately? There's an update about the final episode of SBCG4AP there, but it doesn't actually link to anything, and the game isn't out yet...
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[http://www.majhost.com/gallery/pokemega32/OtherStuff/homestar1.bmp]
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[edit] sbemail templates

See Talk:Strong Bad Email → sbemail templates

[edit] Trogday decor

Does the Featured content of the day (or whenever) template automatically switch to different links on certain days? Such as linking to dragon, Trogday '08 and other things when the time comes? Or is that done manually? Because tomorrow is Trogday. - HoveringSombrero (talk)

It's not automatic, but as you can see (at the time of this writing), the decorations were indeed put up to coincide with Trogday. — It's dot com 01:43, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

[edit] How many references do you need?

How many references to a thing need to be on a page for the thing the page is about to become a real page? Just curious because my mock-up seinfeld page includes eight references to the titular show. The page on The Big Lebowski has the same amount of references... so do I just make a Seinfeld page now? ----J∃ffJMan 20:13, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

done and done ----J∃ffJMan 20:14, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
See our inclusion guidelines. — It's dot com 21:02, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

[edit] Songs archive

Would it be OK if I created a subpage to my user page with a complete archive of every existing song in the Homestar universe? I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too! 22:28, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure we have that covered. — It's dot com 23:18, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Well, I was gonna add MP3 files with them, so people could download them and stuff. Is that still OK? I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too! 00:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
No, that's not what the user space is for. — It's dot com 00:43, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

[edit] dot dot dot

Why come whenever I try to link to lady…ing and Cheat Commandos…O's, the link is broken? Is it because of those ellipses? — HoveringSombrero (talk)

Sort of! "…" is different from "...", it's a single character rather than three periods. Try highlighting it and you can see. This is kind of like the difference between “curly quotes” and "straight quotes" - in both cases, the former is typically made via autocorrect in word processors or mobile keyboards, while the latter is preferred by the wiki. So while lady…ing and lady...ing may look the same, they are actually two different typed entries. -- Bleu Ninja 22:17, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
I've added redirects to fix the issue. Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 23:06, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Thanks! — HoveringSombrero (talk)

[edit] Navigation sidebar - adding @StrongBadActual?

Strong Bad Email has been in the sidebar for as long as I can remember, presumably because it was the most popular and most actively updated portion of the website. With the Twitter account handily outpacing both sbemails and "H*R.com updates" (not to mention the CGI Paper directing viewers to tweet rather than email), might it be worth adding it over there? I know I regularly find myself navigating to the @StrongBadActual page(s) to fill out "Fast Forward" sections of pages or to find dates when an item or project was mentioned. -- Bleu Ninja 20:16, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

I agree (and I'm not going to do the whole "Don't you think I agree" part, this isn't E-mail Birds, but it is bird season.), and I fully support putting it there. It's a handy page and we've put a lot of work into cataloging every post made by strong bad on twitter, with fun facts to boot! So consider this my SUPPORT. ----J∃ffJMan 22:52, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
I also SUPPORT. — HoveringSombrero (talk)
, So I SUPPORT this too, but I like having easy access to the Strong Bad Email page, considering I usually watch the sbemails by clicking on the external links. So, maybe we keep both? I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too! 22:28, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
Maybe we link to it as [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2023|Twitter]] and put it above Strong Bad Email and underneath Recent changes? — HoveringSombrero (talk)
GREAT IDEA! I like it! I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too! 18:00, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

[edit] Editing user pages

Alright, so, I've been thinking. The block log has a lot of "user banned for editing userpages of other users". So, the main page, for example, has a system so only sysops can edit it. What if we add a system to all user pages that basically makes it impossible for anybody but the user to edit it? I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too! 22:52, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

The thing is, I feel sysops / admins / wiki bots should probably still be able to edit user pages. For example, an admin fixing a bug on the page or a bot auto-replacing a link. But I agree that no one else should edit other user pages. Or somehow make a system where users can choose who can edit the page. — HoveringSombrero (talk) 18:10, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
We already have explicit guidelines on who can and should edit user pages. If a user page is edited for anything other than a legitimate reason, the edit typically gets quickly reverted. No harm done. Anyone that might be banned in relation to user page edits is most likely doing it in a disruptive manner. In any case, the block logs mostly include bans for spamming. There really is no compelling reason to add user page security settings or tools for this. --Stux 21:10, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki availability

For about the past week, I haven't been able to access the HRWiki, and downforeveryoneorjustme.com consistently confirmed (and still does) that hrwiki.org is down. However, I see that plenty of edits have been made to the wiki in that time, so obviously it wasn't entirely down. Basically, I've been presented with a white screen that occasionally loaded the hills in the background and sometimes the Homestar logo in the top-left corner, and if I moved the mouse around the screen, it would recognize where links and drop-down menus were, but it wouldn't show me any text for the links and all. Any idea what may have happened/be happening? The Knights Who Say Ni 20:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Hey Knights. Usually, when a big update is released, wiki activity jumps exponentially and typically the wiki reaction times can slow down to a crawl. Pages still load but they take forever and one must be patient. Eventually that goes away as edits taper down. However, for a site like "downforeveryoneorjustme", their timeout is likely far shorter than regular browsers when reporting if a site is down. In your particular case it seems that not all website elements are loading and some may be timing out and not loading at all. I'd typically expect that behavior during peak edit times. Hope this helps a tiny bit! --Stux 06:05, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
At some point I did see pages seemingly load but remain blank unless I interacted with the tab in some way, though that could have been a browser issue, it never really prevented me from accessing the wiki, and I haven't been experiencing it for a while. I've also had some "unable to connect" errors because sometimes when loading the wiki, it attempts to load an https URL. Most of the time, though, especially after a new release, it's been just slowdowns. DEI DAT VMdatvm center\super contra 21:09, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

[edit] Still Slow

It seems that the wiki hasn't fully recovered from its slowdowns back in August. In the last couple of months I've come across the Job Queue and this mediawiki page detailing what it is and how it's supposed to function. I get the impression that currently, all jobs on the wiki are running when a page is being requested. The page outlines a means by which the jobs can be run in the background (either via cron job or background process; I'd recommend the background process) and then the job run rate could be set to zero (so that pages aren't spending time running jobs while loading). Is this something that is already in place or could this perhaps be implemented in order to improve overall performance even during busy periods? --Stux 11:41, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

[edit] glitch on the main pages

Noticed a glitch on the main pages, done by holding the cursor on one of the buttons, and then moving away, and then moving your finger off the mouse. to see what this does and what I mean, refer to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgM-NA0Rja4 I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too! 21:08, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

There's a whole page about this. Main Page Glitches Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 21:21, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

[edit] Why does the website still have the Halloween theme?

Halloween ended 18 days ago, and so did October in general, so why does the website still have the Hallow's Eve theme? --Cy4nIsN0tB1u3 04:33, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Because we're still waiting for the annual Fan Costumes toon to close out the season, even if we have to wait days after Thanksgiving. Also, because the sysops in charge of changing the wiki settings are busy people with lives and tend to wait a while to get around to it. -- 68.37.43.131 23:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

[edit] New Fan Stumes’!

The 2023 Fan Stumes has been released! And not only that, but my costume from last year is the very first Strong Bad costume! That counts as a fun fact, right? We should probably note that like how we note when a wikian sent a email. I wanna be the TMBGLOVER too! 17:12, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

[edit] Permafrosted logo?

The Decemberween themed logo is still up, but December ended 11 days ago. The weirdest part in my opinion is that there's no d'ween themed colors despide icicles and Homestar's hat. Is there something we're waiting for, like a new not-Decemberween toon? Yours truly, The guy who confused Dobbs for Daubs. — 206.110.189.60 (Talk | contribs) 11 January 2024 16:34 (UTC) (left unsigned)

I'm not an admin, but I'm assuming the style is simply for the winter season. Even though the Christmas lights have been taken down, it's still a chilly and snowy time of year for at least another month and a half. (P.S. Even if you don't have an account, please sign your posts with four tildes: ~~~~) -- Bleu Ninja 17:34, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
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